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10 Reads for Your 2021 List

We made a list of notable books (and a few articles) from 2020 that will inform and inspire you and your organization this year.

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Non Profit Innovation Toolkits: Methods To Invent, Adopt, and Adapt Ideas To Deliver Better Results

Today we present to you a practical toolkit for nonprofits. More than that, it is a library, which everyone working…

Strengthening Impact Investing With Social And Environmental Performance Data

The Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN) is a not-for-profit dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. Today, they discuss the…

To Increase Productivity, UPS Monitors Drivers’ Every Move

Today, we’d like to take some lessons from the private sector. Most of us will be highly familiar with the…

Data And Maintenance – Maybe Not Glamorous, But Definitely Vital

Riders for Health is a social enterprise, which works in seven countries in Africa to manage and maintain vehicles and…

Making The World Look Simple

We are pleased to welcome Peter Grundy, the “father of infographics” to the conversation, with groundbreaking experience that began in…

A Framework To Communicate Philanthropy

Today we take a look at a call to action – an article from Foundation Center, via Philanthropy News Digest….

Giving Donors Data On A Charity’s Impact Doesn’t Always Lead To More Gifts

Last week, The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted a new report entitled ‘The Effect of Effectiveness,’ which demonstrated that despite all…

How Charities Can Make Their Data Beautiful

Today we feature a rather special piece. A friend of the site and digital charity consultant Zoe Amar recently attended…

The Backlash Against Big Data

A recent article in the Economist asks ‘why the backlash’ against data? Several articles have been written across a broad spectrum…

Interview With Steve Goldberg

Steve Goldberg has been called “probably the most ambitious man in American philanthropy. He expects the nonprofit world to live…