VPP | Chairman's Corner: 'Social Outcomes': Missing the Forest for the Trees?
Mario Morino: 'Here is my concern, as best as I can manage to articulate it. I am increasingly worried that the vast majority of …

Some lucky nonprofit or social entrepreneur is going to win a free free laptop and printer bundle courtesy of HP and CauseWired Communications!
But you’ll have to answer a key question first, in order to win: …

We all know about “too big to fail” and its repercussions for the economy. But what about “too important to fade away?” To me, that’s the story of Idealist, the pioneering online community for the …

Social Entrepreneur API expands to include Global Social Benefit Incubator Alumni – My Social Actions
Global Social Benefit Incubator™ Alumni will soon be featured in the Social Entrepreneur API alongside social entrepreneurs who have received fellowship …

As the incredible depth of devastation in Haiti became apparent yesterday, the response online grew rapidly. Haiti and various related topics trended all day on Twitter,blogs and websites were filled with links to nonprofits working …

Socially-conscious social media is working up north: Alaskans have taken to the Pick. Click. Give. campaign, which is leveraging platforms from Facebook and Twitter to YouTube and Causecast to draw attention to and explain the …

Eve Blossom: Are We Really Aware: Human Trafficking Awareness Day
A resolution passed by the US Senate in 2007 marked January 11 as a day of awareness for the countless victims of human trafficking across the …

Pretty cool way to kick off a frigid Monday morning – by wishing happy birthday to my virtual friend Beth Kanter, whose energy and constant insight is one of the true fuel cells of the …

Before we step away from our keyboards to enjoy some holiday gatherings with our families, we’d like to take a moment to thank you for your support and encouragement during our inaugural year in CauseWired …

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Last year, we loved the work of the folks who put together the first Tweetsgiving – an online fundraising and advocacy campaign for the children of Tanzania, through the work of the excellent EpicChange.org. This …

Vital Voices Blog » Global Working Session in Italy Aims not only to Commemorate UN Fourth World Conference on Women, but to Breakthrough
I’m thrilled to be participating: “The gathering will open with a review of …

Putting the imperative issue of civil rights and justice around the world for women and children front and center at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative required intense coordination between CGI and the Obama Administration – …

Ricky Martin Fights Human Trafficking at Clinton Summit
When Ricky Martin took the stage at the Clinton Global Initiative on Thursday, he did not sing, or dance, or even flash his trademark grin. Following the same …

President Barack Obama brought a strong message to the audience of a thousand heads of state, diplomates, CEOs, major philanthropists, and movie stars at the Clinton Global Initiative this evening:  “Real progress doesn’t just come …

Midtown Manhattan is in virtual lock-down, as motorcades shut streets and security agents create instant frozen zones to protect the heads of state here in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Cabs are …

Online marketing guru Seth Godin takes aim at nonprofits in a widely-quoted blog post “The problem with non” today, a diatribe of sorts that repeats a meme that’s been active in American philanthropy circles for …

To anyone who’s worked in direct fundraising, “churn” isn’t exactly a new concept. Indeed, losing members of any list comes with the territory of appealing for money to support causes. Yet when users leave social …

When you’re relatively transparent in your online social enterprise model, you can expect dissent to show up on the doorstep every time. And to me, public challenges to peer-to-peer funding models come with the territory.
In …

Mashable’s Summer of Social Good « A. Fine Blog
Mashable has announced a giving campaign that runs from June 1st through August 28th of this year to raise money for four terrific causes; The Humane Society, …

The timing seems right. In the midst of the deepest American recession since the Great Depression, peer-to-peer microlending pioneer Kiva.org has opened the doors to its long-planned domestic lending program – connecting its network of …