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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While the primary goal is for students to learn about strategic use of networks and social media for international organizations, I will also be covering some practical career skills such as effective networking and self-directed professional learning (also called “Social Learning”). Global Conversations.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Boards continue to adopt conflict-of-interest policies, whistleblower, and document-retention policies.

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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

ASU Lodestar Center

The 2012 State of the Work Report shows that “people of color make up 37 percent of program offices at foundations…21 percent of U.S. managerial/professional workforce, but only 10-17 percent of CEO and board leadership at foundations” (Ryan, 2012, p. This leads to effective board governance and an overall healthier organization.

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Public Policy and SOX: Pricey or Priceless!

ASU Lodestar Center

It is not often that public policy intended for the publicly traded-corporate world directly impacts the nonprofit corporate world. These require policies covering whistle-blower protections and document preservation. Table 1: SOX Provisions Relevant to Nonprofit Organizations 2. Conflict of interest policy. As part of a.

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A Huge Thanks To Guest Bloggers from the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. Gigi Barsoum, Consultant, Barsoum Policy Consulting. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Crucial Policy Issues for Nonprofits: Attend California Nonprofit Convention Sept. 13

Tech Soup

Jan Masaoka's California Nonprofit Policy Convention is far from conventional. Rather than cover the tired topics of typical nonprofit conferences like reaching donors or polishing mission statements, Masaoka's convention will challenge mainstream policies and look at policy decisions yet to come. More Information.

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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Let’s take a look at what we can learn from the history of nonprofit organizations. Though the organization had been around for years, in the early 1900s we saw the U.S.’s

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