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Why Nonprofits Should Celebrate National Bike to Work Day

Care2

Now that we’re well into spring season, it’s the perfect time to participate in National Bike to Work Week, with National Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 19th! Communities all across the US will be organizing events to celebrate bicycling as a preferred commuting option and encourage new cyclists to join in on the fun.

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Guest Post: What Good Could Come After a No?

Twenty Hats

It was 2020, and I was already getting nervous about the every 17-year invasion of cicadas these nasty insects, due in the Washington, DC area in 2021. Susan Sanow, CVA, has spent much of her career working to improve the capacity of the nonprofit sector in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. I was more than nervous. I was panicked.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. Fundraising & Grants.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

National LGBTQ Task Force / Washington, DC / 475. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. We are excited to host our national movement gathering in the Capital. The Corps Network National Conference. Creating Change Conference.

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Bureaucrats with Clue

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

ANEESH CHOPRA Aneesh Paul Chopra joined the Obama Administration this Spring as the nation's first chief technology officer. LINKS [link] [link] [link] VIVEK KUNDRA Vivek Kundra is the nation's first Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO). Here's some background on these three key White House staffers.

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Six Social Media Week Events to Check Out

Care2

Social Media Week is happening in DC this week. The Secret Sauce to Social Media Fundraising: DC’s Give to the Max Day Story. Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington raised $2,017,196 with 17,838 donations for over 1,000 nonprofits in the DC, suburban Maryland, and northern Virginia areas. National Archives 2.0:

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. I remember the day I told my wife, Virginia, that I’d do this “nonprofit thing” for just one year and then go back to regular for-profit high tech companies. Washington?

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