Nutty legislators are among the elected officials who must be lobbied on issues of critical importance to nonprofits:...

My Non-Profit Quarterly newswires today on two non-profits with very different relationships with local politicians—here in Los Angeles, an impasse between city leaders and two DWP trusts continues; while in New York, a Bronx development agency gets public funding despite a non-existent track record:...

Great example of successful non-profit advocacy that is changing society: http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/the_chief_engine_of_change_conversation?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SSIR_Now&utm_content=Title

I was featured on Kivi Leroux Miller’s website—check it out and check out her non-profit marketing content, too: http://getnonprofitclients.com/2015/02/day-in-the-life-larry-kaplan/

And so is a lot of the funding for non-profits so advocates should pay attention—my Non-Profit Quarterly newswire today:...

By necessity, the LGBTQ movement has embraced its diverse constituencies and learned to build coalitions with other causes: http://bolderadvocacy.org/blog/we-do-not-live-single-issue-lives-lessons-on-coalition-building-from-the-lgbtq-movement

Calnonprofits’ latest newsletter focuses on advocacy in Sacramento: http://www.calnonprofits.org/images/downloads/buzz-1501.pdf

California’s outsized representation comes from the influx of young tech donations in the Bay Area: http://philanthropy.com/article/6-Graphics-to-Tell-You-More/151637/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en

Grant makers have pooled their resources to start thinking about how the digital revolution can advance the common good: http://philanthropy.com/article/Philanthropy-Must-Jump-Start-a/189917/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en

A compelling argument against capping the charitable tax deduction, although it is unlikely to get through Congress: http://www.forbes.com/sites/howardhusock/2015/02/11/obama-charity-tax-proposal-hurting-the-ones-who-love-him/

Follow the directions on the bottom of my latest eblast (underlined): http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dbb8dc7853b6db7094e8e4228&id=62a6907424&e=4e2c209db9

Effective non-profit advocacy means you have to take your audience’s perspective and needs into account: http://www.causevox.com/blog/keys-brilliant-nonprofit-storytelling-part-2-consider-audience/?utm_source=CauseVox+Master+List&utm_campaign=133df7c185-MOFT_FEB_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9ed9f9a1e4-133df7c185-322686969