links for 2006-11-14

• Better Get Your Game Face on
  The sports world — even if you’re not a hardcore fan — is a terrific place to learn about business. So often the outcome of any game is determined long before teams take the field. Success, just as in marketing, is in part the result of players and coac
  (tags: Advertising marketing)
• DMA: Direct helps insulate economy. Is this an overstated claim?
  It’s harder and harder to make the distinction between direct marketing and other forms of advertising. The lines are blurring. Marketing investments that were outside of the field that we thought of as direct marketing prior to now are taking on direct m
  (tags: direct marketing trends)
• The Power of Charity Giving Circles
  Trends indicate a growing cadre of charitable giving circles that gather people interested in philanthropy and enable them to pool their money and time so they can have a bigger impact than they would by donating individually.
  (tags: philanthropy charity nonprofit donors)
• Why venture philanthropy is important, even if it sounds ridiculous.
  Like “new economy” and “old economy” businesses, venture philanthropy and traditional philanthropy have now become incorporated into a more diverse continuum.
  (tags: philanthropy nonprofit charity)
• A Fresh Approach - What’s Wrong With Profit?
  This year, as never before, the line between philanthropy and business is blurring. A new generation of philanthropists has stepped forward
  (tags: philanthropy charity nonprofit Branson Omidyar Skoll)
• A Charity With an Unusual Interest in the Bottom Line
  The idea befuddled donors and Internal Revenue Service lawyers alike when Jacqueline Novogratz approached them six years ago. A philanthropic venture capital fund?
  (tags: nonprofit charity philanthropy)
• Nonprofits team up on holiday fundraising
  By working together, foundations are avoiding duplication. This article is about a partnership started when employees of different foundations began to realize the need to ensure that they were reaching as many organizations needing money as possible.
  (tags: nonprofit charity philanthropy)
• Delivery Channels Rule Branding Trends
  While you can’t ignore branding basics, you can no longer rely on traditional outlets such as TV, radio and print to get the job done; they must take into consideration all the new media at their disposal, including blogs, podcasts, mobile phone-based pro
  (tags: marketing trends online)
• So Many Causes, So Little Time for the Hollywood Do-Gooder
  In a world where Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are changing philanthropy with megagifts and superambitious goals, it is only natural that Hollywood power players are starting to squirm in their swagged chairs, prisoners of the charity ball-and-chain.
  (tags: charity trends marketing nonprofit philanthropy)

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