This entry to the One Post Challenge comes from the anonymous fundraiser who runs the blog Don’t Tell The Donor. If you’ve been forwarded this post, I vouch for the fact that the $500 is real and will be given to the winner. You can read about the details of this contest here. I would […]
Category Archives: One Post Challenge
An Evacuation of the Ivory Towers
November 9, 2007 – 11:10 am
Today One Post Challenge entry comes from Trista Harris, a Program Officer and the voice behind www.newvoicesofphilanthropy.org, a blog about next generation philanthropy issues. By Trista Harris Today I am proposing nothing short of a revolution in the philanthropic field. What if foundations were connected to the communities that they were serving; innovation and creativity […]
One Post Challenge Update
November 8, 2007 – 4:32 pm
I’ve been loving the One Post Challenge entries so far. I do want to stress one thing though. A paragraph or two is all you need to write. Blog posts tend to be short and anyone who is considering entering does not need to feel like that have to write a dissertation. Case in point: […]
Network for Good & One Post Challenge
November 7, 2007 – 3:09 pm
Katya Andresen of Network for Good likes the One Post Challenge. As a show of support for the burgeoning online conversation, Network for Good is matching my $250 grant to a nonprofit in the name of the winning entry. The winner will now receive a $500 Good Card, the new charitable “gift card” from Network […]
Who Defines the Philanthropic “Product?”
November 7, 2007 – 10:14 am
For there to be a philanthropic capital market, there must be philanthropic products. In this entry to the One Post Challenge, Carla Dearing of GivingNet looks at who defines these products and introduces a web 1.0 to web 2.0 framework for understanding them. Carla Dearing is the CEO of GivingNet, formerly Community Foundations of America. […]
Why Young Alumni Don’t Give
November 6, 2007 – 8:06 am
This entry to the One Post Challenge comes from Sam Huleatt, a recent MBA graduate, who blogs at LeveragingIdeas.com and serves on the Executive Alumni Council of Johns Hopkins University. Sam is co-founder of PrepNY, which builds customized social networks for private schools. By Sam Huleatt Why Young Alumni Don’t Give and A Reason Why […]
Blogging Anonymously
November 5, 2007 – 1:00 pm
This entry to the One Post Challenge comes from the anonymous author(s) of the Gates Keepers blog: Gates Keepers amplifies civil society voices on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Anyone can join us in exercising our rights by blogging and commenting anonymously at http://gateskeepers.civiblog.org By Gates Keepers If we want to develop a critical […]
One Post Challenge Update
November 2, 2007 – 2:46 pm
I thought that the first entry to the One Post Challenge was a fascinating analysis on an issue I’d never thought much about. I would like to point out that I expect most entries to be a couple paragraphs with no tables or data. So while I really liked Rob’s entry, don’t feel like you […]
Guidestar for Sale
November 2, 2007 – 7:49 am
The first entry in the One Post Challenge comes from Rob Johnston: Rob Johnston has more than twenty years experience working for and with nonprofit organizations. He served as executive director of the Helene & Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University, and for twelve years he worked for the Peter F. Drucker […]
