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Circus Harmony's 'CIRCUS KIDS' To Be Featured at St. Louis International Film Festival
  Posted in GOOD News on Oct 29, 2010    1 Comments 
Circus Harmony's 'CIRCUS KIDS' To Be Featured at St. Louis International Film Festival
The St. Louis International Film Festival will feature the movie CIRCUS KIDS as one of its documentary selections. CIRCUS KIDS follows Eleven St. Louis teenagers, a clown, a mentor, a dad, a social circus director, and a young film maker as they travel to Israel in 2007. It was the beginning of a truly multi-cultural, incredibly inspirational collaboration between Circus Harmony’s St. Louis Arches and the Jewish/Arab Galilee Circus from the ...  More
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Cinema St. Louis Announces Lineup for 19th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival
  Posted in Not For Profit on Oct 29, 2010    0 Comments 
Cinema St. Louis Announces Lineup for 19th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival
The lights are about to go down, and the stars are getting ready to shine. The 19th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) will be held Nov. 11-21. SLIFF will screen nearly 340 films: 200 shorts, 90 features and 48 documentaries. This year’s festival features a record 162 programs, with 44 countries represented. The fest will host more than 100 filmmakers and related guests. The festival opens with the St. ...  More
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Fontbonne University Offers New Grad Degree Focused on Growing Nonprofit Sector
  Posted in Careers on Oct 28, 2010    0 Comments 
Fontbonne University Offers New Grad Degree Focused on Growing Nonprofit Sector
Fontbonne University OPTIONS has announced a new Master of Science degree in nonprofit management beginning January 2011 and offered through the Eckelkamp College of Global Business and Professional Studies. The program fuses essential principles and practices from business and nonprofit fields into a specialized curriculum that prepares students for the major responsibilities and challenges facing professionals in this fast-growing ...  More
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St. Louis Based Gabriel Group Helps Nonprofits Bring In More Than Money With New Mobile Fundraising Technology
  Posted in Technology on Oct 28, 2010    0 Comments 
St. Louis Based Gabriel Group Helps Nonprofits Bring In More Than Money With New Mobile Fundraising Technology
St. Louis based Gabriel Group announces their new mobile fundraising technology to help nonprofits capture spur-of-the-moment mobile donors and turn them into a loyal, responsive donor base. With Gabriel's mobile giving solution, nonprofits are able to collect not only a donation but the donor's identification information, as well. The donor decides the size of their gift--not the phone company, which is the case in traditional mobile ...  More
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Academy Of Science St. Louis Accepting Nominations For The 2011 Academy Of Science Outstanding Scientist Awards
  Posted in Not For Profit on Oct 27, 2010    0 Comments 
Academy Of Science St. Louis Accepting Nominations For The 2011 Academy Of Science Outstanding Scientist Awards
Since its inception, the Academy Of Science has promoted the recognition of the impressive scientists of St. Louis. This tradition continues with the Annual Outstanding St. Louis Scientist Awards. Each award-winner represents both an extraordinary caliber of expertise and a dedication to fostering science literacy. Past awardees include young innovators, educators, regional icons and those who are known worldwide for their scientific ...  More
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WhyTuesday.org Announces Cash Video Contest
  Posted in Government on Oct 27, 2010    0 Comments 
WhyTuesday.org Announces Cash Video Contest
Why Tuesday? a non-partisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) committed to increasing American voter turnout, announces the return of its 'Get Out the Why' video contest. Beginning October 26th, 2010 and ending Election Day (November 2, 2010), Get Out the Why is a biennial national call to encourage anyone with gumption and a video camera to ask lawmakers and influential Americans why Election Day is on Tuesday—all in the interest of sparking a ...  More
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The Best Donors
  Posted in Fundraising on Oct 26, 2010 by     1 Comments 
The Best Donors
Who are your best donors and how well do you know them? It is easy to say who the biggest donor is. But, is that person the best donor? What is your definition of a "best donor"? The definition of "best donor" depends on your goals. If it is a time of financial stress, the best donor is the one who writes the biggest check. All of the large donors are automatically inducted into the "best donor" club. It is often ...  More
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Election Officials Eye Tech-Savvy College Students To Serve As Volunteer Poll Workers
  Posted in Government on Oct 24, 2010    0 Comments 
Election Officials Eye Tech-Savvy College Students To Serve As Volunteer Poll Workers
Election officials across the nation are recruiting college students to increase the numbers and capabilities of the hundreds of thousands of citizens who make up the nation's stable of paid volunteer poll workers. According to data collected by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, states reported that 10.5 percent of poll workers serving during the 2008 presidential election were 25 years of age or younger. While comparable data is not ...  More
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New Report From The Social IMPACT Research Center Says ‘Put Illinois To Work’ Provides Vital Relief For Illinois Businesses And Workers
  Posted in Government on Oct 24, 2010    0 Comments 
New Report From The Social IMPACT Research Center Says ‘Put Illinois To Work’ Provides Vital Relief For Illinois Businesses And Workers
Struggling workers and businesses received a vital stimulus this year through Put Illinois to Work, according to a new report released today by the Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance. The subsidized work-relief program, Put Illinois to Work (PITW), is a public-private collaboration between the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) and Heartland Human Care Services (HHCS). PITW has put 27,393 low-income, unemployed and ...  More
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mGive, The Leading Service Provider For Mobile Donations In The U.S., Introduces Innovative New Tools And Service Enhancements
  Posted in Fundraising on Oct 24, 2010    0 Comments 
mGive, The Leading Service Provider For Mobile Donations In The U.S., Introduces Innovative New Tools And Service Enhancements
mGive continues to drive mobile donation market innovation with the launch of several innovative tools and service enhancements new to the mobile donation industry. The organization has released the mStore, innovative new tools including mobile polling, The Spark, and mRaiser, and enhanced their already robust reporting capabilities. Established in 2005, mGive introduced the first mobile donation platform tailored to nonprofit organizations. ...  More
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Nonprofits Using Economic Downturn As A Valuable Learning Opportunity
  Posted in Management on Oct 20, 2010 by     0 Comments 
Nonprofits Using Economic Downturn As A Valuable Learning Opportunity
No one wants or looks forward to adversity. However, we all experience it from time to time. The fact that we experience it says we need it. Adversity is the world’s way of saying, “There are new lessons to be learned!” It is rare to find an organization (government, for-profit, or nonprofit) that is unaffected by adversity at some time. The speed with which organizations recover from adversity depends on how they respond to the initial phase ...  More
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5 Ways Your Board Can Support Your Nonprofit's Brand
  Posted in Management on Oct 19, 2010 by     0 Comments 
5 Ways Your Board Can Support Your Nonprofit's Brand
Your board members' ability to articulate your organization's brand and share it with others is based on two things: A. their relationship to the organization, and B. their ability to articulate that relationship. Try these 5 ways to strengthen your relationship with board members and provide the tools they need to be better brand ambassadors. 1. Engage Strengthening your relationship with board members is the first step. ...  More
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