This post on Forbes provides a clear introduction to the basics of planned giving.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/russalanprince/2016/07/05/what-is-planned-giving

How can organizations go beyond the easily quantifiable to show donors the full picture of their impact?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-laermer/measuring-how-we-measure-_b_10841580.html

Want to start using analytics at your organization, but lack the resources and training for complicated tools and techniques? Here's a simple place to start!

https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/a-simple-score-you-can-probably-build-in-excel

Marketplace "does the numbers" on the most viral fundraising effort ever.

http://www.marketplace.org/2016/07/27/life/let-s-do-numbers-als-ice-bucket-challenge

Angela E. White, CEO of Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates shares some insights into female philanthropists and tips to engage women in support of our organizations:

http://www.donorsearch.net/womens-philanthropy-insight/

This article if focused on searches in LinkedIn, but can be helpful for anyone new to Boolean searching:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-boolean-search-get-very-specific-social-media-for-business

Israel is home to the to the most high net worth individuals followed by United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business/israel-home-to-most-hnwis-in-middle-east-report/articleshow/52765499.cms

The MacArthur Foundation has launched a new competition that will award a $100 million grant to a single proposal designed to help solve a critical problem affecting people, places, or the planet. The competition, called 100&Change, is open to organizations working in any field of endeavor anywhere:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridgespan/2016/06/28/a-wow-moment-in-us-philanthropy-macarthur-foundations-100-million-competition

Lisa Ukuku from the Citadel Foundation starts a discussion about gift officer travel--join in the conversation on the APRA Carolinas Chapter blog or in comments below!

http://apracarolinas.wildapricot.org/page-1852016/4107914

Google Earth isn't getting new functionality, but it did become a bit nicer to look at this week when Google rolled out sharper, more seamless satellite imagery to the tool. And they're mining nearly a petabyte of data--700+ trillion pixels--for these sharper images.

https://maps.googleblog.com/2016/06/keeping-earth-up-to-date-and-looking.html