Standards
My Smart Aid Wishlist
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
There’s been a lot of chatter over Twitter lately about how to get the smart aid message out to the average donor. Suggestions have been put forth and a working group is brainstorming ideas for moving…
The importance of charity evaluations
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
I am out of the country right now on a contract with a nonprofit to evaluate their operations and provide practical feedback. Thus it seemed appropriate to repost this article on the importance of charities evaluating their work.
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Good donorship and some early lessons from the earthquake response in Haiti
Monday, March 1st, 2010
This is a guest post written by J., a veteran of numerous international relief efforts and author of the blog Tales from the Hood. His blog includes a great series of posts written about his recent…
Donating medicine to Haiti
Monday, January 18th, 2010
This is an updated and edited repost of an earlier post
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When disaster strikes it’s natural to want to help in any way possible, and one of the ways that seems make sense is to donate…
More bad donor advice
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Tales from the Hood takes on Nicholas Kristof, author of Half The Sky, for his recent article in Outside magazine titled “Nicholas Kristof’s Advice for Saving the World”.
I am also critical of this article. Given his audience…
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…
Deceptive advertising hurts the entire aid industry
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
The aid blogosphere is alight with the controversy surrounding Kiva. According to Kiva’s website:
“Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.”
The gist of…
Does your organization’s website inform or misinform donors?
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Donors are often not given the information they need to distinguish between professional and unprofessional aid agencies
To the average donor, aid agencies that spend time and money ensuring professional practices are indistinguishable from those that do not. If your…
Great resources for aid agencies and governing boards
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Whether you are you in senior management of an aid agency or invited to sit on a nonprofit board, the following are some great resources to help you ensure that your charity is following good practices.
