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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
News Updates

August 20, 2008

Give and Take: Why Special Olympics' Movie Boycott Was a Mistake

A nonprofit communications specialist says the decision by Special Olympics to boycott the new movie “Tropic Thunder” because it uses the word “retard” was a “big tactical communications mistake,” according to a new post in Give and Take, The Chronicle’s roundup of the best blog posts in the nonprofit world.

Plus: How much does it really matter whether donors use the term ‘giving’ vs. ‘investing?’

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