Why give to charity? I’m not trying to be trite here. It is a foundational question that many people do not really even think about. They debate over WHICH charity to give to… and sometimes in misguided ways… but how often do you sit down and even think if charity is worth giving…

In the latest post I discussed some of the “psychic benefits” of working for charity and touched on some motivations on why we work. Below is a great animated video from RSA Animate giving a visual run down from Dan Pink’s presentation on…

Fantastic TED Talk that was recommended to me by my friend John Meyer (Yellow Sandbox, 9 Clouds, Inc.). I’d love to see how charities can corral the cognitive surplus in ways to increase efficiencies and impact. Enjoy!

re: charity fav Dan Pallotta wrote a post in June called “A Logo is Not a Brand” and it was so good, I created a post with the same name. And you should probably just read his post on HBR and comment over there because it is that good. I was in a discussion where we were talking about weak…

I was lucky to go to TEDxVancouver recently which stirred up memories of last year’s presentations. One in particular was on “The Power of Story” by Greg Power that I find relevant to nonprofits and charities as we enter the hallowed end of year…

I read an eBook awhile back by Seth Godin called “Fliping the Funnel” that has been a great guide for me in my fundraising and charity career. Peer-to-peer fundraising sties, crowd-fundraising and leveraging social media for causes are all…

Email is a resilient technology. In the last decade it’s survived the growth of spam, the rise of social networks and rumors of its coming demise. And yet, email is still growing in usage . So while little on the Internet ever feels like a sure bet (Myspace…