Tweets of the Week – August 27, 2010

Published on: by Gene Takagi Category:NONPROFIT RESOURCES OF THE WEEK

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises (lots this week!):

  • NonProfitBanker: Huge consequences! IRS sued b/c delayed application to check if group's view differ from US policy http://ow.ly/2uYBR
  • HildyGottlieb: #Nonprofit Board Recruitment as Inspiration! http://is.gd/eHbLc
  • tactphil: NY Times picks up Social Innovation Fund story http://nyti.ms/bNtKwe #SIF
  • npquarterly: #SIF releases ratings. Will this clear up the brouhaha? http://bit.ly/bakDZz
  • nonprofitlawyer: #IRS answers FAQs about automatic revocation for failure to file #990s http://bit.ly/aEjg7b, and Filing Relief Program http://bit.ly/9ItYTA
  • PatrickSternal: Best Practices for Exempt Organizations and Form 990 shar.es/0f0jN
  • CynthiaRRowland: Really Excellent reflections on Risk Management from Melanie Herman: One Thing: http://bit.ly/bEwY5V
  • Philanthropy: A Major Community-Development Bank's Closure—and Rebirth: ShoreBank failed late last week, causing alarm among com… http://bit.ly/cv1fX5
  • socialedge: Weekend reading: #ShoreBank may have failed, but movement it once led is stronger than ever @mattbish http://bit.ly/bhgKRB @theecon
  • socialedge: B-school prof Karnani makes The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility in @WSJ. Fascinating read! http://on.wsj.com/9C9UKw
  • carolcone: Voodoo Academia. Richard Edelman's response to Prof Karnani's CSR is dead article in this weeks WSJ. A sizzling read. http://bit.ly/fXcwx
  • mattbish: Another useful piece on the case for CSR: http://bit.ly/cbThMa And ours: http://bit.ly/bponWA
  • nonprofitlawyer: Should Your Business Be "For Benefit"? via @HarvardBiz – Vermont Benefit Corp http://bit.ly/aFMi0j
  • GTak: 6 Reasons Why L3Cs Are Essential to the Future of Social Enterprise – http://bit.ly/9pX4R4
  • GTak: 6 Reasons Why L3Cs Are Essential to the Future of Social Enterprise: Part II – http://bit.ly/9TCUN1
  • nonprofitlawyer: Charity Navigator's CEO compensation study on mid to large public charities suggests excessive pay is the minority http://bit.ly/d10HKh
  • PatrickSternal: New FASBulous accounting standards for measuring hospital charity care http://bit.ly/aGnEUq

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