Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – January 24, 2014

 

Camelback Mountain Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona

On Tuesday, Erin and I gave a presentation on committees to the Finance Professionals Network and Human Resources Network at CompassPoint.  Today, I'm on a panel with nonprofit lawyers Eve Borenstein and Ellis Carter discussing small nonprofit organization issues at the American Bar Association meeting in Phoenix. Have a listen to Glen Campbell's By the Time I Get to Phoenix while perusing this week's tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises:

  • Rick Cohen: MLK Day: What Is the Legacy? my 2012 commentary on MLK "Day of Service" progs & where they fall short of MLK message NPQ
  • Gene: Honored to let Institute for War and Peace Reporting use Nonprofit Law Blog content for positive civil society & social change efforts in Iran. #MLKDay
  • Guidestar: What does net neutrality mean for nonprofits? Lucy Bernholz, @p2173, shares her thoughts: http://owl.li/sNyfH 
  • Philanthropy: Charitable Deduction Probably Safe for 2014, Say Experts http://ow.ly/sGCZ6 
  • Nonprofit Quarterly: LinkedIn stresses that volunteering matters by launching a new volunteer marketplace http://ow.ly/sEOnk 
  • Philanthropy: Op-ed on donor-advised funds: "The only policy that makes sense is to impose payout requirements…"  
  • Nonprofit Law News: IRS Issues New Guidance for Exempt Hospitals: Proposed Procedures for Correcting…  | by DWT
  • Law for Change: LawForChange Blog: IRS Announces Streamlined Procedures to Reinstate Tax-exempt Status http://law4.ch/LMVx0H  [Ed. The article is written by Ellis Carter.]
  • Gene: The World Changing Ideas Of 2014 FastCo | "A public company will become a benefit corporation"
  • Bill Gates: Melinda Gates and I released our Annual Letter. Read how life is improving around the world 
  • UNICEF: Wealth of half world’s population the same as that of 85 richest people. Via Oxfam  #inequality
  • Michele Berger: Proud to launch NEO Law Group's new video series- Tips on Starting a Nonprofit! 1st video, Selecting the Board: YouTube [Ed. Michele is our ace legal assistant, 3rd year law student, and video producer! Our Senior Counsel Erin Bradrick stars.]