The past week was all about major nonprofit, philanthropy, and social good conferences. We've covered the annual conferences of Emerging Practioners in Philanthopy (EPIP) and the Council on Foundations. So here's a shout out to the Skoll World Forum, AFP International Conference, and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) Annual Membership Meeting. On a […]
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Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – April 5, 2013
This week I had the pleasure of attending the Wharton Social Impact Conference. The panel on impact investing was informative; the panel on social entrepreneurship was inspiring. Among those speakers on the latter panel: Leila Janah of Samasource and Erin Gruwell of Freedom Writers Foundation. MTV made a movie based on Erin's experiences. Check out […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – March 29, 2013
This week was a momentous one with the Supreme Court of the United States hearing arguments on California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. Accompanying this week's collection of tweets: Peter Tosh's Equal Rights (1977), one of TIME's 100 Greatest Popular Songs. Stanford PACS Center: What are foundations for? Lead essay in […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – March 22, 2013
The United Nations declared March 20, 2013 the first International Day of Happiness. With that in mind, listen to Shonen Knife's Top of the World while perusing this week's tweets: NGOsource: Today's the day! NGOsource launches equivalency determination service & cross-border grantmaking changes forever! link Philanthropy: New TED Talk by Dan Pallotta getting lots […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – March 15, 2013
It's been all about social media this week for NEO. We're very excited about our new relationship with Social Media for Nonprofits, the world’s only conference series dedicated to social media for social good that has earned a 92% approval rating from over 2,500 nonprofit leaders across the country. We published a popular post and […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – March 1, 2013
New day. I'm gonna give it my all. – Alicia Keys speaking to me. Have a listen while perusing some of my favorite tweets of the week: CalNonprofits: CalNonprofits recently testified on the impact on nonprofits of changes to the charitable deduction. Read our take http://bit.ly/hwmcjm Independent Sector: Sequestering the sector http://ow.ly/iaLIS via Stanford Social […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – February 15, 2013
An eventful week personally and globally highlighted by President Obama's State of the Union address and a near-miss with an asteroid. Here are some of my favorite tweets of the week: Sonal Shah: 5 takeaways from the State of the Union Emily: A Full Plate for the IRS: IRS Releases 2012 Exempt Organizations 2012 Annual […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – February 8, 2013
While I'll be off my feet for a little while after rupturing my Achilles tendon, I now have substantial time to pursue other goals I had previously set aside. Listening and learning from my favorite sax player Phil Woods kicks off my post-op week. Listen to Woods and David Sanborn duet on Senor Blues while […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – February 1, 2013
Some of my favorite tweets: Nonprofit Quarterly: A report for the World Economic Forum speculates on the civil society of the future http://ow.ly/hgZnD Council on Foundations: Listen to session recordings from Family Philanthropy Conference – plenary, concurrent sessions avail now! Lucy Berholz: Two conversations that need to connect – http://bit.ly/hokG7G #Open990 convo today w […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – January 25, 2013
This week saw our President's inauguration on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Listen to I Have a Dream by Common while you peruse this week's collection of tweets: Gene: "Life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness – history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing" – President […]