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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. ” This is how Amber Case opened her 2012 South by Southwest Interactive keynote talk on Sunday, March 13th. Tendenci was developed by Schipul especially….

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13 of the Best Nonprofit Videos from the Last 13 Years

Nonprofit Tech for Good

YouTube launched almost 13 years ago on February 14, 2005 and you got to give credit to the early adopter nonprofits active on YouTube in its early years. These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media. Drug Policy Alliance.

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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. So … when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was adopted by Congress in 2002, there just wasn’t much history to help nonprofits understand its impact – on them. Conflict of interest policy. As part of a.

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2012 SXSW Interactive Roundup

NTEN

Last week, I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. This is how Amber Case opened her 2012 South by Southwest Interactive keynote talk on Sunday, March 13th. Tendenci was developed by Schipul especially….

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Boards continue to adopt conflict-of-interest policies, whistleblower, and document-retention policies. However, as the BoardSource report states: “having policies doesn’t guarantee strong governance.

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8 Changebloggers: Nonprofits and Individuals Creating Change with Blogs

Have Fun - Do Good

Adam De Rose, Interfaith Worker Justice Blog Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) advances the rights of workers by engaging diverse faith communities into action, from grassroots organizing to shaping policy at the local, state and national levels. It specializes in adoption from China, Taiwan and Haiti.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online.

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