Effective nonprofit advocates realize communications isn’t an appendage to their work, but an integral part of it:  http://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_case_for_communications?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SSIR_Now&utm_content=Title

Nonprofits in Illinois are still buffeted by the political impasse over the state budget: http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/02/24/budget-impasse-leaves-homeless-programs-out-cold

The Nonprofit Policy Forum has just published a special issue on nonprofit organizations and public policy:  http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nonprofit/2016/02/nonprofit-policy-forum-publishes-special-issue-on-public-policy-for-nonprofits.html

Here’s Bolder Advocacy’s 10 best practices for grantmaking: 10 Best Practices for Foundations Supporting...

The latest on federal and state issues from the National Council of Nonprofits: http://pages.omkt.co/archive/bWVzc2FnZV8yMjAwOTA5XzE0MTBfMTAyNl8zNDQ0OA==?type=100&channel=199

A coalition of LGBT & child welfare groups fight school-based anti-transgender legislation across the US; my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today: Advocacy Groups Work to Defeat Transgender Legislation in...

Facebook, THE social media site for advocacy, has launched a toolkit to help you master it: http://mashable.com/2016/02/18/facebook-for-nonprofits/#4AWHso.2wSqh

Is community engagement a magic bullet for philanthropy and nonprofits? No. But it’s clearly an important component of creating programs that work—and the smartest people in philanthropy know that civic engagement must take place all the time, not only in election years: http://ssir.org/articles/entry/grassroots_change?utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SSIR_Now&utm_content=Title New “Responsive...

Nonprofit advocates who want to appeal to multi-generational stakeholder audiences can’t use “one size fits all” messaging: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rethink-nonprofit-communication-hardy-smith-2

My Nonprofit Quarterly newswire this week on Congress & well-endowed colleges: http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/02/17/congress-asks-questions-about-large-college-and-university-endowments/

Hilary Clinton’s campaign is making creative use of a new, well-funded 501(c)4:  http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/02/16/new-nonprofit-with-25m-budget-aims-to-help-clinton-mobilize-minority-voters/

Attention Nonprofit Managers & Leaders—why do your employees quit? Some possible reasons:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/203154633169749162/