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Our urban future and CSR in the year 2040

When looking at issues concerning CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) we tend to look at the present and near terms issues. How can companies modify their behaviour today and tomorrow to better integrate worker's rights, fair trade, sustainable practices and global...

December 8, 2010 Read More

What might a return of the estate tax mean for fundraising in the US?

Nonprofit fundraising in the US could be impacted most by a tax change coming up in 2011 in terms of giving amongst the wealthiest. A two year trend of reduced donations from those with the highest net worth may see...

December 7, 2010 Read More

World Cup awards to Russia, Qatar contradict any sense of CSR

If you happen to follow football (soccer) then today marks a special day on the calendar as the host nations for the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 were both announced. I've written before about how CSR is now naturally...

December 3, 2010 Read More

As nonprofit fundraising enters the holiday season, a new survey projects results

As the calendar turns to December in many cases nonprofit fundraising enters into its most critical time of the year as the season of goodwill usually reflects in-kind with increased donations received by nonprofits. Many nonprofits receive as much as...

December 2, 2010 Read More

AFP’s Congress 2010 begins today in Toronto and Miratel is pleased to be a sponsor

We are involved in providing fundraising services all year round and we are extremely excited and honoured to be taking part in this week's Congress 2010 -  the premier gathering of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) here in Toronto....

November 30, 2010 Read More

Harris Poll indicates fundraising slowly turning round

Professional fundraising is facing new and different challenges in the US according to a new Harris poll of more than 2500 adults surveyed in September. The impact of an economy that continues to struggle to find solid footing after three...

November 26, 2010 Read More

Will the World Climate Summit herald rapid change?

I'm rather excited about the upcoming inaugural 'World Climate Summit', if the objectives of the conference are met it could be the most promising breakthrough concerning climate issues outside of UN meetings yet seen. One significant difference versus a UN...

November 25, 2010 Read More

Unilever CSR report “..growth and sustainability. We have to do both”

In conjunction with the global release of their very bold "Sustainable Living Plan" last week, I was greatly encouraged by the words chosen by Unilever CEO Paul Polman when asked to summarize what the corporation hopes to achieve: “Many would...

November 23, 2010 Read More

The Carbon Disclosure Report can help level part of the CSR playing field

Evaluating the overall CSR performance of companies is a little bit hit and miss as there are few established benchmarks but the rapid growth of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) might be changing all of that specifically for corporate performances...

November 19, 2010 Read More

Jumo launch just two weeks away, will a fundraising revolution follow?

It was more than six months ago when I first wrote about Jumo and how the co-founder of Facebook hoped that a new social media platform aimed to unite nonprofits with donors could potentially change everything we know about nonprofit...

November 17, 2010 Read More

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