Cuidiu's John Brothers discusses in the Stanford Social Innovation Review Opinion Blog the similarities between great teachers and great nonprofits.  He states, "The comparison I like and most often use is comparing a nonprofit to an elementary school classroom. Having recently volunteered in my son's Pre-K classroom I know that I could be simultaneously leading a reading group, cleaning up a mess and consoling a crying youngster. Nonprofit organizations, like a classroom, have many moving parts".

To mark the 5th anniversary of Katrina, more than 30 organizations are gathering in New Orleans next month at a conference called Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy.   This special convening of the philanthropic community in New Orleans will take place just a few months before the fifth anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.  Their focus is not just on recovery but on building a stronger community than was there before.