Nonprofit Board Members and Executives need to stay current on the psychological trends in philanthropy.  The New York Times  published an excellent article that sheds some light on current individual giving trends.   Regardless of whether you agree or not with the notion of a “compassion deficit,” or “charitable divide,” understanding the psyche of your wealthy, [...]

I went to a networking event of the San Antonio Nonprofit Council the other night and had a wonderful time catching up with several high level,  nonprofit executives  in my hometown.  Since I had not seen many of them in awhile, I talked to them about my new adventures in blogging.  Most of them shared [...]

Woohoo!  Sector3Report is getting some recognition – we are now listed on Alltop.   And you can say you were one of the early followers.  You probably subscribed because you thought,  “hey this blog has potential.”  Or, perhaps you said, “yes, Beth, I owe you a favor and I will subscribe to your blog.”  Whatever.   Let me [...]

I worked for a couple of bad bosses, and I learned what not to do as a boss.  I have no reason to believe that those bad bosses ever realized that they were bad, but I don’t know, because I left.  I think you can turn around a mediocre boss, if he or she is [...]

Flickr, the photo sharing service is partnering with TechSoup Stock to give nonprofits a very inexpensive way to obtain a premium “pro” account. There are certainly some restrictions, and you will want to read all the guidelines carefully.  The pro accounts are available in packages of either two or five accounts. Organizations must assign these [...]