Software/Technology
September 3, 2015 at 6:00 am
When I heard about Jerry Seinfeld’s roadside lemonade fundraiser run-in with the East Hamptons Town Police Department, I was excited. Why? Because I love when nonprofits and stand-up comedy come together. (Police involvement or not). As someone who spent years in the stand-up world, I think there’s about a hundred things that nonprofits can learn from stand-up comedians, particularly about their online experience. So in honor of Jerry’s lemonade uproar and the ultimate rule of comedy, here are three of them...
August 26, 2015 at 8:49 am
As more organizations leverage cloud-based solutions and services, cybersecurity for nonprofits has become increasingly complex. How can nonprofits face the challenges of the evolving threat landscape? By employing a holistic approach to cybersecurity that continually accounts for financial, human and physical resources, along with outreach/oversight and politics/standards...
August 18, 2015 at 1:26 pm
It might be time to up your Bitcoin knowledge. According to “How Bitcoin is Changing the Face of Nonprofits,” an infographic from and NeoMam Studios and WhoIsHostingThis, Bitcoin could have (and is already having) a major impact on nonprofits...
August 14, 2015 at 1:53 pm
Launched this week, the free app ChariPick helps people find lesser-known charities that match their interests. “You put in preferences about yourself—what kind of giver you are, how much you want to give per day and what kind of charities you'd like to give to,” said Stephen Lee, founder and CEO of ChariPick. “Based on…
August 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm
According to a Pew Research Center report from April 2015, 64 percent of American adults own a smartphone, and 46 percent believe they cannot live without them. But, are nonprofit organizations paying enough attention to these important statistics, and are they applying them to their brand outreach and fundraising? One nonprofit in California recently started using…
August 13, 2015 at 2:25 pm
We—as individuals, as groups, as nonprofits, as businesses—operate in an environment that is fundamentally networked, and we’re seeing those networks become increasingly alive and powerful through the application of peer-to-peer technology. This presents a tremendous opportunity for nonprofits to leverage technology to mobilize their constituents' networks, and expand and recalibrate their fundraising programs. As the nonprofit peer-to-peer space…
August 12, 2015 at 1:14 pm
"There's one thing that I have in common with every person in this room. We're all trying really hard to figure out how to save the world." The speaker, Cat Lavigne, paused for a second, and then she repeated herself. "We're trying to change the world!" Lavigne was addressing attendees of the Effective Altruism Global…
August 4, 2015 at 2:46 pm
No matter what happens in the coming months with voting, and whether your blood runs red or blue (or purple), let’s face it—good marketing is good marketing and something we can all learn from...
July 30, 2015 at 12:27 pm
Planned Parenthood's website went down Wednesday afternoon in what the nonprofit health services organization called "an attack by extremists." The hack comes in the wake of the publication of several undercover videos by anti-abortion activists seemingly showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of fetal tissue and organs for medical research. Selling fetal organs for…
July 23, 2015 at 1:32 pm
There's a new social network in town, and the man leading it is Jimmy Wales, best known as the founder of Wikipedia. TPO.com positions itself as "a whole new social network—similar to Twitter but better." TPO.com is operated by mobile phone network The People's Operator, of which Wales is co-chair. The People's Operator is a…
