Give the World a Little Nudge ;p

"We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true. If we are unable..."

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:01:47 -0400

“We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true. If we are unable to be alone, we are far more likely to be lonely.”

"Most of all, we need to remember - in between texts and e-mails and Facebook posts - to listen to..."

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:01:43 -0400

“Most of all, we need to remember - in between texts and e-mails and Facebook posts - to listen to one another, even to the boring bits, because it is often in unedited moments, moments in which we hesitate and stutter and go silent, that we reveal ourselves to one another.”

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"media humanitarianism"

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:03:33 -0400

“media humanitarianism”

- The Rise and Fall of Poverty Porn

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Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers: Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change (12NTCviz)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:02:35 -0400

Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers: Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change (12NTCviz):

Love how they set up a sort of aggregator page for specific topics of the seminar, complete with Twitter Feed! :)

They put their presentation slides online! :)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:01:19 -0400

They put their presentation slides online! :)

6 Takeaways from #12NTC Data Visualization is the Next Big Thing

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:04:37 -0400

6 Takeaways from #12NTC

Data Visualization is the Next Big Thing

6 Takeaways from #12NTC Strategy, Not Tools (Duh!)

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:22:46 -0400

6 Takeaways from #12NTC

Strategy, Not Tools (Duh!)

6 Takeaways from #12NTC Websites Still Matter (A lot)

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:00:09 -0400

6 Takeaways from #12NTC

Websites Still Matter (A lot)

6 Takeaways from #12NTCMobile (as expected) is On the Rise

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:41:05 -0400

6 Takeaways from #12NTC
Mobile (as expected) is On the Rise

Dream Big Pilipinas FA (DBP FA) is a legally registered...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:34 -0400

Dream Big Pilipinas FA (DBP FA) is a legally registered association which embodies the belief that transformation of the Philippines, and altering the course of its future, is made possible through educating the youth in a new and innovative way.

For most in the country, people grew up having very moving dreams. At a young age, the world was about limitless imagination. Anything was possible. Big dreams inspired them, and inspired others. These were dreams of becoming a professional athlete, a teacher or a doctor, a scientist, and artist, an adventurer, dreams of traveling the world, etc. These dreams were a source of being fully alive, and being fully self-expressed.

Then somewhere down the road, particularly for the underprivileged youth, something happened. As children grew older, dreams quickly started to wilt. For many, because of considerations in finances, lack of parent support, lack of education, etc, life started to occur as one with little or no possibility for dreams to be fulfilled. As a result, children slowly gave up their dreams and slowly became resigned to their unfavorable circumstances and resigned to a predictable future. Children gradually became disempowered, owning conversations like, “I’m not good enough”, I’m not big enough”, or “That’s impossible for me.”

The commitment of DBP FA is to transform this way of being. DBP FA’s aim is to bring back the Big Dreams, for people to get that anything they want for their lives is possible through commitment and resilience to pursue dreams despite circumstances.

Please contact us at dreambigpilipinas@gmail.com to find out how you can help.

"be wary about the unchecked desire to do good"

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:41:37 -0400

“be wary about the unchecked desire to do good”

Infographic: How the Top 50 Nonprofits Do Social Media

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:34:06 -0400

Infographic: How the Top 50 Nonprofits Do Social Media

The 2011 Online Giving Report provides the most comprehensive...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:27:14 -0400

The 2011 Online Giving Report provides the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector.

Highlights include:

2011 Online Giving Trends by Month and by Sector
Online Major Giving Trends
Trends by Percentage of Total Fundraising from Online Giving
Analysis of the Impact of Disaster Giving on Growth and the Importance of Donor Retention

Download the report to:

understand your organization’s online giving performance
identify peer organizations and compare your organization’s online giving performance to theirs
audit your organization’s website for best practices
learn how your organization can use the data provided by the report to improve your online fundraising performance
drive conversations and analyses among your organization’s leadership to uncover opportunities to improve online giving performance

a book about the power of analysis to reconnect money to social...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:37:40 -0400

a book about the power of analysis to reconnect money to social value

A good analyst, for our purposes, is one who analyses social and environmental good, as well as one who does so well or skilfully, and is in this sense good at doing it. But there is a third meaning too, as like a good Samaritan or a good witch, a good analyst can be a force for good, with a moral power and a social impact all their own. To grow impact and, as a society, to invest in it, we need to know where and how it is taking place. By discovering and providing this knowledge, the good analyst is able to drive energy and resources into the channels where it can do most good.

The Good Analyst presents our methodology for impact analysis, alongside a set of guidelines for measuring and reporting impact. But more than this, the book draws on our broader experience of impact research to lay out an overview of where the practice is today, of how we got here, and a penetrating theory of analysis itself. At a time when the world is rethinking its values quite seriously, The Good Analystargues for how a different kind of knowledge can play a pivotal role in reshaping for the better the relationship between money, impact, and the society in which we live.

The Good Analyst
Impact Measurement and Analysis in the Social-Purpose Universe
Investing for Good, 2012
ISBN 978 0 9571603 0 9
by Adrian Hornsby

"True villains and true psychopaths are, fortunately, rather rare; but, in the right circumstances,..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:04:02 -0400

“True villains and true psychopaths are, fortunately, rather rare; but, in the right circumstances, becoming unfeelingly obedient and inhuman in this way can become a common condition. When political life atrophies and debate and questioning cease, while thoughtful moral experience is blocked internally, the resulting capacity for evil can spread like an epidemic.”

- The capacity for evil can spread like an epidemic

The thoughtlessness of the controversy over Arendt’s book on Eichmann only reinforces her point about ‘the banality of evil’

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 August 2011 17.12 BST