August 21, 2008
Thunderbird Kicks Off $20,000 Sustainable Innovation Competition; Early Registration for Competition Opens to Graduate-Level Business Students Worldwide
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Thunderbird School of Global Management's third annual Global Sustainable Innovation Summit opens early registration today. The global competition draws the brightest graduate-level students from top universities around the world, and requires students to develop sustainable and innovative...
August 19, 2008
Good Leadership and Organizational Structure Can Cut Corruption, According to Stanford Business School Faculty
From Ascribe Newsfeed: It's easier than most people realize for ordinary, well-meaning people to get caught up in activities they should have known were wrong. Yet, creating a structure that reduces the chances of cheating is not easy, requiring a...
August 11, 2008
Columbia Community Business Program to Make University Resources Available to Harlem Community
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Columbia Business School has announced the launch of the Columbia Community Business Program, unveiled yesterday at the Harlem Week Economic Development Awards Luncheon and Expo. The program is designed to support the growth and development of businesses...
August 1, 2008
TechSoup Announces Show Your Impact Contest Award Winners; Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma, MediaRites Productions, Fresh Artists, METRAC Named Grant Winners in Adobe Sponsored Design Contest
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Ending a month-long submission period, San Francisco-based nonprofit technology assistance provider TechSoup today announced the winners of the Show Your Impact Design Contest. The contest, co-sponsored by TechSoup and it's technology product donor partner Adobe Systems Incorporated,...
July 29, 2008
Columbia's Institute for Not-for-Profit Management to Host Fall Information Sessions
From Ascribe Newsfeed: The Institute for Not-for-Profit Management (INM) at Columbia Business School Executive Education will host two information sessions in the fall, on Tuesday, September 9 and Thursday, November 6. Each will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7...
July 24, 2008
Foundation Center Releases 'The Grantseeker's Guide to Winning Proposals'
From Ascribe Newsfeed: The newest title in the Foundation Center's suite of proposal writing guides includes 35 actual proposals that received foundation funding. Designed for development officers, nonprofit board members, fundraising consultants, volunteers, and others in pursuit of foundation grants,...
July 20, 2008
Ask and You're Likely to Get Help, According to Stanford Business School Research
From Ascribe Newsfeed: A series of studies reveals that people tend to grossly underestimate how likely others are to agree to requests for assistance. "Our research should encourage people to ask for help and not assume that others are disinclined...
July 18, 2008
Creating engaged boards key to sustaining small, medium-size nonprofits
Mott Foundation: BoardSource, a research and training organization headquartered in Washington DC, is partnering with the Flint area BEST (Building Excellence, Sustainability and Trust) Project, to develop a multi-tiered strategy aimed at generating heightened engagement and leadership among nonprofit boards...
July 1, 2008
HUD SECRETARY HIGHLIGHTS FAITH-BASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS
From HUD Press Releases: Faith-based organizations are making a huge difference in the Bush Administration's efforts to reduce homelessness, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston said today. Addressing the White House National Faith-Based and Community Initiatives...
Foundation Center Study Shows Growth in California Grants Benefiting Communities of Color
From Ascribe Newsfeed: As the diversity of California's population continues to grow, a new Foundation Center analysis of grantmaking by 50 of the state's largest independent foundations finds that at least 39 percent of California-focused grants benefited populations of color....
