If you working on raising the money of your dreams, you should always be on the lookout for people who can help advance your cause. After all, you can’t do it yourself and many hands make light work. The right people can be infinitely helpful to your organization: they can volunteer, they can donate money or stuff, they can help spread the word, and they can connect you to other people who can be tremendous resources for your organization. One really great way to get people involved is to invite them to join a committee. People don’t have to be Board members to serve on a…
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Akilah Institute for Women: Social Media Workshop
Beth’s Blog16 May 2012 | 8:24 amAkilah workshop View more presentations from Beth Kanter After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional Networking workshop for second year students at the Akilah Institute for Women. The mission is to empower young women in East Africa to transform their lives by equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to find meaningful employment and launch ventures in the fastest growing sectors of the economy. The organization was founded by Elizabeth Dearborn Davis and Dave Hughes. I… -
Burn the Bridges
Daily Blog Tips16 May 2012 | 6:37 amFirst of all keep in mind I don’t support or see as a positive thing the massacres that happened in Central and South America when Spain, Portugal and other European nations started colonizing the continent. Quite the opposite. That being said we can still learn from their strategic and military choices, and that is what this post is about. Hernán Cortés was the Spanish general who was responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire and sub-sequent colonization of the Americas by Spain. His military technology was far superior, but the Aztec outnumbered his men, and they were fighting… -
Barclays trials ‘stick-on’ NFC credit cards to help accelerate mobile wave-and-pay adoption
Giving in a digital world30 Apr 2012 | 1:00 amOne of the 12 Digital Fundraising Trends for 2012 that I wrote about in January – Contactless Mobile Payments – looks to have continued to develop in the UK with the news that Barclays are to trial a ‘stick-on’ NFC-enabled mini credit card called PayTag. The plan is that Barclays Visa account holders will be able to attach a PayTag to their mobile phone, enabling them to ‘wave-and-pay’ for items of up to £15 (£20 from June) using contactless payment terminals at over 100,000 different retail outlets across the country. This is an interesting move from the… -
Darian Rodriguez Heyman on New Trends in Social Media for Nonprofits
YouTube Videos10 May 2012 | 3:33 pmDarian Rodriguez Heyman on New Trends in Social Media for Nonprofits Aiden Livingston of Call2Action interviews Darian Rodriguez Heyman, the co-producer of Social Media for Nonprofits. Darian explains new trends like peer to peer fundraising, community engagement technology, and socializing the giving process. Learn about new platforms that let you maximize the effectiveness of your existing online elements, like hootsuite, Google nonprofit resource center, Google Checkout, and Google grants. From: call2actionchannel Views: 3 1 ratings Time: 06:15 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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6 May 2012 | 8:47 amIf you working on raising the money of your dreams, you should always be on the lookout for people who can help advance your cause. After all, you can’t do it yourself and many hands make light work. The right people can be infinitely helpful to your organization: they can volunteer, they can donate money or stuff, they can help spread the word, and they can connect you to other people who can be tremendous resources for your organization. One really great way to get people involved is to invite them to join a committee. People don’t have to be Board members to serve on a… -
In fundraising, planning is key
24 Apr 2012 | 8:58 amWith any big project (and especially fundraising), it’s critical that you start with a plan. Let me share a non-fundraising example to illustrate that point. I spent last week with a group of friends at a quilting retreat. It was a blast! We laughed and ate and sewed to our hearts’ content. Here’s one of the quilts I finished: To create a quilt like this, you have to start with a plan, or at least an idea of what you want the finished quilt to look like. If you just randomly bounced through your sewing space sewing first one fabric then another, the result would be… -
9 steps to a powerful fundraising plan
12 Apr 2012 | 7:56 pmYou know you need a fundraising plan, but if you’re like most, you don’t know where to start. Although planning can seem overwhelming, it’s not really a difficult process, yet it makes all the difference in the world in the success you will enjoy in raising big money. You want that, right? Let me make it simple for you and share the 9 steps to creating a powerful fundraising plan. Step 1. Start where you are. Before you can create goals to work toward, you need to know where you are. Anytime you look at a map, you first have to find your starting point. Do a quick… -
What causes nonprofit Boards to fail?
20 Mar 2012 | 7:02 amI wrote this article in response to several nonprofits that have been in the news lately, including one in my area. I believe that training can solve (or prevent) a multitude of Board problems. However, this works on the assumption that once people know better, they’ll do better. Nonprofit organizations are formed to meet a need in the community and to do it so that no one benefits financially (no dividends to investors). The Board of Directors of a nonprofit organization has the ultimate authority and responsibility for the organization. The Board is accountable to the… -
Thank the Do-Gooders!
14 Mar 2012 | 7:35 amVolunteers can bring enormous benefits to your organization, and if you have great volunteers, keep ‘em! National Volunteer Week is coming up in a few weeks (April 15-21, 2012), so now’s the time to plan a few things to thank your do-gooders. The simplest thing you can do is to send a hand-written note to your volunteers to thank them for their service. I recommend you thank all your regular volunteers and anyone who has done spot volunteering (just one day) during the past year. You don’t have to send them a trinket. A heartfelt ‘thank you’ will do the trick.
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Akilah Institute for Women: Social Media Workshop
16 May 2012 | 8:24 amAkilah workshop View more presentations from Beth Kanter After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional Networking workshop for second year students at the Akilah Institute for Women. The mission is to empower young women in East Africa to transform their lives by equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to find meaningful employment and launch ventures in the fastest growing sectors of the economy. The organization was founded by Elizabeth Dearborn Davis and Dave Hughes. I… -
Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda
15 May 2012 | 8:00 amFor the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. The project is under the visionary leadership of Cheryl Francisconi who is the director of IIE’s office in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and has vast expertise in developing, designing, and implementing transformative leadership programs for several decades. The project mobilizes leading women’s organizations and… -
Need Answers: LinkedIn Has Them
14 May 2012 | 8:44 amNote from Beth: I’m just finishing up an intensive training here in Rwanda. I was out in a rural area where Internet connectivity was a huge challenge, so was not able to blog, But now that I’m back in Kigali with a good Internet connection, expect to hear more about my experience teaching social media and the Networked NGO. Right before I left for this trip, Geri Stengel, shared a guest post about nonprofits and use of LinkedIn that was of interest to many folks. So, when Geri offered up this second post about nonprofits and LinkedIn, I couldn’t… -
Are You Being Left Behind as Technology Ushers In a Whole New Approach to Philanthropy? #CoFLA
4 May 2012 | 7:25 amNote From Beth: Just before I left for Rwanda, I caught some interesting discussion threads about organizational adoption of networked ways of working on Twitter coming from the #COFLA hashtag as a result of the Council on Foundations gathering in Los Angeles. I discovered that it was Larry Eason from DotOrgPower and his colleague, Shelley Wenk, offered to write this summary of the discussion as a guest post. When I landed, I was able to get the guest post from Shelley via email and publish it because Rwanda has one of the better Internet connectivity infrastructures for the countries… -
Attention Data Nerds: Nonprofits Miss Out on the Power of LinkedIn: Learn How to Tap It
3 May 2012 | 8:02 amNote from Beth: By the time you are reading, I’ll probably have been on a jet plane for far longer than I want to be and maybe have landed in Rwanda. Once I recover from the journey, expect read reports about the Networked NGO in Rwanda and use of social media to support Women’s Rights organizations. If you’re motivated to go deeper on LinkedIn after reading this summary, you will want to check out my curated list of nonprofit and LinkedIn resources here. Nonprofits Miss Out on the Power of LinkedIn: Learn How to Tap It – Guest Post by Geri Stengel …
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Burn the Bridges
16 May 2012 | 6:37 amFirst of all keep in mind I don’t support or see as a positive thing the massacres that happened in Central and South America when Spain, Portugal and other European nations started colonizing the continent. Quite the opposite. That being said we can still learn from their strategic and military choices, and that is what this post is about. Hernán Cortés was the Spanish general who was responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire and sub-sequent colonization of the Americas by Spain. His military technology was far superior, but the Aztec outnumbered his men, and they were fighting… -
The Verge Slams Internet Marketing Gurus
14 May 2012 | 9:17 pmIf you still haven’t seen the piece on The Verge where they slam some Internet marketing gurus pretty hard, well, grab some popcorn and visit the link below, cause you are in for a treat (whether you agree with the opinions of the article or not). The post is titled Scamworld: ‘Get rich quick’ schemes mutate into an online monster, and it runs for thousands of words with a very comprehensive view on the matter. Just to give you an idea on how they didn’t hold any punches: there are pictures and videos of some pretty famous Internet marketers (e.g., Frank Kern and Mike… -
How to Structure Your Posts (and Why You Need To)
14 May 2012 | 4:30 amDo your posts seem to be a loose collection of ideas, in no particular order? When I’m coaching bloggers, one common problem that comes up is a lack of structure. During the drafting process, many writers simply sit down and type whatever comes into their head. That’s fine for a warm-up … but it’s not a very efficient way to create a blog post. Think of structure as the underlying framework for your posts. With a strong frame in place, your post won’t sag in the middle or have bits falling off at the edges: it’ll be easy for you to create, and easy for your readers to take in. -
Make Money On YouTube with Affiliate Marketing
11 May 2012 | 7:52 amA couple of weeks ago I published a post explaining the basic process you need to go through if you want to become a YouTube partner, which allows you to display ads and monetize your uploaded videos. My buddy John Chow followed that post up with an explanation of his approach to YouTube monetization, which is quite different. In his post titled How to Make Money on YouTube John explains that in addition to the money he makes from the ad impressions on the video he also earns by placing affiliate links in the description of the videos. In fact he mentions that the affiliate links earn much… -
First Impressions on Websites Can Be Misleading
9 May 2012 | 7:02 pmOne thing that makes online marketing particularly complex (and interesting) is the fact that you can never be sure about what’s going on behind the scenes of a certain website. That is, you can’t know how many visitors the site has, how much it makes per month and so on. In fact sometimes the first impression you’ll get can be quite misleading, and here are some examples: Number of Comments Until a couple of years ago the average number of comments a blog would get per post was a good indicator of its traffic. Today, however, I don’t think this rule holds true. For…
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Giving in a digital world
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Barclays trials ‘stick-on’ NFC credit cards to help accelerate mobile wave-and-pay adoption
30 Apr 2012 | 1:00 amOne of the 12 Digital Fundraising Trends for 2012 that I wrote about in January – Contactless Mobile Payments – looks to have continued to develop in the UK with the news that Barclays are to trial a ‘stick-on’ NFC-enabled mini credit card called PayTag. The plan is that Barclays Visa account holders will be able to attach a PayTag to their mobile phone, enabling them to ‘wave-and-pay’ for items of up to £15 (£20 from June) using contactless payment terminals at over 100,000 different retail outlets across the country. This is an interesting move from the… -
Guess2Give aims to generate new online fundraising income from sponsored events
23 Apr 2012 | 10:30 amWhile I don’t have hard and fast data to prove it I strongly suspect that, after Emergency Appeals, Sponsored Event fundraising is the largest generator of online donations in the UK – with leading sponsorship fundraising site Justgiving recently announcing that its users have passed £1billion in funds raised since it launched 10 years ago. As such, I was particularly interested when I came across Guess2Give, a new fundraising site which is aiming to complement traditional sponsorship sites by adding a £3 per entry sweepstake element to any type of event – with a… -
Does QR = Quick Response or Quite Ridiculous?
27 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am. I first posted about the potential for QR Codes to be used by fundraisers back in early 2008 and, while it’s been some time coming, it’s been interesting to see how their use has started to take-off over the last year or so. However, as explained by Scott Stratten in the fun video clip above, right now QR Codes seem to be coming-out like a rash in a range of places where they make very little if any sense. I’ve now got used to seeing QR Codes at the end of some emails, linking back to the sender’s website. Clearly offering no advantage at all over a standard… -
12 Digital Fundraising Trends for 2012 – A Quick Round-up
20 Feb 2012 | 12:55 amBack at the start of January I set myself the target of publishing twelve posts on trends I think are going to prove important to digital fundraisers this year – both as a means of kick-starting my own thinking after the holiday season and to help inform your planning considerations at this key time in the year. Judging by the comments, emails and RTs, the posts certainly do seem to have struck a chord with a lot of you – which is great! Just incase you missed some, or want a single jumping-off place for all twelve trends, I thought I’d post a quick round-up here: Trend #1… -
12 digital fundraising trends for 2012 #12 Digital Fundraising Staff Shortages
12 Feb 2012 | 11:43 pmOver the last few weeks I’ve been posting about some of the key trends I think are going to be important for digital fundraising over the next year. I’ve covered some interesting but as yet pretty nascent technology trends related to augmented reality and contactless payments; some brass tacks, back to basics trends relating to website design and email; and a couple of planning trends related to how Social Media is being viewed by fundraisers and the shift towards more integrated digital planning. For the last in my 12 digital fundraising trends posts I’m going to leave the…
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Darian Rodriguez Heyman on New Trends in Social Media for Nonprofits
10 May 2012 | 3:33 pmDarian Rodriguez Heyman on New Trends in Social Media for Nonprofits Aiden Livingston of Call2Action interviews Darian Rodriguez Heyman, the co-producer of Social Media for Nonprofits. Darian explains new trends like peer to peer fundraising, community engagement technology, and socializing the giving process. Learn about new platforms that let you maximize the effectiveness of your existing online elements, like hootsuite, Google nonprofit resource center, Google Checkout, and Google grants. From: call2actionchannel Views: 3 1 ratings Time: 06:15 More in Nonprofits & Activism -
Google for Nonprofits Google+ Hangout Series_AdWords Optimization.mp4
26 Mar 2012 | 9:34 amGoogle for Nonprofits Google+ Hangout Series_AdWords Optimization.mp4 On Tuesday March 20th we held a hangout on AdWords Optimization with +Kiva, +National Wildlife Federation, +Seed Savers Exchange, +Grassroot Soccer, + Mattress Factory Museum, +iWith.org. and +Monterey Bay Aquarium. Thank you to all of the nonprofits that participated! Our three main takeaways from the conversation were 1) Make sure to set a goal for your AdWords campaign before getting started 2) Use conversion tracking to measure how successful your campaign has been at accomplishing your goal 3) If you have limited time,… -
Nonprofits to Know™: Ecumen
23 Feb 2012 | 5:01 pmNonprofits to Know™: Ecumen The Minnesota Philanthropy Partners' Nonprofits to KnowTM video series is proud to feature Ecumen, a nonprofit that provides senior housing and services, empowering individuals to live richer, fuller lives. Featured organizations in the Nonprofits to KnowTM video series are selected from those nonprofits that receive grants from The Saint Paul Foundation, FR Bigelow Foundation or Mardag Foundation, all of which are affiliates of Minnesota Philanthropy Partners. Ecumen received a grant in 2011 from the Mardag Foundation. To learn more about MN Partners… -
Nonprofits to KnowTM: The Minnesota Project and Farmers' Legal Action Group
27 Dec 2011 | 10:04 amNonprofits to KnowTM: The Minnesota Project and Farmers' Legal Action Group The Minnesota Philanthropy Partners' Nonprofits to KnowTM video series is proud to feature the Minnesota Project and Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc. (FLAG). The Minnesota Project is a nonprofit organization that connects people with policy to nurture collaborations that build strong local economies. FLAG is a non-profit law center dedicated to providing legal services to family farmers and their rural communities in order to help keep family farmers on the land. Featured organizations in the Nonprofits… -
Nonprofits Helping Others
13 Dec 2011 | 8:55 amNonprofits Helping Others Nonprofit leaders discuss the benefits of volunteering and serving on King Day. From: nationalservice Views: 474 1 ratings Time: 02:13 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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Five nonprofit leaders win sabbaticals
16 May 2012 | 6:24 amThe Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem awarded $25,000 sabbaticals to five nonprofit leaders.read more -
YWCA closure points to need for better oversight
15 May 2012 | 5:27 amIn the wake of the demise of the YWCA of the Greater Triangle, funders should require potential grantees to undergo a review of financial oversight by an independent financial professional, not with the goal of pointing fingers but to encourage improved financial responsibility.read more -
Social-media use grows at nonprofits
14 May 2012 | 6:26 amNonprofits are making greater use of social media, with Facebook reaching ‘saturation levels,’ a new report says.read more -
Lower-cost alternative to an audit
10 May 2012 | 8:27 amAt a quarter to a third of the cost of a full audit, an ‘agreed-upon-procedures’ engagement can provide a nonprofit with many of the benefits of a more comprehensive evaluation.read more -
Missed signals as Triangle YWCA failed
10 May 2012 | 7:56 amFaced with signs of financial trouble – revenue plunging while expenses soared – YWCA of the Greater Triangle relied heavily on grants, sought to portray itself as thriving, and was hampered by a lack of communication among its staff, board and funders about what was happening.read more
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Charity Navigator
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Searching For A Great Charity
14 May 2012 | 4:30 amAt Charity Navigator we rate 1,000s of charities. In fact, we rate 5,500. That's a lot of charities! So, what's a donor to do when they come to our site and they want to look up a known charity or find a new charity to support? Many of our users check out our A-Z listing. But a more powerful way to search is by our Advanced Search Tool. Using this tool you can search by:KeywordCharity NameEIN# (Employer Identification Number)Category / CauseLocationState and/or CityZip Code and RadiusOverall RatingSize The CEO's level of payIf the charity has a Donor Privacy PolicyScope of… -
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9 May 2012 | 12:58 pmQuestion: I've been doing some Spring cleaning. How I can put my used items to good use?Many charities are equally grateful to receive gifts of cash as they are donated goods. We recommend that you use our site as a tool to find a well-run charity in your region. Then, contact that charity directly, using the information we provide, to determine if the organization is interested in receiving your goods. Alternatively, you can have a garage sale, turn your used items into cash and then donate those funds directly to a worthy charity.Visit our site for more FrequentlyAsked Questions. -
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1 May 2012 | 9:47 amPhoto by tr3gin via Shutterstock.comToday, nearly 750 charities earned new ratings and more than 2 dozen charities have been added to our site.
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Forbes.com: News
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Too Much Selling of Top Ranked Dividend Stock Peabody Energy
16 May 2012 | 1:18 pmThe DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics ??? strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of ... -
Top Ranked Dividend Stock CF Enters Oversold Territory
16 May 2012 | 1:17 pmThe DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics ??? strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% ... -
Analyst Moves: LRCX, GNW
16 May 2012 | 1:15 pmLam Research (LRCX) was downgraded today by JP Morgan (JPM) to underweight from neutral with a price target of $35, as the firm expects slower growth during the second half of the year. Shares are lower by about 4.9 percent. Genworth Financial (GNW) today had its estimates reduced by Credit Suisse (CS) due to lower ... -
Things Tom Cruise Could Teach Manny Pacquiao
16 May 2012 | 1:14 pmis number 9 on Forbes Celebrity 100 List this week, and is number thirty-three. They have little in common, except their height, celebrity, and more endorsement power than most mortals can imagine. However, a little incident here in , where Pacquaio lives and trains, reminds me of the controversy ignited by Cruise in 2005. Welterweight ... -
WLT Stock Crowded With Sellers
16 May 2012 | 1:14 pmIn trading on Wednesday, shares of Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $53.84 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered ...
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NYT > Small Business
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Small-Business Guide: Small-Business Owners Face a Transition After the Sale
16 May 2012 | 9:07 amThe negotiation phase is critical when transitioning from entrepreneur to employee of a parent company. -
The Agenda: Obama Proposes New Tax Credit for Small Businesses That Hire
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You’re the Boss Blog: Could You Handle Being an Employee?
16 May 2012 | 8:40 amWhen a business is sold, some owners make the difficult transition from entrepreneur to employee. Owners who have had the experience say it is important to negotiate well - and be prepared for the worst. -
Thinking Entrepreneur: The High Cost of Bad Hiring
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She Owns It: The Union Responds to Bari Jay's Concerns
15 May 2012 | 11:00 am"Anything you need, we'll do," the union representative said, "we want to bring jobs back to the U.S."
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A Russian Facebook Bet Pays Off Big
16 May 2012 | 12:26 pmAlisher B. Usmanov’s investments in the social media giant could be worth at least $6 billion when the company goes public. -
DealBook: Facebook Increases Number of Shares for I.P.O.
16 May 2012 | 11:53 amFacebook will offer 421 million shares, 25 percent more than it had planned to offer, in response to high demand. -
Bits Blog: In TV Race, Microsoft Has Lead, Forrester Says
16 May 2012 | 11:46 amWhen it comes to the underlying technology providers that matter for mobile app developers, there's Google and Apple, with Microsoft as an also-ran. But as television begins to resemble the mobile business, Microsoft is in the lead with the Xbox, according to a new report out Wednesday from Forrester Research. -
Bodies Inert, They Moved a Robot With Their Minds
16 May 2012 | 11:14 amScientists reported that a tiny brain implant allowed two quadriplegic people to manipulate a robotic arm with just their thoughts. -
Gadgetwise Blog: Sony Puts a Phone Display on Your Wrist
16 May 2012 | 11:03 amSony's new SmartWatch links with a phone to show text messages, e-mails, photos and updates from social networks on the face of a wristwatch.
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Freakonomics
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Mark Cuban on the “College Bubble”
16 May 2012 | 10:32 amMark Cuban, who answered reader questions here a while back, compares rising college tuition costs to the housing bubble in a recent blog post. Here’s his argument: It’s just a matter of time until we see the same meltdown in traditional college education. Like the real estate industry, prices will rise until the market revolts. Then it will be too late. Students will stop taking out the loans traditional Universities expect them to. And when they do tuition will come down. And when prices come down Universities will have to cut costs beyond what they are able to. They will have so… -
Who Owns Red? Maker’s Mark and Jose Cuervo Fight It Out
16 May 2012 | 9:28 am(Photo: Joe Shlabotnik) A few months ago we wrote about whether shoemaker-to-the-stars Christian Louboutin ought to have a monopoly over red shoe soles. Last week, in Kentucky, a similar issue arose concerning red wax. The red in question was on the neck of bottles of booze—specifically, Maker’s Mark bourbon and Jose Cuervo’s Riserva de la Familia tequila, which both feature a bottle cap seal made of red, dripping wax (Cuervo has since shifted to a straight-edged red wax seal). Maker’s, which used the dripping wax seal first, sued Cuervo, claiming trademark infringement. The… -
How Economics Explains The Rising Support for Gay Marriage
15 May 2012 | 10:28 amPresident Obama’s personal evolution toward accepting same-sex marriage has certainly made plenty of headlines. But perhaps the bigger—and untold story—is the evolution of marriage itself, and how the generational shift in how we experience marriage underpins rising toward support for same-sex marriage. At least that’s the idea that Betsey Stevenson and I explore in our latest column: For our grandparents’ generation, marriage was about separate roles, separate spheres and specialization. Gary Becker, an economist at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize partly… -
Jonathan Haidt Answers Your Questions About Morality, Politics, and Religion
15 May 2012 | 7:28 amA while back, we solicited your questions for social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. (He recently appeared on The Colbert Report.) Below are his responses about confirmation bias in religion, the “score” of our morals, the power of branding, how his research has made him a centrist, and how the search for truth is hampered by our own biases. Big thanks to him and all our readers for another great Q&A. Q. Why is it that both “sides” of the religion/atheism debate have what appears to… -
Evidence That Myopia Has a Strong Environmental Cause
15 May 2012 | 6:03 am(Photo: Chris Martino) Time reports on a new study on why Asians have a higher rate of nearsightedness: It has long been thought that nearsightedness is mostly a hereditary problem, but researchers led by Ian Morgan of Australian National University say the data suggest that environment has a lot more to do with it. Reporting in the journal Lancet, the authors note that up to 90% of young adults in major East Asian countries, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and South Korea, are nearsighted. The overall rate of myopia in the U.K., by contrast, is about 20% to 30%. “We…
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NYT > Home Page
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Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs
16 May 2012 | 11:50 amThe same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications. -
Greece Teeters Ahead of New Vote
16 May 2012 | 11:40 amAmid warnings of the possibility of bank runs, state television said June 17 would be the date for a new round of elections. -
Riot Police Break Up Antigovernment Encampment in Moscow
16 May 2012 | 11:39 amThe crackdown occurred as an unpredictable political situation continued to unfurl in the early days of Vladimir V. Putin’s new term as president. -
TIMESCAST: TimesCast | May 16, 2012
16 May 2012 | 11:39 amGreece sets a date for new election amid euro exit fears. | Latino networks take center stage at television upfronts. | President Obama meets with Congressional leaders over the legislative agenda. -
ArtsBeat: Gehry Changes Design for Eisenhower Memorial
16 May 2012 | 11:32 amThe changes came in response to concerns that a youthful statue failed to represent the former president’s significant achievements.
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NYT > Most E-Mailed
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Pepsi and Competitors Scramble as Soda Sales Drop
16 May 2012 | 12:34 pmAmericans are abandoning carbonated drinks, and Coke and Pepsi are relying more than ever on the “flat” drinks and bottled waters. -
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Novelist, Dies at 83
16 May 2012 | 12:17 pmMr. Fuentes was Mexico’s elegant public intellectual and grand man of letters whose panoramic novels captured the complicated essence of his country’s history. -
With Fajas, Tight as Corsets, a Shortcut to Hourglass Figure Is Rediscovered
16 May 2012 | 12:13 pmThe faja, from the Spanish word for wrap, has become popular as a tight, form-fitting shortcut to curves. -
Op-Ed Columnist: Dancing With Derivatives
16 May 2012 | 12:10 pmOthello learned that reputation is all. Now, after a $2 billion trading blunder, Jamie Dimon is learning that. -
Op-Ed Columnist: Come the Revolution
16 May 2012 | 12:00 pmThrough ventures like Coursera, world-class learning is coming at bargain-basement prices.
