A Philanthropy Adviser’s Concern, Plus More: Monday’s Roundup
January 4, 2010, 11:29 am
By Maria Di Mento
- While philanthropy benefits when people talk about how it can be improved, some nonprofit experts are becoming “soapbox advocates” who demand that there is only one right way to give, which could hamper charitable appeals, says Richard Marker, a donor adviser, on his blog.
- Many charities are squandering an opportunity to make a good first impression on potential supporters with Web sites that are messy and difficult to navigate, writes Nathaniel Whittemore, founder of Assetmap, a startup company in San Francisco, on the Change.org blog.
- While the number of Chinese charities is growing, the government is hampering their development and should ease the bureaucratic hurdles it requires to register as a nonprofit group, says an editorial in China Daily, an English-language newspaper in Beijing.
- In The New York Times, Bono, the lead singer for U2 and founder of the advocacy group One, suggests developments that could change the world in the next 10 years, including a greater role for everyday citizens and grass-roots charities in influencing government decisions in developing nations.
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