Red Beans and Rice - November 2011 Edition

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Happy Thanksgiving!!

Mind Food
Articles and Ideas Advancing Our Work

Our Hidden Government Benefits

A Declaration of Open Government

TurboVote: "Netflix" for Voter Registration

Funder Collaboratives
Terry Mazany, President and CEO of Chicago Community Trust talks about successful foundations' "disposition to collaborate." He notes that they tend to be mission-driven and "humble."

First Half of 2011 was Sluggish for Fundraising

Field Stuff
Templates, Books, Tools and Products

Cause Marketing 101: 5 Tactics for Raising Money from Businesses

A Low Cost Way to Thank Supporters

New Ethics Tool Available for Fundraisers

S.O.S. Week of Peace - Full Schedule of Events

Resource Nuggets

Top 10 TIps for Running a Good Nonprofit Hiring Process

The New Mentoring Program for 2012

Engaging Individuals May Be Paying Dividends for Arts & Cultural Groups in Philadelphia

How to Activate Volunteers Using Social Media

Checking the Boxes
Information to help you look under the hood

Finding the Right CFO for your Organization

It's Lonely at the Top: Why Board Assessment of the Chief Executive is Critical to the Executive's - And the Organization's - Success

Innovation: Start by Stopping

Going Mobile: How Nonprofits Succeed

Hottest Funding Opportunities and Ideas

AGING

American Federation for Aging Research Invites Applications for Research Grants

ARTS & CULTURE

Kresge Foundation Invites Preliminary Applications for Arts and Community Building and Artists' Skills and Resources Grant Opportunities

ATHLETICS
U.S. Soccer Foundation Invites Applications for Social Innovation Fund Subgrant Program

HEALTH

Grantmakers In Health Announces Phase II of Affordable Care Act State Grant Writing Assistance Fund

MEDICAL

Stand Up To Cancer and the Prostate Cancer Foundation Announce Prostate Dream Team Translational Cancer Research Grant Program

Career Opportunities

Pew Charitable Trusts, Specialist, Operations, Pew Center on the States

Chief Executive Officer, George G. Glenner Alzheimer's Family Centers, Inc., San Diego, CA

Governance Consultant, BoardSource, Washington, D.C.

Executive Director, Charter School Institute, Denver, CO

Vice President of Programs, The NEA Foundation, Washington, D.C.

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