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Welcome to NEDRA's Industry News blog, where we feature news articles and other items of interest to the research community, curated by the NEDRA News Editor-In-Chief. We hope these selections will be of interest to you - and encourage you to share your thoughts and comments here!

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  • Donations Barely Grew at All Last Year, 'Giving USA’ Finds

    Tue, June 19, 2012 12:03 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    For the second year in a row, charitable giving barely grew, rising by just 0.9 percent after inflation in 2011, according to today’s release of “Giving USA,” the annual yearbook of American philanthropy. The study estimated that the total donated was $298.4-billion.

    http://philanthropy.com/article/Donations-Barely-Grew-at-All/132367

  • Most Rich Americans Believe in Teaching Children About Giving

    Tue, June 19, 2012 12:02 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Even in tough economic times, wealthy Americans still believe strongly that they have a duty to give, a new survey says.

    philanthropy.com/blogs/the-giveaway/most-rich-americans-believe-in-teaching-children-about-giving

  • Moody’s Says Hard Times Ahead for Nonprofit Hospitals

    Tue, June 19, 2012 10:22 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    A new report by credit-rating agency Moody’s says nonprofit hospitals will face hard times regardless of the Supreme Court’s ruling on a challenge to President Obama’s health-care law, says Reuters.

    http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/moodys-says-hard-times-ahead-for-nonprofit-hospitals/48765

  • Facebook to Pay Charities $10-Million in Lawsuit Settlement

    Tue, June 19, 2012 10:22 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    Facebook has said it will give $10-million to charity to settle a lawsuit that claimed the social-media site usurped its users’ control over their names, photos, and likenesses, according to federal-court documents cited by Reuters.

    http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/facebook-to-pay-charities-10-million-in-lawsuit-settlement/48825

  • Why Your Organization Needs Telecommuting – When the Commuter Train Shuts Down

    Tue, June 19, 2012 10:21 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    Business and commutes were at a standstill in the San Francisco Bay Area yesterday after an extreme fire in West Oakland put the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) commuter train system completely out of service between San Francisco and cities in the East Bay.... If your organization has flexible work systems in place, then a "carpocalypse" such as this won't have nearly the destructive impact that it otherwise could on your team's productivity.

    http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/b/tsblog/archive/2012/06/15/why-your-organization-needs-telecommuting-when-the-commuter-train-shuts-down.aspx

  • Are You Pitching Planned Giving to the Wrong Cohort?

    Tue, June 19, 2012 10:16 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    If you associate estate planning, writing wills, and marketing your planned giving program with people in their 60s and 70s, you might be way off course.

    http://nonprofit.about.com/b/2012/06/18/are-you-pitching-planned-giving-to-the-wrong-cohort.htm

  • Fundraising Through iPads

    Tue, June 19, 2012 10:15 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    Using iPads when face-to-face fundraising is more efficient and gives charities a better chance of winning over potential donors.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2012/jun/19/fundraising-ipads

  • For Good Philanthropy, Passion Is What You Need

    Mon, June 18, 2012 3:04 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Passion comes first. Unless donors find an issue that they connect with, a ‘hook’ that helps them to engage, giving money away can sometimes seem like a duty....Helping donors to work out exactly what they care about and what they want to achieve is the first part of this process.

    http://www.spearswms.com/philanthropy/33902/for-good-philanthropy-passion-is-what-you-need.thtml

  • The 12 Best Engineering and Information Technology Jobs

    Mon, June 18, 2012 3:03 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Engineers and other technical professionals weren't always seen as having the nation's coolest jobs. Many other professions have claimed that distinction over the past few decades, including investment bankers, airline pilots and surgeons. But those days have passed. Perhaps Steve Jobs and his legacy can take credit, but working in engineering, computer science and many other traditionally "nerdy" careers is the new rave.

    http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/12-best-engineering-information-technology-jobs

  • 75% of Young Adults Gave to Charity Last Year, Study Finds

    Fri, June 15, 2012 1:41 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Charities rarely make deliberate efforts to solicit young adults because they think people in their 20s and early 30s are unlikely to give.

    http://philanthropy.com/article/75-of-Young-Adults-Gave-to/132217/

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