Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: Nonprofit Quarterly: What's trending on NPQ: “I Thought We Were Friends!” Can Nonprofits Terminate Employees for ⁰Their Social Media Posts? http://owl.li/8pAZM [Our own Emily Chan wrote this piece.] Social Edge: Absolute must read […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Nonprofit Quarterly: As the year turns see what we are watching closely in 2012: 10 Trends We Are Watching at NPQ http://owl.li/8i08K GTak: 2012 Resolutions for the nonprofit world http://ow.ly/8e3O4 via @Philanthropy // […]

Our last selection of "Tweets of the Week" of 2011, a revolutionary year. Of all of my tweets this year, the following from Christmas Eve was the most meaningful to me as a reminder to myself and a wish for others: Treasure the people who really love you. Pursue the things you love to do. […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Law for Change: Why do nonprofits need liability and property insurance? Ask Murphy. law4.ch/s1SrQU Gene Takagi: Revised IRS Publication 557 (Tax-Exempt Status for Your Organization) now available – irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p557 – impt nonprofit resource […]

This week, Time Magazine revealed its Person of the Year – the Protestor (an appropriate choice).  Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Nonprofitslaw: Detecting and Preventing Fraud and Embezzlement in Your Nonprofit Organization bit.ly/uVWgib by Venable Nonprofitslaw: The Nuts […]

The past week went by so quickly! Emily's upcoming article on Facebook firings for the Nonprofit Quarterly went through final edits, and we should see it published shortly. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  andyho: Top 10 Predictions for Global […]

You can listen to Emily on Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio today (1:30 pm ET; 10:30 am PT) discussing charities and political activities. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  GTak: Should Philanthropies Operate Like Businesses? Interesting debate in WSJ – […]

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!  Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: BridgespanGroup: Nonprofit leaders bracing for super-committee cuts, here are 5 things to do now. ow.ly/7CSlo emilychan: Excellent set of resources on Form 990 [governance] policies via Public […]

We're in Los Angeles for the Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (and OccupyLA is next door)!  Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  emilychan: Advice to a new nonprofit general counsel: top 10 areas you can't overlook via @jdsupra […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  GTak: Resource on nonprofit board recruitment & development of young/nextgen board members – see bit.ly/vRPbBU via @BoardSource GTak: Nonprofit Boards – diversity is great, but there's some work to be done before recruitment […]