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Charity
Why Can’t We Sell Charity Like We Sell Perfume?
It’s time to change how society thinks about charity and social reform. The donating public is obsessed with restrictions—nonprofits shouldn’t pay executives too much, or…
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Is Goodwill the Most Important Social Enterprise in 2013?
Source: Giovanni Rodriguez, Forbes.com As the email signature of many Goodwill Industries staffers says, “Every 38 seconds of every business day, a person served by…
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What’s Changed About Workplace Giving? Not What You’d Expect
By Steve Greenhalgh For several months, I have been conducting research for a new study commissioned by America’s Charities called, Snapshot: Trends and Strategies to…
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How Could Congress Save More Than $1 Billion Per Year?
On March 1, 2013, an automatic spending cut called “sequestration” went into effect, requiring mandatory across-the-board budget cuts to many government programs. While it’s still…
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Credit Unions for Kids Raises Record $10.1 Million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Credit Unions for Kids, a collaborative effort in the credit union community that raises funds for children’s hospitals, recently announced that it raised a record…
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Do Nonprofits Need to Master “Medium Data” Before Tackling Big Data?
Tweet Every day humanity adds approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data to our collective store of knowledge. Looking over this treasure trove, scientists, financiers, and…
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City of Orlando Employees Raise More Than $450,000 for Central Florida Charities through Workplace Giving Campaign
Orlando, FL (March 7, 2013) – Thanks to the generosity of City of Orlando employees, Mayor Buddy Dyer and City Commissioners made check presentations at…
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The way we think about charity is dead wrong
Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for…
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Ending Telecommuting: Will It Hurt Corporate Volunteerism?
When the CEO of Yahoo!, Marissa Mayer, issued a company-wide mandate ending telecommuting, it got a lot of people thinking. But, did you think about…
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May 4 Run for the Children Stays the Course for Runners and Child Advocates
For Immediate Release: March 8, 2013 Contact: Lisa Banks, Executive Director Preparations are underway for the third annual Run for the Children, hosted by Fairfax…
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Employers Enticing Workers to Give More
For-profit companies are seeking new engagement strategies to increase workplace giving, according to a new survey of nearly 100 private sector employers that have combined…
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Celebrating the Strong Spirit of Community Involvement in Northern Virginia
Today marks International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD), a global day of recognition intended to highlight companies for their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, build awareness…
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