Links to the articles I’ve reviewed and posted to Twitter between June 20 – July 17, 2011. This week’s topics include: United States • Jewish & Israeli Sector • International • Governance & Strategy • Fundraising & Marketing • Social Media & Internet
I’m making up for lost time, so bear with me — this one’s a doozy. With more to come tomorrow.
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UNITED STATES
Stare of the Union address…for the USA Nonprofit Sector – by T. Cohen http://ow.ly/5n220 via Nonprofitatty & Nonprofitlawyer & Nonprofitdirect
Must a nonprofit disclose the names of anonymous donors? DonKramer answers http://ow.ly/1u0aEf via GTak
DonKramer: Are nonprofit orgs restricted in number of allowed fundraising events per year? http://ow.ly/1uzOAi
How does your House of Worship’s tax status affect donations it receives? fromDonKramer http://ow.ly/1uB0mt
You can never overstate the importance of getting proper receipts for your donations http://ow.ly/1u0cxQ via GTak
Legal & regulatory considerations when changing a mission statement, by EmilyChan http://ow.ly/1tZzms via FundraisingNews
Considerations, legalities & resources when naming a nonprofit org http://ow.ly/1tWhw3 by Joannefritz via FundraisingNews
JEWISH & ISRAELI SECTOR
Well said! >> The Challenge of Fundraising in Israel http://ow.ly/1tZzCj in eJPhil
End of an era for Israel nonprofit sector as Prof Eliezer Jaffe’s GivingWisely voluntarily closes http://ow.ly/1utNne
Interesting analysis & good questions >> Broken Business Models in Nonprofit Start-ups; Case Study: JDub (on eJPhil) http://ow.ly/5EW92
INTERNATIONAL
Tremendous opportunities for growth or failure >> PatrickSternal: Scandal Underscores Chinese Distrust of Charities http://ow.ly/1uH42V
Charity gains official acceptance in Russia >> eJPhil: Dawn of a New Era for Russian Philanthropy http://ow.ly/1uHQga
GOVERNANCE & STRATEGY
Kanter ‘s takeaways from the Millennial Donor Summit “How To Put Fire in Your Organization’s Belly” http://ow.ly/1u1l8s
I’m a fan! Pndblog: “Michael J. Fox: Getting Results By Going the Unconventional Way” http://ow.ly/1uzNNj via CEP_CambSanFran
Does a recent survey of nonprofit executives draw the right conclusions? http://ow.ly/1uzOdt on CEP
Recharge those batteries! Npmaven: Only after a break can you have a breakthrough, by Johnsonwhitney http://t.co/E4aESar via Umairh
Open Letter from leaders of the Bronfman Foundation about its decision to spend-down http://t.co/jfR8ejb via eJPhil
EmilyChan: A key to performance measurement: Creating a Learning & Accountability Culture, by BridgespanGroup http://ow.ly/1tWdhV
Steven Donshik discusses Achieving Buy-In: The Key To A Committed Board http://ow.ly/5wpdd in eJPhil
FUNDRAISING & MARKETING
Dabbling in fundraising won’t get you there – either do it fully or not at all http://ow.ly/1tYCWH via eJPhil
Nonprofitnate shares from Geoffliving 7 tips to create killer engaged fundraising campaign http://ow.ly/1u23gO
Local Businesses: Are you missing out on this important source of funding? http://ow.ly/1u6qKq by Stephen Donshik in eJPhil
Dan Pallotta in HBR: A Logo Is Not a Brand. A brand is how you’re perceived & is comprised of these: http://ow.ly/1ubtwk
How to convey your nonprofit org’s ROI when preparing a foundation grant application http://ow.ly/1uyZTw
7 tips to ensure that your brand listens to your “voice” (by JocelynHarmon) http://ow.ly/1uvViv via Nptechblogs
NonProfitBanker: Slides & Take-aways from my pres “Raising Capital: Strategies to Help Your Biz Grow or Simply Survive”http://ow.ly/5DdD4
SOCIAL MEDIA & INTERNET
Franswaa: 39 Questions Your Nonprofit Can Answer with Facebook Insights http://ow.ly/1u09l6 // now do something with the data!
When developing a social media policy, Trust Is Cheaper Than Control (byKanter) http://ow.ly/5lIIO via Johnhaydon
Online communication is changing, so I hope your nonprofit org’s strategy is changing too (by Bigduck) http://ow.ly/5wrmh on eJPhil
CharlieKalech: iWalk: Toronto UJA makes great use of QR & Mobile Tech for fundraising http://ow.ly/1tWEqJ
