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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. to the general public and to policy makers. Unclaimed money in bank accounts -> social investment. He's a real pistol: challenging the Lloyd Bank folks to kick money in with him.

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5 Reasons Your Nonprofit Needs an Operating Reserve

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There has long been a popular misconception in the philanthropic sector—if a nonprofit has money, it must not need money. The Operating Reserve is designed to be built up to a target amount, and the funds must be replenished per the policy established by the board.

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Happy Birthday! The Charitable Deduction Turns 100

ASU Lodestar Center

On October 3, to raise money for the war, the U.S. The charitable deduction is a vital nexus between the general public, the nonprofit organizations they support, and government policy. Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. The United States was drawn into the war in the spring of 1917. think tank.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

Although it had been in existence for 13 years, the organization had no audited financial statements, had only three board members (including the executive director), was not clear about how donor money was being spent, and had a clear conflict of interest with the executive director promoting personal book sales through the nonprofit.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. If the provider goes belly up with your data, you’re toast.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Budgeting for Change Capita l (internal): Change capital is money that nonprofit organizations put aside each fiscal year so that they have a reserve of money when they want to invest in new initiatives. Asking and encouraging funders to give unrestricted gifts is also an effective strategy as the money can be used more freely.

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