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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

The duty of obedience mandates adherence to laws and compliance requirements for nonprofits. Alternatively, when boards take a more collaborative approach to these duties, working together with staff, they can help advance the organization’s mission and vision.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

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There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. By-laws What do by-laws have to do with Board meetings? If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible.

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An Alternative to Writing RFPs for Nonprofit Websites and Technology

ASU Lodestar Center

Given that RFPs for technology and marketing services often waste time, effort, and money, you might be wondering, what could be an alternative solution? If you’re a restaurant or a law firm, for instance, it makes sense to hire an agency with experience promoting and marketing restaurants or law firms.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. expertise, knowledge,?and To find the right product for your needs, the best place to begin is with requirements to help you evaluate alternatives. An organization may have many funds supporting?its?mission. self-balancing accounts?that?must fund accounting software.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). This is a crucial point.

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4 Types of In-Kind Donations and How To Leverage Them

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In order to maximize their donation potential, nonprofits could embrace creative, diverse fundraising alternatives to monetary contributions. In contrast, volunteering is a more general service that doesn’t require prior experience or knowledge. Web design. Fundraising coordination. Membership growth consulting. Event managing.