Yesterday, Good Magazine launched a new and improved online website that functions as a social media platform for users to connect and share stories on social good.
Lessons from a Board’s Failure or Campus Coup Squelched
Last June, University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan was fired. Then she was re-hired. What happened in between is another example of the tension between closely held power and the public will.
Chicago Teachers Strike Post Mortem: Did the Children Win?
Don’t take this essay as a full-throated, knee-jerk defense of the Chicago Teachers Union, but it was amazing how much virulent hostility the union engendered by virtue of standing against the proposals of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Appeals Court Rejects Notion of Full Campaign Finance Disclosure
Welcome to the most secretive and most moneyed election in American history, thanks to a decision yesterday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Are Boards Worth the Trouble?
Last week at the BoardSource conference, I was set up to do a debate against the funny and brilliant Bill Ryan, with whom I almost always agree. The topic was “are boards worth the trouble?”
LinkedIn Branches Out: Board Connect Links Nonprofits to Board Members
LinkedIn has launched Board Connect, a program that allows nonprofit organizations to identify and recruit potential board members. Will you be logging into LinkedIn’s Board Connect soon?
The New ‘Untouchable’ Class in Higher Ed
More than 700,000 employees at American colleges do not earn a living wage. Pablo Eisenberg calls this “a disgrace to our system of higher education.”
Are You Better Off than Four Years Ago? Obama by the Numbers
Two Esquire political bloggers have posted an article that tries to cut through the bluster emanating from both of the presidential campaigns this election cycle. Nonprofits pay attention.
Dough Rising for Panera Bread Foundation
Panera Bread Company converted another for-profit restaurant into a nonprofit “Panera Cares” café. Does this mean it has found a viable social enterprise model?
Neiman Marcus Threatens Nonprofit Thrift Shop with Trademark Suit
Revente’s Last Call, a S.C. thrift store that helps fund a women’s shelter, is being threatened by Neiman Marcus with a legal suit: Change your name, or else!
How Long Can Nonprofit Internet Archive TV News Database Last?
Based at San Francisco’s Internet Archive, a free service allows people to search over three years of archives from 20 national news programs in the U.S.
A Call for a New Kind of Corporate Governance after Citizens United
Few people seem to endorse Citizens United, which turned the flow of corporate capital for electoral campaigns into a raging torrent, but the preferred strategy for undoing it is unclear.