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Category: transparency

Verdict On Annual Reports

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Lots of very constructive responses to our question of last week: Are Annual Reports Dinosaurs? And it looks like we have a hung jury! One group leans toward more timely and frequent donor communication, including in lieu of "saving it up" for the annual report. Another group says ...  Read more

Trust Is The New Black

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Yesterday, we posted some data from Cone regarding the degree to which social media friends and fans used such media to make contributions. By and large, they do not. And the study we cited pointed to the issue of trust as the essential basis of both giving and online relationships. Here is a post ...  Read more

Disruptive Technologies and the Innovator’s Dilemma

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

In 1995 Clayton Christensen coined the terms “disruptive technology” and “disruptive innovations” to describe technological innovations, products or services that use a “disruptive” strategy rather than “revolutionary” or “sustaining&rdquo ...  Read more

The Taxman Cometh

Monday, September 17th, 2007

There's no question in our minds that more transparency is called for where the work of non-profits is concerned. Afterall, non-profits are just as likely as for-profit organizations to get fouled up by questionable financial practices. That said, it's highly questionable whether the ...  Read more