Who Has the Time
Earlier this summer, a nationally prominent nonprofit leader said this to an audience of people from public charities and private foundations: "Nonprofits have a duty to advocate on behalf of the people who have no voice, to demand social justice." Many in the audience nodded in agreement; others waited politely for him to get past his warm-up comments to get to something they hadn't heard before. One audience member was heard muttering under her breath, "yeah, but who has the time?"

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NH's Unemployment Tax Rate Drops by 0.5%
NH's unemployment tax rate fell by half of a percent, as a result of laws triggered by the unemployment compensation trust fund's balance reaching over $250 million.

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Save on Unemployment: Learn the secrets other nonprofits have used to save on unemployment claims by signing up for UST's free "5 Methods Smart Nonprofits Use to Reduce HR Costs" webinar.
SEC Crowdfunding Rules Pose Challenges, Create Opportunities
The NonProfit Times covers the SEC's proposed rules on crowdfunding, and speaks with a variety of experts to get a sense of how this might impact the nonprofit sector.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Consolidation RFPs

Four NH Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies are requesting proposals for a variety of services as they come closer to a state-wide consolidation and post-merger.

 

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TSNE Nonprofit Executive Leadership Survey

Third Sector New England is surveying executive directors and board members to investigate their current challenges, discover where they are headed and document what supports are needed to move their organizations forward.

 

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Bridgespan Nonprofit Tools and Trends Survey

The Bridgespan Group Nonprofit Tools and Trends survey seeks to ask a wide range of nonprofit leaders to provide insight on the use and effectiveness of 25 top tools (see descriptions below) as well as to voice their opinions on the importance of 21 major trends affecting the sector.

 

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Interact Intranet Nonprofit Competition
Interact Intranet launched their 2014 Nonprofit Competition, giving organizations worldwide the chance to see if they can become one of the 'Interact 7' and win a free intranet and bring together their scattered workforce of volunteers, field workers, and trustees.

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Turning Great Board Members Into Great Fundraisers
Nationally respected speaker Chuck Loring's workshop on October 21st in Concord will kick your board's fundraising into high gear. Get practical tips and leave feeling that fundraising is something every board member can do well.

"Best seminar I have ever attended. I left with confidence and a set of tools to act on and make some real improvements in our organization."

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Tools & Resources
Executive Succession Planning: Best Practices
Tom Adams, Director at nonprofit consulting group Raffa PC and speaker at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum, reviews succession planning best practices and the challenges faced by the board.

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More on NonprofitNext: Visit the Succession Planning section of NonprofitNext for more resources on this topic.

Categories: Board Governance, Executive Leadership, Human Resources

Urban Institute's "The State of Nonprofit Governance" Report
The Urban Institute analyzed Form 990 data to determine how many nonprofits have good governance policies and if there's any correlation between characteristics of the organization (size, type, funding model, etc.) and the quality of their governance practices.

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Categories: Board Governance, Data & Research
Donor Communications Tips from Tom Ahern
Donor communications consultant Tom Ahern shared tips and examples in a webinar for Bloomerang, which they recorded and have made available online. Tom discusses the science of cuteness, giving your donor a job to do, and other ways to engage your donors.

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Categories: Communications, Fundraising
Lumiate Online Benchmark Report
Lumiate Online Marketing, an online fundraising product from Blackbaud, analyzed data from their customers, which you can use to compare your fundraising against other nonprofits. Findings include:
  • Each email address is worth $12.46 in online revenue.
  • The average online donation was $91.70.
  • 58.6% of revenue came from repeat donors.
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Categories: Data, Fundraising
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Thought Provoking Articles
"Humility is Essential to Effective Leadership": A Profile of John Hoffman
John E. Hoffman, Jr., prominent New Hampshire philanthropist and one of the donors behind the Hoffman-Haas Fellowship, was profiled in the most recent issue of Business Monadock magazine.

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Why Nonprofits Must Stop Being So Grateful
Nell Edgington, of nonprofit consulting firm Social Velocity, describes how four things that nonprofits are often grateful for may, in fact, be holding them back.

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Ecosystem Philanthropy
Jennifer Ford Reedy, President of the Bush Foundation, using examples from Sesame Street to Yellowstone, explains "why so many attempts to do good in the world don't work as intended and how the most effective philanthropists understand the social ecosystem they are trying to effect and put it to work for them" in this video from TEDxFargo.

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Now on NonprofitNext: A recent study conducted by College for America found that 71% of employers would prefer to promote from within, but 87% believe their employees are missing required skills. Learn more about College for America's competency based degree program on the Career Advancement section of NonprofitNext.

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