This article, “The W’s of a Nonprofit Social Media Strategy,” is a great tool for navigating the social media world, or Facebook in particular. The author, Ephraim Geffen, says to, “Be ‘you’ oriented and make followers feel important, feel that you want to engage them. Build their trust in your mission and eventually Continue Reading »
This article highlights the special innovation and drive that the CEOs of DreamWorks Animation, Corning, and Qualcomm possess. Each one holds admirable qualities that we can all learn from and apply to our own work ethic.
This great article explores the “we should make our school more like camp” philosophy that has been gaining popularity. Jeffrey Kress states that we should “remember that the goal is not to have our schools resemble camps on the surface, but rather to capture those elements that are most likely to result in Continue Reading »
Every donor should read this article which features an interview with Richard Marker, the internationally known expert on philanthropy and Founder of NYU’s Academy for Grantmaking and Funder Education. He offers insightful ways for every donor to reach out and provides precious insights. Marker’s expertise is prevalent throughout his answers in the interview Continue Reading »
In this truly insightful article, Todd Cohen makes the point that nonprofits need to allow their team time to be creative in order to cultivate ideas for their own projects and for the projects of the nonprofit itself. “The job of actually doing all [the] work lies with the staff, and the pressure Continue Reading »
This fantastic article by Sandy Cardin explains the true meaning of philanthropy and tikkun olam. She reminds us that “a philanthropist is actually anyone who undertakes to improve the quality of human life and, in turn, to increase the general well-being of humankind. It is the pursuit of tikkun olam – striving to Continue Reading »
At Areyvut we are committed to enabling youth to reach out and do chesed in their communities and abroad. Teens have the power and the ambition to create social change around them and if we give them the opportunity to, they’ll run with it. In Sue Schwartzman’s article, she writes that, “when kids Continue Reading »
This article introduces us to David Campbell who is on the Board of Directors of the Family & Children’s Services in Ithaca and on the Board for the United Way of New York State as well as a teacher at Binghamton University. “Campbell said that if he contributes to someone else giving back, Continue Reading »
Explaining in his article that “every startup can be philanthropic,” Chuck Dietrich points us to, “A recent survey of global C-suite executives [who] revealed that 84% believe that society expects businesses to take a more active role in environmental, social, and political issues than it did five years ago.” With this in mind, Continue Reading »
Tony Schwartz has an amazing article in the Harvard Business Review which focuses on the importance of focus and attention. The bottom line is as follows, “when you’re engaged at work, fully engage, for defined periods of time. When you’re renewing, truly renew. Make waves. Stop living your life in the gray zone.” Continue Reading »
