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What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Overtime Ruling

Blue Fox

Over the past month, we’ve answered these questions a lot: How will changes to the federal overtime law will affect my organization? territories and the motion picture industry. Before we delve into how the new overtime law affects the nonprofit industry, know that not all states have the same guidelines.

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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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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

Clear goals and a detailed timeline will give the necessary direction and structure to your advocacy campaign. For example, advocating for a law change may require the work of multiple governmental bodies, sign off by various elected officials, and also changing public perception — each of which could be an advocacy campaign in its own right.

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6 Website Elements to Include to Drive Year-Round Donations

Greater Giving

Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. For example, ensure all images include alt text, provide a transcript or closed captions for videos, choose text colors that contrast with the background, and use hierarchical page structure. ? Let’s dive in!

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Bookshare and the Power of We

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

copyright law. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure. For example, through our DIAGRAM Center , we are now advancing tools and best practices to tackle the next big challenge in book accessibility: making the increasing numbers of pictures and graphics accessible.

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Why Invest in Nonprofit Human Resource Infrastructure?

ASU Lodestar Center

This ensures an accurate picture of all organizational required costs. This will allow the agency to thrive while maintaining or growing a robust internal structure as needed. Public and nonprofit employers know that to be competitive they need to offer benefits beyond those mandated by law. Sources: -Boyd, N.M., &

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. D) is to going. D) is to going.