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Friday, 23 July 2010 09:21 |
This post by Elena Martín originally appeared in Spanish at Idealistas.org. Thanks to Jeremy MacKechnie for the adaptation.
::image::Spending time volunteering is a great first step in defining and setting goals for your career and it doesn't just have to be a selfless way of supporting a cause that you feel passionately about. If you want to work in the nonprofit sector, it's practically required that you have some volunteer experience, so it's OK to volunteer with your own future best... |
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 09:13 |
By Diana Hsu.
::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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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 09:12 |
By Celeste Hamilton.
::image::As I write this post, it's 2:19p.m. in Portland, Oregon. Over the last 24 hours I've played Bananagrams, eaten bulgogi, walked through a rose garden, read a few pages from a novel, wrote a paragraph in my short story, and was introduced to zumba. But what about the rest of the world? What did my friends in Buenos Aires do? Or the Guyanese host family I used to live with when I first started the Peace Corps? On 10/10/10, thanks to One Day on Earth, I'll be able to... |
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Monday, 19 July 2010 09:55 |
By Erin Barnhart.
::image::This past January, in response to the many requests we received from people seeking information on how to volunteer in Haiti following its devastating earthquake, we blogged that one of the best things would-be volunteers could do 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. We also advised that the work of recovery and rebuilding... |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 10:42 |
By Joanna Eng.
Foursquare is a web and mobile application that allows its users to share where they are—down to the specific building, park, business, etc.—with their friends. Users earn points and badges for locations that they frequent, and can even become the Foursquare Mayor if they have "checked in" to that spot the most. For many users, it's like a game (or scavenger hunt?) that helps them explore their city.
So what does all this have to do with nonprofits? At first, I was... |
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:46 |
By Diana Hsu.
::image::One of the biggest changes coming when we launch our new website this year will be how our members—individuals and organizations—will be able to interact with each other. With dynamic new connections soon to be possible on our own site, we thought it might be time to better define the interactions we are hoping to foster across our larger community.
We have profiles on a several sites—including Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others—each with its... |
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Friday, 09 July 2010 09:41 |
By Joanna Eng.
::image::News reports have been pointing to signs that we are finally coming out of this recession, and the numbers on Idealist seem to agree.
In the beginning of 2008, before the economic crisis hit, an average of about 5,000 jobs were posted to Idealist every month. The number of job listings on our site started to drop off in the fall of 2008, and hit a low point in February 2009, when only 2,811 jobs were posted.
But the numbers have been increasing again lately, and in... |
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 09:35 |
By Put Barber.
::image::"Brandraising" blends fundraising with marketing to outline a new way of thinking about a nonprofit’s communications with the public. Brandraising (a new book by Sarah Durham) is an easy to read, easy to use guide to bringing this new way of thinking to bear on the work of all types of public benefit organizations.
Brandraising (the concept) is building “a strong framework for communication” that rests securely on vision, mission and values – “the core... |
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Friday, 02 July 2010 12:33 |
By Jeremy MacKechnie.
::image::The Quarterfinals of the World Cup began this morning and with soccer (or football) on our minds, we wanted to take a look at how nonprofit organizations around the world have used the sport in different ways as a catalyst in their work for social change.
In Brazil (home of the 2012 World Cup), two members of the Brazilian national team have founded centers that combine academic study and sports. Each day ends in a game of futebol to keep at-risk children and... |
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 11:21 |
Posted by Julia Smith.
::image::Now that it's summer, have you found yourself with more time for pleasure reading? Want to throw some guides to organizational effectiveness and digital organizing into your beach bag amid the crime series and romance novels? Consider one of these three books by some sharp and talented pals-of-Idealist:Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business, by Nancy Lublin, called "a must-have for anyone running a Fortune 500 company or small business who wants to learn how to... |
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 10:19 |
By Diana Hsu.
::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 (and 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 considering... |
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 11:20 |
Posted by Julia Smith.
::image::Each week, the blog team at Ashoka posts This Week in Social Entrepreneurship, a roundup of articles about "individuals and organizations creating systematic and lasting change through social entrepreneurship and enterprise." This week's column includes information about the 2010 Echoing Green fellowship recipients; a nonprofit highlighting local changemakers in Haiti; and, in the midst of World Cup fever, the Changing Lives Through Football competition, among... |
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Monday, 28 June 2010 09:26 |
By Celeste Hamilton, who recently wrote about Perspectives of Poverty photo project.
::image::It's no secret that most people love a good game – sports, board, card, you name it. Luckily for the world, games with a do-gooder twist are becoming an ever-growing trend. For socially conscious butterflies looking to spread kindness, there's Akoha. For artistic eco-enthusiasts, there's Play Re-Think. And for video game geeks, there are all sorts of Games for Change.
But there's a new player in... |
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Friday, 25 June 2010 12:47 |
By Joanna Eng.
::image::Are you the type of person who joins a volunteer literacy program in March, starts learning Sanskrit in April, and begins building your own bamboo bicycle in May – only to feel ashamed when you've lost interest in all three projects by June? Or perhaps you have so many ideas for your future career that you're afraid to go ahead with any of them?
Barbara Sher would call you a Scanner. In Refuse to Choose! Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create... |
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:40 |
This post by Elena Martin originally appeared in Spanish at Idealistas.org. Thanks to Jeremy MacKechnie for the adaptation.
::image::Fair trade coffee, chocolate, and other products have been growing in name recognition and popularity for years now. But recently, the fair trade movement has received a boost at the local government level as entire towns, villages, and cities work to meet the requirements of the Fair Trade Town designation.
Fair Trade Towns have a few things in common, starting... |
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:40 |
This post by Elena Martin originally appeared in Spanish at Idealistas.org. Thanks to Jeremy MacKechnie for the adaptation.
::image::Fair trade coffee, chocolate, and other products have been growing in name recognition and popularity for years now. But recently, the fair trade movement has received a boost at the local government level as entire towns, villages, and cities work to meet the requirements of the Fair Trade Town designation.
Fair Trade Towns have a few things in common, starting... |
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 08:46 |
By Hannah Kane.
::image::The Idealware Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits is a compact, 80-page introduction to the sometimes confusing world of software programs and web tools that nonprofits often leverage to maximize their impact. The Field Guide provides a basic overview of key terms and products, and would be most useful for novice or "accidental" techies who are hoping to familiarize themselves with the landscape. Anyone who is feeling a little lost after suddenly being charged with... |
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 08:46 |
By Hannah Kane.
::image::The Idealware Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits is a compact, 80-page introduction to the sometimes confusing world of software programs and web tools that nonprofits often leverage to maximize their impact. The Field Guide provides a basic overview of key terms and products, and would be most useful for novice or "accidental" techies who are hoping to familiarize themselves with the landscape. Anyone who is feeling a little lost after suddenly being charged with... |
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Monday, 21 June 2010 12:04 |
By Put Barber, editor of the Nonprofit FAQ.
::image::Attitudes toward boards of directors in the nonprofits I’ve been around range from awe to grudging respect to frustration. There’s not enough awe, though, and too much frustration.
A couple of English writers have just published a short article that asks, provocatively, how much does an underperforming board cost? And what would it cost, in contrast, to invest both time and money in assuring strong leadership, leadership that supports... |
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 12:41 |
By Celeste Hamilton. Check out her recent post about favela tourism on La Vida Idealist.
::image::Edward Kabzela appears in two photos. In one, he wears a ripped shirt and has a look of despair on his face. In the other, he wears a business suit, holding a cell phone and grinning from ear to ear.
The photos are part of the Perspectives of Poverty Project, a photoblog which seeks to challenge inaccurate assumptions and counter the all-too-often negative images of people living in developing... |
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