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Why Privacy Matters (or Should) to Nonprofits

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All of this has led many state governments to start enacting stricter laws and regulations requiring ANY organization that holds its residents' personal information to adequately protect the information, and levies harsh penalties for not doing so. Could you absorb a loss like that? If you're scared by now, you should be.

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Power and Control

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris van Bergeijk, Hawaii Community Foundation. Be wary of “replacing one ‘command and control’ environment with another.” The control thing is huge. Instead of] linear logic models being the norm, mix the right ingredients together, count to ten, great things will happen. There’s the potential to go much further.”

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Benefit Corporations: Back to Purpose

Tech Soup

This past October, California joined New Jersey, Virginia, Hawaii, Vermont, and Maryland in passing legislation to create this new type of legally recognized company. Governments and nonprofits are necessary but insufficient to solve today’s most pressing problems. Must file their special purpose with the state.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

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It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent.