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One very long weekend in New York City for Megan Price

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This particular weekend we divided into teams and tackled projects from the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), MiX Market, and UN Global Pulse. Sara LaPlante, NYCLU’s data and policy analyst laid out two clear goals for us. Stop and frisk” is the common name used to reference police stopping a pedestrian.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. What patterns can social media use reveal that provide strategic insight for network?

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Creating A Culture of Well-being in Your Nonprofit Workplace: The First Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Opening Acts executive director also understood the importance of creating a workplace culture of wellbeing or what we call in the book, “We-Care.” Erika says it did not take much convincing when she proposed the idea of having staff create self-care plans at the staff retreat. Opening Acts executive director then shared a list of ideas.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Educating the Board of Directors and Reviewing Internal Policies (internal): By reviewing internal policies to make sure they are up-to-date with societal trends, the organization can be sure they accurately reflect their work in the current landscape of social issues.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live on August 15: Online Privacy

Tech Soup

From the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act to "do not track" browser settings, Internet privacy has been at the forefront of discussions about our rights online. They’ll share all the tips and resources you need to craft a suitable policy and educate your staff about their rights.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. Finance / @nysscpa.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. Finance / @nysscpa.