Here’s Your Chance

Posted by on Mar 28, 2016

Help Calnonprofits advocate against a bill in the CA Legislature that wouldrequire disclosure of administrative and overhead expenses:  https://can.memberclicks.net/assets/ab2855oppose.pdf

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Trust Works

Posted by on Mar 26, 2016

Building trust is critical to any solid relationship—and key to successful nonprofit advocacy and fundraising: https://www.causevox.com/blog/build-trust-with-donors/?utm_campaign=Blog+Notification+Emails+-+2016&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27723998&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jXmkN0eUo5DR7L2sfKW7rbcHwt1s2Oj990HUD3DzTlxXFjbp05NHY8Z-_vLRejef-2127kuLzz-vGHDo_M6kbYcydKjNflDOEOfwnze906KXh708&_hsmi=27723998

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Not a Conflict of Interest

Posted by on Mar 25, 2016

Ohio Ethics Commission says government bodies, such as a city council, can appropriate funds to nonprofits that employ their members, as long as they recuse themselves from voting on those particular appropriations:  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/03/24/city-council-members-cleared-in-investigation-of-nonprofits-contracts.html

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What It Takes

Posted by on Mar 24, 2016

How do nonprofit leaders move from charity to real systemic social change? https://www.philanthropreneurshipforum.com/social-change-requires-new-non-profit-leader/?utm_source=Social+Velocity&utm_campaign=7ed0366bae-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd2775777e-7ed0366bae-51663725

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Twitter

Posted by on Mar 23, 2016

Ten years later, Twitter has become the perfect platform for nonprofits engaged in advocacy, but not so much for fundraising: https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-A-Decade-In-Twitter/235801?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=ad3bcacf24ce4f16ba06c8ea1e3ce8ed&elq=81d12bc28f6640ca947aca5a838ee084&elqaid=8379&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2733

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Then Call Me!

Posted by on Mar 22, 2016

Nonprofit Leaders—Is this you?  No strategic plan?  No succession plan?  http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/most-nonprofits-operate-without-a-plan-survey-finds?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pnd&utm_campaign=pndnews20160322

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Wired

Posted by on Mar 22, 2016

Political connections that help your nonprofit get government contracts are good, but be prepared for blowback: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/03/21/Columbus-City-Council-nonprofits-contracts.html?platform=hootsuite

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Network vs Campaign vs Movement

Posted by on Mar 22, 2016

Advocates—when does a nonprofit network or a campaign become a sustained movement for systemic change? http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=86ea69664802a0541ae4385f8&id=3b879d5820&e=c43990c969

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The Broad Museum

Posted by on Mar 22, 2016

The Broad Museum is a big hit with millennials, but in June it will no longer be free—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/03/22/l-a-s-broad-museum-draws-a-diverse-crowd/

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Overtime and Nonprofits

Posted by on Mar 21, 2016

A nonprofit executive director weighs in on the impact of the new federal overtime rules on his local organization:  http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/new_federal_overtime_rule_if_f.html

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Timely Issues

Posted by on Mar 21, 2016

The latest from the National Council of Nonprofits–free speech, federal overtime rules & state budget crises: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=35

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