Memorable events of the past week: Giving Tuesday, TEDWomen, and, sadly, the passing of Nelson Mandela. Have a listen to U2's Ordinary Love (from the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) while perusing this week's tweets: on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises:
- The White House: President Obama on Nelson Mandela: "A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice."
- HuffPost Impact: The inspiring words of Nelson Mandela that we will never forget http://huff.to/1coXgmj
- Lucy Bernholz: Predictions 2014! Stanford Social Innovation Review … excerpted from the #blueprint14
- GivingTuesday: #GivingTuesday Results – Giving Increases 162% Over Last Year!
- Rob Reich: From the White House to your house: opening the giving season with #GivingTuesday. http://1.usa.gov/Ilk37Q
- Independent Sector: Get more information on why #GivingTuesday is so important to the sector: http://ow.ly/rpAql
- Gene: Nonprofit-Government Contracts and Grants: Findings from the 2013 National Survey
- Council of Nonprofits: How can #nonprofits and governments work together to solve contracting issues? Here are 12 ways: http://bit.ly/18bigO4
- Gene: Starting a nonprofit? IRS Form 1023 updated in December 2013 - no notice or revised instructions yet
- Nonprofit Quarterly: Exit agreements with a nonprofit executive is a great tool that can bring clarity to leadership transition http://ow.ly/rpAp8
- Gene: California nonprofits – please complete Economic and Social Impact Study of California's Nonprofit Sector – CaliforniaNonprofitSurvey
- TEDWomen: A troupe of Rwandan drummers, odes to grandmas and laughing at cerebral palsy: A recap of #TEDWomen 2013, Session 3 http://wp.me/p10512-lYm
- John Lewis: 58 years ago today, Rosa Parks stood up by sitting down. She was a quiet, poised, beautiful, young woman who simply had enough.