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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

By definition, board members should be counted on to make sacrificial gifts or at least to consider the organization a high priority for their philanthropy. And this kind of nepotism frequently backfires because board members ideally should possess three of the four Ws: wealth, work, wisdom, and wallop (the ability to influence others).

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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Discussions around these scenarios are useful to philanthropy in making decisions about where to invest in social change in the future. The premises and questions for the future include: Interconnectedness: People will have more connectivity and more information. What will be the impact of technology on civic engagement?

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