2005 Resources of the Week
December
18 - 31, 2005
At the encouragement of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee,
the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector was formed to prepare recommendations for
Congress to improve the oversight and governance of charitable organizations.
The Panel’s final report, which was released in June 2005 and is available at
www.nonprofitpanel.org/final, provides a comprehensive series of
recommendations intended to strengthen nonprofit governance and improve
transparency and accountability. Many of these reforms are modeled on Sarbanes
Oxley. The final report addresses whistleblower protections and recommends that
nonprofits voluntarily comply with the whistleblower provisions of Sarbanes
Oxley.
Protecting whistleblowers is an essential component of an
ethical and open work environment. Whistleblower protection should not be viewed
only as a prophylactic mechanism designed to avoid employee lawsuits. Instead,
protecting whistleblowers from retaliation and encouraging constructive whistleblowing benefits nonprofits by increasing transparency and by giving
management the opportunity to learn early on of unethical or unlawful practices
directly from their employees rather than from the media, law enforcement, or a
regulatory agency. In addition, effective whistleblower protection helps foster
a work environment in which all employees are held accountable, thereby
improving performance and empowering employees.
This article provides general guidance for the
establishment of a comprehensive whistleblower protection program at a
nonprofit. Go to:nonprofitrisk.org
December
11 - 17, 2005
Baby Boomers will work in their primary careers until age
64 and then transition into retirement jobs throughout their 60’s and 70’s. In
this article, Scott Martin, Volunteer Service Administrator of the Delaware
Volunteer Resource Center, discusses volunteering as a career transition
strategy. It suggests that volunteer managers may be able to recruit Boomer
volunteers by assisting them in obtaining the needed skills, work-related
experience and references required for their next retirement job. Go to:
charitychannel.com/publish
December
4 - 10, 2005
Suppose you work at an organization -- like a public radio station or public
library -- that is about to launch a fund-raising drive to help cover operating
expenses. How would you structure that drive? Are there ways to increase the
amount of money that individual donors commit? Wharton operations and
information management professor Rachel Croson and a co-author set out to answer
this question by examining the influence of social information on contribution
behavior. Their goal was to find out whether donors to a public radio station
will give more money if they are told the amount of another donor's
contribution. The researchers present their findings in a paper entitled, "Field
Experiments in Charitable Contributions: The Impact of Social Influence on the
Voluntary Provision of Public Goods." Go to:
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
November
27 - December 3, 2005
In this article, Alder Consulting suggests ten guidelines
that cover the key considerations for an information rich nonprofit site. These
guidelines can help nonprofits to evaluate their existing website or think
through a new one. While a number of these guidelines apply to just about any
website, the list will be less comprehensive for online applications where
visitors are doing a lot more than just reading - such as online donor databases
or ecommerce systems. Go to:
www.alderconsulting.com
November
20 - 26, 2005
Published from 1997 to 2003, The Technology Source was a
peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical whose purpose was to provide thoughtful,
illuminating articles that would assist educators as they face the challenge of
integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing
educational organizations. This Web site maintains all of the articles
originally published in The Technology Source, which you can peruse using the
tools and links provided at the site. Go to:
www.technologysource.org
November
13 - 19, 2005
Independent Sector has developed
a set of excellent tools to assess your nonprofit’s accountability and
transparency IQ and then use the results of the assessment to strengthen your
organization in these critical areas. The Checklist for Accountability combines
recommendations made by Independent Sector and the Panel on the Nonprofit
Sector. It was developed with the additional input of the Ethics and
Accountability Committee and Communications and Marketing Advisory Task Force.
Go to:
www.independentsector.org
November 6 - 12, 2005
KaiserEDU, a service of the
Kaiser Family Foundation, offers a selection of free web tutorials on health
policy issues, including a recently updated tutorial on access to reproductive
health care. The presentation is entirely web-based, and lasts about 16 minutes,
covering topics such as contraceptive coverage by health insurance, access to
emergency contraception, and pregnancy-related policy issues. Go to:
www.kaiseredu.org.
October
30 - November 5, 2005
Dusty Miller presents a six-step
"formula" for an effective conference session. Learn why it is important to
consider the needs and interests of your audience; how to prepare a "real"
objective - one that defines results, not just the process; and how to select or
design a key activity that will stimulate and engage your audience. For the
online course on the topic go to:
www.simulconference.com . For the course transcript, go to:
www.simulconference.com/simulseminar
October
23 - 29, 2005
This article discusses the limits of traditional funding
and explores individual giving as a support sector that has potential to
increase rapidly. It outlines the value of grantmakers supporting nonprofits'
ability to raise money from individuals. Go to:
www.foundationnews.org
October
16 - 22, 2005
Experts agree that volunteers are
one of the most fundamental, yet underutilized resources for the nonprofit
sector. Individuals who have volunteered in the past cite poor management of
their time and talents by nonprofits as the primary reason they stop
volunteering, according to research conducted by The UPS Foundation. The UPS
Foundation has created the Best Practice Toolbox to share to best strategies and
models available, and encourage the replication of them throughout the non
profit community. The site includes tools designed to more effectively manage
volunteers and produce measurable results for communities in need. Go to:
www.ups.com
October
9 - 15, 2005
Located on the
IRS
website, this resource includes a brief description of the requirements for
exemption under IRC Section 501(c)(3); Procedures for applying for exemption
under Internal Revenue Section 501(c)(3); A brief description of annual filing
requirements for tax-exempt organizations; A general description of the
unrelated business income tax requirements for tax-exempt organizations; Tax
Information for Churches and Religious Organizations; Tax Information for
Contributors; as well as a collection of links to State government web sites
with useful information for exempt organizations. Go to:
www.irs.gov/charities/charitable.
October 2 - 8, 2005
This community improvement program, which emerged in 1991,
represents a compilation of ideas, experiences and thoughts of two people who
focused on improving the communities of Grant County Wisconsin. Since that time,
it has been used by hundreds of communities as a tool for assessing the
perceptions of visitors. Volunteers from two somewhat similar communities (size,
location, county seat, etc.) agree to do unannounced exchange visits and then
report on their findings. Participants became “secret shoppers” for the day to
discover what they can about their sister city. They follow procedures and
reporting guidelines in a fully developed manual, which is copied for each
participant. The manual helps insure that the evaluations and reports are
thorough and somewhat uniform and minimize the training of volunteers. The
manual was recently updated and is available on this web site. The final reports
serve as a basis for community action and provide a “snap-shot” of the community
at a specific point in time. These recorded assessments can be an outstanding
way to measure progress within a community. Go to:
www.uwex.edu.
September
25 - October 1, 2005
As proud as you may be of your
organization and your product or service, most customers only care about how
well you can help them meet their wants and needs. If you want more of them to
buy, your focus has to be on your customer. How do you communicate that to them?
With the words you use on your site. Are you talking mostly about them and their
needs or are you talking mostly about yourself? To help you answer that
question, Future Now developed a unique and free analysis tool that counts
certain words on your site that are key indicators of whether your focus is on
the customer or not. Go to
www.futurenowinc.com
September
18 - 24, 2005
For businesses and business
leaders looking for research or inspiration about e-commerce, the Library of
Congress Business and Reference Services department provides a list of eighteen
Web sites divided into handy categories: General Sources for Doing Business on
the Internet; "Netiquette" for Doing Business on the Internet; Internet Business
Directories; and Internet Services and Consultants for Businesses. The listings
offer a wide range of information resources at an easy glance. Go to:
www.loc.gov. For a more exhaustive list of Internet business resources,
also check out Yahoo's Internet business and economics page.
September 11 - 17, 2005
The FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) listed on this site
were inherited from Support Centers of America (SCA), following a merger between
SCA and Nonprofit Management Association (NMA), and are now made available to
the nonprofit community by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management. Topics
include: Board Development, Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Financial
Management, and Risk Management. Go to:
www.allianceonline.org/FAQ
Resource of the Week:
September 4 - 10, 2005
The Enterprise Foundation
provides community development practitioners across the country with training
and information to help them do their jobs more effectively and efficiently.
Among the available resources, there are a number of live online events as well
as an on-demand library of past online training programs. For more information,
go to:
www.enterprisefoundation.org
August
28 - September 3, 2005
Throughout the country, efforts
have been underway to develop and disseminate principles of ethic practice in
the nonprofit sector. In Illinois,
the Donors Forum of Chicago spearheaded the Preserving the Public Trust
Initiative, a first-of-its-kind project in Illinois
designed to help grantmakers and other nonprofits take specific, concrete steps
to ensure adherence to the high ethical standards and strong governance
principles expected of them. The first step in this statewide effort is the
Illinois Nonprofit Principles and Best Practices. The Principles cover a wide
range of important issues - including board governance, legal compliance,
responsible stewardship, and communication - and go beyond the federal, state
and local laws that are the minimum standard of expected behavior. They are a
call for all nonprofits to strive for excellence in realizing their missions,
managing resources effectively and governing well. The Principles and Best
Practices, which contain links to resources and tools for implementation, will
be useful to nonprofits throughout the country. The Principles are also
available as a printer-friendly PDF. Go to:
www.donorsforum.org.
To request printed copies of the
Illinois Nonprofit Principles and Best Practices, send an e-mail to
sarah@donorsforum.org.
August 21 - 27, 2005
This template was prepared
through a collaboration of the UW - Milwaukee Department of Information & Media
Technologies, ENTECH - Empowering Nonprofits in Technology and the Nonprofit
Management Fund. This document is designed to provide Executive Directors,
Boards of Directors and managers with suggestions for their nonprofit's
information technology policies. These policies can help govern: Use of hardware
and software, Security, Virus protection, Appropriate use of an organization's
technology resources, Email communications, and many other aspects of using
technology in a nonprofit. Go to:
http://epic.cuir.uwm.edu/entech/knowledge/policies.php
August
14 - 20, 2005
A Learning Circle is a series of
discussions, demonstrations, reports on readings and presentations through which
the members of the Learning Circle share their knowledge and experience, learn
new information and apply and test new skills. Learning Circles can be a
powerful tool for capacity building. This website covers the following topics:
why use a learning circle; how do learning circles work; the schedule of
learning circle meetings; types of learning circle meetings, roles in the
learning circle meeting, and general tips. Go to:
www.magma.ca
August 7 - 13, 2005
The law firm of Silk, Adler and
Colvin specializes in nonprofit law and offers a number of articles available
for download at no charge. Go to:
www.silklaw.com
and click on “Articles and Publications” in the left margin.
July
24 - August 6, 2005
The Nonprofit Ethicist is a new
column feature in the Nonprofit Quarterly. According to the editors, the “column
is designed to help answer your questions about any situation in or around your
nonprofit in which an ethical choice is required of you. There are so many such
situations in our work we thought we'd start unearthing them for discussion. So
we invite letters to the nonprofit ethicist from our readers. Letters should be
no more than 350 words and should include: A vivid but short description of the
situation you find yourself in and your question. Letters should be submitted
to:
feedback@nonprofitquarterly.org.” To view the first installment, go to:
www.nonprofitquarterly.org
July
17 - 23, 2005
The Center for Association
Leadership, a program of the American Society of Association Executives, offers
an extensive array of programs, knowledge resources and community networks for
the nonprofit association community. Among the many resources is a compendium of
document models and samples on a wide range of topics. The models and samples
can be downloaded for revision by your nonprofit. If you don’t have the time to
re-invent the wheel, go to:
www.centeronline.org
July 10 - 16, 2005
Ellen Freudenheim, author of
Looking Forward: An Optimist’s Guide to Retirement has written a new guide to
help baby boomers find public service jobs in the second half of their lives—the
preference of most boomers in their 50s, according to a new national survey.
Both the guide, The Boomers’ Guide to Good Work: An introduction to jobs that
make a difference, and the survey, MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures New
Face of Work Survey were released today.
Previous surveys have shown that
baby boomers plan to work, whether full or part time, long past the time their
parents moved to the sidelines. The MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures New Face
of Work Survey is the first to ask boomers now in their 50s what kind of work
they want to do. The result: 58 percent of those in their 50s are interested in
taking jobs now and in retirement that help improve the quality of life in their
communities. The Boomer’s Guide to Good Work is available free online at
www.civicventures.org/guide. The MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures New Face
of Work Survey is available at
www.civicventures.org/survey.
July 3 - 9, 2005
Capturing the Power of Leadership Change This is the first
volume of a new monograph series by the Casey Foundation on executive transition
in nonprofit organizations. It describes support systems to help organizations
survive and thrive before, during, and after a leadership transition.
Interim Executive Directors: The Power in the Middle This
paper explores the benefits and basics of using an interim executive director in
a leadership transition. It covers the issues that nonprofits should consider
when weighing the use of an interim and provides a series of case studies that
point to the advantages this specially trained leader can deliver in a difficult
transition.
Founder Transitions: Creating Good Endings and New Beginnings
This guide examines the unique challenges presented by transitions
involving founders or long-term executives. It provides clear advice for
executives and their boards in confronting the complex issues these transitions
present.
Up Next: Generation Change and the Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations
This monograph is based on two qualitative studies conducted by
the Building Movement Project of the differences and similarities of how Baby
Boom and Gen X leaders view leadership, transitions and their work. It delivers
a series of recommendations on how a variety of stakeholders can improve the
hand-off from this generation of leaders to the next.
Go to:
www.aecf.org/initiatives
June
26 - July 2, 2005
The following resources compiled
by Kirsten Nielsen of the Fieldstone Alliance deal directly with the topic of
collaboration or are resources deemed useful to collaborations and collaboration
consultants. The sources for these are listed at the end of the document. At the
end of each entry below, a number in parentheses is keyed to one of the sources
listed at the end of the document. Sources include books published by the
Fieldstone Alliance, formerly the Wilder Foundation and respondents to an e-mail
sent to contacts with collaboration expertise. Go to:
www.fieldstonealliance.org
June 19 - 25, 2005
In 2001, in an attempt to learn more about the benefits and
obstacles of nonprofit partnerships, United Way of Milwaukee began the
Collaborative Learning Project. The Project focused on contributing funding to
five different partnerships and following their progress over five years. The
resulting report also includes insights from the Fall 2004 Forum on Nonprofit
Collaborations and Mergers. Available in pdf format (1.1M kb), below, or in hard
copy by emailing Lanie Wasserman
lwasserman@unitedwaymilwaukee.org. For the pdf version, go to:
epic.cuir.uwm.edu
June 12 - 18, 2005
Alder Consulting works with
nonprofits to create internet strategies, websites, and internet applications
that support their mission. The firm publishes the "Technology on a Shoestring"
Articles which are available at no charge. Recent titles include “Branding Your
Organization Through Your Website”, “E-Newsletter Tools on a Shoestring”,
“Websites on a Shoestring 1 - Guidelines for Successful Sites” and more. Go to:
www.alderconsulting.com
June 5 - 11, 2005
The Verizon Foundation Resource
Center offers a unique suite of online tools that give nonprofit managers access
to best-in-class national training partners and business resources. The Resource
Center’s mission is to leverage the power of network technology to help local
and national nonprofit organizations enhance their management capabilities in
order to increase their capacity to create sustainable positive change. Tools
are available in six topic areas: planning, technology, communications,
fundraising, recruitment, and evaluation. Go to:
foundation.verizon.com/resourcecenter.
May 29 -
June 4, 2005
Peter Brinckerhoff’s Organizational Stewardship Assessment
is a tool to determine how your organization practices the stewardship model
described in Nonprofit Stewardship: A Better Way to Lead Your Mission-Based
Organization. It is based on the nine characteristics of a successful
not-for-profit. Go to:www.wilder.org
May 22 -
28, 2005
How can a nonprofit increase its social impact? Many would
say it needs to grow big to be strong. Instead, says Harvard Business School
professor Jane Wei-Skillern, the answer could be in the power of strategic
networks. Go to:
hbswk.hbs.edu
May 15 - 21, 2005
This tip sheet offers an overview
of when and how to hire a consultant, and what to expect from the relationship.
Go to:
www.gov.on.ca
May 8 - 14, 2005
This week we are featuring three downloadable references on development
effective partnerships.
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The Drucker Foundation, Meeting the Collaboration Challenge: Developing
Strategic Alliances between Nonprofit Organizations and Business. San
Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2001. A PDF version is downloadable from
www.leadertoleader.org
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Sarah Duffy, Brian Jacobs, Steve Suckling and Val Turner, Assessing Your
Partnership. Staffordshire University. Go to:
www.north-staffs-has.co.uk/documents/ayp.pdf
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Brian Hardy, Bob Hudson, and Eileen Waddington, Assessing Strategic
Partnership: The Partnership Assessment Tool, Nuffield Institute, 2003. Go to:
www.nuffield.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/pat.pdf
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May 1 - 7, 2005
A unique tool designed to help nonprofits grapple with the
challenges posed by technology. Includes 43 "best in class" benchmarks
representing the current standards for sustainable technology use in nonprofit
organizations. Go to:
www.npowerny.org
April 24 - 30, 2005
The Utica Public Library maintains one of the most
extensive directories of free Internet resources for and about nonprofits.
Information is organized in 23 categories. Examples include Board & Trustee
resources, computers and information technology, disability-related sites, donor
and prospect research, fund raising/resource development, grant writing,
management and leadership, outcome measurement, planned giving,
portals/directories of nonprofit links, public policy, social
entrepreneurship/venture philanthropy, etc. Go to:
www.uticapubliclibrary.org
April 17 - 23, 2005
The Center on Wealth and Philanthropy (CWP) at Boston College is a
multidisciplinary research center specializing in the study of spirituality,
wealth, philanthropy, and other aspects of cultural life in an age of
affluence. Founded in 1970, CWP is a recognized authority on the relation
between economic wherewithal and philanthropy, the motivations for
charitable involvement, and the underlying meaning and practice of care. For
books, articles and reports published by the Center, many of them
downloadable from the site, go to:
www.bc.edu/research/swri/publications/
April 10 - 16, 2005
The Resource Center for Effective Corporate-Nonprofit
Partnerships, an initiative of Independent Sector has compiled an excellent
glossary of key terms in the topic area of corporate-nonprofit partnerships. Go
to:
www.independentsector.org
April 3 - 9, 2005
Here is an excellent glossary of key financial terms excerpted from Financial
Leadership for Nonprofit Executives, by Jeanne Bell Peters and Elizabeth
Schaffer published by the Amherst Wilder Foundation. Go to:
www.wilderpubs.org
March 27 - April 2, 2005
This website maintains by
Roseanne M. Mirabella, Ph.D. of the Department of Political Science at Seton
Hall University, lists programs that focus on the management of nonprofit
organizations found over two-hundred and fifty-five colleges and universities
with courses in nonprofit management.. The programs are listed alphabetically,
by state, and by type including graduate concentrations in nonprofit management,
by degree, region and state; undergraduate; noncredit; continuing education, PhD
programs; and online courses. The site also includes a bibliography of research
on nonprofit management education. Go to:
tltc.shu.edu/npo
March 20 - 26, 2005
The Strategic Press Information Network Project has published these online
tutorials to help nonprofit organizations work with the media successfully.
Tutorials include: Developing a media relations plan, identifying a hook for
your story, cultivating relationships with reporters, releasing a report, Using
the Internet for media relations, and much more. Go to:
www.spinproject.org
March 13 - 19, 2005
The Winter 2004 issue of Nonprofit Quarterly includes an
excerpt from Paul Light’s new book, Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case
for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It. “The Spiral of Sustainable
Excellence” illustrates a different look at nonprofit lifecycles based on his
research of high performing organizations. Go to:
www.nonprofitquarterly.org/section/639.html
March 6 - 12, 2005
Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest is a project of
INDEPENDENT SECTOR. The project's main goal is to educate charitable
organizations about the role lobbying can play in achieving their missions. The
project's Web site contains information about laws, guidelines, and the benefits
of lobbying. Go to:
www.clpi.org
February 27 - March 5, 2005
The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most
comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of volunteer
editors who help the site grow as internet resources expand. Nonprofit resources
are listed by categories. Most are annotated links by issue area. The limited
content is more diverse than many similar sites. Go to:
dmoz.org/Society/Organizations/Nonprofit_Resources/
February 20 - 26, 2005
These strategies are excerpted from Coping with
Cutbacks: The Nonprofit Guide to Success When Times Are Tight published by
the Wilder Foundation. The first two categories address strategies for reducing
costs and increasing revenues and will be helpful in budget planning. The
authors note: “Use these suggestions as a starting point for your own
brainstorming, and use the categories to help you organize your thinking and
analyze your current approach to fulfilling your mission.” Go to:
www.wilderpubs.org
February 13 - 19, 2005
The Nonprofit Practice of McKinsey & Company:” The Dynamic
Board: Lessons from High-Performing Nonprofits” This report from the Nonprofit
Practice of McKinsey & Company, explores the issue of board effectiveness. The
report summarizes the best practices identified through McKinsey’s interviews
with the directors or board chairs of 32 highly-regarded nonprofits. The report
also provides a valuable self-assessment tool for nonprofits. This is one of the
best board assessment tools available and in available in 5, 15 and 30 minute
completion time versions. (Free registration may be required to access this
article) Go to:
www.mckinsey.com
February 6 - 12, 2005
To expedite business at a board meeting, the board can
approve the use of a consent agenda that includes those items considered to be
routine in nature. Full information about these items should be provided to the
board in advance in the board packet and any questions or concerns can be
directed to the makers of the motions and answered prior to the meeting. This
allows thorough examination of the routine items without using up precious board
meeting time. The Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership has prepared an
excellent guide to the use of consent agendas. The two page guide is thorough
and concise at the same time. To download a .pdf file, go to:
www.bloch.umkc.edu
January
30 - February 5, 2005
In communications circles, electronic marketing is all the
rage. The are many compelling examples of the power of electronic communications
for fundraising and grassroots mobilization. For mission-driven nonprofits, the
arguments for publishing an eNewsletter are persuasive. It gives your
organization a consistent presence on your constituents' radar screens. It's a
proactive way to provide timely news and updates, rather than passively waiting
for constituents to visit your Web site. It increases your organization's
visibility and the likelihood of building an even larger audience through viral
marketing. Go to:
www.iapps.com/Resources
January
23 -
29, 2005
This article written by Herb Rubenstein and Paul E. O’Flynn describes a
thorough Board training program that a nonprofit organization can tailor to its
own Board of Directors.
Including are learning objectives for a board training program, a sample
board manual table of contents and a detailed one day training agenda. According
to the authors, while this article in not written to form a comprehensive set of
standards or Board training procedures, it does show the rigor that Board
training demands today in order to meet the challenges that Boards face today.
While each Board will need to tailor its pre-training educational program, its
mentoring program, its staff liaison system and its agenda for the one day Board
training session, this format suggests an approach that would, if implemented,
represent a great leap forward for 95% of the Boards of Directors in operation
today. Go to:
www.refresher.com
January 16 - 22, 2005
This interactive software tool walks the user through the grant-writing
process and helps them learn to write more competitive grants. While the focus
is on EPA grant applications, the resource will be useful for grant writing in
general. The program includes:
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grant proposal |
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Program-specific sections on three EPA grant
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References and a glossary of terms
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A mock grant-writing activity where the user
is able to compare their results to a successful grant application
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Go to:
www.purdue.edu
January 9 -
15, 2005
This special issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly is the culmination of work of a
national group of nonprofit organizations and the articles illustrate the
crucial and varied roles national infrastructure groups play in strengthening
the work of nonprofit organizations. To download a complimentary copy of NPQ's
special issue on nonprofit infrastructure, go to:
www.nonprofitquarterly.org
January 2 - 8, 2005
Hurwit & Associates Nonprofit Law Resource Library contains information on a
number of subjects pertaining to nonprofit law including nonprofit start-up
issues, state filing and compliance, governance and board questions, mergers and
affiliations, nonprofit entrepreneurship, charitable contributions and more. Go
to:
hurwitassociates.com
December 19, 2004 - January 1, 2005
According to Tom White, Editor and Publisher of the
recently launched Social Enterprise Reporter Newsletter, the goal for the
Reporter is "to provide a professional gathering place for nonprofit managers
and directors who want to share innovative business ideas for developing
earned-income ventures. More nonprofits are looking to diversify revenues
without selling out--the Reporter will help them to improve both their financial
returns and social impacts." Features and articles in the premiere issue
include:
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The lead cover story, by Fast Company
contributing writer Cheryl Dahle, takes a new look at how Juma Ventures' Ben
& Jerry's PartnerShops and Rubicon Bakery have improved their double-bottom
line with innovative solutions to training and staffing challenges.
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Profiles of social entrepreneurs, including
Wendy Baumann, President of the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative
Corporation, and Boku Kodama, Executive Director of the Oakland, CA-based
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Marketing principles from Jerr Boschee,
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A social enterprise diary by consultant Warren
Tranquada, detailing revenue diversification strategies at the Grantmakers
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Social enterprise book reviews, news briefs
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The entire content of the first issue is available for free. Future issues
will contain premium content available only to paid subscribers. Charter
subscription rates are -- institutions (multi-user license): $55; individuals:
$47; student/low-income: $23. Go to:
sereporter.com.
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