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NEDRA Industry News Blog

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!

NOTE: Please note that any content or opinions expressed within this page represent the opinions and viewpoint of the original author, and do not necessarily reflect or represent the opinions, endorsement, or viewpoint of NEDRA.


  • The Unsung Masters of the Oil Industry

    Mon, July 23, 2012 10:29 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    A technique called “directional drilling” has transformed the energy business.

    http://www.economist.com/node/21559358?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/unsungmasteroftheoilindustry

  • This Is Your Brain on Altruism

    Mon, July 23, 2012 10:22 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    We’ve had a lot to say about altruism, and how economists and others have tried to study it. A group of economists at the University of Zurich now claims to have found a spot in the brain associated with altruistic behavior.

    http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/07/13/this-is-your-brain-on-altruism/

  • Water.org, Nonprofit With A Venture Fund

    Mon, July 23, 2012 10:20 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    Water.org isn't your typical nonprofit - it has its own venture fund and a growing number of supporters in Silicon Valley who want to use their tech savvy to help provide clean water to 1 billion people around the world.

    http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Water-org-nonprofit-with-a-venture-fund-3724126.php

  • What Can UK Fundraisers Learn From Charity: Water?

    Mon, July 23, 2012 10:19 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    This year’s Institute of Fundraising Convention buzzed with energetic and enthusiastic Fundraisers sharing brilliant ideas on audiences, products and channels. Throughout the three days, across numerous sessions and on the #iofnc Twitter feed, one name came up over and over again: charity: water.

    http://arentyoumarvellous.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/what-can-uk-fundraisers-learn-from-charity-water/

  • Identifying Planned Giving Prospects is No Mystery

    Mon, July 23, 2012 10:15 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    The identification of planned giving prospects has long been thought of as a top-secret recipe, consisting of exact proportions of age, specific gift levels and wealth.  But the real strategy is actually more simple and it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to work out the answer. 

    http://www.prospectresearch.com/prospect-research/identifying-planned-giving-prospects-is-no-mystery.htm

  • Building Better Philanthropy For A Better Society

    Mon, July 23, 2012 10:14 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    The government supports charitable giving because it wants to encourage individuals to contribute to social wellbeing. With the dust settling on the coalition's ill-fated attempt to cap personal tax relief on giving, now is an opportune moment to look, not only at 'how we do good', but whether we are doing it as well as we could.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2012/jul/23/philanthropy-for-a-better-society

  • Does Your Employer Expect You to be Always Connected?

    Fri, July 20, 2012 11:15 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    Technology has made it so we're all constantly connected to each other. With just a click we're readily available on email, social networks, or text messages. Because of that, employers started to expect their employees to be just as available as the technology made them. So, we're asking you: does your employer expect you to be always connected and available? Or do they understand you need downtime?

    http://lifehacker.com/5927318/does-your-employer-expect-you-to-be-always-connected

  • Skepticism About Dodd-Frank Two Years On

    Fri, July 20, 2012 10:10 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    Two years after the sweeping Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law, banks are paring operations and ramping up compliance, regulators are drafting mountains of new rules, and observers still doubt the financial system is any safer than it was after the 2008 financial crisis.

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/skepticism-about-dodd-frank-two-years-on-2012-07-20?siteid=rss&rss=1

  • The Impact of Peer Pressure On Giving

    Fri, July 20, 2012 10:09 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    Sarah Smith, Frank Windmeijer and Edmund Wright from the University of Bristol have just published an interesting paper on the impact of the 'peer-effect' on giving to charity.

    http://www.queerideas.co.uk/my_weblog/2012/07/the-impact-of-peer-pressure-on-giving-or-ask-the-stingiest-people-to-give-last.html

  • How The Rich Will Lose Half Their Money

    Thu, July 19, 2012 12:04 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    "Massive wealth destruction coming," warns Hong Kong economist Marc Faber, one of many "Dr. Dooms" we've featured over the years.

    http://www.smartmoney.com/invest/stocks/the-rich-will-lose-50-of-their-wealth-by-2014-1342649490453/

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