The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is offering the Board Leadership Training Series, beginning in October and running through May 2012. The series of workshops provide an intensive program to build a stronger, more effective Board of Directors for an organization.
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From Maria Di Mento at The Chronicle of Philanthropy:
The number of nonprofit jobs grew by just under 1 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to a study of figures in 45 states by the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Civil Society Studies, in Baltimore. Year-to-year nonprofit job totals increased by 1.2 percent in 2009 and 2.6 percent in 2008.
However, nonprofits fared better in 2010 than for-profit companies, which saw a 0.9 percent decrease in jobs last year.
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Mary Trudel continues to explore the subject of social media in the arts with a blog post on AFTA's National Arts Marketing Project website:
Though there are of course best practices where digital and social media are concerned, we’re careful not to dispense too much advice until we know an organization well, since there are no one-size-fits-all answers. What we do typically say, though, is that it’s not about the tools. Yes, digital and social media have unique attributes and should change the way you interact (emphasis on interact) with your audiences. But, like any communications channel, they are most effective when integrated into a holistic strategy and policy.
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Cornelia Carey, Executive Director of Craft Emergency Relief Fund, sends this message today:
As you know, the east coast from North Carolina through New England is just taking count of the devastation resulting from Hurricane Irene. The flooding and resulting destruction in Vermont, where CERF+ is located, has been particularly intense and has fragmented roads that once connected Vermont, isolating entire communities.
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The Line, a Minneapolis/St. Paul-based website focused on the "new economy," features Oakland artist and community activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, who will be a keynote speaker at the 2011 GIA Conference in San Francisco next month.
In mid-August, the multifaceted California artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph was in residency at the Walker Art Center, asking the question: “What sustains life in your community?” He asked this question of such local artists as Leah Cooper, Desdamona, Allison Herrera, Wing Young Huie, Marlina Gonzalez, Robert Farid Karimi, Rick Lowe, Leah Nelson, and Tish Jones to learn more about the intersections of artistic engagement, sustainability, and community in the Twin Cities.
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The Foundation Center has released the 2011 edition of its annual Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates, 2011 Edition. The report, authored by Steven Lawrence and Reina Mukai, provides a “first look” at 2010 giving and directions for 2011 and 2012 giving, together with aggregated actual 2009 giving and asset figures for more than 76,000 grantmaking U.S. foundations.
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Nonprofit Finance Fund has named Antony Bugg-Levine as its new CEO. He replaces NFF founder Clara Miller who left the organization earlier this year to lead the F.B. Heron Foundation. Bugg-Levine will chart the organization’s course as a leader in social-sector lending and advocate for high-impact philanthropy.
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From Alison Damast at Bloomberg Businessweek:
When Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen first started teaching a philanthropy course at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, she quickly discovered she was a pioneer in the field. There were just a handful of case studies on the topic and few, if any, teaching materials, she says. As a result, it took her about a year-and-a-half to design the curriculum for it.
Ten years later, the landscape has drastically changed. Arrillaga-Andreessen has since published 25 case studies about philanthropy. This fall she will publish a book entitled Giving 2.0, which she hopes will serve as a resource for students engaged by the topic. Interest in her class has surged at Stanford and she now offers an undergraduate course, too. Says Arrillaga-Andreessen: “Almost every year, I’m oversold.”
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From Aaron Fiedler at knightarts.org:
On Monday, the Arts & Science Council launched power2give.org – a project that was more than a year in the making for ASC. The website is an innovative new way to support arts, science, history and heritage projects in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Organizations list needs for a specific project – for example, dancewear for underserved children or set design for an upcoming production. People visiting the site are then able to pick a need that interests them and make a donation.
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From Scott Rothschild at the Lawrence Journal-World:
With the state surplus growing, and because Gov. Sam Brownback wrongly predicted Kansas would continue to receive federal arts funding, supporters of the arts on Tuesday called on Brownback to restore state assistance to the Kansas Arts Commission.
But Brownback's office said that wasn't going to happen.