The Helen Brown Group and Evertrue collaborated to explore the crossroads between social media and fundraising:

http://www.helenbrowngroup.com/donor-identification-in-the-21st-century/

Do you ever feel like you're making things up as you go along? Do you worry that someone is going to find out you're just faking it? Independent prospect development consultant Sarah Bernstein from Milwaukee, WI writes about self-doubt and finding affirmation after attending the 2015 APRA conference:

https://srbernstein2.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/aprapd2015-and-my-daily-affirmations/

Dean Dietrich considers the use of operant conditioning, specifically positive reinforcement, to improve systems:

https://dfdietrich.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/shape-and-click-what-my-dogs-taught-me-about-building-better-systems/

Prospect Researcher and Proposal Writing Specialist Mark Bowman of Ottawa challenges the oft-repeated belief that women don't make large gifts to nonprofits. He suggests that "greater attention needs to be paid to the influence and perspective of women with respect to how they are approached and stewarded."

http://fundraisingcompass.com/2015/08/11/mind-the-gender-gap-womens-role-in-philanthropy-a-canadian-perspective/

What are the implications of live streaming apps like Periscope for philanthropy? 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caroline-avakian/live-streaming-philanthropy_b_8009922.html

Inside Philanthropy writer Stefanie Garden takes a look at public health research done by the Coca-Cola Company that may promote misleading ideas about obesity, misleading ideas that might be helpful to the company's bottom line. 

http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/8/11/from-coca-cola-a-reminder-about-corporate-philanthropys-dark.html

The Vatican has entered the world of crowdfunding with the release of a controversial art philanthropy app, Patrum, which aims to raise funds to help pay for the restoration of its massive art collection. 

http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/08/18/can-a-new-app-fundamentally-change-the-vatican/

Inside Philanthropy writer Kiersten Marek discusses the rising trend in U.S. foundations getting behind entrepreneurs and small businesses. 

http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/8/25/trendwatch-foundations-get-serious-about-backing-entrepreneu.html

Forbes recently released its third annual Grateful Graduates Index, which provides a return on investment measure by ranking the top 50 private colleges by the median amount of private donations per student over a 10 year period. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/07/29/top-50-roi-colleges-2015-grateful-grads-index

In the CoolData blog Kevin MacDonell starts a conversation about looking for potentially useful associations in our data. 

https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/exploring-associations-between-variables/