10 Online Fundraising Best Practices

10 Online Fundraising Best Practices

10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits: https://t.co/Wa4nJRKFru pic.twitter.com/7XT98sAZso – @NonprofitOrgs (@nonprofitorgs) October 20, 2016 1. Know online fundraising trends. In 2015 online giving grew 9% while overall giving grew 2%. Small and medium-sized NGOs are experiencing the largest growth in online giving. The average online gift in 2015 was $110. Online giving only accounts…

Anti-violence campaigners shocked as accused Tinder murderers trial comes to an end

Anti-violence campaigners shocked as accused Tinder murderers trial comes to an end

Australian man found not guilty as Tinder death trial comes to an end https://t.co/nk1LPxMzx0 pic.twitter.com/NMf2Y17jms — CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2016 On August 7th, 2014, the pair met after connecting on the popular dating app Tinder the week before. When they returned to his apartment after a night out, the prosecution alleged Tostee locked Wright…

PTSD & natural disasters

PTSD & natural disasters

http://blog.allpsych.com/the-mental-health-consequences-of-natural-disasters/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Interpreting the result, the authors point out that while some children and adolescents who experience PTSD or depression after natural disasters recover within a couple years, some do not. According to the researchers, “some exhibit chronic, delayed-onset PTSD and depression, especially those with poor relationships with their parents or those living in precarious economic…

Journalist advised not to lay complaint against wealthy sex offender

Journalist advised not to lay complaint against wealthy sex offender

http://people.com/politics/people-writer-attack-by-donald-trump-corroborated-six-named-sources/ Stoynoff’s former journalism professor, Paul McLaughlin, says that the writer called him in tears looking for advice the very night of the harrowing encounter. However, he cautioned her to remain quiet in fear of how Trump may retaliate. “She wasn’t sure what she should do,” McLaughlin recalls. “I advised her not to say anything,…

W.T. Stead Victorian activist against child prostitution

W.T. Stead Victorian activist against child prostitution

http://listverse.com/2016/05/03/10-facts-about-prostitution-in-the-victorian-era/ During the Victorian era, the age of consent was only 13 years old. Child labor still existed at the time. Many lower-class people saw their children as commodities because they could bring income into the family. Boys and girls as young as 11 or 12 could pass as 13-year-olds and had no choice but…

Bishop concealed information about the sexual assault of a 10-year-old boy

Bishop concealed information about the sexual assault of a 10-year-old boy

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11729263 Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson, 66, was charged in April last year with concealing serious child sexual abuse in 1971. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge, which carries a potential two-year prison sentence. New South Wales state Supreme Court Justice Monika Schmidt on Friday rejected Wilson’s bid to have the charge dropped….

Nelson man jailed for abusing 9-year-old girl

Nelson man jailed for abusing 9-year-old girl

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/315945/nelson-man-jailed-for-abusing-9-year-old-girl A Nelson man has been sent to prison for abusing a 9-year-old girl over a decade ago, with the judge saying the victim has never fully recovered. Judge David Ruth sentenced Richard Gay in the Nelson District Court today, to just under four years in prison on a list of charges related to the…

Predator targets teenage boys online in Christchurch

Predator targets teenage boys online in Christchurch

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11731398 Police have launched an investigation into an online predator posing as a teenage girl to lure boys as young as at least 13 into sending nude selfies online. The imposter, going by the name of Ella, used a profile photo of a girl with long brown hair. The person used social media platforms including…

US: Sexual Assault Hotline Calls Surged Following Trump Allegations

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/10/17/calls_to_a_sexual_assault_hotline_have_surged_following_trump_allegations.html According to ABC, RAINN’s online live-chat hotline also saw a 33 percent spike in contacts starting the day after the video dropped. RAINN President Scott Berkowitz told ABC that increases in hotline activity are common after sexual assault allegations make big-time national news. The organization noted similar spikes in the wake of dozens of…