Friday, March 30, 2012

Leading Businesswomen and Philanthropist Launches Online Gateway Connecting People Wanting to do Good - MarketWatch

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Leading Businesswomen and Philanthropist Launches Online Gateway Connecting People Wanting to do Good - MarketWatch: Shari Arison launches 'Goodnet' - providing thousands of global opportunities for doing good

Launched today, Goodnet.org is a further social investment by Shari Arison to support people to independently take action globally and do good for community and society. Goodnet has been developed as a gateway for Doing Good, to offer everyone a direct path to finding the opportunity that best suits them to help others.

Using Pinterest to Drive Social Commerce | NetWitsThinkTank.com

Using Pinterest to Drive Social Commerce | NetWitsThinkTank.com: So, instead of stopping at 101 tactics, we are forging ahead. I recently debuted tactic 102 on the Frogloop blog. Enjoy!
Use Pinterest to Drive Social Commerce.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Patents for Humanity

Patents for Humanity: Participants will send in applications describing how they've used their patented technology or products to address humanitarian challenges. Judges will choose winners in four categories: medical technology, food and nutrition, clean technology and information technology.

Winners will receive a certificate for accelerated processing of select patent USPTO matters. The program creates a powerful tool for businesses to expedite handling of their most important matters and help validate technology in the market – leading to quicker and more efficient investment decisions.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Institute's Mobile Apps Are Built By Hands of Those with Autism CIO.com

Institute's Mobile Apps Are Built By Hands of Those with Autism CIO.com: Called the nonPareil Institute (for "no equal"), the company builds apps for iPhone and Android phones and PCs. The 11 staffers provide 80 students who are on the autism spectrum , which includes Asperger's Syndrome, technical training and help adjusting to a work environment.

The students, ranging in age from their early 20s to mid-50s, and staff have already launched NPISarobon, an abacus-like app for 99 cents available on the App Store for iPad . Two new apps, Card Tracker and Number Tap, are about to be launched in the App Store. NPISarbon was conceived and coded by Cheryl O'Brien, a student at the institute who is now a staff programmer.

Who is Corporate Philanthropy for? Arundhati Roy Says It’s Not Who You Think - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

Who is Corporate Philanthropy for? Arundhati Roy Says It’s Not Who You Think - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: For India, “Trickledown hasn’t worked,” Roy writes. “But Gush-Up certainly has.” And it’s not just Roy’s analysis that makes this piece worthy of your time. It’s also her utterly stunning prose. Take, for instance, this passage: “As Gush-Up concentrates wealth on to the tip of a shining pin on which our billionaires pirouette, tidal waves of money crash through the institutions of democracy—the courts, Parliament as well as the media, seriously compromising their ability to function in the ways they are meant to. The noisier the carnival around elections, the less sure we are that democracy really exists.”

Roy’s analysis moves from the influence of corporate India to the dynamics of the Indian political system, and from the nation’s corporate-serving military apparatus to the topic of “Corporate Philanthropy” (Roy’s capitalization). The latter should be of much interest to the nonprofit sector, be it in the U.S. or abroad.

Visual Storytelling: Powerful Connections for Your Nonprofit | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention

Visual Storytelling: Powerful Connections for Your Nonprofit | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention: Video, infographics, still photography, and even a t-shirt or cap featuring your call to action are all examples of visual media nonprofits are using to tell stories in powerful ways! When executed well, they cut through the clutter and leave a mental image that resonates and is remembered. Take this:

ATM giving to be widely enabled in 2012 - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

ATM giving to be widely enabled in 2012 - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: UK cash machine network Link plans to enable users to make charitable donations from any of its 64,500 nationwide ATM sites before the end of the year.

Managers Need to Up Their Game with Social Media - Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald - Harvard Business Review

Managers Need to Up Their Game with Social Media - Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald - Harvard Business Review

Virgin Money Giving hits �100m in donations - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Virgin Money Giving hits �100m in donations - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: Virgin Money Giving has facilitated �100m of donations two and a half years after its launch, the online giving platform has announced.