Mastodawn

From a young colleague in Afghanistan:
"My mother was not very religious untill just like 10 years ago when she started listening to these sh*tty mullahs."
Whether its Fox News or sh*tty mullahs, maybe we need to focus as much on older people's consumption of media as we do with teens.

coyotebroad 9h ago

The Reddit group for Philanthropy now has almost 11,000 members.
When I took over, I don't think it had half that.
I DO know how to manage an online group.
Now, if I could just entice more folks to be moderators.
& get more folks on the Volunteerism subreddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Philanthropy/

coyotebroad 1d ago

The Oregon Nonprofit Leaders Conference 2026, by the Nonprofit Association of Oregon, will feature zero workshops focused on the engagement of #volunteers.
https://nonprofitoregon.org/event/5728/

Oregon Nonprofit Leaders Conference 2026 - Nonprofit Association of Oregon

Nonprofit Association of Oregon

coyotebroad 1d ago

What do YOU think of donor advised funds? Weigh in on this current debate on r/Philanthropy on Reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Philanthropy/comments/1s3q5z8/donor_directed_funds_seem_to_be_held_in_low/

coyotebroad 1d ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1d ago

Fintechs are at heart data companies and teens are a ripe target. “The goal of so many businesses today is to get different kinds of data from someone and mix it together to create a dossier,” EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told Bloomberg Law. https://news.bgov.com/privacy-and-data-security/celebrity-backed-financial-tools-for-teens-spur-federal-scrutiny

Celebrity-Backed Financial Tools for Teens Spur Federal Scrutiny

Online celebrities, startups, and big-name financial institutions are targeting teens as the latest lucrative market for fintech products—and they’ve caught the eye of the Federal Trade Commission.

coyotebroad 1d ago

Found in the foreign food discount section of the World Market a few towns over here in Oregon.

coyotebroad 1d ago

It was a year ago that I went through a work training that left me traumatized & that played a big role in an employee leaving the agency. I wrote a blog then on how to vet trainers, especially for soft skills. Just re-read it & it still holds up.
https://coyotecommunications.com/coyoteblog/2025/03/vet-a-trainer/

How to vet a trainer for soft skills at your nonprofit

Recently, I had an intensely negative experience with a trainer. In fact, it was traumatizing. If you follow me on LinkedIn, you saw my posts about the two days of training: Trainers doing workshop…

Jayne Cravens / CoyoteBroad Blog

coyotebroad 2d ago

Your nonprofit is trying to decide which volunteer roles you should keep & which aren't worth the trouble. How to decide? Do NOT do it through giving volunteer hours a dollar value. Here is a MUCH better way to evaluate ROI for involving #volunteers.
https://www.coyotebroad.com/volunteer/grading.shtml

Measure the ROI of your nonprofit's volunteer engagement by grading each volunteer activity

coyotebroad 2d ago

Study of thousands of people over 65 shows improving with age isn't the exception - it's almost as common as decline. The older people thriving usually have one thing in common: something that gives them meaning and a sense of purpose.
https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/11/2/28

coyotebroad 2d ago

The trees in my neighborhood here in Oregon are flowering.