This week saw Obama's first bill to Congress (the American Jobs Act) and SOCAP11. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:
- LawForChange: If you only read one thing this weekend, read this. How Nonprofit Networks Are Raising the Bar on Results: law4.ch/rfBwWC
- charitylawyer: Merger as a Succession Planning Tool: bit.ly/nsmgLk
- DougYPark: Fiduciary duties of officers of the corporation. bit.ly/nGjeXO
- GTak: Financing Options for Social Enterprises (nonprofit) bit.ly/hQsRqg
- GTak: Accountability in Social Enterprises – bit.ly/p8lc72
- socialedge: Newsletter: Is Charity for Sale? – eepurl.com/fEgig
- allenlawnc Couchsurfing.org's decision to become a B-Corp rather than a 501(c)(3) – bit.ly/nOt2K0
- GTak: Terminations due to use of social media bit.ly/ogpBAy; Judge orders re-hiring in Facebook complaints case bit.ly/pxkjYq
- Competia: My new blog "When Social Media Matters:a Guide to the Board of Directors for better Governance" http://ow.ly/6pBQm
- SSIReview: Why it's time to rethink our fear of the big, hairy slacktivism beast: http://ow.ly/6mS3g
- emilychan: And "what you do proves what you believe." MT @gaylegifford @tedtalks: "People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." bit.ly/qkJzNS
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