Is group volunteering all its cracked up to be?
Do most nonprofits really need groups of volunteers from corporations or other organizations showing up for one-day volunteering activities? I’ve been thinking about this for a few months lately, and...
View ArticleCorporations: here’s what nonprofits really need
It turns out I’m not the only one who mocks the business community when they decide to “save” the nonprofit community: Kelly Kleiman does too! She goes after some of Silicon Valley’s business elite...
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Best volunteer thank you gift ever!
I’m an online volunteer with BPEACE, and out of the blue, they sent me this soccer ball, hand-stitched by Afghan women. Afghan women have been renowned for centuries for deft needlework. Now the women...
View Article*Another* Afghanistan Handicraft program? Really?
Recently, I got an email from yet another organization that is teaching Afghan women how to make handicrafts and textiles to sell in the West. And I sighed. Heavily. I’m not saying that these are bad...
View ArticleNonprofits *are* job creators!
Recently, I heard a man on the TV ranting about why people without private sector experience are bad to serve in government offices. “They’ve never balanced a budget, created a job or had to struggle...
View ArticleIncorporating virtual volunteering into a corporate employee volunteer program
A new resource on my web site: Incorporating virtual volunteering into a corporate employee volunteer program (a resource for businesses / for-profit companies) Virtual volunteering – volunteers...
View ArticleCorporate volunteers can be a burden for nonprofits
Back in 2011, I asked if group volunteering was really all its cracked up to be. The sentiment has gone mainstream: the Boston Globe published this yesterday: Corporate volunteers can be a burden for...
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the first steps for a nonprofit dream
Some years ago, I worked with a very specific community – I prefer not to say which one nor where it was – that wanted its own cultural center. The community members envisioned a place where they and...
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Disrupting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) means financial donations by for-profit businesses, as well as in-kind donations, employee volunteering or taking on community roles as a representative of a...
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Does Your Org’s Practices Reflect Its Own Mission?
I recently joined the board of a brand new nonprofit. I am helping with the content of its first ever web site. I decided to look at the web sites of some other similar organizations to get some ideas....
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