Oct
31
Guest post by Jay Readey, executive director, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
On Sunday, October 30, 2011, 150 NGen participants broke bread over with 40 NGen Ambassadors and engaged in dynamic conversations which included questions such as:
- What interests or excites you about the work you do?
- What do you aspire to accomplish?
- What are the barriers you see for the sector and its impact?
- What are the trends or issues we should be paying attention to as a sector?
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Oct
30
Guest post by Elizabeth Snyder, director of advocacy & public policy at the American Fraternal Alliance
My
advocacy website vendor is awesome – which doesn’t matter as much when
the Fraternal Alliance isn’t running an advocacy campaign and pushing
members to use web forms, talking points, etc. Keeping advocates engaged
and motivated to build relationships with elected officials is a
constant challenge, especially at a small staff association where time
and resources are limited.
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Jun
14
Check out our newly added speakers for the 2011 IS Annual Conference Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 in Chicago.
We’re happy to confirm that Mari Kuraishi, the co-founder and
president of the GlobalGiving Foundation will be joining an impressive
line-up for the opening plenary titled, “Risk, Failure, and
Breakthrough.”
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Apr
29
On April
27, Diana Aviv sent an urgent message that called on Independent Sector members and others to
make their voices heard in support of the charitable deduction. While
Americans give to charitable organizations for many reasons, studies have shown
that tax policy greatly shapes the size and number of charitable donations. IS has created a one-pager
on the charitable deduction with helpful facts and figures that you to
use in your advocacy efforts.
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Apr
5
April is National Volunteer month. Read an interview with Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and IS’s board chair, on the benefits of volunteering, what he learned running for a state Senate seat in Connecticut, and what everyone in Congress should know about philanthropy.
This month’s blog features a special interview with Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and IS’s board chair. In recognition of April being National Volunteer Month, Stephen talks about the benefits of volunteering; he also discusses what he learned running for a state Senate seat in Connecticut and what everyone in Congress should know about philanthropy.
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