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Giving circles can strengthen collective action. Here’s how. 

Candid

From challenges to women’s rights to debates around diversity initiatives, current events have encouraged giving circles to be more intentional about engaging more in civic and policy awareness. Collective giving groups are becoming more civically engaged and educated about policies that affect their values and giving priorities.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Population Council :: @ Pop_Council.

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Supporting Latinx nonprofits by training leaders and fundraisers 

Candid

Latinx nonprofit staff need a unique sense of familia , safety, and empowerment that speaks to our experience with giving, money, womens leadership, and more. Yet Latinx nonprofits work on climate change, conservation, the arts, health, LGBTQ+ rights, womens rights and empowerment, voting rights, education, etc.

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7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

sgEngage

In fact, 55% of nonprofits in the Data Empowerment Report from NTEN say their systems are not aligned with workflow or needs, and 72% of nonprofits report using three or more systems that dont talk to each other. System integration cuts down on manual processes and allows organizations to maintain a consistent, unified database.

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How Grantmakers Can Turn Uncertainty into Growth and Innovation

sgEngage

The lack of inclusion and empowerment in decision-making compounds these challenges. When we hold back from challenging how we operate, how we connect and listen, and how we design our programs, policies, and practices, we hold back people and progress.

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Does Your Organization Have Social Media Guidelines for All Staff?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media Guidelines or what some call a social media policy summarizes your organization’s social media goals, how staff will participate (dos and do nots), identifies legal and privacy issues , a social media work flow , and staffing needs. The general tone should be one of trust and empowerment.

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A critique of Just Another Emperor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It slams the use of business thinking and approaches in philanthropy, and makes some drastic policy recommendations to fix elite philanthropy by those dubbed philanthrocapitalists. I really don't like Just Another Emperor, and it's because of the spin techniques used to attempt to make the case for the policy changes it advocates.