MAY – Low Country Giving Day (South Carolina). MAY – MidlandsGives (Central Carolina Community Foundation). Are you thinking about participating in a Giving Day? Good news! MORE

Moreover, the states with the largest percent growth in their Hispanic populations include nine where the Latino population more than doubled , including a swath in the southeast United States — Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina. The Hispanic population also more than doubled in Maryland and South Dakota. MORE

I just came back from a business trip to Charleston, South Carolina. Curt Weeden (shown above) is a corporate giving expert, speaker, author and founder of the New Strategies Forum. I first shared this post with my email newsletter subscribers last week. MORE

The macro-economics of aging over the next 40 years do not look great: the first Baby Boomers reached the age of Social-Security eligibility 15 months ago, but the crest of this so-called ‘Silver Tsunami’ will not come until about 2030. It will not recede for another couple of decades. MORE

To be eligible to apply, an organization must be working for media and/or social justice; be located and doing work in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina; and have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or have established a relationship with a fiscal sponsor with tax-exempt status. From The Foundation Center. MORE

I love what Bridgewater Candle Company in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is doing for several reasons. Whatever challenges, misfortunes and problems you faced this year, I bet you still have something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. MORE

Responsible for the marketing and sales efforts at a Centex branded community in the Coastal Carolinas Division. My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate. MORE

Take a look at this one from the South Carolina Children’s Theatre (SCCT): Totally professional. You have a priceless, DOABLE opportunity to position your organization, programs, services, campaigns, and events in audiences’ hearts, minds, schedules, and wallets: Relevant messages ! Your tagline is the heart of your message platform. MORE

I’m in Charleston, South Carolina this week teaching at the New Strategies Forum. That distinguished gentleman in the photo is Curt Weeden , the founder of the Forum and the former chief giving officer for Johnson & Johnson. MORE

In South Carolina, the Central Carolina Community Foundation scrambled to create a backup site using a Wufoo form for participants in Midlands Gives. Yesterday, May 3, was Give Local America Day. MORE

Dear Friend, We heard the governor of South Carolina had some trouble finding the Appalachian Trail last week. You may not like the news. MORE

South Carolina's Nonprofit Summit. South Carolina's Nonprofit Summit. South Carolina’s Nonprofit Summit is the state’s largest and most comprehensive conference designed specifically by and for leaders in the nonprofit sector. MORE

Fund for Southern Communities Offers Support for Social Change Groups in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Deadline: September 1, 2007 The Fund for Southern Communities ( [link] ) is a public foundation that supports and unites organizations and donors working to create just and sustainable communities that are free of oppression and that embrace and celebrate all people. MORE

South Carolina's Nonprofit Summit. Best for: from the c-suite to the intern desk, SCANPO (the South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations) has created a program for its conference that has something for everyone. MORE

Try South Carolina? Playing off the Nike tag line. Just Do It e arly this week I asked a seemingly simple question on Diva Marketing : In this overwhelming world what One - 1 - I thing would you just do ? MORE

Thanks so much to guest blogger (and dear friend) Mark Dessauer, Director of Communications, Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina. Only the steady rain on a rural road deep in South Carolina. I was on a nine-person team running a 200-mile relay race from Columbia to Charleston South Carolina that started under increasingly grey skies on a Friday morning and now, was almost at the half way point. MORE

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Take a look at this one, from the South Carolina Children’s Theatre (SCCT): Totally professional. Every single nonprofit org—across size, budget, location and cause—shares a priceless opportunity to position its organizations, programs, fundraising campaigns and special events. MORE

He’s run auctions for groups as diverse as the American Red Cross, Charleston Catholic School, March of Dimes, Western North Carolina AIDS Project, Greenville Rape Crisis & Child Abuse Center, and the National Kidney Foundation. MORE

South Africa / $250. South Africa. South Carolina's Nonprofit Summit. South Carolina's Nonprofit Summit. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. MORE

I’m in Charleston, South Carolina, that week on business, but I’m hoping to escape the south and make this event so I can see one of my favorite actors, Tony Hale. MORE