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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

Tech Soup

TechSoup's partner in Africa, SANGONeT , has compiled case studies and profiles of the South African nonprofits and charities they serve. Published on SANGONeT's content portal, NGOPulse, the organizations profiled range from education, social outreach, poverty relief, environment, and more. About SANGONet.

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Why Nonprofit Workplaces Are Stressful and What To Do About It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In light of the recent high profile suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, Vu Le wrote an excellent piece on what nonprofits need to know about mental illness. Professional “white collar” jobs are as stressful as manual labor. Nearly 50% report having changed jobs to escape stress. Stress is the leading cause of turnover.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Because personal background checks in the US often include credit checks, the information it holds is highly sensitive and impacts millions’ job prospects. Cambridge Analytica harvested the personal information and profiles of as many as 87 million people who used Facebook without their consent or knowledge.

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The 6 Basic Nonprofit Board Responsibilities 

Neon CRM

Boards are also charged with making sure their nonprofit has all the resources it needs to live out its mission—in other words, fundraising is an important part of their job description. But fulfilling their legal and fiduciary duties to the organization might well be their most important job of all.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

To that end, job descriptions that clearly state the responsibilities of the board of directors are critical. The Fiesta Bowl recently approved a board of directors job description that states the responsibilities of the board with regard to leadership, governance, oversight, operations, audit, participation, and fundraising.

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Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) Protect You and Your Organization

Tech Soup

fulfilling job or learning responsibilities. 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? What It Covers. cyberbullying.

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Favorite Have Fun Do Good Books of 2010

Have Fun - Do Good

She does a great job of being positive and practical. I loved the range of women profiled in Farmer Jane and had many laughs interviewing the author, Temra Costa, for the Big Vision Podcast. When we stop playing, we stop developing, and when that happens, the law of entropy take over--things fall a part.

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