Better Business Bureau Toronto Ontario

At the beginning of the 21st century, the three most important concerns in the developed nations are remarkably convergentunemployment, the environment, and community breakdownand there are strong indications that these same issues will remain on top of the agenda well into the next century. Emerging technologies promise to keep unemployment a major issue, even if all Western economies get out of recession. By 2010, China will introduce as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the entire world does today. And community breakdown is one of the most systemic, deep, and complex societal trends of the past 30 years, with no signs of any reversal. Precisely because we will have to live with these issues for the foreseeable future, only a long-term structural approach can successfully resolve these problems. "Community and Money is about how community currencies could contribute to tackling all three problems. Local currencies are springing up all over the world in an impressive diversity and increasing sophistication. In more than 65 different places in the United States and Canada you can earn and use colorful bills with names like Barter Bucks and Time Dollars for anything from buying groceries to having your hair cut or your computer repaired. Using communities in Ontario and New York State as models, this book, through a combination of theory, practical implementation, and personal interviews, offers a guide to some very attractive alternatives to traditional currency transactions, the goal of which is to encourage [re]localization of the production of wealth, consumption, and exchange; fairly remunerate work that is un- or under-paid; and build asense of community through personalized, face-to-face transactions. Mary-Beth Raddon holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Toronto, Ontario, and has contributed to both the research and the debate around the new economy.

Nonprofits can boost donor and membership response rates with these exciting examples and tips guaranteed to reinvigorate direct mail campaigns The success of a nonprofit direct mail program requires staying on top of recent trends in the field. These trends include appealing to aging baby boomers as well as tapping into powerful new databases, the Internet, CD-ROMs, diskettes, and videos. Dealing directly with new trends, this indispensable guide gives fundraisers, nonprofit managers, and volunteers an excellent understanding of how to plan bold and successful direct mail campaigns guaranteed to revitalize a fundraising program. Scores of examples reconnect readers with the latest in the medium. Features include: Real-life results related to response percentages, costs, and average dollar return CD-ROM with checklists to help organizations implement ideas and 30 fund-raising models searchable by theme, type, and subject matter Michael Johnston (Toronto, Ontario) is President of Hewitt and Johnston Consultants, a full-service fundraising consulting firm. He has worked with a wide range of educational institutions and lectures on the Internet and in the nonprofit sector.