www.marketwatch.com/story/10-best-us-cities-for-home-sellers-2013-06-24

According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, online giving is growing at a blistering pace. Two studies cited by the Chronicle indicate that online donations to 115,000 nonprofits rose by 14 percent to $2.1-billion, just between 2011 and 2012; and that online contributions to the largest 149 charities in the US also grew 14 percent, to $785-million.

http://nonprofit.about.com/b/2013/06/25/online-giving-grows-as-charities-polish-their-methods.htm

www.theagitator.net/communications/favorite-fundraising-infographics

Like just about everyone else in our industry, I stood up and cheered when I saw Dan Pallotta's recent TED Talk The way we think about charity is dead wrong. I've watched again and again as effective organizations capped the amount of good they could do by under-spending on fundraising and other forms of investment. They do that because watchdogs, boards, and many others sustain a belief that spending on "overhead" is bad, wasteful, and undesirable. The question is, what should we as fundraisers do about this, especially now that the issue is more in the open?

http://www.futurefundraisingnow.com/future-fundraising/2013/06/what-to-do-about-overhead.html

Business rigor can save and sustain corporate philanthropy.

http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/metrics_matter#When:14:25:00Z

A new survey from Coldwell Banker Real Estate - “Top Booming Suburbs in America” - ranks 1,500 communities based on increased year-over-year levels in employment and unemployment percentages below the national norm, along with a range of attributes that include access to suburban staples (grocery stores, banks, etc.) proximity to good schools, commuting by car and community safety.

www.marketwatch.com/story/the-top-10-booming-suburbs-in-the-us-2013-06-26

Happy, engaged employees are good for an organization. Research shows they are more creative, produce better results, and are willing to go the extra mile.

business.time.com/2013/06/25/create-a-happier-team

In her latest blog post, Sacred Cows: Battling Ourselves, Angie Moore takes on an important topic — how did you guess? — nonprofit sacred cows.

www.theagitator.net/dont-miss-these-posts/fundraisers-personal-shoppers-for-donors

The Top 100 Small-Cap and Mid-Cap focused hedge funds oversee $255 billion in U.S. equity SMID assets, according to the most recent rankings. The Top 100 SMID Hedge Fund list is led by a number of the largest U.S. hedge funds overall, demonstrating how important smaller and lesser known companies can be for generating consistent alpha.

www.hedgetracker.com/article/Top-100-Small-and-MidCap-Hedge-Funds-oversee-255-billion-Icahn-Associates-claims-the-top-spot

A new book takes issue with those who give for the wrong reasons. Does it really matter why we give, as long as we give? Here are three ways to fix charity.

business.time.com/2013/06/26/philanthropists-of-the-world-youre-doing-it-wrong