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Social Media for Nonprofits: How and Why

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If you are a nonprofit manager struggling with social media (what it is, how to use it, whether its a good idea for your organization or not) read this great post by Amy Southerland, a communications consultant for nonprofits. Social media is Internet and mobile applications for sharing information and ideas.  It includes blogs, Twitter, […]

A Call for Equity Holders in the Nonprofit Sector

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Clara Miller, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, which is a leader in working to adequately capitalize the nonprofit sector, wrote a great post in the Chronicle of Philanthropy about how the sorely inadequate way the nonprofit sector is funded has got to change.  She argues that the current recession is the potential nail in […]

New Ideas in a New Year

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2009 is finally here and with the new year comes some interesting new ideas.  The struggles of 2008 have the potential to stimulate innovative solutions.  With a new administration entering office on January 20th there could be significant changes in how the nonprofit sector receives resources (funding, staff, government support, etc).  You can read my […]

Radical Transparency for Nonprofits

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This is a (perhaps) final update to my earlier posts here and here about FORGE, a nonprofit working in African refugee camps to promote peace and stability but that is struggling to stay afloat. Curtis Chang the consultant from Consulting Within Reach who Sean Stannard-Stockton, of Tactical Philanthropy, asked to provide an analysis of what […]

A Stimulus Plan for the Nonprofit Sector

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The Columbus Foundation has a creative solution to the economic downturn and the possible impact on fundraising this holiday season.  Tomorrow they are launching Match Day 2.0, an attempt to raise $1 million for the Columbus nonprofit community in 48 hours.  They will match individual contributions up to $2,500 by 50%.  They tried this idea […]