Here’s a true story, as related by Dan Ariely on NPR. By instituting the fine, the daycare center switched rulebooks, from social norms, which are governed by values of community, selflessness, and altruism, to market norms, which are governed by calculated self-interest. Tags: General Interest There was a day care center.

Then it struck me that it could be of particular interest to any American donors (or donors anywhere I guess, but the organisations included are all US non-profits) wanting to get the new year off to a good start by refreshing the portfolio of charities they support. My portfolio is shown above.

Respond quickly when it’s advantageous or necessary, but make sure even your quickest actions are in the long-term best interest of your organization. Last year, NPR built a hurricane emergency online community site for free in one weekend, and asked the public for help. flickr/askpang. Web 2.0 Be nimble but think long-term.

You simply choose the country and the age group, or groups, you’re interested in (you can compare up to 3) and the site creates a chart showing the number of active Facebook users fitting the chosen profile each day over the last month. Top of the nonprofit pages at the moment are The Red Ribbon Army and NPR. Facebook

Over the past few weeks, I have been gathering interesting articles and new sites to share, so while I am away, here are some interesting reads and to do's: My new "MUST READ EVERY DAY" is Mobile Marketer's daily email with articles about what people are doing with mobile. You can sign up right on their site.

It seems that people actually read this blog: every once in a while I get emails about great other sites out there and interesting events. We do radio spots on NPR. Donations will go to fund Project Clean Water's work creating sustainable solutions for villages around the world to access fresh, healthy water." MK: What is Virgin Money?

Through their coverage, those same media — NY Times, PBS, CNN, NPR — also provided the credibility that helped build many of the biggest “cause&# brands. Today, much of this will be done online, simplifying your job of linking their interest to your organization. Particularly on a national scale. Three suggestions: 1.

Recently, I noticed an interesting phenomenon in my email inbox. commentator on NPR recently picked the Obama campaign's use of text messaging during the election campaign as the technology of the year. Emails from all kinds of charities with "video messages" from their executive leaders, most often the CEO or President.

More than once, I have heard from non-profit fundraisers that Gen Yers just don't "give," and therefore are not really a generation that is interested in "giving" or has not yet developed an interest. This got me thinking, how do you define "giving"? So Sophie stepped in to get more kids involved. ".the I handed out fliers.

An interesting group of people from HHS, FEMA, FBI, FDA, USDA, DHS, PAHO, NACCHO, NAGC, CDC, Cisco, Red Cross, NPR and Fox News (DC) - and you know you are truly 'inside the beltway' if you get all those acronyms ( and if not, try here ). Hmmm, isn't this interesting. Been Busy! Search on twitter.com for #hchit.