CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 28, 2009 — The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute will present a series of workshops on how to implement lean business principals in service, office, healthcare, and manufacturing value streams Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, 2009, in Philadelphia, PA.
Jul 13, 2009, DIRECT — John “Jack” Schibrowsky, professor of marketing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is the 2009 recipient of the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation’s (DMEF’s) Robert B. Clarke Outstanding Educator Award.
Laconia, NH, July 14, 2009 — Participation in social networks continues to grow at a frenetic pace in 2009. Facebook, at well over 300 million members is on track to triple in size this year, for example, and Twitter is growing more than five times faster than Facebook.
New York, July 13, 2009 — With charitable giving down, more and more nonprofits are dipping into their endowments further reducing their resources -- making a bad situation worse. However, there is one type of giving that hasn't been tapped to its full potential and that's planned giving, which is just another way to raise money in addition to annual donations and grants. Yet, board members and fundraising staff shy away from planned giving programs perhaps because it sounds more complicated than other programs.
CHICAGO, IL, July 8, 2009 — North Park University is one of only two universities nationwide to offer a fully comprehensive nonprofit management program according to Nonprofit Quarterly, a magazine dedicated to strengthening the role of nonprofit organizations. In the 2009 Education Directory published in the spring issue, Nonprofit Quarterly surveyed schools nationwide to determine which eight essential programs are available at each institution. North Park University and Arizona State University were the only schools to meet all of the eight criteria.
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2009 — BoardSource, the nation's leading resource on nonprofit governance, has collaborated with Independent Sector to produce a new tool to help nonprofits, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs examine and improve their governance practices. The Principles Workbook: Steering Your Board toward Good Governance and Ethical Practice is designed to help the nonprofit community meet its commitment to upholding the highest standards of accountability -- and do so in a cost-effective way.
WESTMINSTER, CA, July 1, 2009 — The ComLine Group (www.comlinegroup.com) has announced a series of new public relations, communications, and client development services for companies and nonprofit organizations exhibiting at trade shows. The new services were announced by Rick Billings, Principal at The ComLine Group. "We know that these are difficult times for many organizations that usually exhibit at trade shows. Some are cutting back on their show schedules. Our programs are designed to help maximize the investment that they are making in their shows, and increasing show ROI," said Billings.
June 25, 2009, The Financial Times — In the early days of the Global Philanthropy Forum, a strong belief guided Jane Wales, its president and chief executive, as she developed the conferences and workshops offered by the US-based organisation. “It’s like doing exercise,” she says. “You are much more likely to stay with something if you have a community of colleagues with which to pursue that work.”
July 1, 2009 — Ventureneer.com launches its second service offering: virtual classes and webinars for entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders. Ventureneer.com delivers a fresh approach to entrepreneurial learning, blending traditional formal instruction with informal learning derived from peers using Web 2.0 technology.
WALTHAM, June 25, 2009, The Boston Globe — College students, many of whom spend the little extra cash they have on pizza and laundry, don’t fit the typical profile of a wealthy benefactor. But in a growing national movement, students enrolled in newly created philanthropy courses are steering thousands of dollars to local charities.
