Blog post: November Resource Roundup

Here are some useful resource links I found from the last four weeks. ENJOY!

Communications:

• Cracking the Boys Club in Web 2.0: Ten Women Pioneers of Web 2.0
• People-Powered Content: It’s Driving the Web and Could Drive Your Community!
• How to Defend Your Nonprofit Marketing Budget
• Professional Networking: Just for Fun or Part of Your Job Or Combination? Tips for managing multi-memberships in social networks?
• Wired’s How-to Wiki
• Obama Win Signals Communications Game Change -- Get on Board
• What Can Nonprofit Marketers Learn from the Election?
• It’s the (Stupid) Economy - The Impact on Nonprofits
• Consumers Respond Positively to Cause-related Marketing
• eMetrics Panel Slides, Notes, and Blog Posts: ROI of Blogging, Twitter, and Digg for Nonprofits
• Mixed Links - Good Stuff for Nonprofit Marketers
• using social media in a tough economy
• FLiPs role in Web 2.0 by Elizabeth Miller
• What Type of Blog Should Your Nonprofit Write?
• For nonprofits in a tough economy, marketing pitch must be perfect - The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
• Cranking Up Your Email Marketing for Fall Fundraising
• Emetrics Reputation and Relationship Management in A Social Media World
• Who’s Your Target Audience? Please Not the General Public!
• What I Learned about Nonprofits at the NC Conference
• Nonprofit Charts & Graphs at the Carnival
• Strategy and Messaging: How to Make Your Ideas Stick | AFP Web/Audioconferences
• The Digital Storytelling Revolution For Nonprofits
• Avoid the Tactical Syndrome: Help for the 2/3 of Nonprofit Communicators Who Don't Track Results

Fundraising & Philanthropy

• Six Freakish Facts About Fundraising
• Business Day – News Worth Knowing
• Paul Brest – Strategic Philanthropy
• Regulation is Good for Philanthropy
• Professional Fundraising: Face Value
• Foundations Have Role in Fostering Innovation
• Big Donations Bring Complexities
• Prospecting: Low-Cost Ways to Improve Fund Raising
• Study: $1 Million Gifts Given Mostly From ‘Self-Made’ Wealth
• National Philanthropy Day Recognizes Importance of Giving in Tough Economy :: PNNOnline ::
• Give and Take: China's Growing Embrace of Philanthropy
• How to serve your donors
• Foundation Center Research Update
• Charities that invest 'can prosper in the recession' - Third Sector
• Advice for Family Foundations Looking to Avoid Succession Pitfalls
• Leave the funny out of fundraising
• It's (almost) all about asking
• Corporate Giving Expected to Remain Flat in 2009
• Charity Thrift Shops See Big Increase in Donations
• Give and Take: A Charity's Approach to Video Gets Attention
• Perks can tighten your relationship with donors
• Giving important in bad times | MiamiHerald.com
• 70% OF AMERICANS PLAN TO GIVE DURING THE HOLIDAYS, SURVEY FINDS
• If I were a Foundation Officer
• Churches Cope With Drop in Donations and Investment Income
• Colleges Consider Tuition Hikes to Offset Endowment Losses
• Giving to Largest Charities Increased 4.5 Percent in 2007
• From The Chronicle: Year-End Giving
• Fund Managers for Charitable Endowments Stay the Course
• Tips on Wise Giving: Ensuring Your Contribution Is Used Appropriately - MarketWatch
• From The Chronicle: Philanthropy Enhances CEO Reputations
• College's attempt at fundraising gives alumni the blahs - USATODAY.com
• Meredith Clark: Money isn't all a philanthropist has to offer | tallahassee.com | Tallahassee Democrat
• Local couple makes philanthropy a livelihood
• Growing a Profession By Erin Hall-Westfall & Naomi Marshall
• Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy: Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Awards
• Lucy Bernholz: The end of philanthropy as we know it?
• Older Americans Explore Ways to Donate Their Wealth
• Prospecting: Crafting a Direct-Mail Appeal
• Crafting a First-Time Direct-Mail Appeal - Philanthropy.com
• Foundations hope bailout provision boosts giving -
• Colleges creating an education in philanthropy -
• Retiring With a Windfall? How to Give It Away - washingtonpost.com
• Donor-advised funds grow in popularity | ScrippsNews
• Who Is Giving Anonymous Gifts - Executive Articles - Portfolio.com
• If Stock Market Rebounds, Foundation Giving May Not Dip in 2009, Researcher Says
• Young Donors: Not Just Playing Around
• Q&A - DOW Disaster - What Does This Mean for Philanthropy?
• From the Chronicle: Grant Makers Urged to Respond to Financial Crisis
• Prospecting: Hard Times Should Prompt Fund Raisers to Step Up Direct Mail

Conferences and Trainings:

• TWS Consulting: Google Docs Webinar
• International Economic Development Council Leadership Summit
• Grantseeking During a Recession: How to Broaden Your Grant Support
• How to Make Your Website More Donor Friendly
• How the Downturn Affects Giving by Retirement-Account Holders - Philanthropy.com
• 'Common Cents' offers unique philanthropy | thetimesherald.com | The Times Herald
• Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers and Council on Foundations

Government, politics, and advocacy:

• Government and Politics Watch: A Proposal for a White House Office to Aid Charities
• Nonprofit Finance Fund Receives $50 Million in New Markets Tax Credits
• New Lobby Rules Could Help Nonprofit Groups
• Change.Gov is Up -- Obama Shares Vision, Plans & Hopes, Wants to Hear Yours
• Campaign 2008: Philanthropy and Politics
• Tax-Exempt Organizations Look to Congress for Incentives for Giving
• Obama -- Don't Let Your Hard-Won Community of Hope Die
• Advocacy 2.0 Guide: Cross-Posting

Leadership:

• Nelson Mandela's 8 Lessons of Leadership
• Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Offers Fundraising Fellowship for Person of Color
• Wal-Mart charity chief: Nonprofits must team up - BostonHerald.com
• Nonprofits Look to New Administration for More Favorable Treatment, Report Finds

Other:

• Older Workers May Find Open Arms at Nonprofits - The Inside Job (usnews.com)
• Seventh Annual GuideStar Nonprofit Economic Survey Reveals Significant Challenges for Charities - International Business Times -
• Learning Communities: The best investment we can make
• It’s not just who you know, it’s who knows you
• Economic Crisis Affecting Nonprofits Large and Small
• Hamburger Helper as a sign of work-life imbalance
• Wal-Mart Foundation Leader Says Some Charities Should Fail
• Nonprofit Risk Management Center
• Why Gen Y Should Nominate Our Own
• CTCNet Community Technology Conference
• Social Entrepreneurship Growing in Popularity

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