This week’s highlights: Cinco de Mayo, National Climate Assessment, and #BringBackOurGirls. Have a listen to Rodrigo y Gabriela performing Tamacun while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Gene: White House, Politics Played No Role In IRS Targeting, Dem Report Says via Huffington Post Politics National Council of Nonprofits: NASCO’s [National […]

Tuesday was Earth Day. Have a listen to the Counting Crows version of Big Yellow Taxi while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Harvard Business Review: Let’s not call it Earth Day. It’s more like “Fundamental Underpinnings of Our Business’s Existence and Success Day.” http://s.hbr.org/1mAukhW Gene: 10 Issues to Address in Your Nonprofit’s […]

An important week for religion. Have a listen to Bob Marley‘s One Love while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Nonprofit Quarterly: Half a Century after the Civil Rights Act, Four Challenges for Nonprofits & Foundations Today http://ow.ly/vVhTI Nonprofit Issues: Managing Conflicts of Interest – Charity Lawyer Blog (Ellis Carter) MacArthur […]

  National Volunteer Week was an eventful one which included Equal Pay Day, the Wharton | San Francisco Social Impact Conference, and the Skoll World Forum! Have a listen to Miri Ben-Ari (who was featured at the Skoll World Forum) perform We Gonna Win while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social […]

Monday was Cesar Chavez Day, a day to think about our responsibility to provide service to our communities (Si Se Puede!). Have a listen to Bruce Springsteen‘s version of Solo le Pido a Dios while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: CompassPoint: Celebrating #CesarChavezDay. Learn how Mexican and Filipino farmers worked to […]

  Last Saturday was World Water Day. Have a listen to George Frideric Handel‘s Water Music while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Rad Campaign: Best Ideas and Strategies to Disrupt the Nonprofit Sector http://ow.ly/uZCPl YNPN: How nonprofits use social media: http://bit.ly/1npxqWU A report from Case Foundation & Social Media for Nonprofits […]

Yesterday was the second annual International Day of Happiness! Have a listen to Pharrell‘s Happy while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Rebekuh Eley: Here are some of the remarks from the new IRS TE/GE Commissioner at the Joint Meeting of the TE/GE Councils in Balti…http://lnkd.in/bURh92X Emily Chan: Summary of key […]

  I have the pleasure of being in Chicago for the ABA Bar Leadership Institute. Last Saturday was International Women’s Day. Have a listen to One Woman while perusing this week’s tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Nonprofit Law News: Recent Developments and Trends for Exempt Organizations http://bit.ly/N6HfYV Emily Chan: “Where’s My Exemption Application” […]

Nonprofit themes raised by several Oscar winners last Sunday:  ending slavery (12 Years a Slave), providing better care and more hope for all people with AIDS (Dallas Buyers Club) and terminally ill children (Helium), and adopting abandoned pets (Mr. Hublot). Have a listen to Adele Dazeem (aka Idina Menzel) singing the Oscar-winning song Let It Go while […]