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10 Issues to Address in Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Policy

Published on: by Gene Takagi 3 Comments

  Copyright and trademark infringement.  Tip: understand the fair use doctrine.  Trap: expecting attribution to offer protection against charges of infringement. Fundraising and foreign state registration requirements. Tip: check out The Unified Registration Statement.  Trap: disregarding registration laws and their application to funds raised through social media (see the Charleston Principles). Events and foreign state qualifications to do […]

Incubating a Nonprofit Social Enterprise

Published on: by Gene Takagi

  How can we incubate an innovative, profit-making nonprofit project? As covered in our last post, Starting a Self-Sustainable Nonprofit, it may be possible and advantageous to operate a sustainable, profit-making, charitable project as a nonprofit organization.  If this route is chosen, the leaders should ensure that the organizational, governance, and administrative structures are carefully […]

5 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofits

Published on: by Gene Takagi 3 Comments

Following up on our suggested 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Board, here are 5 (admittedly broad) resolutions for your organizations: We will review our mission statements and set of core values to ensure they are consistent with our activities and within all our publications. We will examine our activities, thoughtfully develop/improve ways to measure the […]

What’s in a Name? Lessons learned from current trademark battles

Published on: by Emily Chan 1 Comment

Nonprofits are not immune to the trademark battles that are more commonly associated with for-profit corporations. Nonprofits, like other corporations, benefit from strong branding and may be just as protective of their trademarks. Last week, Clifford Marks’ article “Charity Brawl, Nonprofits Aren’t So Generous When a Name’s at Stake” in the Wall Street Journal wrote […]

Tweets of the Week – July 16, 2010

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Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: COF_: Healthy democracy needs philanthropy http://bit.ly/brEjpz consciousgovern: My new article just published by ProBono Australia: The True Role of the Board – How Governance has been Hijacked http://bit.ly/bu10qB charitylawyer: Ultra Vires Acts – http://bit.ly/9xjbMg http://fb.me/DQjlgxmQ Give2Asia: Just released our latest overview of Give2Asia's work and […]

Tweets of the Week – 6/25/10

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Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: GTak: Great Resource List for Nonprofits from NGEC (including on collaborations and coalitions) – http://bit.ly/c5ZiEj via @aapip GTak: Nonprofit Collaboration and Merger Resources – http://bit.ly/brsB8R (Lodestar Foundation) GTak: Legit business model or not? Nonprofits contracting their founder for services advocating for donors' interests. http://ow.ly/224Kb GTak: […]

Tweets of the Week – 6/18/10

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Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: GTak: Q: Is your organization's conflict of interest policy targeted at Board members, employees, or both? HildyGottlieb: Our library is filled w/articles about #nonprofit boards & governance (and more!) http://is.gd/cUjkd #socent #leadership IndSector: New video of @diaviv, CEO of @IndSector, on the "Nonprofit Sector & […]

Who is the Chief Executive Officer – the Executive Director or the Board Chair?

Published on: by Gene Takagi 10 Comments

Nonprofit Conversations recently posted the article What's in a Name? Benefits of the President/CEO Title.  The article, written by Professor Emeritus Eugene Fram, encourages nonprofits to consider changing the title of "executive director" to "president/CEO" in order to "obtain some subtle but useful organizational benefits."  While I agree that this matter deserves the board's consideration, […]

Tweets of the Week – 6/11/10

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Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: GTak: IRS – Advisory Committee on Tax-Exempt & Gov't Entities Report of Recommendations - http://bit.ly/adOgIU plamb: What are the Critical Issues in International Grantmaking Raised at the Grantmakers Without Border.. http://bit.ly/dbkdNe Philanthropy: Key Senator Seeks Additional Information on Foundation Tax Proposal: Sen. Charles E. Grassley, senior […]

Tweets of the Week – 6/4/10

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Here are some of my favorite posts of the week: GregLColvin: Final of my Sugarman lecture, political tax law reform after Citizens United: http://www.adlercolvin.com/attorneys/documents/sugarman.pdf BCorporation: In case you haven't heard – B Corps now legally exist in VT as well as MD! http://bit.ly/bZWMhB ajlovesya: Recap #ynpchat: The Importance of Board Service for Young Nonprofit Professionals […]