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Why and How to Implement a 4-Day Workweek in 2025

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Sean Kosofsky, The Nonprofit Fixer — a strategic advisor who has worked in nonprofits for 30+ years and served as an executive director for five organizations in the past 20 years. His consulting firm, Mind the Gap Consulting , focuses on executive director coaching and training as well as fundraising and board development.

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Proposed bipartisan US crypto bill could be ‘sigh of relief’ for the industry

TechCrunch

A proposed crypto bill, sponsored by U.S. Some of the most notable aspects in the proposal include: “This bill tries to do everything, which may be its biggest impediment.” Even with his background in both traditional finance and crypto, he said he’s surprised by the positioning of the CFTC in the proposed bill.

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 238: Creating an Advocacy Agenda

sgEngage

Whether it be convincing a board of directors, finding the time and resources, or seeking funds from grantmakers, many foundations face hurdles in creating an advocacy agenda. Topics covered: Introducing advocacy and policy to boards. The distinction of advocacy and policy versus politics. Stay connected to your ‘Why?’,

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Facebook is getting pulled into a fight about the politics of Israel

The Verge

At the same time, the term is also used by Jewish critics of specific Israeli policies, particularly the country’s settlement policy. We are deeply concerned about Facebook’s proposed revision of its hate speech policy to consider ‘Zionist’ as a proxy for ‘Jew’ or ‘Jewish,’” the petition reads.

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Sony really hated PS4 crossplay, confidential documents reveal

The Verge

Kreiner proposed, “We announce crossplay in conjunction with Sony. Gio Corsi, Sony’s senior director of developer relations at the time, dismissed the idea of crossplay, noting that “cross-platform play is not a slam dunk no matter the size of the title” — a clear reference to Epic’s flex about Fortnite ’s dominance on PlayStation.

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Elon Musk reaches first Tesla compensation award worth nearly $800 million

The Verge

Shareholders will have seven proposals to vote on at that meeting, the first three of which are from Tesla. The first is to reelect Elon Musk and Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm to the board of directors, and to approve the recently-announced appointment of Hiromichi Mizuno. Proposal four is from shareholder James M.

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SEC Regional Director Erin Schneider talks SPACs, Coinbase and what startups could do better

TechCrunch

If startups were looking for more specifics about crypto lending, new rules by which blank-check companies might have to abide, or whether the SEC views NFTs (non-fungible tokens) as securities, they didn’t get any this week from Erin Schneider, the regional director of the SEC’s powerful San Francisco office.