Last night, I tuned in to watch the second Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. Before the event got underway, the Newschannel I was watching cut away to a live shot of the White House. It was late enough where the sun had gone down, and the executive mansion was all lit up. […]

Last week the UN Summit proclaimed that over 4 million lives can be saved by 2015 if resources are scaled up. The Global Malaria Action Plan (GMAP) provides a roadmap for eliminating Malaria by accelerating action against the disease.  This is a worldwide, comprehensive program including 30 countries and regions and 65 international institutions. Foundations […]

This weekend I’m at Blog World in Las Vegas. This is an internet conference specifically about blogging, new media and social networking. I know many charitable organizations and individuals who are into blogging… on the other hand there are many small charities that don’t even have a frequently updated website. I’ll be writing about Blog […]

Here is a great program for public or school libraries.  You can honor your favorite, hard working librarian for the “I Love My Librarian Award.”  The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the New York Times created the award to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for […]

An audio version of this post is available here. September seems to mark the beginning of fundraising season.  You’ll start getting those “end of year campaign” letters in the mail from all your favorite organizations.  (If you don’t already save the mailings you get from other groups, start now!  They make great examples and creativity […]

Our August article series focused on grant writing, a timely topic since many foundations have grant applications due between now and the end of the year. The Guidestar newsletter also provides a great article related to this topic.  Martin Teitel, a foundation director who’s seen many a proposal, offers some advice from experience.  Find out […]

The Trivia Wizard is an easy way to create a customized trivia game for your group of friends, for a pub quiz or fundraiser. I’ve even created a short video to show you how the Trivia Wizard lets you customize the game: Watch the Video The process of building your customized trivia game is easy, […]