Red Beans and Rice brought to you by Quidoo Consulting
MARCH 2013 
QUIDOO NEWS

Quidoo Grants for 2013 pro-bono services application period has ended.  Thank you for your submissions. 

Winners will be notified in late March and announced in our April 2013 newsletter.

Client Highlights
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts research and reports that demonstrate the benefits of early childhood education. Policy advocates for early childhood education are busy at work as this initiative is highly favored by the Obama Administration. 
Read more about this initiative and
NIEER's Director, W. Steven Barnett, in this recent interview by Fox Business.

Quidoo is proud to work with NIEER to strengthen and support progress for the foundation of our children's education.

Articles
John's latest blogs and video!
John Talking

SSIR  

Huff Post LIVE
On February 26th, John joined Ken Stern, former CEO of NPR, to discuss flaws in the charity world.
View here-

Huffington Post
Resources

Building Nonprofit Capacity
 
A guide to managing change through organizational lifecycles
The Book Tour

  Building Nonprofit Capacity launched the book tour in 2011!
 See where John is going next!
Book Tour Dopplr
 
 
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Did you know that 90% of nonprofits aren't following their strategic plan?  You voted and Quidoo "Live" will present the first of its Webinar series on April 26th with "Strategy that Sticks".  Quidoo's Principal, John Brothers, will shed light on how to implement your strategic plan in a way that makes sense for your staff and organizational phase. For now, check out his video from HuffPost Live and new SSIR and HuffPost blogs, under new articles.

March's Client highlight is The National Insitute for Early Education Research (NIEER) Read more about  NIEER and the policy work being done in their space under client highlights.  Under Resources, you'll find google hang out video where co-authors discuss their new book on how to engage millenials. 

Enjoy this serving of Red Beans & Rice and thank you for sharing a helping with your friends.  

~Quidoo

>> Mind Food

Articles and Ideas Advancing Our Work  


>> Field Stuff 

Templates, Books, Tools and Products   

Avoiding the Blind Spot: Telling Your Story with Pictures

Online Giving: Strategies that Click

>> Resource Nuggets 

 

How to Build Ties to Young Donors and Volunteers
Watch this Chronicle google hang out video of Derrick Feldman and KD Saratovsky, co-authors of Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millenial Engagement, discuss strategies with several nonprofit leaders and colleagues. 

>> Checking the Boxes 

Tools to help you look under the hood    

3 Trends for Nonprofits to Watch in 2013

Are you Assuming or Assigning?

5 Key Relationships for Your Nonprofit: And the Tools and Tactics to Facilitate Them

The (Un) Guide to Conferences: 7 Tips for What Not to Do

>> Hottest Funding Opportunities 

Medical Research  

Angelman Syndrome Foundation Seeks Applications for AS-Related Research Projects 

 

Philanthropy and Voluntarism

New York Community Trust Accepting Applications for 2013 Nonprofit Excellence Awards  

 

Science/Technology

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Invites Applications to 2014 HHMI Professors Competition   

>> Career  Opportunities and Fellowships 

2013 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Applications are due by 10:00am on May 3rd!

Managing Director of Elementary Schools, KIPP, NYC LLC

Director, Evidence-based Practice, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD

Vice President Development & Communications, Trinity Boston Foundation, Boston, MA

Vice President & Director Healthy Communities, Environmental Justice, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA

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