Muhammed Yunus on tech, profit, and the poor - Apr. 3, 2008

Muhammed Yunus on tech, profit, and the poor - Apr. 3, 2008: "NEW YORK (Fortune) -- 'Technology is making more changes in our way of life than ever in human history,' says Muhammad Yunus. 'The way the Internet and the mobile phone are spreading, you cannot compare with any technology of the past.' Yunus is known for his visionary leadership in microfinance and helping the poor. He and the Grameen Bank he founded won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Now he wants to see the tech industry work more explicitly to empower the poor."

What Causes Technology Donors to Give Up on American Charities - Philanthropy.com

What Causes Technology Donors to Give Up on American Charities - Philanthropy.com: "Speaking at the annual conference of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in San Diego on Monday, Mr. Carson — who led the Minneapolis Foundation before spending the past 14 months working with Silicon Valley entrepreneurial donors — outlined a dozen characteristics of Silicon Valley donors that have implications for the way in which fund raisers and other nonprofit leaders work on a day-to-day basis. Among them:"

ClickAJob News

ClickAJob News: "A poll by Personnel Today and legal firm Charles Russell has revealed that sites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace are not used by 73 per cent of human resources professionals.

However, finance, media and professional services bosses were found to be the most likely to engage in such activity.

Retailers and charitable organisations are least likely to look for a job"

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Donate Now' Processing Can Get Expensive

By Tim O'Reiley
Despite the piles of studies and consultants' programs designed to bolster the effectiveness of fundraising, Devon Batley has boiled her strategy down to two words: go online.

'I hope some day nobody sends us a check (by mail),' said Batley, the membership coordinator for the Oregon Natural Desert Association in Bend, Ore. 'It would be ideal if we could move everything to online donations. Definitely people are becoming more comfortable with it.'"