The nonprofit version of Google
How Google might look, if it were run the way many nonprofits operate today.
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This is so funny because it's absolutely true.
Posted by: Jeff Schreifels | 08 November 2005 at 17:52
Please don't use "nonprofit" to stand in for obsolete or ineffective. Yes, there are many nonprofits that fit that description, but there are many businesses and government agencies that do as well.
I know it was meant in jest, but just as you stand up for what donors represent, so you should stand up for what the best nonprofits do.
End of sermon. I am a critic of specific nonprofit missteps, but a booster of the sector as a whole. Nonprofits are worth serious consideration because they are a serious industry producing for the society in critical ways.
By the way, I don't expect I would be happy if you titled your post "The government Google" either.
Posted by: Rob Johnston | 10 November 2005 at 06:52
To the above poster,
You're a boring person with no sense of humor.
Sincerely,
The below poster
Posted by: Steve | 11 November 2005 at 17:14
It's not funny.
While this may have been true for 1975, this is an antiquated look at how nonprofits run.
In the past 10 years alone more than 200 gradute schools have created programs focusing on nonprofit organizations - finally professionalizing the field.
If you had typed if the governmentment ran google...
Does the creator work at a nonprofit?
Posted by: Dave Tinker | 14 November 2005 at 06:31
Lighten up - it is funny.
Posted by: Syam Buradagunta | 20 December 2005 at 08:16
hahaha! i like your nonprofit google. but here's something you might like. have you heard of goodsearch.com? it's a new search engine that gives half of its revenue to charity. each time you search, the charity of your choice earns about one penny. while it's not much, i'm sure it adds up quickly as much time as we all spend online. and it's a way to give back by doing what we'd be doing anyway. i think it's a really cool idea. and it at least doesn't look like the nonprofit google :)
Posted by: Robin | 06 March 2006 at 18:13