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Picks of the Week: July 25 - 31, 2010
Website of the Week
Idealware
Idealware, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, provides thoroughly
researched, impartial and accessible resources about software to help
nonprofits make smart software decisions. From the most basic questions
(like how to use software to help manage emailing hundreds of people at
once), to the more complex (like understanding the role of social networking
and mobile phone text-messaging in fundraising strategy), organizations need
a trusted source for answers. Idealware provides an authoritative online guide to the
software that allows U.S. nonprofits—especially small ones—to be more
effective. By synthesizing vast amounts of original research into credible
and approachable information, Idealware helps nonprofits make the most of
their time and financial resources. Go to:
www.idealware.org.
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Publication of the Week
 Human Resources Management for
Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Strategic Approach, 3rd Edition
by Joan E. Pynes
From the publisher: Public and nonprofit organizations
face difficult challenges today that make the strategic management of human
resources crucial. This book shows how to integrate HR practices with the
mission of their organization. An accessible tool complete with an
instructor s manual, this book provides an integrated approach to current HR
concerns and is unique in its focus on both public and nonprofit agencies.
Offering guidance and techniques for implementing effective human resource
management strategies job analysis, performance evaluation, recruitment and
selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, and
collective bargaining Pynes demonstrates how strategic human resources
management is essential to proactively managing change.
Click to preview this book on Amazon.com
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Trend of the Week
Trends in Program-Related Investments
For four decades U.S. foundations have had the ability to make below-market-rate
investments in activities consistent with their missions and count these
investments as part of their annual charitable distributions. Of the nation's
more than 75,000 grantmaking foundations, the Foundation Center has tracked 173
private and community foundations that made program-related investments (PRIs)
totaling $742 million in 2006 or 2007. According to a new report from the
Foundation Center, Doing Good with Foundation Assets: An Updated Look at
Program-related Investments, while the development of low-cost housing,
community development, and microfinance have historically attracted PRIs, there
is growing use of PRIs in areas such as education, arts and culture, social and
health programs, and environmental sustainability. To download a free copy of
the report, go to:
foundationcenter.org
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Resource of the Week
The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide
Social media can be useful to your organization… but how
useful? For what? What tangible results are people seeing from it? Created in
partnership with the New Organizing Institute, the Decision Guide walks you
through a step-by-step process to decide what social media channels make sense
for your organization via a workbook, guide, and the results of more than six
months of research. And through the included Consultant Directory, you can find
a professional to help define and implement your strategy. The Decision Guide
walks through:
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What social media is, and why it might be useful for
you |
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How your goals, audiences, and metrics should drive the
decision making process |
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Specific information on the tangible value nonprofits
have seen in using Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Photo Sharing Sites, Video
Sharing Sites, and more. |
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Choosing an effective social media mix
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Integrating all your communications |
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A workbook that helps you walk through all of this for
your own needs |
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And a Consultant Directory to find a professional to
help you take the next step! |
Go to:
www.idealware.org
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Tech Tip of the Week
Adding Paste Values to the Quick Access Toolbar in Excel 2007
Using the Paste Values option in Excel lets you strip
formulas from your data and paste only the resulting values. In Excel 2007
the Quick Access Toolbar is a great way to simplify using this feature.
Here's how:
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Click the Office button in the upper left
corner of the Excel 2007 Screen |
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Click the Excel Options button at the bottom of
the Office window to display the Excel Options dialog box |
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Click Customize in the left pane |
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Under Choose commands select All Commands |
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Select Paste Values |
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Click Add and then OK
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