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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 Enterprise World Forum 2008 - Part Two

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Social Enterprise World Forum 2008 was great for gaining a perspective on an island with a great deal of innovative social enterprise. As I noted in the previous post, it's a major part of UK and Scottish government strategy to invest in and expand the social enterprise sector. A bit of government here can go a long way.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

September 11 The 2008 mortgage crisis The Great Recession The 2016 Election The COVID pandemic The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tyre Nichols January 6 The current inflationary economy This lowering of esteem for organizations, whose solid reputations were previously taken for granted, is not anecdotal.

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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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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. A closer look shows the realm isn't all that new.

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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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Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy

Tech Soup

Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. The OECD recently hosted an event on the Future of the Internet Economy: Generating Innovation and Growth , a follow-up from the 2008 meeting in Seoul.