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What’s In It For Me? 5 Life-Changing Benefits of Volunteering

Higher Logic

Griep notes that “the activity has to benefit others who are not your core family; for example, helping out a church, a school, a library, a homeless shelter or some sort of charity organization.” The findings showed that those who volunteered for more altruistic reasons had lower mortality rates as of 2008 than people who did not volunteer.

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Why Your Association Needs a Whistleblower Policy

Associations Now

Either way, check out the ASAE Ethics Toolkit in the Models and Samples Library [ASAE member login required; search for “Ethics Toolkit”]. Ever since the Form 990 began asking nonprofits in 2008 whether they had instituted a whistleblower policy, more organizations have adopted one. It includes three sample policies.

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The (Questionable) Value of Being the Authority

Jamie Notter

December 2008 (9). November 2008 (4). October 2008 (6). September 2008 (6). August 2008 (14). July 2008 (10). June 2008 (11). May 2008 (6). April 2008 (13). March 2008 (12). February 2008 (11). January 2008 (9). April 2009 (15). March 2009 (12). February 2009 (6).

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Download a copy of the full report as a PDF file from Imagine Canadas online reference library: Effective knowledge transfer & exchange for nonprofit organizations : a framework (PDF) Fataneh Zarinpoush, Shirley Von Sychowski, Julie Sperling. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM.

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Stronger by Association: Creating Content that Works for Your.

AMR Management Services

2008. (23). Association for Rural and Small Libraries. Chief Officers of State Library Agencies. . ► September. (9). ► August. (9). ► July. (6). ► June. (2). ► May. (3). ► April. (1). ► March. (2). ► February. (2). ► January. (1). ► December. (5). ► May.

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Why are competency-based association boards an anomaly

AMR Management Services

2008. (23). Association for Rural and Small Libraries. Chief Officers of State Library Agencies. . ► September. (9). ► August. (9). ► July. (6). ► June. (2). ► May. (3). ► April. (1). ► March. (2). ► February. (2). ► January. (1). ► December. (5). ► May.

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Seen Elsewhere: Resources for Trend Scanning, Gaming, Productivity

Idea Architects

For a great example of gaming in action, watch this 8-minute video on how the New York Public Library engaged 500 people overnight in writing a book about its collections. Oct 2008 (1). Sep 2008 (4). Aug 2008 (2). Jul 2008 (8). May 2008 (5). Apr 2008 (3). Mar 2008 (4). Feb 2008 (3).