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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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Reading a report about the bells and whistles in the new website is a lot more interesting to most of us than combing through columns of figures in the audit or IRS form 990. But a poor web design won’t get anyone on the bad side of the law whereas ignoring those important statements might. Share information. Online courses.

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How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

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But for younger organizations, you may need to guide them on how to use their fund accounting software to automate these controls or set them up with a mentor organization to help establish them. Ensure that your policy outlines that the individual who reports the violation will be protected from retaliation.

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

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"You cannot run a community if you're not informed. Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us Where did the idea come from?

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What’s the Future of Planned Giving?

Connection Cafe

You know what to track, how to gather your information and to whom to report it. Both you and your leaders view planned gifts as supplemental income and report it “below the line”. You’ve mentored some people new to the industry along the way and enjoy your status as a community brain trust on all-things-planned giving.

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How Nonprofits Can Build Trust with Strong Internal Controls

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In 2013, CBS News reported that the U.S. Justice Department froze federal grant funding to a nonprofit after an audit revealed that they couldn’t account for nearly $20 million dollars of federal funds that were drawn by the organization for mentoring youth. Provide for reliable financial reporting . Broken laws .

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

Europe’s highest court in a ruling against Google has decided that search engines should allow online users to be “forgotten” after a certain time by erasing links to web pages unless there are particular reasons not to erase that information. We worked together here at TechSoup and I regard him as one of my mentors.

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.