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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Increased understanding of their legal and governance responsibilities.

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice based on my experience in 2008. Board source.

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Bitcoin for Nonprofits: Cryptocurrency Fundraising for the Future

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Bitcoin was launched on January 3, 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis and bank bailouts. The government printed money like never before to pay for quantitative easing in an attempt to save the economy, devaluing everyone’s savings in the process. Let’s start with the basics. Why does that matter?

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Prizes to Promote Open Government

Forum One

We've written previously about the Obama Administration's Open Government Directive. Last week the White House issued a new memorandum titled " Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government " (PDF) — a further step towards citizen engagement. State Department.

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Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook"

Forum One

These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. Here are some insights I picked up: Open Government Directive: Coming soon? Impressive. NIH Clinical Center.

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The Impact of Connectivity in the Future: Everything Is Connected, Cows will Tweet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

O’Reilly took us through some examples of designing with citizens in mind can radically change the trust equation. O’Reilly took us through some examples of designing with citizens in mind can radically change the trust equation. Samasource connects poor women and youth to training and employment in the digital economy.

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Care2 and NOAA Promote International Year of the Reef 2008 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

From the article : "For example, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency) partnered with Care2 ,an activist social network of over 8 million Americans, to promoteawareness of the deterioration of coral reefs. The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008.