Technology Conference to Be Held in April
The Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place April 26-28 in San Francisco. Last year’s meeting drew more than 1,100 charity technology officials, consultants, and company representatives. Sessions at the conference — which is organized by the Nonprofit Technology Network — will focus on…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Coalition Cancels Nonprofit Congress Gathering
Coalition cancels Nonprofit Congress gathering
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Company Enlists Cellphones in Charity’s Text Campaign
The Pepsi Bottling Group is putting its cellphones to work to help recover missing children. The Somers, N.Y., corporation enrolled more than 27,000 company-owned cellphones in the Wireless Amber Alert program, which sends text messages to participants when a child is abducted in their area. The…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Map Tracks Grants to Help Charities Cope
An interactive map tracks foundation grants made to help charities deal with fallout from the economic crisis.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
2008 Results Mixed for Online Giving Sites
Two Internet giving sites saw increases in donations in 2008, while another took in less money than it did in 2007. Online donations made through Network for Good continued to grow in 2008, but at a slower rate than in previous years. The Bethesda, Md., charity processed $71.2-million in online…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mozart’s “Jupiter” symphony was on the program of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s November 15 performance, but the intricate piece was not what most concertgoers were talking about afterward. That’s because, during intermission, the president of the symphony’s board stood up and made a…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Newspaper Starts Philanthropy Blog
Newspaper starts new blog on philanthropy
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Fast Company’: Social Enterprise
The magazine Fast Company (December/January) has named its 10 social enterprises of the year. Among the groups that received honors from the magazine: an organization that uses the medical-residency model to prepare teachers for inner-city Chicago schools, a charity that develops drugs to treat…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Harvard Business Review’: Results Matter
To achieve real results, nonprofit organizations need to manage their operations with a set of focused, concrete, and realizable goals in mind, rather than a broad mission statement, argue the authors of an article in the December issue of the Harvard Business Review. But, they write, a variety of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Contest Seeks Wireless Fixes for Social Problems
The Vodafone Americas Foundation is sponsoring a competition that will award a total of $600,000 for projects that use wireless technology to help solve critical social problems. Winners of the Wireless Innovation Challenge will receive awards of $100,000, $200,000, and $300,000, to be paid over…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor