Fighting Poverty
Sojourners has recruited President Obama and Governor Romney to speak out, in separate videos released this week, about what they intend to do to address poverty across the country.
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Sep 21 2012
Sep 14 2012
Problematic Problems
Thaler Pekar’s latest blog post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review advises non-profits to deploy messages based on paradox, not problems.
Sep 07 2012
Complexity & Development
Last month, the Center for Global Development’s Owen Barder wrote a blog post about applying complexity theory to development work. Barder noted that the interaction between economic, political
Aug 31 2012
Writing
We really love good writing. In fact, we’ve been known to write a thing or two about the topic in past newsletters. This week, we were just bowled over by Eric Newton’s July 2012 blog post on why clear writing matters in philanthropy.
Aug 24 2012
Hey There, Superman. Papers, Please.
Art is often used as a means to advocate on behalf of vulnerable populations. Take, for example, the Firelight Foundation’s Cradle Project which underscores the serious plight of orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa in danger
Aug 17 2012
Words in Reality & Reality in Words
Politicians use words in an effort to change reality; but reality and history also change words. That’s Mark Forsyth’s argument in his pithy TED talk. We often write about ways nonprofits may tell their stories better to potentially influence
Aug 10 2012
Teddy Bears, Dictators, and the Power of Ridicule
Recently, the Swedish advertising agency Studio Total pulled a peculiar stunt: they flew a small plane into Belarus (Europe’s last dictatorship) and dropped lots of teddy bears along with messages about democracy and free speech.
Aug 03 2012
Arresting Images
Ken Mueller’s profile of Soles4Souls for the Inspiring Generosity blog has one really cool takeaway: pictures can play a huge strategic role in a non-profit’s social media presence. He outlines eight ways Soles4Souls is using images
Jul 27 2012
Pay it Forward
At the request of one of our clients, we attended The Economist’s World Oceans Summit in Singapore a few months ago. This week, we received a follow-up note asking Summit attendees for feedback. They (wisely) offered access
Jul 20 2012
If It Looks Like A Duck, Swims Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck…
Is it a duck? Well, not necessarily. That’s what we tell clients trying to understand how events or trips they’ve hosted potentially influence participants. In our experience, even if participants claim that an event (like, say, the TechSoup Global Summit)
