Some rights reserved.Photo by Steve GarfieldDirect link to photo (leave Steve a comment) Last year at this time, Steve Garfield asked Amazon to add charity donations to his Amazon wish list - which in...Continue Reading

This year is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, which takes place every year on December 1 to raise awareness about AIDS pandemic. Every year there is a theme, this year's World AIDS Day is “Le...Continue Reading

Over the years, I remember some very devastating and painful US government arts funding cuts - from the National Endowment for the Arts to Massachusetts State Arts Council. Arts advocates have always ...Continue Reading

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. I wondered whether or not those results would be rep...Continue Reading

Later today, our family will sit down for a lovely Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings. But many other people across America won't have that luxury. According to the Food Research and Action Cent...Continue Reading

NTEN has just announced its forthcoming book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders. It was written by NTEN members for nonprofit leaders who want to harnes...Continue Reading

When I was a kid, Lucy the Elephant, was in a state of disrepair. A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. How?...Continue Reading

This month I had two different giveaways - a book and report. This post announces the winners:O'Reilly Twitter Report Giveaway: Sarah Milstein was kind enough to send me a report called "Twitter and t...Continue Reading

Ideas for Change in America is a citizen-driven project that aims to identify and create momentum around the best ideas for how the Obama Administration and 111th Congress can turn the broad call for ...Continue Reading

I've always enjoyed how the web gets into the holiday spirit. Google has been celebrating holidays by changing its logo to a holiday theme since 1999. And a quick look around the social web last Hallo...Continue Reading