Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:
- Emily: Should Nonprofits Aim to Overturn the Prohibition on Charities Promoting Candidates? by Rick Cohen Nonprofit Quarterly
- Nonprofit Quarterly: Watching the Charity Watchdogs: Vignettes from the NASCO Annual Meeting
- Nonprofit Law News: Nonprofit Bloopers: Avoiding Political and Promotional Pitfalls | by Venable LLP
- Jeanne Bell: Important read. Pablo Eisenberg with thoughtful critique [Charities Shouldn’t Strive to Speak in Only One Voice] of new Independent Sector report
- Gene: Nonprofit owning for-profit subsidiary – separateness is critical – old focus on overlapping board, current focus on day-to-day operations
- Gene: Nonprofit creating subsidiary w/ substantial unrelated activities – be careful of pass-through entities (LLC, S corp)
- BoardSource: "Board members are the quintessential volunteers." Read the latest blog post from Exceptional Boards
- Debra Beck: New post: 10 ways to understand your nonprofit mission better
- Alice Korngold: Ever ask anyone to SIT on your board & all they did was sit? Kevin Monroe has a better idea! http://ow.ly/enoEE
- Emily: Recap: Emerging Issues in Social Enterprise by Haskell Murray via Law For Change
- Nonprofit Quarterly: Crowdfunding 101: A Comparative Look at Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Razoo
- Nicholas Kristof: What we can learn from Malala: My column on the best weapon against extremism, educated girls http://nyti.ms/Rzj8yW [Ed. October 11, 2012 was Day of the Girl. Important read.]
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