Archive for January, 2012

HBH client, Opportunity Manor gets new digs!

January 27th, 2012

Congratulations to CEO Regan Stommes, Executive Assistant Natalie Ethan and the OMI board, staff and volunteers on the move to your brand new facility! Opportunity Manor, Inc. (OMI) helps people in Central Minnesota to live independent lives through a number of excellent programs including: residential housing, memory loss day program, behavioral consulting and activities and [...]

Facebook closing in on 1 billion users

January 16th, 2012

Mashable announced last week that Facebook is projected to reach 1 billion users by August 2012 according to Gregory Lyons, a senior analyst at icrossing. That’s 1/7 of humanity. According to the Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report released by NTen, Common Knowledge and Blackbaud, Facebook is the most popular platform for sparking conversations and inspiring support in the [...]

2012 MN Foundation Outlook Partly Sunny

January 10th, 2012

Today the Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF) released its annual Minnesota Grantmakers Outlook Report for 2012. The results? Grantmakers expect relatively stable giving in 2012. The majority expect to remain flat or increase by one percent. The report was developed based on survey responses from 104 Minnesota grantmakers, which represent seventy six percent of grantmakers in the [...]

Project New Year: Get Organized!

January 2nd, 2012

Let’s face it. Sometimes life gets out of hand. Loads of work pile up on your desk, loads of laundry at home.  It doesn’t take long before you feel overwhelmed with professional and personal obligations. I’m not an organized person by nature. In fact, my aunt gifted new bed linens to me over the holidays [...]