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What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Overtime Ruling

Blue Fox

Check out the The Exemption Test from University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources. Check this out: A few years ago when the overtime rules were first proposed, our friends at NonprofitAF published this article. You will also want to evaluate at your employees whose salaries border the new standard salary level.

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story. So, why would we not want to use this powerful communication tool when writing grant proposals? Every year, GrantStation runs a contest to uncover some of the best proposals that have been written. Some Winning Stories.

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Anyone Who Says this isn't a Business is Nuts.

Museum 2.0

In Minnesota, the state budget standoff has closed the Minnesota History Center and the many other arms of the MN Historical Society. I'm thinking about proposing an AAM session on this topic and I'd love to hear your thoughts. And here in Santa Cruz, I've got two very expensive bottles of champagne on my desk.

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Finding Your Perfect Love: Grant Writing Tips for Nonprofit Organizations

NonProfit Hub

You will learn, rework, resubmit new proposals, and eventually land the perfect one and put a ring on it. For more details on how each of these categories break down, take a look at the Minnesota Council on Foundation’s Common Types of Grants article. You don’t write one grant and expect it to end like a fairytale. There are over 1.5

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Build Your Storymaking Skills with Free Events and Webinars

Tech Soup

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Video and Photography 101. Brattleboro, Vermont: Storytelling for Grant Proposals with Barbara Ganley. Saint Paul, Minnesota. Kampala, Uganda: Story Makers 2016. Tuesday, April 12. Douala, Cameroon: Exceptional Digital Storytelling. Saturday, April 16. Buea, Cameroon: Buea Digital Storytelling.

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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. What was your judging process?

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5 Types of People Who Need Nonprofit Fundraising Training

Achieve

Mary’s University of Minnesota. If we’re just talking about methods, there’s major gifts, bequests and trusts, corporate relations, grant proposals, direct mail, social media, virtual and in-person events. you rely on events, direct response (mail, email and social media) and grant proposals? Mary’s University of Minnesota.