Road Kill Social Media
What’s hot one day, can cool off in a hurry
In just less than a month, the “Skinned Alive” campaign by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) had garnered 98,000 fans, driven almost entirely through social media, primarily Facebook and Twitter. MySpace? Not so much.
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AFP's Paulette Maehara To Retire
Paulette Maehara, president and CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) since 1998, will retire in March 2011, The Non Profit Times has learned. It was not immediately known if she would be on the job through AFP's annual conference, slated for next March 20-23 in Chicago.
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Social Innovation Fund Picks $50 Million Winners
Nearly a dozen organizations from around the country will share in the first round of Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grants from the federal government totaling $50 million. Combined with private matching funds of $74 million raised so far, more than $123 million will be targeted toward scaling up innovative nonprofit programs.
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YMCA of the USA Now ‘Officially' The Y
The YMCA has joined a growing list of the nation's largest nonprofits that are reinventing themselves with a new brand and logo. The organization, headquartered in Chicago, Ill., will call itself “The Y,” what it's commonly referred to as, and the national office has started the change, to which all of its 2,680 local affiliates should transition within five years.
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Staffing Remains A Problem For Nonprofits
Nearly 40 percent of nonprofits lack adequate staff to deliver programs and services, according to results of a national survey released by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies.
Almost a third of organizations reported net workforce reductions during the six months preceding the survey (October 2009-March 2010). In contrast, 23 percent reported employment gains during the same period and another 46 percent reported no change, despite facing expanded needs.
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NJ Imposes Social Services Contract Comp Caps
Any nonprofit contracted to work with the New Jersey Department of Human Services or Department of Children and Families will now be subject to caps on how much of the contract can be apportioned to CEO salaries and employee benefits. The plan, originally unveiled by Gov. Chris Christie this past April, went into effect July 1.
The move is being watched by social service agencies across the nation as a possible precursor to what might happen in other states that are strapped for cash, as is New Jersey.
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