Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits

New Avenues for Public Policy

T he current decline in the economic well-being of the residents of the rural Heartland is well documented. High poverty rates, limited job growth, falling real per capita income, and increased out-migration are all signs of current economic problems. The region’s future is far from certain. As noted in earlier chapters, the rural Heartland is extremely diverse. Not all of its communities are s...

A Brand New World for Nonprofits

Research Coordinator for Travel Alberta, the nonprofit tourism marketing agency of the province of Alberta, Canada. He holds an M.Sc. in international business. Sanjeev Swami is a doctoral candidate in marketing at the University of British Columbia. For more than twenty-five years, he has conducted research, taught about, written cases, and been involved in managing and advising nonprofit orga...

A BRAND NEW WORLD FOR NONPROFITS by

than twenty-five years, he has conducted research, taught about, written cases, and been involved in managing and advising nonprofit organisations. His research interests include marketing models, arts and entertainment, and marketing strategy. He is co-author of Public and Nonprofit Marketing.ABSTRACT Brands provide a number of benefits that can make them a powerful tool for the nonprofit sect...

The academy of nutrition and dietetics' public policy priorities overview.

Money, Priorities, and Stalemate: How Lobbying Affects Public Policy

Based on a large-scale interview-based study of 98 randomly selected cases of lobbying in Washington from 1999 to 2003 (reported in Baumgartner et al. 2009), we found virtually no impact of money on outcomes. We believe that this counterintuitive finding derives from the huge business and corporate bias that permeates Washington and is already built into the policies of the status quo. Lobbying...