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Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D.
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During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. I’m honored to be working with her on a training project that I’ll share more about in 2011.
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Disclaimer Friday, May 6, 2011 Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona nonprofit sector! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.
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A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Ah, the timeless wisdom of robot Whitney Houston: " Teach them with technology and let them lead the way." Read more posts on our blog. Classic chicken v egg: Is there more data because there are more techies? Wait, you read the NTEN blog. Of course you do!
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Disclaimer Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Crafting a Successful Third Generation Nonprofit-Business Relationship posted by Laura L. Manager of Curriculum Design & Innovation, ASU Lodestar Center Working as a nonprofit professional in the current economic environment can be challenging — and sometimes discouraging. Bush, Ph.D.
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Disclaimer Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Lost Your Tax-Exemption? What Next — posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center The IRS has begun to revoke the tax-exempt status for those nonprofit organizations that have not filed some form of a 990 (information report) for three years.
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I work as a trainer and capacity builder for nonprofits and technology and more lately social media and networked approaches. It is also can be expensive for participants from outside the US, but WomenWhoTech and their sponsors offset the long distance charges and one participant got access to use a faster Internet connection.
We have techie centers that run their nonprofits using the latest technology, and we have a few centers that don't yet have websites or even use accounting software. We're using technology to teach technology strategies. There is a huge disparity in the network in terms of resources, expertise, and capacity. Fast forward to Jan.
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