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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. Everything!

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As 2012 Winds Down

NCE Social Media

Third, Last week I attended a great seminar at Jones Day that featured attorneys and representatives from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who discussed social media policies. The NLRB has a sample social media policy that you can use that the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel deems lawful.

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

Get Fully Funded

Connect/ Discuss/ Educate. Connect/Discuss/Educate. Lobbying for a law to change?). In person or when presenting to a group, be fully prepared to discuss, answer questions, and educate. It’s a great idea to prepare an outline to follow, or a script to rehearse, so that you’ll be confident, clear, and determined!

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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

In this month’s chat,we had some good discussion around social media guildines and online community moderation. Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated. Read the full transcript here! Anyone who subscribes may post messages.

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Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) Protect You and Your Organization

Tech Soup

Tip: Make sure to discuss your proposed policy with a cross section of staff as. This is the key federal law affecting Internet use in schools, requiring any school district that receives E-Rate funding to filter or. Is your policy in sync with state law or district policies on cyber bullying, cell phone use and filtering?

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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. Sample nonprofit job descriptions: Roles and responsibilities. Welcome to Research Friday ! Board job descriptions.