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Does Your Nonprofit Need Legal Counsel About Using Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. Each chapter of the book ends with some focus questions and checklist for a work plan. Review lobbying activities to ensure it complies with laws (Public policy issues and limited part of organization’s activity).

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Things We Like (March 2015)

NTEN

Whether you attended 2015 SXSW Interactive or not, here is a brilliant round-up by Joleen Ong and Amy Sample Ward. Amy Sample Ward was also one of 16 nonprofit experts to round up innovative fundraising trends in this new era of philanthropy. Perhaps now you never need to fundraise alone?

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

Get Fully Funded

Most volunteers don’t know the law exists. You may have applicable good samaritan laws in your state. Books they might want to read? Also share with volunteers about the Volunteer Protection Act , which protects volunteers from liability in cases of ordinary negligence. Are there movies they might want to view?

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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, Mike Terlaje invited Donna McNear and me over for a potluck party for one of his nephews and we had the chance to sample terrific local dishes made by his family for each other. education laws as part of receiving extensive funding. education laws as part of receiving extensive funding.

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Open Source CRMs – people like them?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available. We really can’t draw any conclusions from this – the sample size was small, and, as I mentioned, not representative of the sector.

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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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How to Ctrl + S the World, one #14NTC Event at a Time

Connection Cafe

Here are the 7 ‘can’t miss’ breakout sessions coming up at this year’s #14NTC : 50 Shades of Social Media: Navigating Policies, Laws, and Ethics [#14NTC Shades]. Why I’m excited: This diverse panel includes experience in the nonprofit industry, law, social media, fundraising and communications. When: Thursday, March 13, 10:30-12PM.

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