Google Co-Founder Brin Gives $1 million to HIAS

yoav@negevdirect.com 10/26/2009

From:JPost.com and the JTA Google co-founder Sergey Brin has given a $1 million gift to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Google co-founder Sergey Brin Photo: AP [file] HIAS was one of the groups that…

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Top 10 Halachot of Jewish Charity Events

yoav@negevdirect.com 10/25/2009

From: The Weekly Bang By:bangitout.com Top Ten Rules to Jewish Young Leadership Charity Events: 10. You have no idea what the charity actually does, so long as it has something to do with Israel,…

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Fundraising “Quote”

yoav@negevdirect.com 10/24/2009

From : “Is the charitable giving cup half empty or half full?” By: ROBERT I. EVANS, AVRUM D. LAPIN AND STEPHEN DONSHIK – JPost.com 10.25.09 “Giving USA noted that 82% of all charitable giving…

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The Future of Fundraising

yoav@negevdirect.com 10/13/2009

“The future of fundraising is not about social media, online video, or SEM. It’s not about any technology, medium, or technique.It’s about donors.If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study…

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Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews

yoav@negevdirect.com 10/05/2009

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: October 5, 2009 Filed at 2:48 p.m. ET “The Federal Trade Commission will try to regulate blogging for the first time, requiring writers on the Web to clearly disclose…

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Original Intent

yoav@negevdirect.com 10/04/2009

Source: Tablet Magazine 10.2.09 By: SAMUEL D. GRUBER “A student sukkah project harks back to architecture’s dawn” “Nationwide, the Sukkot holiday and the sukkah building type are undergoing something of a renaissance. Just as…

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No Time for Facebook and Twitter?

yoav@negevdirect.com 10/01/2009

From the Wall Street Journal – Small Business Column – Oct 1st 2009 By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN Entrepreneurs Hire Consultants to Promote Business on Social-Media Sites, but the Extra Cost Is Big Question. “Sylvester…

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