December
19, 2010 - January 1, 2011
Fundraising Databases
The Center for
Nonprofit Management has compiled a list of
online fundraising databases for grant seekers and grant makers. Go to:
www.cnmsocal.org
December
12 - 18, 2010
Volunteer Management Blogs
Susan Ellis of Energize, Inc. has compiled an excellent list of
blogs on the subject of volunteer management. Go to:
www.energizeinc.com
December
5 - 11, 2010
Nonprofit Webinars for December 2010
Wild Apricot, a Canadian based
software development company has compiled a list of webinars on a number of
nonprofit management topics being offered this month at no charge – useful for
fundraisers, board members, administrators, active volunteers and volunteer
coordinators. Go to:
www.wildapricot.com
November
28 - December 4, 2010
Board Leader Succession Planning Resource
While much has been written about executive leadership
succession in nonprofits, there are not as many resources available to help with
board succession planning. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has
compiled some useful resources in the article “Succession Planning with Your
Board”. There are links to a number of excellent worksheets and tools. Go to:
www.shrm.org
November 21 - 27, 2010
How to Establish a Good ED-Board Relationship
Bridgestar has developed a new
resource "Starting Off on the Right Foot: How to Establish a Good ED-Board
Relationship" that provides guidance on how boards and new executive
directors/chief executive officers (EDs/CEOs) can lay a good foundation for an
effective working relationship. The guide is based on interviews with CEOs and
board chairs about the preliminary steps they took to ensure their relationships
worked from day one. For a copy of the free guide, go to:
www.bridgestar.org
Resource of the Week: November
14 - 20, 2010
TechSoup Grant Writing Series
Wish you knew more about
applying for grant funding? Does it seem overwhelming and you wonder how to get
started? TechSoup is offering a new grant series, Successful Grants in One Hour
a Week. The online series will provide you with small steps that cover the
entire grant writing and submission process. Weekly blog posts will outline your
steps for the week so you'll be prepared to apply for a basic grant before the
end of the year. For information, go to:
blog.techsoup.org
November
7 - 13, 2010
Special Events Guide
Network for Good has published a guide to planning and
conducting large special events. “The Big Event: 5 Tips for Making Your Next
Fundraising Event a Great Success”. The contents include: Set a goal that makes
sense, Choose the right type of event, Secure corporate sponsors, Design a
dynamic experience for your supporters, Assess what worked (and didn’t), and,
Plan for next time and keep up your relationships. To download a copy, go to:
www.fundraising123.org
October
31 - November 6, 2010
Getting Social Media Right: A Short Guide for Nonprofit
Organizations
The Bridgespan Group has developed a social media guide for
nonprofits. "Getting Social Media Right: a Short Guide for Nonprofit
Organizations" authored by Richard Steele Sivan McLetchie and Chris Lindquist
is organized around a framework referred to as the “Seven C’s” of social media:
Cause, Communication, Community, Collaboration, Costs, Capital, and Competition.
According to the authors, by challenging yourself to ask questions around the
Seven C’s, you can quickly begin to organize your thinking about social media,
and plan or revise your approach so that your social media efforts create real
value for your organization. The full data set – purged of any identifying
information – survey, and framework are all available for download. Go to:
www.bridgespan.org
October
24 - 30, 2010
Board Members' Guide to Partnership Planning
Today, more and more nonprofits are looking to partner with other organizations.
Strategic partnerships offer benefits that range along a spectrum from simple
joint programming ventures to full-scale mergers. The purpose of the Board
Members' Guide to Partnership Planning is to serve as a reference for board
members embarking on the collaboration journey. Many factors must be considered,
and the following list shares 10 key elements critical to the success of any
effective partnership. Boards are encouraged to use this list as a starting
point for boardroom discussions (Note: The electronic version of this guide
contains hyperlinks under each topic heading to additional resources for that
subject area). Finally, this guide also contains a Partnership Checklist, a
useful tool in tracking your progress through the partnership process. To
download a copy of the guide, go to:
www.asu.edu
October
17 - 23, 2010
Overview of Friend-to-Friend Fundraising Tools
Mashable has compiled a useful look at ten different tools
you can use to ask people to fundraise for your nonprofit online. Go to:
mashable.com
October
10 - 16, 2010
Free E-Book on Strategic Volunteer Engagement
What do nonprofit and public sector leaders need to know to work effectively
with volunteers? What systems and strategies need to be in place to effectively
engage volunteers? What misconceptions stand in the way of more effective
volunteer involvement? These are just a few of the questions answered in the
e-book Strategic Volunteer Engagement: A Guide for Nonprofit and Public Sector
Leaders. This e-book captures the outcomes of a collaborative research project
funded by The Volunteer Impact Fund with support from The OneStar Foundation.
This 40-page booklet is available as a free PDF download for a limited time. For
your free copy of the Guide, go to:
www.utexas.edu (registration required).
October
3 - 9, 2010
Nonprofit Webinars for October 2010
Wild Apricot, a Canadian based software development company
has compiled a list of webinars on a number of nonprofit management topics being
offered this month at no charge – useful for fundraisers, board members,
administrators, active volunteers and volunteer coordinators. Go to:
www.wildapricot.com
September
26 - October 2, 2010
Free Management Library
Developed by Carter McNamara and hosted by The Management
Assistance Program for Nonprofits, the Free Management Library offers an
extensive listing of resources of interest to nonprofit organizations. The
Library provides easy-to-access, clutter-free, comprehensive resources regarding
the leadership and management of yourself, other individuals, groups and
organizations. Content is relevant to the vast majority of people, whether they
are in large or small for-profit or nonprofit organizations. Over the past 15
years, the Library has grown to be one of the world's largest well-organized
collections of these types of resources. The Library has been averaging well
over 1,000,000 visitors per month.. Many of its topics consistently rank in the
top ten results from Google searches. Go to:
www.managementhelp.org
September 19 - 25, 2010
Leadership and Race: How to Develop and Support Leadership
that Contributes to Racial Justice
A new report released by the Leadership Learning Community
and other thought leaders in the leadership development and racial equity
fields, discuss how current approaches to leadership development actually
maintain and promote racial inequalities. This is the first report to analyze
the link between major philanthropy investments in the racial equity and
leadership development fields. The report, How to Develop and Support
Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice, suggests that a large number
of leadership programs associate leadership with equal opportunity and
individualism. This thinking does not recognize that current systems (i.e.
policy, culture and institutional practices) can cause racial identity to limit
one’s access to life opportunities. It also focuses too narrowly on changing the
behavior of individual leaders. Instead, leadership programs should:
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Make their programs more accessible for people of
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Help participants understand how race limits access
to opportunities – in other words, the impact of structural racism |
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Promote collective leadership. This approach will
help participants work together to tackle the systems that maintain
racial inequalities |
This report is the first in a series of publications, the
Leadership for a New Era Series, launched by the Leadership Learning Community
in 2009 to promote inclusive, networked and collective leadership approaches. To
download this free report, go to:
leadershiplearning.org
September
12 - 18, 2010
Nonprofit Collaboration Database
The Foundation Center hosts a nonprofit collaboration resource page that
includes a database containing information about the ways that nonprofits can
collaborate to achieve their missions — through mergers, joint programming, and
other forms of collaboration. This database is a resource for everyone seeking
real-life examples of how nonprofits are working together. Find information from
more than 250 nonprofit collaborations drawn from the 2009 Collaboration Prize,
created by the Lodestar Foundation. Go to:
foundationcenter.org
September
5 - 11, 2010
Nonprofit Webinars for September 2010
Wild Apricot, a Canadian based software development company has compiled a list
of webinars on a number of nonprofit management topics being offered this month
at no charge – useful for fundraisers, board members, administrators, active
volunteers and volunteer coordinators. Go to:
www.wildapricot.com
August
22 - September 4, 2010
Nonprofit Risk Management Center
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center was established in
1990 to provide assistance and resources for community-serving nonprofit
organizations. As a nonprofit, the Center is uniquely positioned to both
understand and respond to questions with practical, affordable suggestions for
controlling risks that threaten a nonprofit’s ability to accomplish its mission.
The Center's mission is to help nonprofits cope with uncertainty by offering a
wide range of services (from technical assistance to software to training and
consulting help) on a vast array of risk management topics (from employment
practices, to insurance purchasing to internal controls and preventing child
abuse). The Center does not sell insurance or endorse organizations that do. Go
to:
www.nonprofitrisk.org
August
15 - 21, 2010
HR CheckUp
The HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector takes action on nonprofit labor force
issues for Canadian nonprofits.
The Council has developed a 10 minute online HR CheckUp. This self-diagnostic
allows you to rate your organization's current performance in a number of
functional HR areas. Based on your results, a custom HR Prescription will
recommend tools, tips and strategies to improve and maintain your organizational
HR Health. To access the Checkup and a number of other HR tools and resources,
go to:
www.hrcouncil.ca
August
8 - 14, 2010
Free e-Book - How to Raise A Lot More Money Now
Network for Good has just published a free e-book How to
Raise A Lot More Money Now - 50 Great Ideas from 11 Top Experts. According
to the organization, some of the best minds in the fundraising world came
up with 50 creative ideas that you can start using today to raise more money for
your cause. You'll find great ideas from Jeff Brooks, Jocelyn Harmon, Mark
Rovner, Kivi Leroux Miller, Beth Kanter, Allison Fine, Nancy Schwartz, Sarah
Durham, Chris Forbes, Alia McKee Scott, and Katya Andresen. To download the free
e-book, go to:
web.networkforgood.org
August
1 - 7, 2010
Nonprofit Webinars for August 2010
Wild Apricot, a Canadian based software development company
has compiled a list of webinars on a number of nonprofit management topics being
offered this month at no charge – useful for fundraisers, board members,
administrators, active volunteers and volunteer coordinators. Go to:
www.wildapricot.com
July
25 - 31, 2010
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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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
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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
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And a Consultant Directory to find a professional
to help you take the next step! |
Go to:
www.idealware.org
July 18
- 24, 2010
Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving
The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based
fundraising index that reports revenue trends of 1,426 nonprofit organizations
representing $2.24 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis. The Index is
based on actual revenue statistics from nonprofit organizations of all sizes
representing arts, culture, and humanities; education; environment and animals;
healthcare; human services; international affairs; public and society benefit;
and religion sectors. Go to:
www.blackbaud.com
July 11
- 17, 2010
Free Nonprofit Webinars for July 2010
Wild Apricot, a Canadian based software development company has compiled a list
of webinars on a number of nonprofit management topics being offered this month
at no charge – useful for fundraisers, board members, administrators, active
volunteers and volunteer coordinators. Go to:
www.wildapricot.com
June
20 - July 10, 2010
Video: Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
Here is an excellent resource from BoardSource: Video: Ten Basic
Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards. These 11 videos will help board members,
chief executives, and senior staff understand the fundamental elements of
service common to most boards, including board member responsibilities, how to
structure the board in the most efficient manner, and how to accomplish
governance work in the spirit and mission of the organization. Go to:
www.boardsource.org
June
13 - 19, 2010
Guide to Board Voting By Email
Attorney Gene Takagi and Emily Nicole Chan
discuss the topic of Board Voting By Email in a very
thorough article appearing in the Blue Avocado newsletter article. Go to:
www.blueavocado.org
June
6 - 12, 2010
Free Nonprofit Webinars for June 2010
Wild Apricot, a Canadian based software development company has compiled a list
of webinars on a number of nonprofit management topics being offered this month
at no charge – useful for fundraisers, board members, administrators, active
volunteers and volunteer coordinators. Go to:
www.wildapricot.com
May
30 - June 5, 2010
BoardSource E-Books
BoardSource free electronic books are a compilation of
publications that BoardSource has found popular through the years, and has
chosen to offer as an electronic resource to the nonprofit sector. BoardSource
offers these selected free e-books for the public and for BoardSource members
only. Titles available to the public at no charge include: All Hands on Board,
Starting a Nonprofit Organization, History of Nonprofit Boards, To Go Forward,
Retreat. Other titles are available to BoardSource members. Go to:
www.boardsource.org
May
23 - 29, 2010
Wellness Programs for Nonprofit Staff
Nonprofit organizations often lack wellness programs as
part of their benefits packages often because leadership believes they have no
merit related to possible costs. There are solutions to the cost issue and
wellness is a must for any benefits package. A key issue is that nonprofit
leaders often don’t recognize wellness programs as an important component of an
organization’s total benefits package. Many leaders have little to no interest
in such programs especially when there are costs involved. Nonprofit HR
Solutions, a human resources consulting firms dedicated exclusively to meeting
the needs of nonprofit organizations, has developed a guide to assist nonprofits
in starting up wellness programs. To download a copy of the free guide, go to:
www.nonprofithr.com
May
16 - 22, 2010
Leadership Dialogues
The Leader to Leader Institute recently announced the
launch of Leadership Dialogues, an online toolbox featuring a growing library of
video interviews with inspiring leaders including Ford President and CEO Alan
Mulally, and Tony Hsieh, Founder and CEO of
Zappos.com.. The site is catalogued by topic and provides current and future
leaders with essential leadership wisdom in topics such as diversity,
accountability, courage, entrepreneurship, and growth that will help build
effective social sector organizations. To access Leadership Dialogues, go to:
www.leadertoleader.org
May
9 - 15, 2010
Nonprofit Webinars
Wild Apricot, a Canadian based software development company
has compiled a list of webinars on a number of nonprofit management topics being
offered this month at no charge. Go to:
www.wildapricot.com
May
2 - 8, 2010
RAFFA Resources for Nonprofits
RAFFA, an accounting, technology, and consulting firm
serving nonprofits and small businesses, has maintains a comprehensive list of
resources addressing the following topics: advocacy, ethics, marketing,
governance, financial management, fundraising, human resources, legal issues,
tax issues, technology, strategy, and volunteerism. The firm adds new material
regularly. Go to:
www.raffa.com
April
25 - May 1, 2010
Resources for Volunteer Managers
Located on the website of
ServiceLeader.org, this resource area provides information on all aspects of
volunteer management, including getting your organization ready to involve
volunteers, volunteer screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, legal
issues/risk management, volunteer/staff relations, online activism by
volunteers, and volunteer management software. ServiceLeader.org is a project of
the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas at Austin. For the resource
page, go to:
www.serviceleader.org
April
18 - 24, 2010
Free Excel Spreadsheets
Matt H. Evans maintains a website that offers one of the
most extensive collections of financial management resources on the Web –
virtually all of it available at no charge. He has gathered collection of free
excel files to download from various sources. Go to:
www.exinfm.com
April
11 - 17, 2010
Consensus Building Guide
Robert’s Rules of Order is a fine way to run a formal
meeting or a town hall vote, but too rigid for a business meeting where the
agenda is to build consensus behind decisions. This is a freely available
excerpt from the 1999 book, The Consensus Building Handbook: A Comprehensive
Guide to Reaching Agreement, by Lawrence Susskind, Sarah McKearnan, and Jennifer
Thomas-Larmer, and posted by the Public Disputes Program at Harvard Law School.
This chapter, “Short Guide to Consensus Building,” provides a no-frills,
step-by-step approach to running a creative, productive meeting, down to the
level of how to invite participants who might be assuming a legal liability by
attending. Go to:
web.mit.edu
April
4 - 10, 2010
Free Webinars on Foundation Fundraising
To help you master the world of foundation fundraising,
proposal writing, and all that goes into getting the grants you need, the
Foundation Center offers a number of short web-based training courses that are
free of charge. Go to:
http://foundationcenter.org.
March
28 - April 3, 2010
Harvard Business School Working Knowledge Newsletter
The Harvard Business School publishes HBS Working
Knowledge, a weekly newsletter available at no charge. HBS Working Knowledge
is a forum for innovation in business practice, offering readers a first look at
cutting-edge thinking and the opportunity to both influence and use these
concepts before they enter mainstream management practice. Every day, HBSWK
features new work from among the more than 200 HBS faculty at the forefront of
their diverse fields of expertise, providing a valuable source of inspiration
for executives, entrepreneurs, and managers seeking to keep their organizations
at the leading edge of innovation and change.
Articles specific to nonprofit organizations are frequently
included. If you would like to receive this e-mail newsletter each Monday,
simply submit your e-mail address here:
hbswk.hbs.edu. Once your subscription begins, be sure to click on "Social
Enterprise & Nonprofit" in the left column for past articles on nonprofit
topics.
March 21 - 27, 2010
Checklist for Accountability
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
March
14 - 20, 2010
Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
The Catalog of Nonprofit Literature is a searchable
database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents
of the Foundation Center 's five libraries and contains approximately 28,000
full bibliographic citations, of which nearly 20,000 have descriptive abstracts.
It is updated daily. The Catalog was formerly known as Literature of the
Nonprofit Sector (LNPS). Go to:
foundationcenter.org
March
7 - 13, 2010
Nonprofit Management Education Database
Roseanne M. Mirabella, Ph.D of Seton Hall University
has compiled what is no doubt the most complete listing of university based
nonprofit management training and education programs – 299 programs to be exact.
Results are available by state and much much more. Go to:
academic.shu.edu
February
28 - March 6, 2010
Net Gains: A Handbook for Network Builders Seeking Social
Change
This handbook provides practical advice for the growing number of people
developing networks for social change. Authors Madeleine Taylor and Peter
Plastrik start with the point of view that networks provide social-change agents
with a fundamentally distinct and remarkably promising “organizing principle” to
use to achieve ambitious goals. Given the complexity and enormity of social
problems, the unrelenting pressure to reduce the cost of creating and
implementing solutions, and the recent proliferation of small nonprofit
organizations, networks offer a way to weave together or create capacities that
get better leverage, performance, and results. A remarkable resource! Go to:
www.nupolis.com
February
21- 27, 2010
Diversity Planning Best Practices
According to California Diversity Magazine, diversity and
inclusion strategies can readily produce dynamic results, yet they are often
rendered ineffective for two key reasons: they rank low among organizational
priorities and they fail to align with the organization’s operations. It’s
critical to build upon each of these determinants for success when designing a
diversity and inclusion strategy. There are six best practices that need to be
incorporated into your organization’s diversity plans. Go to:
www.californiadiversitymagazine.org
February
14 - 20, 2010
HBR IdeaCast™
The HBR IdeaCast™ is a free weekly podcast featuring
breakthrough management ideas and commentary from the editors and authors of
Harvard Business School Publishing. To access this free service, go to:
blogs.hbr.org/ideacast
February
7 - 13, 2010
Virtual CAP
Virtual CAP provides an in-depth look at innovative
programs and projects developed by Community Action Agencies around the United
States. Programs can be researched by state, category or keyword. Each contains
a summary description, as well as useful links to download materials and to
related websites. Go to:
www.virtualcap.org
January
31 - February 6, 2010
Independent Fundraising Event Guide
Blackbaud and Event 360 have released a new white paper
based on a joint research project to better understand the common denominators
of a successful programmatic approach to third-party fundraising. Independent
fundraising events (IFE) are activities designed and run by volunteers to raise
money on behalf of a specific nonprofit organization. You can download a copy
of "Raising More Money Online with Independent Fundraising Events" at
www.blackbaud.com
January
24 - 30, 2010
The Ultimate Non-Profit Job Guide
Guide To Online Schools, an online education directory that
specializes in online degrees, online schools, and distance learning, has
compiled a list of the top 97 job boards for non-profit positions. Openings
range from entry-level to executive nonprofit management positions. The guide
includes a selection of the 10 best with explanations for the selection. Go to:
www.guidetoonlineschools.com.
January
17 - 23, 2010
Resource Guide On Corporate-Nonprofit Collaboration
Weber Shandwick and the Gill Foundation have released
"Business of Change," a resource guide focused on corporate-nonprofit
collaboration to promote equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) community. The 104-page guide, available free to download, is a
first-of-its-kind collection of best practices with actionable and practical
ideas to help nonprofits and corporations advance LGBT equality.
The Business of Change guide includes:
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Overview of the changing landscape of corporate
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2009 Business of Change survey results
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Information on organizations that provide indices
rating LGBT equality |
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110 questions nonprofits should consider prior to
partnering |
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Case studies of innovative collaborations between
LGBT nonprofits and corporations
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To download a copy of the guide, go to:
www.webershandwick.com
January
10 - 16, 2010
eBay Giving Works
eBay Giving Works is the program that helps sellers list
items on eBay to benefit nonprofits. Any eBay seller who has an account in good
standing can create an eBay Giving Works listing. The program is administered by
MissionFish, a licensed nonprofit organization.
Because charitable fundraising is a highly regulated area
subject to numerous state and federal laws, eBay has created very specific
guidelines for allowing charitable solicitations. eBay Giving Works listings
stand out with a nonprofit icon. The nonprofit is also described in the listing.
Plus, nonprofit listings receive additional visibility through specialized
search functionality. eBay Giving Works listings on average tend to sell more
often with more bids and at higher final prices. For more information, go to:
givingworks.ebay.com. To view a short video describing eBay Giving Works, go
to:
www.archive.org
January
3 - 9, 2010
Community Visioning and Strategic Planning Handbook
The Community Visioning and Strategic Planning Handbook by
Derek Okubo, is provided by the National Civic League. Based on extensive
experience, this is the most comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the community
visioning process, and includes how to assemble champions, broaden the
stakeholder group, convene town meetings and other outreach events, assess the
civic infrastructure, work with the media, and implement recommendations. To
download a copy, go to:
www.cpn.org
December
20, 2009 - January 2, 2010
The Troublemaker's Teaparty, A Manual for Effective Citizen
Action
The Troublemaker's Teaparty is an updated and expanded
version of The Citizen's Handbook. It contains all of The Handbook plus
additional material on preventing grassroots wilt, strategic action, direct
action and media advocacy. To download a copy, go to:
www.vcn.bc.ca
To view 2009
Resources of the Week, click here.
To view 2008
Resources of the Week, click here.
To view 2007 Resources of the
Week, click here. To
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