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Research Friday: Legal Structure Alternatives to Lead Social Change

ASU Lodestar Center

Different from for-profit structures, these organizations are required by law to have a social mission, which potentially can increase public support for their business. An alternative that is available in Arizona is for a for-profit company to become a certified B-Corporation through B-Lab.

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Five Ways to Ensure Your Event Makes Headline News

Connection Cafe

So how do you make the fact that you’re doing a 5K or walk into news that’s going to get reported? The fact that you’re doing a 5K for a worthwhile cause by itself is not news. The world of journalism and news publishing is changing rapidly. Write your posts like a news story. Photos that help tell your story.

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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

Overall, the two-day event left me wondering " Where are all the nonprofits and public libraries who've been sharing and innovating forever? Despite having modeled institutionalized sharing for literally centuries ( hello, public libraries! ) Where Are Nonprofits and Libraries on Sharing? Why aren't THEY here?"

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How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 10 Great Examples)

Neon CRM

A nonprofit mission statement also serves as inspiration for employees, donors, and volunteers and provides the public with an overview of the organization’s mission and purpose. Download the report Step 4: Begin Writing After answering all the questions above, think through how you’d want to communicate these answers to the public.

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What You Can Do About Ransomware

Tech Soup

The attack has hit businesses, universities, and hospitals so far. Also, the Veritas donation program at TechSoup provides backup and restore software to eligible nonprofit organizations and public libraries. The alternative of rebuilding infected machines is not great either, but it does discourage cyberblackmailers from coming back.

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9 Tips to Raise Cash Online: Lessons from research into the sustainability of internet-based resource development

ASU Lodestar Center

Adjunct Professor, Grand Canyon University. Fundraising is an undeniable part of the nonprofit sector, particularly for 501(c)(3) public charities. It has become the way we get news, the way we entertain ourselves, the way we communicate, and, in many ways, the way we do business.

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What software freedom means to me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was a professor at the time, and a nonprofit organization wanted to get on the web, and give some of their staff email, and at the time, colleges and universities were the only organizations that had easy access to the internet, and virtual hosting companies cost a fortune, way beyond what a nonprofit could afford. Be Helpful.

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