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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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But a poor web design won’t get anyone on the bad side of the law whereas ignoring those important statements might. Yes, you can get people to put down their phones and pay attention. When directors understand their role in stewarding and growing resources, keeping track of that progress becomes a lot more interesting.

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Nonprofit Risk Management Tips and Resources for Your Event

Qgiv

The National Weather Service offers an app that provides hourly updates and weather alerts directly to your smart phone. Observe federal, state, and local laws. Whether it’s the federal drinking age, maximum occupancy rules, or any other law in place for safety (or legal fundraising), be sure you’re observing them!

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Building a Tech-Driven Legal Aid Network for the 21st Century

Saleforce Nonprofit

And in most civil cases (typically those covering issues of housing, family, and consumer law), people represent themselves because there is generally no right to legal counsel in civil matters. We were a small staff (I was the first staff attorney hired) and provided a few thousand consultations over the phone in that first year.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Donate your skills (graphic design, strategic planning, human resources). This can include large Fortune 500 companies or even local law firms, smaller companies, business-to-business suppliers, or retailers. Work with the organization to create a list of all the in-kind resources that would be useful to the organization.

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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

Not that long ago, there were dozens of charity mobile phone donation programs vying for attention. Why Phone Recycling Matters. In the world of electronics recycling, mobile phones are a problem. One popular method of getting people to turn in their old phones has been to recycle them for charity. Phones 4 Charity.

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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. Cast a wide net with texts, emails, phone calls and social posts.

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are tracking the conversation and resources about AI and Nonprofits and social good. You can find the recording here as well as an extensive list of resources and tools to better understand algorithmic bias and the implications for policy change. ?. More on the new law here. Here’s this month’s roundup.

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