(Laura Cronin is director of the New York City-based Toshiba America Foundation. In her last post, she chatted with Boston College Law School professor Ray Madoff.) Later this month, Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim will release a new documentary, Waiting for Superman, that aims to bring the contentious education reform debate to a broader public. The filmmaker and his foundation ba...

It's hard to believe but summer is coming to an end which means year-end fundraising is just around the corner. Are you prepared to ramp up your fundraising strategy this month? Wondering what the latest best practices are and what kind of fundraising results you can expect? Check out Care2's latest web presentation Hot or Not: What's Sizzling in Online Fundraising, featuring fundraising experts -...

(Kyoko Uchida manages PubHub, the Foundation Center’s online catalog of foundation-sponsored publications. In her last post, she looked at four reports that explore options for funding the news.) Summer is over and America's children are heading back to school. How are they doing? This week in PubHub, we're featuring four reports that examine the well-being of our children and youth. The 201...

Has the world gone mobile crazy? Apple’s app store just cracked a quarter million available mobile applications, Google’s Android is giving them a run for their money, and Microsoft is waiting in the wings with Windows 7 Mobile. Apps are central to mobile and, according to Allyson Kapin, Blogger-In-Chief for Care2's Frogloop and Partner at Rad Campaign, mobile web use is ...

(Thaler Pekar, a consultant specializing in persuasive communication, helps smart leaders and their organizations find, develop, and share the stories and organizational narratives that rally critical support. You can find other posts by Thaler here, here, and here.) Much of my work is focused on helping smart leaders and organizations find and develop stories to share with their audiences...

As we did last last month, we've pulled together a list of the most popular PhilanTopic posts over the last thirty days. Enjoy. Connecting Your Organization's Past, Present & Future (Thaler Pekar) 15 Ways to Improve Grantee Communication at Your Foundation (Kris Putnam-Walkerly) A 'Flip' Chat With...Matthew Bishop, 'Economist' Bu...