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Digital Civil Society and Democracy: How we got here and where we need to go

Philanthropy 2173

I am delighted to be speaking in a master class for Columbia University's Nonprofit Management Masters Program. In so doing, we have enclosed civil society within the bounds of the marketplace and public sector, obliterating any meaningful sense of an independent sector. You can sign up directly here -

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Fundraisers Are Like Farmers

The Agitator

Here’s a sample of such thinking … Charities can’t blame ‘economic climate’ for falls in income , from Civil Society Fundraising in the UK, seconded by our own US pal Jeff Brooks at Future Fundraising Now … charities Don''t Miss these Posts fundraising innovation nonprofit management nonprofits premium'

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The Taxman Cometh, Part 1: The Downside of the 2017 Tax Bill for Nonprofits

The Agitator

I can’t remember who said it and thus can’t cite it, but there’s a great quote along the lines of “I know that taxes are the price I pay for civilized society and I am honored to pay them. (I assume almost everyone is trying to minimize, not maximize their bill. I also could be just as honored for half as much.”).

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Nonprofit Program at University of Tampa Demonstrates Significant Impact on First 15 Years of Graduates

NonProfit Leadership Center

New research from the first 15 years of graduates from the Certificate in Nonprofit Management shows the program increases participants’ knowledge, confidence, professional relationships and career advancement while also contributing to nonprofit effectiveness. 60% report a pay increase since graduating.

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Reading List: Bridging Divides to Create Social Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

Law professor and activist Dean Spade has noted that the students he teaches often seek to be “nonprofit executive directors” even as they lack a clear idea of what they want to do. 26 The field of nonprofit management, in short, has been deeply harmed by corporate capture. The form predates the content,” Spade observes.