The US charitable giving season corresponds to the Thanksgiving-New Year period and now is a great time to start preparing for the 2014 giving season. With about 1.5 Million non-profts – think of any social cause- and there are hundreds if not thousands of charities operating in that space offering stiff competition for donor dollars.Continue reading “Non-Profits must start preparing for 2014 giving season- A look at High Net Worth Donors”
Category Archives: Non-Profits
Our organization has a website: what next?
We heard from several folks that our organization already has a website: but we are not sure what to do next. So here are 5 easy steps to take: 1. Your stakeholders are on a journey-help them: Whether you are a business or a non-profit you have stakeholders. And these stakeholders are on a journeyContinue reading “Our organization has a website: what next?”
Five 2014 Website Resolutions for Non-Profits and Businesses
As we get into the 2014 New Year, here are five website resolutions for non-profits and businesses. But why do we need a list of website resolutions for 2014? Because coming out of the great recession, people check out your website before and after they visit your physical organization. If you see some great productsContinue reading “Five 2014 Website Resolutions for Non-Profits and Businesses”
Power did not corrupt Mandela: lesson in leadership
Every leader in business or public life must wonder at the enormous global goodwill and affection on display at the Nelson Mandela funeral today. What was it in Mandela that inspired people worldwide? Mandela was one leader who power did not corrupt. But first some background about the quote ” Power tends to corrupt andContinue reading “Power did not corrupt Mandela: lesson in leadership”
Digital Expectations: being Government,non-profit or a small business is no excuse
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&profile=desktop&context=embedwww&videoId=politics/2013/10/22/ac-gupta-sebelius-obama-didnt-know-about-problems.cnn&contentId=politics/2013/10/22/ac-gupta-sebelius-obama-didnt-know-about-problems.cnn The problems with the Obamacare website forced the President himself to address the issues yesterday of… a website? Just a few years ago- organizations including Government, non-profit and small businesses used to wonder if they should have a website. In teaching and learning, students would complain loudly about the problems of online learning platformsContinue reading “Digital Expectations: being Government,non-profit or a small business is no excuse”
Sustainable Innovations : the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) approach of OECD
It's hard to wrap your mind around the concept of sustainable innovation and the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) of the OECD is a nice way to think about it. So what is sustainability? Well, it is how you use the earth's resources and what you will leave your grand and great grandchildren! Sounds simple and rhetorical butContinue reading “Sustainable Innovations : the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) approach of OECD”
From Strategy to Execution via Website: the Power of Web Analytics
As Web Analytics evolves (see earlier post) the possibility of organizations to map website—>organizational structure—> strategy —-> to execution via website analytics is an enormous opportunity. And this applies to the mission of the organization, its functions including Marketing, Investor Relations, Supplier Relations to Employee Relations. Here is how: Websites are becoming better with moreContinue reading “From Strategy to Execution via Website: the Power of Web Analytics”
Mayors Innovation Challenge for US cities from NYC Mayor Bloomberg
The Mayor's Challenge for US cities from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a great idea. The rationale for the Mayors Challenge is explained in the video alongside and details of the competition are available at the Bloomberg Philanthropies website. Mayor Bloomberg is personally funding the effort and it is available to all citiesContinue reading “Mayors Innovation Challenge for US cities from NYC Mayor Bloomberg”
A stitch in time: pick innovation winner ideas at the early stages
Picking innovation winners early in the stages of the innovation process is like a stitch-in-time. In an earlier post we had talked about how top leaders are involved less in the early parts of the innovation process viz. idea generation, concept development and testing. They seem to realize only in the development,manufacturing and launch phasesContinue reading “A stitch in time: pick innovation winner ideas at the early stages”
Innovation is always in context of customers,stakeholders and society
If we think of innovation, invariably we think of radical innovations like the iPhone or Facebook. By doing so, individuals succeed in just beating up themselves and their organizations – and for no reason. Consider that after the iPhone or Facebook started taking off entire industries (eg. smartphone for iPhone) and social media (eg. LinkedInContinue reading “Innovation is always in context of customers,stakeholders and society”