April 4th, 2008
One of the things I love about the nonprofit sector is its plethora of groups large and small dedicated to little more than providing mutual support among their respective members and raising awareness of the common activities in which they partake. Take, for example, poets. As an English major I certainly studied my share of […]
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March 21st, 2008
We’re in the second day of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s first round, which means we’ve already seen lots of shots of well-dressed coaches pacing frantically along sidelines, gesticulating wildly, yelling out plays, berating officials, and exhorting their players.
You’d be forgiven, especially if you’re not a sports fan, for yawning, silently cursing these arrogant blowhards, […]
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March 16th, 2008
For nonprofits that open their doors to the public and count on ticket purchases for a chunk of their revenue, there’s the finest of lines between savvy marketing and selling out. Last week the Philadelphia Inquirer presented a fascinating case study, writing about the efforts of the city’s venerable Franklin Institute, one of the country’s […]
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February 7th, 2008
The reason political candidates spend so much time pandering to senior citizens is very, very simple: They vote. Issues of interest to young people — access to college, for example — don’t get much time in stump speeches, in large part because it would be a waste of time for candidates to pitch ideas to […]
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January 31st, 2008
As a father of two, I catch my fair share of children’s television, which in my house comes from three sources: Nick Jr., the Disney Channel, and PBS. The younger one doesn’t get to watch just yet, but the older one has had a few years of viewing under her belt. My wife and I […]
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