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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

.orgSource

In the United States, only approximately four states have a law prohibiting marriage under the age of 18. An expert on branding startups, executive leadership, governance, and more, Allison has deep roots in the association community. Governance, and the vision of governance, is so varied around the world.

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Thursday Thoughts: attracting passionate nonprofit advocates

EveryAction

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. You need to activate your base and to move the needle on your issue.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. By-laws What do by-laws have to do with Board meetings? 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.

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Send Your Feedback to the FCC: Net Neutrality Needs You

NTEN

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Add your voice and send feedback to the FCC! Why does an open Web matter to your organization?

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). Notably, about 32% of nonprofit funding comes from government contracts and grants. Practicing principled bipartisanship” by prioritizing issues over political party. A missed opportunity.

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What should governments, universities and companies do? California Passes New Law That Bans Bots From Pretending to Real People: California Gov. The demonstration sparked a discussion around the ethical issues of having people unknowingly interact with bots. More on the new law here.

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Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy

Tech Soup

Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. The 6th Internet Governance Forum will soon bring multiple stakeholders to Kenya to discuss key policy and governance issues. Not convinced yet?