Give and Take: Weary of ‘Armchair Change Agents’

Hildy Gottlieb, a charity consultant, writes that she’s fed up with “armchair change agents,” notes The Chronicle’s Give and Take review of the best nonprofit blogs.

And a new report on nonprofit journalism is generating buzz and criticism.

Plus, in Thursday’s roundup:

• Challenging Fox News host Glenn Beck’s “distorted view” of service when he says the entertainment industry’s and the Obama administration’s efforts to promote volunteerism border on Marxism.

• A review of a paper by a former British aid official suggesting that foreign aid should be more decentralized and that there ought to be more information about what works and what doesn’t.

• What philanthropy can do to improve the 2010 census.

• Why nonprofit groups should do more to promote social entrepreneurs in Africa and elsewhere.

• What American fund raisers can learn from their cohorts in Korea.

• Lessons from aid delivered in response to the typhoons in the Philippines.

Also: Join The Chronicle’s blog to tell us what you’re watching during this TV volunteerism week — and discuss how this effort is affecting the nonprofit world.