Nonprofit Advocates—if you haven’t fully embraced digital & social media, you are behind the eight ball: http://www.socialfish.org/2015/11/cool-infographic-friday-how-digital-and-social-media-have-transformed-nonprofits/?utm_source=SocialFish+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3bbd6113a0-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ca3a51b877-3bbd6113a0-412950897...

Both donors and stakeholder advocates, and how to prevent it:  http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/columns/the-sustainable-nonprofit/5-reasons-the-public-is-losing-interest-in-your-cause?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pnd&utm_campaign=pndconn20151126

The City of LA signs a dollar-a-year lease for the new Korean-American Museum, a common practice, but this time it’s more complicated than that—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today:...

For foundations seeking to create lasting social change—I can help you with them:  http://ssir.org/articles/entry/fostering_systems_change?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SSIR_Now&utm_content=Title

A Brooklyn nonprofit finds itself in a contract with NYC that it cannot get out of: https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151124/sunset-park/city-wont-let-homeless-group-with-poor-record-out-of-contract

The perils of governments outsourcing critical services to nonprofits they don’t supervise—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/11/24/new-york-city-terminates-community-health-contract-with-troubled-nonprofit/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9GU97mDCYDxeM7EMUVETgnJuq4IrJEnaftMhrXO7Z08x6tpKRjmIbxejI4-hpbqPkIMGmCmBk4UJJPU8MrLk32WcdS8eT8d4A8XdpLNqoJXC6LMlM&_hsmi=24024667

A new report says that if funders want to support systemic change, they need to act like venture capitalists: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-19/want-social-change-with-donations-act-like-venture-capitalists

A study says that the nonprofit sector would be a lot more effective if it invested in its leaders & its future: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/11/20/the-crisis-nonprofit-leadership/gzEU6DeheoCyxGOSo5S4IN/story.html

The National Council of Nonprofits opposes proposed onerous IRS “gift substantiation” rules:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/11/23/new-irs-gift-substantiation-guidelines-opposed-by-national-council-of-nonprofits/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_cz1sZwv2Gk_3Giq9h9SEFiIzuoswo2oYYxHRYlXCLmmDE1yj6nrrwKHMvFLTBELNIa3nJcg-K0gw1pO3kekJN3y6hJzO_5YnqpvJOq1nafW7iIes&_hsmi=23979505

Nonprofit PILOTs continue to be a revenue generating tool for local governments in the East—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/11/23/in-the-wake-of-the-princeton-ruling-northampton-ma-votes-in-a-pilot/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_34mAmi6TUv6YdNEapCBIWvS8zvGYJtgQvNY1iqH4KU_0Q1tinaGmIpDGaVdn34WJxFz6iuI-MTwuo4z91ZftDg6HAT3JbdpW9-AT7BqE4aNTfvfw&_hsmi=23979505

Every nonprofit’s success and failures begin with the board—some good advice on recruiting and orientating one: http://www.joangarry.com/category/board/ http://www.joangarry.com/interview-questions-non-profit-board-members/

Two crucial tools for nonprofit advocacy efforts: http://www.socialfish.org/2015/11/why-is-twitter-a-crucial-channel-for-trade-associations-and-advocacy-groups/?utm_source=SocialFish+Subscribers&utm_campaign=646fc0f465-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ca3a51b877-646fc0f465-412950897...