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Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of Homelessness | Kevin D. Hendricks
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Kevin D. Hendricks. Is Your Church Ready to Quit? 137 Books in One Year. Mike, The Cat. Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of Homelessness. 100% of proceeds go to support InvisiblePeople.tv. I had it all and ended up on the streets. I put a smile on my face for my kids’ sake. I’m hoping I can survive another day. It’s time to move beyond the stereotypes and stop looking away. It’s time to open our eyes. We’re homeless, we’re not less human. -Tish. Brian White of TriLion Studios. 8211; Nov. 9,...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: Nonprofits in the Age of Web 2.0: What Does Membership Mean?
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Monday, September 14, 2009. Nonprofits in the Age of Web 2.0: What Does Membership Mean? On “Nonprofits in the Age of Web 2.0,” which featured an impressive smattering of leading technologists, nonprofit directors, foundations, and Millennial leaders talking about how technology is pushing organizations to change—and change fast. Of the Personal Democracy Forum. Interestingly, that may be coming full circle back to where c...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: Do Nonprofits Need to "Get Real"?
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Monday, April 6, 2009. Do Nonprofits Need to "Get Real"? Blog posting fuels debate about the charitable deduction and whether all nonprofits—or just some—need to “get real.”. Once again, Todd Cohen of Philanthropy Journal has posted a provocative missive. Useful chart of how the Top 100 Foundations are planning their giving for 2009, the Foundation Center has compiled one. Others, however, were piqued by Cohen’s broa...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: Where's the Nonprofit Agenda?
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Where's the Nonprofit Agenda? Are you getting as overwhelmed as I am with all the scrambling to get the Obama administration's attention with a list of demands, suggestions and/or ideas? There's not a day that goes by that I don't see yet another public "call" for the administration to [fill-in-the-blank]. The National Council of Nonprofit Associations. Coherent agenda for the next administrati...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: An Argument for Funding Advocacy...and Infrastructure
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. An Argument for Funding Advocacy.and Infrastructure. In the shameless self-promotion department, I have an article in the latest issue of the. That attempts to lay out a case for why funders should invest in advocacy. I know, I know, how many times do we have to make this argument? But you should pick up the latest issue of the. The issue is an update of one that was originally published in 200...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: Is Perpetuity Still Relevant?
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Is Perpetuity Still Relevant? As the economic crisis crashes all around us, the question about whether then notion of foundations existing in perpetuity is still relevant, and if so, under what circumstances? Of the group advised everyone to "stand firm against raising the payout" but provided little rationale as to that stance. A few recent articles tackled that question. In a recent. Argument...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: Finally! An SROI Calculation for Funding Advocacy
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Monday, January 12, 2009. An SROI Calculation for Funding Advocacy. Some hard numbers showing how support for nonprofit advocacy can and does lead to results that leverage funders. Investments in ways they may have never imagined. Need, and understandably want, if they're going to fund it. And now we have some, thanks to a study just released by the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy. Led to an additional $250 mil...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: Best Places to Work: What Criteria?
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Best Places to Work: What Criteria? In fact, has just published (Viking) two excellent books for each of these groups on getting a job in the nonprofit sector. Best Places for Working Women to Work) and several others. That's why the criteria selected for judging the best places to work in the nonprofit sector is critical. That criteria, some say, has to go beyond the usual variables such a...
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Cynthia Gibson's Blog: Is Transparency 2.0 Finally Coming to Washington?
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Natterings and blather about the nonprofit sector, civil society, and other stuff. Thursday, April 9, 2009. Is Transparency 2.0 Finally Coming to Washington? Several of the nation's leading deliberative democracy organizations have been crafting detailed recommendations for President Obama to consider as part of his commitment to create an " Open Government Directive. And the Ash Institute at Harvard. The National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation,. And the Co-Intelligence Institute. Book Review: "H...
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