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A Grateful Heart Is What Fuels Change 23 Nov 2011 | 09:48 am
For a lot of change making organizations, it can seem like loss and pain are the driving force behind their work. So many nonprofits and NGO’s start because their founder lost someone they love to c...
Answering the Call 26 Apr 2011 | 11:30 pm
The last few days have been some of the hardest in my cause community since I started working in this space. In just the last 24 hours, nine I children I know died from their heart defect. Nine. I’ve ...
Our Town, Our Heroes: What Authentic CSR Feels Like 20 Apr 2011 | 12:30 am
Last week I was the lucky recipient of a vehicle loan from General Motors as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, Our Town Our Heroes. OTOH launched about a month ago under Dri...
Putting On Your Own Oxygen Mask First 7 Apr 2011 | 04:48 pm
When you get on any airplane, before takeoff a flight attendant goes through safety procedures and tells you that in case of cabin pressure loss oxygen masks will be dropped. They instruct you to put ...
Cause Competitiveness: Keep Your Eye On The Prize 29 Mar 2011 | 11:30 pm
by Estrella Rosenberg & Geoff Livingston If the last two marathon weeks of cause-related conferences are any indication, competition isn’t just something the for profit sector is thinking about – th...
Leading With Vision Over Mission 25 Mar 2011 | 02:31 pm
All of us love the word “mission”. We use it a lot. Our organizations are “mission-driven”. Our work is our “mission” in life. When we make decisions we ask if it will help advance our mission. Missio...
Super Sized Brand-Building on a Value Meal Budget 4 Mar 2011 | 03:02 pm
During Mardi Gras last year Big Love Little Hearts wrapped up Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week with a trip to New Orleans: Big Love in the Big Easy. Since Mardi Gras is going on as I type I’...
(Less Than) Transparent Fundraising: Is This Ever Okay? 16 Feb 2011 | 03:53 pm
Last night on Valentines’s Day, the All Need Love Festival took place in Chicago. Held at the Field Museum it was supported by a PR machine – in less than one month they had built a very strong soci...
Your Free Ticket To #11NTC! 6 Feb 2011 | 06:18 am
Dying to go to NTEN’s Non-Profit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington D.C. this March but can’t afford to? 501 Mission Place is sending one passionate person! 501 Mission Place uses 10% of our me...
The Hall of Shame: Fundraising Failures 5 Feb 2011 | 07:01 am
Last night Marc Pitman posted a blog inside 501 Mission Place about testing our assumptions. In it he included a link to one of the best resources I’ve ever seen for development officers or anyone i...
