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Building A Nonprofit Board That Understands Financial Stewardship

Kindful

But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Simply getting new members to understand how to read a finance statement is another first step to financial literacy for board members. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Start at the recruitment stage.

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Government, Community, and Corporate Partnerships to Expand Broadband Access

Tech Soup

With shrinking budgets, providing increased access to the Internet and training for computer literacy can be particularly challenging for libraries and public computing centers. read more.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Jan 24 - 25.

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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What about literacy and education? Universities and government labs encouraging their technology transfer offices to make social licenses of new technology. Governments creating tax policies and organizational structures to encourage capital for and the formation of social enterprises.

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The Story in the Numbers

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our financial story begins with Benetech’s forward thinking funders: our users, individuals, foundations, corporations, partners, and government agencies. Over 80% of our revenues are structured as “pay-as-you-go” contracts, rather than grants. This means that crucial information, including revenue, doesn’t appear on the balance sheet.

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New Pew Research Report: The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Government officials and political leaders at all levels will add to the vitriol online, posting quick hits that don’t advance democracy in any meaningful way. The themes included: Reimagine systems: Societies can revise both tech arrangements and the structure of human institutions – including their composition, design, goals and processes.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia). Who's leading that charge?