New Digital Magazine Ideal for Gift Basket Businesses September 1st, 2010 at 07:24pm Lorie Obernauer There’s a new trade industry magazine for gift basket business buyers who want to expand their product line. Gift, Gourmet, & Decor Plus is for the buyer who wants to stay ahead in the competitive marketplace. Presented by Giftware News, ...Continue Reading »
It’s that time of year again! Gap is having its “Friends and Family” promotion. Friends and family of Gap employees, Gap Card holders, and select customers will be able to generate coupon codes for you which will take 30% off any online purchase from August 26 – August 29. In addition, 5% of the purchase ...Continue Reading »
Hildy spent 90 minutes coaching me today by phone. The image with which I am left is of three parties, standing on a little planet: One is a client/donor pointing with a finger to the moon; the second is an advisor, pointing to the earth; and the third is a fundraiser pointing to a star. ...Continue Reading »
Pablo Eisenberg: The greatest weakness of philanthropy is the lack of critical analysis about it. Nobody wants to say anything negative or bad! It is often assumed to be so good that it is beyond criticism, and grantees seldom dare to raise any concerns lest they lose their funding.
Jane Mayer in the New Yorker on the political and cultural influence of the Koch family. A case study in Social Change Philanthropy in a liberatarian direction. Does anyone know if the Kochs will take the Gates Giving Pledge, or will they go the dynastic oligarch route? Maybe they need a Trusted Advisor, Homme de ...Continue Reading »
Chronicle of Philanthropy: A military charity is raising its profile and reaping record donations through its association with Glenn Beck’s scheduled rally Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial, Time reports. All proceeds raised by Mr. Beck for his “8/28 Restoring Honor Rally” beyond the costs of the event itself will go to the Special Operations Warrior ...Continue Reading »
The Philanthropic Initiative has a blog, with posts open for comments. They have long been a leader in philanthropic advice for "Deep Social Impact," which is in fact the name of the blog. Here they address corporate Signature Initiatives, a strategy that addresses a clearly defined social goal, enables a company to play an important ...Continue Reading »
Hildy Gottlieb. Do you know her work? The Pollyanna Principles seem to complete the thought process of The World We Want. She puts the "we" into the world we want. Her sequence of questions might, adapted to yours, might go like this: What is the world we want? What conditions are conductive as this world ...Continue Reading »
H. Peter Karoff sends along to Gifthub readers the attached 9 page presentation which he gave recently at the Santa Barbara Yatch Club Forum. Thank you, Peter! Download Moral Dimension.