Archive for December, 2009
“Philanthropy is important and serious work. It does require time and thought.”
Monday, December 7th, 2009
Laura Freschi from AidWatch sent me a great article over the weekend, Why Measure: Nonprofits use metrics to show that they Are efficient. But what if donors don’t care? from Stanford Social Innovation. This report discusses…
Interesting articles and posts – Nov 22 – Dec 5
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Interesting articles and posts from the past two weeks
Step 2: Get to know industry standards/best practices
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Step 2 in the series How to make a difference
Good aid takes more than just good intentions, it also takes an understanding of good aid practices. Without this donors or aid workers may invest time and money…
Cost efficient aid is not necessarily effective aid
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
There is a false belief on the part of donors that cost effective charities are the best charities. I’ve written about this problem in previous posts. This week a joint statement from five charity rating organizations…
