Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

The other day, Matt Sharp shared this link to a social media policy generator called the Social Media Policy Tool. It asks you 12 questions mostly having to do with control and then spits out the biolerplate for your policy. Here's the social media policy I created for Beth's Blog. Social Media Policies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2012

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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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofit organizations are beginning to use indirect costs more frequently in their budgeting processes, whether or not they are pursuing government grants. Your bookkeeper likely does not want to spend time determining whether management or programs purchased paperclips, so creating a policy of categorizing expenses is helpful.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The first iteration tracks disclosure of 22 data points across six specific dimensions of racial equity: (1) Pay Equity, (2) Racial/Ethnic Diversity Data, (3) Education and Training Programs, (4) Response to Mass Incarceration, (5) Community Investments, and (6) Anti-Discrimination Policies.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Strengthen Your Organization’s Internal Controls Internal controls are policies and procedures that nonprofits put in place to help avoid risky situations. Adopting a conflict of interest policy. Then, you can start taking the appropriate steps to prevent those risks. The amount of federal funding your organization receives.

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Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2016

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And with today’s rapid pace of change, confident learning has become critical to adapting, adopting, and feeling connected to the world we inhabit. That’s why I always tell my clients to put their plans, policies, and procedures in writing. How might you more fully adopt writing as a learning strategy for yourself?

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Let’s explore how these two factors impact higher education and the potential strategies institutions can adopt. Declining enrollment leads to not only decreased tuition revenue but also diminished government funding and reduced philanthropic support. provides federal incentives and policy support to encourage workforce development.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Establish initial governing documents and policies. . You’ll need to create Bylaws and Conflict of Interest documents and policies because both are needed for your IRS application. . Retain or consult with an accountant for annual audit and government filings, including the form 990.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There are two new major online privacy policy changes coming in 2020, the CCPA in California and SHIELD act in New York. There are also multiple bills moving through legislature in no less than 25 other states and the federal government ( COPRA ) that could become law in 2020. What is weird is that these acts begin to treat U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Since many NGOs are just not far along on their digital transformation journey , the bar for AI adoption is fairly high.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

i) Adopt a transparent budget before the start of the fiscal year. i) Financial controls are policies and procedures designed to protect your organization’s assets. i) The Federal government and most local governments regulate lobbying. governance nonprofit finance' 1) BUDGET.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals. This framework is known as digital governance. One effective way is to take an agile approach to change management. Let’s talk.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

No one individual, company, government agency, or nonprofit can go it alone. We need new policies, new technology, new strategies, and local support in order to build, implement, and sustain the kinds of solutions that will help us make progress on our goals.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

While full data sets are made available and used extensively by researchers and city governments, City Health Dashboard has learned that simply providing data isn’t enough. The City Health Dashboard has adopted a layered approach to data storytelling. Design your data storytelling products. Tell your own stories.

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2009

TPS: Broadband Innovation , taking place May 11, 2009 in conjunction with the 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit. conference, is designed to assist community and business leaders by offering best practices for improving Internet access and adoption. View the agenda and sign up online at [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Social networks and social media has busted out of the marketing communications and fundraising silos and changing the way nonprofits deliver programs, manage, and even govern. governing through networks. Staff started to see the value in social media and it led to adoption of tools. Codifying a Social Culture: Policy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

She serves on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, and her speaking and DEI advisory client list includes Fortune 500 companies, international forums, government entities, and top academic institutions. Do they have an open-door policy only for some people? Are you investing time with some people more than others?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Adopt Radical Empathy with Terri Givens. Lorenzo has over ten years of experience in public policy, government, talent pipeline development, diversity, and inclusion. Corporate Social Integration – Looking Beyond the ‘Responsibility’ of a Business. Jolene Chan, Michelle Malpass, Traction on Demand.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Luckily for us, governance consultant Tom Okarma has written a terrific guest post for us this week on exactly this topic. John Carver has written extensively on board governance and discusses “means and ends ” as a way to differentiate between what board responsibilities and CEO responsibilities. governance'

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

The April edition of Nonprofits Live looked at environmental policy, sustainable practices, and nonprofit sustainability case studies. Adopting this approach means that success isn’t confined to soley benefiting the organization. Meeting the triple bottom line does require adopting green tech solutions. org proves true.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

With this widespread adoption of technology to facilitate goods and services, the role of ethics has become increasingly prominent in the minds of both the consumers interacting with technology and the executives designing and implementing it.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

When we haven’t lived both lives, we can sometimes create and adopt narratives of how philanthropy and nonprofits work, and how the staff within them operate. When we work in separation and disconnection, empathy divides can become empathy canyons. These ridiculous expectations are lethal to vulnerability.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

First, decrease earnings and wealth inequities by going back to the tax policies of the 50s, 60s and 70s, where those who were wealthy paid much more in taxes than they do today. Further, Occupy has put pressure on the government to better regulate corporations and banks. Occupy has made this argument mainstream.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Fuller framed the session – sharing examples of early adopters in the nonprofit sector riding the wave of three big tech trends that are “particularly ripe,” mobile, crowd funding, and big data. O’Reilly took us through some examples of designing with citizens in mind can radically change the trust equation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Over the years, AI has altered and expanded its mandate to address new human rights issues and to ease the creative tension between the demands of its grassroots membership and its organizational policy. In fact, the adopted changes are at the heart of the organization’s identity and suggest that every generation reinvents AI.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

First, decrease earnings and wealth inequities by going back to the tax policies of the 50s, 60s and 70s, where those who were wealthy paid much more in taxes than they do today. Further, Occupy has put pressure on the government to better regulate corporations and banks. Occupy has made this argument mainstream.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Co-development led to conceptualization of participation of people with disabilities in advocacy for legislative, policy and government program change as an impact—in and of itself—regardless of outcome.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In the absence of social media compliance and regulatory standards, social networking technologies face increased scrutiny in both the government and commercial sectors. While many government leaders and corporate executives recognize the ability for social media to enable organizations to ?tap tap into the vast amounts of knowledge ?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

That's where telework policies come in. That's why government, the private sector, and nonprofits have all been increasingly adopting telework. Get Started with These Tips and Sample Telework Policies. " It is simple and short, and may be all you need to start crafting a policy. Benefits of Telework.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. This shift started fifteen years ago with the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web. And rightly so. Data carry enormous potential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Production Network: This type of network inspires and encourages collective action by members to create innovative practices, public-policy proposals, and other tools or products that lead to social impact. Governance: Who decides what the network will do, how do they decide? Resources: What is the network’s funding model?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Industry and policy leaders shared information on the current state of African electronics recycling and refurbishment policy and practice. The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

century skills have been adopted throughout the Common Core State Standards Initiative by 45 states as of November 2012. And what if government agencies and corporations better supported these efforts? The ALA's report describes the burden placed on libraries by government offices, businesses, and schools moving services online.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Big Tech has long been enthralled over how to manage data privacy and even the Federal government has been getting involved. More: Clubhouse’s full privacy policy. Time sensitivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Yesterday I wrote about social media and governance describing some ideas about how social media might be valuabe as part of the governance process. The photo is of the Pacific Ocean at Monterey taken by a Flickr user, Amayu. (No, it wasn't a presentation about Google Wave!). The first step, of course, is education.

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