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Friday, 03 June 2011 10:27 |
 A lot of you post jobs here, but did you know you can also post volunteer opportunity and internship listings for free on Idealist.org? Some quick facts: Volunteer opportunities and internships can remain on the site for up to six months, so you won’t need to re-post your organization’s frequent or long-standing needs. Users can [...] |
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Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:12 |
 It’s that time of year again! This summer we’re hosting five Idealist Grad Fairs: Los Angeles, CA: June 13 San Francisco, CA: June 16 New York, NY: June 22 Washington, DC: June 23 Chicago, IL: June 27 If you join us… You can meet representatives from 50+ graduate degree programs from across the country and [...] |
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011 11:05 |
 If you’re reading this, it’s definitely possible. In a recent New York Times piece called Don’t Let Bureaucracy Ruin Your Day, Russell Bishop explains that the roots of the word “bureaucrat” come from the French word for desk or office and the Greek word for rule. So if you sit behind a desk (even part [...] |
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011 08:51 |
 Georgetown University and Ogilvy recently released a study about which causes Americans care about the most. Not surprisingly, unemployment/low wages are number one. But homelessness isn’t too far behind. The other day while browsing my favorite entrepreneurship-focused site, Springwise, I came across three innovations that seemed like they could be replicated beyond their pilot cities [...] |
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Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:12 |
 Love it or hate it, reality TV can inspire some good ideas. Recently I had an appendectomy. Part of my recovery plan was staying home all week – which meant I watched a lot of reality TV. Now I’m healed and thinking full-time about Idealist again. But I can’t get those shows out of my [...] |
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Monday, 16 May 2011 09:25 |
 If you are in a public service career and carrying—or considering—student debt, your life just got a little easier. Here are three resources to help you navigate your repayment options: 1. AskHeatherJarvis.com Heather Jarvis is a national expert on public service loan forgiveness who contributed to student debt relief policy for the House Education Committee [...] |
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Friday, 13 May 2011 09:10 |
 Nonprofits with a January to December fiscal year probably need to file a Form 990 with the IRS by Monday, May 16. Oops…how do I know if it’s time to file? The deadline for 990s is 5.5 months after the end of the organization’s fiscal year. If December 31 was the end of the year, [...] |
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Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:25 |
 This week Johnson&Johnson launched a new tool for philanthropy and volunteerism called &you. From their site: &you™ is a unique new digital tool for social good that takes volunteer and job opportunities, ways to donate, events and news, and brings them together in one place. So if you’re an individual, you’ll spend less time searching [...] |
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Monday, 09 May 2011 12:10 |
 Right now, over 200 million people are without a viable way to make a living, and millions more are in less-than-desirable working conditions around the globe. Yet it’s not hopeless. With so many brilliant entrepreneurial minds out there, Ashoka’s Changemakers and the eBay Foundation believe solutions are possible. The Powering Economic Opportunity: Creating a World [...] |
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Friday, 06 May 2011 14:00 |
 Personal Democracy Forum is a month away, and as a member of the Idealist community, you qualify for a $100 discount off the registration cost. What is PdF? Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) is “the world’s leading conference exploring and analyzing technology’s impact on politics and government.” It takes place June 6-7 in New York City. This year’s [...] |
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010 10:27 |
Celeste Hamilton Dennis profiles today's successfully replicated idea:
::image::Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls (RnRC4G) is a nonprofit that empowers young girls and women through music. Originally founded in 2000 by Misty McElroy as part of a women’s studies project at Portland State University, there are now 30 affiliate camps all over the world from Oakland, CA to London. It’s no surprise that the idea has taken center stage in so many places; I volunteered there this summer and can attest... |
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Monday, 29 November 2010 10:19 |
By Diana Hsu and Julia Smith.
::image::Folks are all a-Twitter today over Cyber Monday, the start of the online holiday shopping season. Did you know that last year on Cyber Monday, consumers spent nearly $890 million online? And that The Nature Conservancy has also dubbed today Green Gift Monday, to encourage all of us to green our holiday shopping?
Why not direct part (or all) of your shopping funds this year toward responsibly manufactured goods or donations to your... |
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010 12:31 |
By Diana Hsu.
::image::If you're like me, and you live too far from home to celebrate Thanksgiving with family this year, how about volunteering some time to make turkey (Tofurkey!) day a little more special for those in need? I've gathered up some Thanksgiving Day related volunteer opportunities to help spread the cheer. For those not partaking in Thanksgiving festivities, I've also gathered some fall-related opportunities follow below. Cheers, everyone!
Volunteer Opportunity: Thanksgiving... |
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Monday, 22 November 2010 15:07 |
By Celeste Hamilton.
::image::Today's food for thought: The best ideas aren’t conceived, nor developed, in isolation.
Take a look at the well-publicized example of William Kamkwamba harnessing the power of windmills in his village in Malawi. The story goes like this: after having to drop out of school, Kamkwamba read about windmills in a textbook he found in a nearby library. He built his first crude windmill at the age of 14, and then continued to modify the design over the years... |
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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 08:56 |
By Celeste Hamilton.
::image::Confronting mistakes head on is often done in the business sector, but not so much in the nonprofit world. Why? There can be a lot at stake – maybe you have to answer to donors, or you work with vulnerable populations, or you're worried about offending someone.
But mistakes happen. They happen often. And if we’re honest enough to admit our mistakes to ourselves and to others—and have a sense of humor about it—we can learn a lot.
This is the philosophy... |
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Friday, 12 November 2010 13:01 |
By Put Barber.
::image::Can you and your colleagues answer these five questions (and would you answer them the same way)?
1. What is our organization aiming to accomplish?
2. What are our strategies for making this happen?
3. What are our capabilities for doing this?
4. How will we know if we're making progress?
5. What have (and haven't) we accomplished so far?
The work nonprofits do is important, so it's perfectly reasonable to want to be confident that it is being done well. But... |
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:56 |
By Julia Smith.
::image::Awhile back, we blogged about One Day on Earth, a project centered around October 10, 2010 (10.10.10):
One Day on Earth is asking you, me, and the rest of the world to film something you're inspired by on that day, with the hope of creating a time capsule that documents our collective struggles and triumphs. You don't have to be a seasoned filmmaker to participate—cell phones and digital cameras work just as well—and everything is fair game. The collected... |
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Tuesday, 09 November 2010 13:43 |
By Celeste Hamilton.
::image::Today's idea
Car sharing services such as Zipcar have been around for a while, allowing people to access vehicles quickly and for short periods of time. But what if you could rescue your neighbor's unused car from its dark garage or lonely side street and take it for a spin instead?
San Francisco-based Spride, Boston's RelayRides and WhipCar in London were all revved up about this idea enough to launch personal car sharing services this year. Although the three... |
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Friday, 05 November 2010 15:32 |
By Jeremy MacKechnie.
::image::I recently read that this Sunday's New York City marathon has the highest number of people running on behalf of charities in the event's history, expecting to raise over $26.2 million dollars. That's a million dollars for every mile. That's a lot of money and a lot of people willing to run a long way to support a cause they believe in.
Walk/run events such as The Susan G. Komen For The Cure event, March for Equality, and the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer are... |
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Tuesday, 02 November 2010 12:58 |
By Julia Smith.
::image::When we scheduled our season of graduate degree fairs many months ago, we planned our stop in San Francisco for November 1. Who knew that the Giants would also be cruising to victory in Game Five of the World Series last night?
Luckily, Idealists are nothing if not multitaskers. 600 fans streamed into the Hall of Flowers, scrawled name tags in orange marker ("Giants pride!"), and talked with representatives from 116 degree programs while root-root-rooting for the home... |
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