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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 222: U.S. Public Policy: Look Ahead for 2022

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Public policy impacts decisions made around charitable giving. These policies can influence how people give, when they give, and how much they give. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Brian Flahaven to learn how policies have impacted giving over the past few years and what’s ahead for the coming year.

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7 Step Policy Guide for Creating Operating Reserves

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With an understandable and accessible operating reserves policy, your team, Board, and donors know the specific reasons you would use your operating reserves and the exact amount that needs to always be in the fund. 7 Steps for Developing a Policy to Manage Operating Reserves. This can include staff members, major donors, and auditors.

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Narrative Change Strategy

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Narratives have the power to liberate or oppress because they have the potential to influence the beliefs and behaviors of individuals, which in turn can shape institutional policies and practices. Questions to ask when developing a narrative change strategy. Putting narrative change into action for impact.

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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If your association is lucky enough to have an investment portfolio, a discussion about risk has probably been on the board’s agenda. There are multiple reasons to make both the upside and the downside of risk management a broader topic of board discussion. These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. No one was exempt.

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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Benetech was founded to be a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit dedicated to creating social change at scale. Fast-forward six years.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

sgEngage

Even though laws and structures are often driven from the top down, it is a combination of top-down leadership and grassroots movements that create sustainable change. Grantmaking equity lies at the heart of philanthropy’s mission to create positive social change and address systemic injustices.

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Don't Let Association Data Myths Hold Back Your Analytics

Association Analytics

In an article recently published in ASAE's Associations Now , our senior director of managed services, Emilio Arocho, discusses this topic, explains why these myths hold back progress and shares ways they can be easily overcome. Myth 2: We Need a Data Governance Policy Before We Begin Analysis.

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