As we have often discussed on this blog, charity giving has taken a notable downturn with the economy over the last couple of years. Nevertheless, that downturn has not been as steep as the economy itself, suggesting people’s ongoing commitments to help others and try to have a greater influence with their money than boosting […]
#INTERVIEW: Kristen Cambell of the National Council on Citizenship
When was the last time you tested your ‘Civic Health’ to find out if your actions, attitudes, and behavior indicated your full participation as an American citizen? The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) has established a ‘Civic Health Index’ to measure this very thing. Founded in 1946 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, […]
It’s Cool – And Lucrative – To Be Mobile. Is It Smart?
Today we again turn to the polling giant Nielsen, who have published a survey of over 5000 consumers who have a mobile device and how life situations influence their choices of mobile device and the ways they use it. In this particular survey, the questions focused on who used their mobile device to follow (or […]
#EDUCATION: Why Computer Literacy Is Crucial
Why Computer Literacy is Key to Winning the 21st Century Let’s not make ourselves obsolete … “Upending our notions of what it means to interface with computers could help democratize the biggest engine of wealth since the Industrial Revolution.” A 2014 Mother Jones‘ article from explores the challenges faced by communities nationwide, as funds for computational […]
Upcoming Seminars, Webinars, And Courses For Nonprofits
The midterm elections are done, and the races largely decided. The dust will take a bit of time to settle, and the analysts will continue to discuss ‘the meaning’ of the Republican takeover of the House, etc. We, on the other hand, turn our attentions to a few of the upcoming seminars and conferences that […]
#Fundraising: National Aphasia Association – A Night At The Theater To See “Wings”
A few weeks ago in our Perspectives series we interviewed the Program Director of the Snyder Center for Aphasia Life Enhancement (SCALE) in Baltimore, Denise McCall, and the Technology Coordinator, Jes Porro. That story grew so rich that we set up an interview with Ellayne Ganzfried, Executive Director of the National Aphasia Association, which will […]
Columbus Day: Hotly Contested and Coldly Ignored
Perhaps no other holiday on the American calendar raises such contentious debate and such comfortable indifference. Christopher Columbus’s expedition of three ships from Spain landed on 12 October, 1492 in what are now called the Bahamas. That landing was followed by three other expeditions led by Columbus, the last of which included his son, Diego […]
Maryland Schools Strive To Green Their Lunches
Last week on the blog “Audacious Ideas” (sponsored by the Soros-funded Open Society Institute of Baltimore that the MKCREATIVE blog featured earlier this month) Jill Wrigley wrote about establishing “a garden in every school.” Her ambition is to establish gardens that become fields of learning such cognitive skills as science (chemistry, biology), math (areas, fractions, […]