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Archive for the ‘Housekeeping’ Category

April 20th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Terrorism and Nonprofits, Taglines, Economic Development, Taxing Higher Ed, RSS

The effects of anti-terrorism finance programs on nonprofits. | OMB Watch
The huge missed opportunity of nonprofit taglines. | Getting Attention
Advocating for a nonprofit voice in regional economic development decision making. | Roanoke Times
Uganda proposes taxing a private university. | allAfrica.com
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April 13th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Volunteers, Career Suggestions, YouTube, Win a Prize, RSS

Volunteering skills instead of sweat. | Boston Globe
Want to work for a nonprofit but aren’t sure doing what? Consider these jobs. | CareerBuilder.com/CNN.com
How to use YouTube to promote your cause. | Wild Apricot Blog
Don’t forget about this month’s b5 Business Channel contest.
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April 6th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Watching the Watchdogs, Nonprofit Transparency Legislation, Ethics, Careers, RSS

A guide to watching the watchdogs.
Oklahoma seeks to join the nonprofit transparency parade.
More bad news about nonprofits and ethics.
Don’t forget about this month’s b5 Business Channel contest.
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April 3rd, 2008

Hopes and Dreams: Are You Living Them, or Is the Best Yet to Come?

Later this month — on the 24th, to be exact — moms and dads across the country will let their kids cut school for a great cause: the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
As someone who’s still, after nearly 20 years of full-time work, trying to figure out what he wants to […]

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March 30th, 2008

Notes, Reminders, and Follow-Ups | ‘Wired Wealthy,’ E-mail, Board Interest, New Naming Options, Harvard Law, RSS

Are you connecting with your "wired wealthy"? Probably not.
The power of e-mail to reach your publics.
Tips on keeping your board’s head in the game.
Should the sector call itself something different?
Harvard Law took a good first step. More is needed.
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March 23rd, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Must-See TV, Competition for Donors, Obama’s Mama, RSS

And the 2008 DoGooderTV Video Awards go to …
How does the competition for donors affect nonprofit behavior?
Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro, a.k.a. Barack Obama’s mom: influenced by her work with nonprofits.
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March 12th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Messaging, Careers, the Economy, Philanthropy’s New Face, RSS

Eighty-six the boring note from your executive director and use your newsletter to tell the organization’s story instead.
Why should Baby Boomers have all the fun? Advice on starting your career in the nonprofit sector.
Fundraising: so far, so good, crappy economy and all.
"Giving is the new getting." In other words: Philanthropy — not just for the […]

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March 9th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Overhead, Taxes, Nonprofit Hospitals, Retaining Talent, Interest Rates, RSS

Wake up, America: Running an effective nonprofit takes more scratch than you think.
Size does matter: Even the most wee nonprofits now have to check in with the IRS.
Nonprofit hospitals get a reason — albeit a small one — to breathe a little bit easier.
Even more on the talent-retention challenge/crisis/fill in your favorite synonym here.
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March 2nd, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Leadership Succession, For-Profit Arrogance, Nonprofit Flaw, Hoops and the Big Easy, RSS

“No longer is the crisis of executive leadership turnover looming; it is already upon us.”
“[N]onprofit leaders … are fed up with the arrogance of the business community that they can ‘do it’ better and are willing to come down from on high to give their more inept colleagues in this pathetic little branch of the […]

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February 24th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Nonprofit Journalism, Political Corruption, Taxing Questions, RSS

Having ground the life out of mainstream journalism, Wall Street turns its attention to college papers.
How political corruption benefits nonprofits.
Back Bay budget problems? It’s all Harvard’s fault! And MIT’s, too!
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