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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Choose a board of directors A nonprofit’s board of directors is a governing body typically made up of unpaid volunteers who set policies, determine strategic priorities, and provide oversight. Describe how your nonprofit will handle a breach of the policy, such as disciplinary actions or removal of the individual from their position.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy.

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Help Design the Greater Good Track at 2012 SXSW Interactive

Amy Sample Ward

When it isn’t “conference season&# , it’s “session submission season&# ! Voting is now open to select sessions for the next SXSW Interactive conference, taking place in Austin in March. Please join me in selecting the panels for the 2012 conference, just follow these steps: 1. Sign Up / Sign In.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you’re thinking your organization can’t afford to send you to the conference, there are scholarships available for nonprofits folks. Social Media Boundaries: Personal/Personnel Policy. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN. Check out the information and application process here. Devon Smith. Under the Social Good Hood.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

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If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible. Be creative, be caring, and think outside the conference room to give people a good experience. and what the voting and decision-making process will be. Brainstorm.

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Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: Taking a JEDI Approach

Bloomerang

Here are some sample questions: 1. Has the organization’s policies, practices, and overall culture been evaluated through the lens of a JEDI approach? . We also suggest starting with a few clarifying questions about where your organization is and its aspirations for implementing or expanding its JEDI practices.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

I have noticed that a significant percentage, I daresay a majority, of the people attending the big annual Nonprofit Technology Conferences (NTC) have been women every year. It is one of the very few tech conferences where that is the case. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. Philanthropy. Nonprofit Technology Leadership.