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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. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Jan 24 - 25.

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An Open letter to Crowdfunding Companies from the California Association of Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: The crowdfunding industry has sponsored legislation in California to clarify what is legally permissible. CalNonprofits anticipates more state and federal policy efforts to emerge as this industry and these practices mature and has released this Open Letter to Crowdfunding Platforms. … Read More

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A virtual good, a non-rivalrous good, enables a far greater range of business models, options for sustainability, than a traditional industry based on exchanging physical goods. Our current model mainly depends on government and foundation support enabling us to provide free library services to members. It was highly controversial.

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What should governments, universities and companies do? Machine Learning Explained: Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokia Corporation studied Machine Learning so he could answer the following questions: Why is machine learning so topical right now? How does machine learning actually work?

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The Pros and Cons of Nonprofit Grants

NonProfit Hub

Folks new to the industry seem to have an overblown notion of what grants can and should do for their organizations. Not only are there fewer organizations applying for local grants than international or government-issued grants, but local granting organizations will be able to see the impact of your work firsthand.

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Why Nonprofit Workplaces Are Stressful and What To Do About It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

industry more than $300 billion annually in absenteeism, turnover, diminished productivity and medical, legal and insurance costs. Governments should address toxic workplaces in policies. Stress in the workplace is expensive for organizations according to research. Stress is the leading cause of turnover.

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Leadership in Times of Transition

ASU Lodestar Center

I’ve transitioned administrations, which could mean apples became oranges seemingly overnight – typically communicated through a long all-employee email (hidden under the guise of “Memo”) with a 10MB photo attachment of the new cabinet secretary that crashed the WO (government speak: Washington Office) server for 48 hours.