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Nonprofits Get New Guidelines for Presenting Financials

Associations Now

More than two decades after issuing rules and regulations for nonprofits on how to present and share their financials, the Financial Accounting Standards Board hopes to simplify things for these organizations, as well as their donors, by issuing new guidelines. The committee] felt there was some improvement that could be made there.”.

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Party on: Tips for successful community activities and events

Ungrated

Grumbling about the cost and how slow they may be will get you nowhere fast.”   Be flexible. “Don’t mess with the folks who sign your permits,” warns Kristi Felouzis, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, general manager for South Riding Proprietary in Virginia. They are just doing their jobs. No sign-ups for an event? Don’t sweat the small stuff.

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What Should You Expect From Your Trade Association?

Association Navigator

Business leaders frequently ask their representative on an association board or committee to justify the expense of their association participation. The “expense” of trade association participation includes several elements with both direct and indirect costs: Membership Dues – why are they so high, how are they used?

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Pediatrics Group Offers First Guidance on Tattoos, Piercings

Associations Now

. “Adolescent and Young Adult Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification,” released by the association’s Committee on Adolescence, highlights both medical and social risks that come with different types of body modification. Cora Breuner of Seattle Children’s Hospital, also a coauthor of the guidelines, told NPR.

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6 data security and privacy tips for associations and unions

Aptify

Keeping your organization’s data safe and complying with data privacy laws and guidelines are big challenges when your data is scattered in multiple systems. Also, consider who will make up your data governance body (this might be a small committee) Rules – Include guidance on how your organization will regulate data.

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I’ve Looked at RFPs from Both Sides Now

Spark Consulting

Those don’t cost the same amount of money. And DO include baseline information, particularly if the engagement is about more (members, website visitors, volunteers, donors) or less (processing time, costs, use of staff resources). Sometimes, she’s even trying to figure out whether she should propose at all.

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Mission Is Key in Direct Marketing Group’s New Fundraising Principles

Associations Now

A well-defined mission and transparency are critical elements in new guidelines for nonprofit fundraising. Successful fundraising is built on trust: That’s the message underlying new guidelines for ethical fundraising from the Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation.