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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 11:23 |
Posted by Hannah Kane.
::image::At Idealist, we believe the world is full of good ideas that don't spread quickly enough. The Idea File is a new feature where we'll give quick glimpses of ideas that seem fun, powerful, and potentially replicable – plus some things you might want to consider if you decide to take on a similar project. If you have an idea that addresses a pressing community need, and you think others should know about it, leave a comment below and we'll take a look.
The... |
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Monday, 05 April 2010 15:02 |
Posted by Julia Smith.
::image::If you visit our site often, you probably know that we run a series of graduate degree fairs every year. The idea is to bring together prospective students with representatives from all sorts of graduate programs whose graduates go on to serve the public good.
To complement the fairs (or to supplement them, for those who can't make it in person), we have created a series of "degree overviews" – snapshots of several types of graduate programs you may be... |
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Friday, 02 April 2010 09:44 |
Posted by Put Barber.
::image::Since the mid-1990s, Seattle’s Puget Sound Community School has been offering variations, online and off, of a “Kindness Class” that focuses on exploring the varieties and satisfactions of being intentionally kind and comparing the experience within a group. Andy Smallman, founder and director of the school, is the architect of these experiments with making kindness less random, more visible.
The latest variation just got underway as a series of blog... |
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 16:03 |
By Erin Barnhart, who runs our Volunteer Resource Center.
::image::Yesterday was César Chávez Day in the United States and to honor the legacy of this extraordinary man’s life and work, many people, organizations, and communities across the country engaged in acts of service and learning. Given the sheer range of ways people chose to volunteer yesterday–and every day–around the world, we thought we’d take a few moments to highlight two great models for doing good.
Coaching Really... |
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Friday, 26 March 2010 12:39 |
Posted by Julia Smith.
::image::IdealistNews is a project of Idealist.org and Reddit where users like you can submit nonprofit news stories from around the web and vote on your favorites. Here's a roundup of some recent hot stories (titled the way users submitted them).
From this week:Jeffrey Sachs on Funding a Global Health FundAn open letter to non-profit bloggers (short version: be accessible)U.S. willing to resume food aid to North KoreaSenegal: "We are constantly scared"AOL Launches... |
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09:52 |
By Putnam Barber, editor of The Nonprofit FAQ.
::image::Your friends' friends' friends can—unwittingly—help you stop smoking, or even make you gain weight. These effects were discovered through close examination of the Framingham Heart Study. Detailed health information from nearly 16,000 people in that Massachusetts city has been recorded every two years since 1948.
The focus of the Heart Study itself was on identifying the causes, and effective preventive measures, for heart disease. If... |
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Monday, 22 March 2010 08:55 |
By Anne Lind.
::image::At Idealist, we're committed to helping people turn their intentions into action, and we know that there a variety of obstacles that sometimes stand in the way—financial concerns being just one of many. How many times have you had a great idea and dismissed it out of hand because of a lack of funds?
Recently, hundreds of people have been empowered to pursue their former pipe dreams, thanks to a a website called Kickstarter which provides "a new way to fund creative... |
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Friday, 19 March 2010 16:01 |
Posted by Scott Stadum.
::image::IdealistNews is a project of Idealist.org and Reddit where users like you can submit nonprofit news stories from around the web and vote on your favorites. Here's a roundup of some recent hot stories (titled the way users submitted them).
From this week:Obit for an inspiring guy. He wrote a book called "Just and Lasting Change." Using real examples he showed how we can actually deliver proven treatments to the poorest communities that need them most around the... |
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 09:08 |
By Hannah Kane.
::image::A recent article on The Guardian website highlights a study showing that there may be a link between political activism and happiness. Researchers Malte Klar of the University of Gottingen and Tim Kasser of Knox College compared a sample of college students and activists with a control group and found that "several indicators of activism were positively associated with measures of hedonic, eudaimonic, and social well-being." In other words, activism may not always be... |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 15:32 |
We recently had the opportunity to share some thoughts on the Case Foundation's blog:
::image::March 5, 2010: Nonprofit Jobs: Interview with Idealist.org's Ami Dar and Meg Busse
March 12, 2010: Don't Search for Jobs, Search for People!
If that second one looks familiar, it's because Meg wrote on that same topic last year in our Career Corner series. To peruse more nonprofit career advice, click here.
From technology insight about SXSW and Twestival, to profiles of opportunities like... |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:34 |
From Meg Busse. Read through the Career Corner blog archives here.
::image::Take one:
If there was an Oscar for short documentary featuring awesome nonprofit professionals, these videos would definitely get the award.
Take two:
There are many amazing moments of these new nonprofit career videos, but perhaps my favorite comes halfway through the third video during a stunning car chase scene followed by a quick cameo by Steve Buscemi. Brilliant. Two thumbs up!
Take three:
If... |
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Monday, 22 February 2010 09:51 |
By Put Barber, editor of the Nonprofit FAQ.
::image::Economists with the Inter-American Development Bank estimate that the full cost of rebuilding in Haiti may come close to $14 billion – making the January 12 earthquake the most destructive in modern history. A sad superlative to see applied anywhere in the world, but especially bitter for a country already struggling with poverty, ecological deterioration, and political turmoil.
A month after the earthquake, a giant recovery effort is... |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 08:54 |
If this blog post looks familiar, it’s because we ran a similar version of it in January to announce our Global Volunteering Fairs in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. On the heels of our successful events in these three cities—over 1,500 people attended!—we’re getting ready for next week’s fairs in Chicago and Los Angeles.
::image::Maybe you've been thinking about volunteering abroad, but aren't sure how to go about it. Where should you go? How long can you afford to... |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:15 |
By Scott Stadum.
::image::In much of the West, and particularly in the United States, folks over-produce and under-utilize everything – from the tools on our work bench to food on our tables to seats in our cars.
The USDA estimates that Americans waste 25.9 million tons of food a year. That's a lot of wasted food, enough to feed millions of starving people. It's difficult to rationalize how a country with 5% of the world's population is permitted to use 25% of it's resources.
Odessa to the... |
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Friday, 12 February 2010 09:10 |
Compiled by Scott Stadum.
::image::IdealistNews is a project of Idealist.org and Reddit where users like you can submit nonprofit news stories from around the web and vote on your favorites. Here's a roundup of some recent hot stories (titled the way users submitted them).
From this week:Zero rupee note combats bribery in IndiaUrban Seed Bombs Would Take Guerilla Gardening To Next LevelSwirl Washing Ball Allows Sustainable Laundry On The GoDaniel Alter Nominated For Federal Bench; Would Be... |
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 13:34 |
By Erin Barnhart. Read more Volunteering & Service posts here.
::image::Last month, in response to the many requests we received from people for information on how to volunteer in Haiti, we blogged that one of the best things would-be volunteers could do today was donate money to those organizations with trained personnel already in-country and then wait for the situation on the ground to stabilize before seeking to volunteer themselves.
As we approach the one-month anniversary of Haiti’s... |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 12:13 |
From Amy Potthast, Editor of The New Service.
::image::Last October, we wrote about the launch of Issue Lab's Research Remix Contest, which challenged digital artists and videographers to remix facts or data from one of over 300 openly licensed research reports on the IssueLab website into a video.
This week, IssueLab, the online publishing forum for nonprofit research, announced the winning video. Erin Costello's "Girls Risk High Morals" was inspired by a study called High Tech or High Risk... |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 10:37 |
From Scott Stadum, who most recently wrote presentation tools and technology in Haiti.
::image::Many of you are well aware of the Chase Community Giving contest hosted on Facebook that ended last month* and may have mixed feelings about these types of events that award money to charities. A common sentiment is that popularity is often rewarded over efficiency and impact. These contests are by no means perfect in their execution, but they can bring needed attention, if not funding, to the... |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 14:21 |
By Put Barber, Editor of the Nonprofit FAQ.
::image::If you’re like me, at the end of the year you have a little burst of philanthropic activity. Your school may send you a special appeal for annual giving. The bell-ringers on the street remind you of the need for food, clothing, something to put under the tree in way too many families. You may have a philanthropic plan that prompts you to make some year-end gifts. In the midst of all this, you may be wondering to yourself “How do I know... |
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:22 |
By Scott Stadum, who most recently wrote Haiti: Technology in a Time of Crisis.
::image::I recently ran across a couple of interesting posts from Mashable.com while researching web-based presentation tools. I hadn't realized how many services were out there and whether your need is related to archiving, sharing or presenting and from free to enterprise, there are many sites to choose from.
Of the dozens of technologies highlighted in the two articles I wanted to summarize a few that stood out... |
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