Each week we bring you a collection of links that highlight political news that impact nonprofits, helpful links for nonprofit professionals, and something positive to end your week.
Helpful Nonprofit Links
- Mary Cahalane’s blog posts are a staple in our news wrap-up. This week she writes about board members and how to better support their role.
- As you’re developing or finalizing your year-end campaigns, read Stop Telling Your Donors Who They Are piece from Roger Craver.
“Organizations of all types and sizes dramatically increase the commitment/loyalty and lifetime value of their donors when they segment their fundraising appeals and donor communications according to donor identity and utilize messages that go directly to those identities.”
- Looking to strengthen your Facebook communication? John Haydon from NPEngage outlines five ways to get the best of Facebook’s newsfeed.
- Jim Schaffer at NPQ shares how a silly lip-sync video by the chief executive officer of the Community Action Partnership of Strafford County got over 2 million views and helped her organization.
Political News
- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that effective immediately, scientists who receive EPA funding cannot serve on the agency’s three major advisory groups. Zahra Hirji from Buzzfeed News explains the policy and why this change is opposed by a broad coalition of science organizations, science advocates, environmentalists, and politicians. Michael Halpern from the Union of Concerned Scientists wrote a blog post that details why this matters and the negative impact it will have.
- For readers that are trying to understand more about opioid addiction and the policies in place that affect individuals, health-care systems, and nonprofits, this piece from Elizabeth Brico from Talk Poverty captures the challenges that individuals face in trying to deal with the cost of recovery.
- Eniko Horvath and Christen Dobson from OpenGlobalRights share why it is critical for human rights to be a core part of the renewable energy sector.
- Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports on the Senate confirmation of Joan Larsen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Larsen was opposed by 27 LGBTQ rights groups with concerns about her views on civil rights. Click here to view a letter sent by Lambda Legal.
Social Change Consulting News
- Social Change Consulting is offering three grants to nonprofit organizations that have been adversely affected by the fires in Northern California. We’re lucky to be able to donate time and have received a grant to offset operational costs. If you know of an organization that needs free support – we want to help. Our expertise is email communications, social media, online fundraising, program evaluation, and website content development.
Something Positive
- Let’s approach something fun this weekend with the same 110% effort of this dog.
