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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

Just as enthusiastic volunteers often need a primer on best practices in soliciting for in-kind items, preparing event experiences, limitations of the tax laws, and rules around tax exempt status and politics, preparing your new staff with an arsenal of tools to use to check on these delicate subjects is important.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1. No more donations to our charity. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. No need to send us a letter.

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Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

” Accordingly, 12 states are developing laws to ban or limit “junk mail” despite strenuous efforts by the Direct Marketing Association and others to fight such legislation. Both are exhausting and a turn-off when it comes to making a donation to a charity. But now a days life is very fast.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1. No more donations to our charity. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. No need to send us a letter.

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Preparing for Planned Giving Conversations—24 Terms You Need to Know

Connection Cafe

Charitable Bequest: This is a provision in a will, trust, or estate plan that allocates a gift to a designated charity. Contingent Bequest: This is a provision in a will, trust, or estate plan that allocates a gift to a designated charity as an alternative to a higher priority bequest or condition to be met.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. General / @southwestfdns. 38th Annual Nonprofit Conference. May 17 - 18.

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Top 10 Environmental Nonprofits

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity, working to protect woods, plant trees and restore ancient woodlands. Focusing on education for people at all stages in life, EDN covers all aspects of environmental issues, from plastic pollution to finding clean energy sources. Woodland Trust. Earth Day Network.