The business world is different for women than it is for men, regardless of the sector you work in. b5 Business Channel blog of the week Biz Chicks Rule chronicles those differences and celebrates and supports the many successes of women in business. Kristen King and Bridget Wright write with flair and humor, and as […]
As noted a couple of days ago, this is National Small Business Week, and while the federal Small Business Administration hogs all of the attention, there is, yes, a nonprofit that helps the country’s thousands of entrepreneurs make their case to Washington and the various state capitals. The National Small Business Association was launched in […]
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and if I loathed all who commit that horrid crime before parenthood, it absolutely incenses me know that I have two daughters of my own. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center was created by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape just eight years ago, but thanks to funding from the […]
Barack Obama’s comments about the supposed bitterness of small-town, impoverished Americans who he said cling to religion and firearms because they have nothing else left is by far his worst misstep during the presidential campaign. That speech has been dissected in countless ways, almost always with an eye toward its effect among voters. Given less […]
Whether you’re a multinational nonprofit with initiatives spanning the globe or a cozy community organization making a difference in your town, you have to keep the books. As always, b5’s Business Channel has a resource for you: Accounting Solver. Blogger Ren Garcia keeps an eye on cash flow issues and accounting trends and applies the […]
Talk about ambitious. Greg McHale thinks he’s found a win-win-win-win way for:
Nonprofits to reach greater numbers of donors, volunteers, and event participants
People to discover new ways to contribute to the causes they believe in
Media companies to earn more advertising revenue
Corporations to increase the visibility of their giving programs
McHale is the founder and CEO of good2gether, […]
Assuming they haven’t pissed away their fortunes on Cristal and Hummers — a big assumption, I grant you — elite athletes retire with very healthy bank accounts. Some continue amassing wealth through TV gigs, personal appearances, and marketing jobs that embody the word "cushy"; others have nobler pursuits. The former Phoenix Suns star Kevin Johnson, […]
Yesterday the Chronicle of Philanthropy hosted an online discussion about how nonprofit employees can reduce and cope with stress. Lynne Cripe, the senior technical adviser of staff support for CARE in Atlanta, and Lisa McKay, director of training and education services for the Headington Institute in Pasadena, California, offered a lot great tips. What caught […]
Shaky financial markets and an economy bordering on recession. Are we having fun yet, businesspeople? This week’s b5media Business Channel blog of the week brings some much-needed jocularity to the and other Serious Topics. Biz Levity, whose tagline, "We Give Business the Business," is surely among the blogosphere’s best, is a lot of fun to […]
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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