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Picks of the Week: January
29 - February 4, 2012
Website of the Week
Human Interaction Research
Institute
The Human Interaction Research Institute (HIRI)
helps nonprofits, funders and communities handle the challenges of
innovation and change, using behavioral science strategies. Founded in 1961,
the nonprofit Institute is based in Los Angeles. Its work ranges from
research, to technical assistance on systems change, to disseminating
innovations or helping others to do so. The emphasis in all these activities
is on the complex human dynamics of change - how to get people personally
committed to change and feel rewarded for their involvement, and how to
address people’s fears and resistances about change. Current priority areas
are: (1) nonprofit capacity building, (2) community collaborations and (3)
philanthropy, along with longstanding interests in dissemination and health
communication. Go to:
www.humaninteract.org
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Publication of the Week
 Governance for Collaboratives:
A Guide to Resolving Power and Conflict Issues
by Joan Roberts
From the publisher: In Governance for
Collaboratives: A Guide to Resolving Power and Conflict Issues Joan Roberts
explores: * Collaboration as a tool for change (not a panacea) * Member self
interest * Using collaboratives as a tool to address complex problems *
Whether collaboration can provide a critical mass for large scale change *
The unique characteristic of a collaborative where "everyone has a stake but
no one owns it" * The convening role * The tension for collaborative
partners in wearing two hats (their own organization and the collaborative)
* Having the right people at the table * Organization policies for
collaboratives and its member organizations * How to address power
imbalances * Unlearning traditional ways of organizing. Joan Roberts MA is
recognized as a leader in the field of collaboration, community development
and capacity building. Having spent over 25 years as a grassroots organizer,
elected official, consultant, facilitator, published author, speaker and
educator, she now assists collaborations, organizations and communities to
meet emerging challenges.
Click to preview this book on Amazon.com
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Trend of the Week
Nonprofits Added Jobs Faster Than Businesses Last Decade
Defying two recessions, the nonprofit sector
posted a remarkable 10 year record of job growth, achieving an average annual
growth rate of 2.1 percent from 2000 to 2010, while for-profit jobs declined by
an average of minus 0.6 percent per year, according to a new Johns Hopkins
University report. Other findings from the report include:
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The U.S. nonprofit sector employs 15
times more workers than the nation’s mining industry, nearly 10 times
more workers than the agriculture industry, and about twice as many
workers as the construction industry. |
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The vast majority of nonprofit jobs are
in three service fields—health care (57 percent), education (15
percent), and social assistance (13 percent). |
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During the 2007-2009 recession, nonprofit
employment grew in 45 of the 46 states on which state-specific data were
available, while for-profit employment declined in 45. |
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Nonprofit employment also grew in all
regions of the country from 2000 to 2010, with an average annual growth
rate that ranged from 1.5 percent in the East South Central region to
3.4 percent in the Mountain region. During this same time span,
for-profit employment registered annual average declines in all but two
of the regions, and the growth rate in these two was no more than
one-seventh as robust as the nonprofit one. |
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While nonprofit employment in social
assistance grew at an average annual rate of 2.2 percent between 2000
and 2010, for-profit employment in this field grew by an average of 5.4
percent per year. As a result, the nonprofit market share in this field
fell from 62 percent in 2000 to 54 percent in 2010. Similarly,
for-profit growth outpaced nonprofit growth in education (4.4 percent
vs. 2.6 percent) and nursing home care (2.3 percent vs. 1.3 percent). |
These findings come from a report presenting
previously unavailable data on year-to-year changes in employment in private,
nonprofit establishments in the United States from January 2000 through June
2010. The full report, Holding the Fort: Nonprofit Employment during a Decade of
Turmoil, which includes charts with state by state data, is available at
ccss.jhu.edu
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Resource of the Week
E-Book: Event Fundraising Best Practices
Events are not only a great way to raise funds
but also awareness and community support. Unfortunately many events fall flat,
usually due to lack of clear goals and preparation. Sage Publications has
published a free E-Book: Event Fundraising Best Practices. This 25-page resource
guides you step by step through the event process — from planning and promotion
to execution and follow up. The guide includes practical advice as well as
print-ready worksheets and sample documents including:
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Sample Event Timeline — a 28-step
checklist of activities to complete before, during, and after the event.
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Event Planning Worksheet — the questions
you need to answer before you take any action. |
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Post-Event Attendee, Volunteers, and
Staff Surveys — gather input from those who experienced the event first
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To download a copy of the E-Book, go to:
SageSoftwareIncNonProfitSolutions
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Tech Tip of the Week
Creating Art Using PowerPoint
PowerPoint is rich with tools which can be
used to create “art” in many forms. Previous tips have included
Apply Artistic Effects to Pictures in PowerPoint 2010
Recolor a Picture or Change the Color or Transparency
Animation in
PowerPoint 2010
The following articles provide excellent information for using PowerPoint
to create Art:
Using and Creating Graphics in Microsoft Office 2010 from technology
learning source www.informit.com
Sculpt Your Own Clip Art Using PowerPoint 2010 from the Community Blog
http://community.articulate.com
Drawing Shapes In PowerPoint from PowerPoint 2010 learning resource
www.powerpoint-2010.com
So the next time you have the urge to be creative, give it a try!
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