A Hauser Center blog posits four very powerful, persuasive guidelines for western NGOs to apply to their interactions with indigenous peoples.

What exactly makes content go viral? ProBlogger’s newest infographic reveals intriguing research on what drives people to share content—valuable information for any organization trying to reach out to the online and social media communities.

People generally like nonprofits better than government and business. They like multiple forms of media for engaging charities, and the recession is hurting charitable giving on both sides of the Atlantic. But there are significant nuances in the Fenton/GlobeScan survey findings on “Social Good.”  

According to a new study, organizations that get government funding see other funding drop by equal amounts—but why?

Paypal seems destined to overreach with its clients, acting less like an intermediary and more like a controller—but when you mess with a media site known for its snarky humor, you court embarrassment.

The nation’s only nonprofit professional sports franchise—the Green Bay Packers—is doing its fifth ever sale of no-dividend, no-appreciation stock for $250 a share. We’d buy!

Asian American organizations and local government officials in DC suburb recognize each other’s contributions to the benefit of the entire community.

Habitat for Humanity International is challenged to find the right balance between staying true to its mission and surviving—and even thriving—in the years ahead. But the network’s thrust to sustain and improve upon performance has meant rethinking its brand, cautiously exploring social innovation and entrepreneurialism, and even (more cautiously) trying out government funding. Despite the challenges, Habitat affiliates agree that in order to move forward they must evolve. As one Habitat affiliate director opined, “We cannot allow the grass to grow too long under our feet.

Habitat for Humanity International struggles to find the right balance between staying true to its mission and surviving—and even thriving—in the years ahead. But the network’s thrust to sustain and improve upon performance has meant rethinking its brand, cautiously exploring social innovation and entrepreneurialism, and even (more cautiously) trying out government funding. Despite the challenges, Habitat affiliates agree that in order to move forward they must evolve. As one affiliate opined, “We cannot allow the grass to grow too long under our feet.”

Democracies do not arrest journalists trying to cover social events—or do they?

The Diocese of Pittsburgh adopted a heavy-handed approach to getting support for tuition voucher legislation: tell parochial school parents to document exactly what they did to lobby state legislators or risk their kids’ tuition assistance.

A disrupted environment like the one we live in calls for constant innovation, but how do such advances happen? This small article from Joichi Ito in the New York Times is food for thought.