As more data becomes available to us and the tools to understand it all become more user-friendly, nonprofits have an opportunity - even a duty - to use data to gain a more robust understanding of our work, the communities in which we work, and the impact we're making. Consider the case of the Portland Red Cross. Livestream Schedule. MORE >>

Pacific time and find out how public libraries are using this technology as a tool for making connections, recording library events, and sharing knowledge. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library uses Flip cameras within their system for programming at their branches. Attend this free webinar on Thursday, June 17 at 11 a.m. read more. MORE >>

Increasingly, rape of women is being used as a tool of war, not just in large scale wars as we saw in the Serbian and Bosnian conflict, but as we saw recently in Kenya and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. People like Charlotte Bunch at the Center for Women's Global Leadership, spoke first about women's rights being human rights. MORE >>

The Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, NC, has presented a series of exhibitions, beginning with COURAGE , that marry provocative historical and cultural content with programmatic opportunities for community development. In two months, 10,000 visitors sent postcards (and fortuitiously, the government acted in favor of protection). MORE >>

While organizational adoption of social media tools for external communications strategies is becoming more common, not to mention lots of practical advice such as this recent white paper: The Revolution will be Socialized and the many how-to primers for nonprofits like this one. tools would be misused by their staff. about Web 2.0 MORE >>