Links to the articles I’ve reviewed and posted to Twitter between March 7 – 13, 2011.  This week’s topics include:  U.S. Regulations  •  Israel  •  Financial Statements & Communication  •  Strategy & Governance  •  Fundraising  •  Marketing  •  Social Media & Internet  •  Personal Development

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Tizku Lemitzvot,

Shuey

U.S. REGULATIONS

DonKramer: May a #nonprofit return a gift it was given if the donor requests the money back? http://ow.ly/1s83pm

DonKramer: Who must be informed when a U.S. nonprofit changes its name? http://ow.ly/1s8T8x

Does your U.S. nonprofit produce revenue? GTak: Unrelated Business Income – IRS New Emphasis http://ow.ly/1s9SMv

ISRAEL

Exciting with potentially far reaching benefits >> eJPhil: Israel Gov Set to Encourage Giving http://ow.ly/1s85ot

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & COMMUNICATION

Ideas how to make the Foundation #990 a better communication tool http://ow.ly/1s8Tx3 via NAFund, Fdncenter & CauseWire

NAFund: How nonprofits can use #990 in org development, financial analysis, communications etc http://ow.ly/4bsE4

NonProfitBanker: The Changing Role of Money: slides from my presentation at the FONSI conference on Feb 28 @ Jaffa http://ow.ly/1s99PF

GOVERNANCE & STRATEGY

Food for thought from GuideStarUSA on pros & cons of (de)centralized nonprofit org http://ow.ly/1s8lOM

On the mark! Augieray & Strothkamp: The Secret To Loyal Financial Services Customers http://ow.ly/1s9RPK

FUNDRAISING

eJPhil: 10 Commandments for Synagogue Fundraising http://ow.ly/1s8zNw // essential for ANY religious lay leader

HildyGottlieb: There’s Plenty of Money. So Start Some Good! http://ow.ly/1s87AF // philanthropy is changing & money is everywhere you look

Here’s a new one: set challenging fundraising goal & if you don’t hit it, give the money back http://ow.ly/1s9ZoP via NTENorg

Video: Observing trends in religious donations in the USA (on NPTimes) http://ow.ly/1s9ZRm

MARKETING

Can social media marketing & traditional marketing coexist? No & knowing why is the most imp point http://ow.ly/1s8fWR

It’s all about the homework! eJPhil: Getting Your Nonprofit in the News, by ShoestringGroup http://ow.ly/1s830Z

One heck of a complete guide! >> The Basics of Nonprofit Online Marketing, by Joannefritz http://ow.ly/1s862E via FundraisingNews

SOCIAL MEDIA & INTERNET

Another trove of info from Joannefritz: Tips for Effective Nonprofit Emails http://ow.ly/1s8gVE via FundraisingNews

Johnhaydon: How to Hide Your Facebook Profile From Search Engines, by Ariherzog http://ow.ly/1bDSgL

Johnhaydon: 3 Facebook Status Ninja Moves That Work (by the Nonprofit Facebook Guy) http://ow.ly/1bGxqT

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

With job cuts coming & pay freezes expected is nonprofit consultancy your next job?http://ow.ly/4aK5f via eJPhil

On February 28th, 2011, I had the privilege and pleasure of presenting a 10 minute presentation entitled “The Changing Role of Money” at the FONSI (Future of Nonprofit Summit – Israel) Conference in Jaffa, Israel.

Don’t let the somewhat intangible and grandiose name fool you, the conference was  a bold attempt to provide concrete tips, tools and trends on marketing, branding, technology and social media for the nonprofit sector.

In my short session, I described how money is changing from an object of secondary importance into a measuring stick and marketing tool.  I then detailed how financials and budgets are now being  used proactively to make sure the right message is being conveyed about a nonprofit organization.

As I promised the attendees when I spoke, below is the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied my speech.  (The presentation has been upgraded to clarify some points and include links to the articles and tools that were cited.)

Attendees were also kind enough to tweet some highlights and I’ve included them here.

Slides and tweets not enough for you, the conference was also video taped!

In the coming days and weeks I hope to write a piece or two about some of the ideas I mentioned.

For those that attended the conference, I hope your enjoyed.  Please feel free to reach out to me about anything I spoke about.

Tizku Lemitzvot,

Shuey

N.B.  I greatly enjoy sharing my experience and expertise and am available to speak — free of charge — to  organizations, conferences, board members, and donors.  More information is available here.