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 […]

Another busy week highlighted by the Independent Sector Annual Conference in Chicago, the Social Enterprise Summit in Chicago, the Business for Social Responsibility Conference in San Francisco, and Occupy Oakland. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  LawForChange: HuffPost #Impact […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  BlendedValue: PhilanTopic: 'Calvin & Hobbes' Explain Occupy Wall Street bit.ly/viYkOB  npquarterly: Philanthropy is about to undergo seismic changes & many #nonprofits will welcome the trend owl.li/78yL6 npquarterly: What's trending on NPQ? The Nonprofit […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  p2173: "Philanthropy should be holding govt to meet its responsibilities, not absolving them it of public responsibilities." bit.ly/oZiKiW npquarterly: Will the nonprofit sector's concerns be heard before the super committee delivers its plan […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: Philanthropy: Quiz: Find Out if Your Board is Suffering from Burnout? http://ow.ly/6SxmA facilitationpro: BoardSource is offering free Downloadable Policy Samplers in 48 different topic areas. Before Nov 1 bit.ly/nwJ8QZ NGOsource: Wanted: Simplified procedure […]

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." – S. Jobs. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  robreich: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 Re-visit his amazing speech: 'Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life' bit.ly/oC6T76 [Ed. – I also like […]