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More than 5,100 Alaskans give $545,000 through their Permanent Fund Dividend The Alaska Giving Coalition has announced preliminary results from the first Pick. Click. Give. campaign. The new program allowed Alaskans filing on-line for their 2009 Permanent Fund Dividend to give all or part of it to qualifying nonprofit organizations, community foundations or campuses of the University of Alaska. According to preliminary figures from the Alaska Department of Revenue, 5,163 Alaskans filing on-line selected the option to give to a nonprofit. Those Alaskans made a total of 7,572 donations – some choosing to give to more than one organization. The approximate total for the amount donated is $545,000. Specific organization contribution totals and the final figure will be available in October when dividend checks are determined and disbursed. “We were… Read more »

Veteran Silicon Alley news guy and publisher of OnPhilanthropy.com , Tom Watson has come out with one of the first books about social media for nonprofit organizations. CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World takes a look at the impact of social networks, blogs, podcasts and Web video on society. As more and more organizations are looking toward new and more affordable ways of reaching constituents, understanding how to best use social media tools can be a barrier. While CaseWired is not a basic “how-to” book for the absolute beginner, it does outline examples of nonprofit organizations who have used social media tools to promote a cause and encourage activism. Consider this book more of an overview of the thinking behind social media used for social causes, an introduction… Read more »

We’ve upload presentations from the Leadership summit. You can view all documents and information here – or select a link from below. Presentations & Breakout Session Documents – Summit Overview & 2007 Nonprofit Economic Impact Study – by Dennis McMillian (854 KB) – KEYNOTE: Leading Your Nonprofit Through Generation Change – Presented by Peter Brinckerhoff (291 KB) – Environmental considerations before and after a disaster – Presented by Carlton Dufrecho (45 KB) – From 911 to Katrina: How Arts Organizations Survive?and Thrive – Presented by Annie LaRock (152 KB) – Signs of Trouble: Being an Effective Leader in Good and Bad Times – Presented by Peter Brinckerhoff (235 KB) – The Calm Before the Storm: Integrating Government, Business and the Nonprofit Sectors – Presented by Charmaine Caccioppi (821 KB) –… Read more »

One of the scheduled Leadership Summit speakers is Peter Brinckerhoff, author and lecturer on nonprofit leadership. His book Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit will be included in the conference tote bag as a special gift to attendees. About the book: The Clock Is Ticking . . . . Is Your Nonprofit Ready? Boomers are leaving the workforce–soon. Do you have a plan to replace them? How do you relate to GenX and Gen@ employees, volunteers, and donors? What are you doing–today–to adjust your services, your outreach, your mission? The most populous generation in history, the Boomers, are getting ready to . . . to what? To retire from their for-profit jobs? Yes. To start a second career in a nonprofit? Yes. To volunteer more? Yes. To… Read more »