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BOOKMARK THIS: Big List of Twitter Chats for Nonprofits (Chat Tools, Too!)

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Socentchat | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (social entrepreneurship). sschat | Mondays @ 7pm ET (social studies). chsocm | Tuesdays @ 9pm EST (church social media). Healthcare chats: [link] (H/T Chritina Lizaso @btrfly12 ). #GrantChat | Tuesdays @ 12pm ET (grants). Npcons | third Tuesday @ 1pm PT (nonprofit consultants).

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

The Value of Lived Experience The value of lived experiences for leaders is a topic that has been explored in other fields, such as social entrepreneurship —and it’s now being adapted to nonprofit boards. However, my experience is not exceptional. Several years ago, she was asked to serve on the foundation’s board of directors.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. This is not what should be happening, and it’s a problem.

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Who Will Be the Next $100,000 Purpose Prize Winner? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Each year they give prizes ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 to 15 people over the age of 60 creating new and innovative ways to tackle tough social problems, from reforming education to improving healthcare, curbing global warming to ending poverty.

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Smart Reform: Reducing Government Waste By Strengthening The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

The exception is healthcare. Incentives for private giving and social entrepreneurship can fill funding gaps while promoting innovation. Idaho could be a great place for social impact investors who want to try solutions in a smaller way before scaling.