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NOVEMBER 2006 ISSUE

  • 10 Things to Know About IT
  • TSNE’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program Issues RFP
  • Be the Media Mini-Conference
  • Fair Trade and Black Gold
  • ED Forum: Divestment to End Genocide in Darfur
  • News from the Sector

 

10 THINGS (YES, JUST 10) YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT

Deborah Elizabeth Finn, IT consultant and self-described Cyber-Yenta, shares 10 (plus a bonus) guiding principles to help you - as a nonprofit executive, manager, administrative staffer and other accidental techies, too - stay on track in keeping your information technology working for you and subordinated to your mission. Read on.

 

FISCAL SPONSORSHIP REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

TSNE’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program is seeking a consultant or consulting group to conduct a survey of current and former fiscally-sponsored programs. Deadline for submission: Fri., Dec. 1, 2006.

MEDIA ACCESS CONFERENCE COSPONSORED BY TSNE

With Progressive Communicators Network of Boston, TSNE is cosponsoring “Be the Media,” a very low-cost mini-conference on Friday, Nov. 3, which will look at ways to improve media access for community and social justice groups.

FAIR TRADE AND BLACK GOLD

The global coffee industry is worth $80 billion dollars a year. Yet most coffee farmers and their families live in poverty. Tadesse Meskela, star of the new film documentary, “Black Gold” and general manager of Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union in Ethiopia, visited the NonProfit Center in late October to show a preview of the new film and discuss how fair trade provides farmers with a better life. Read more.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S FORUM

Exerting moral pressure to bring about social change is reinforced when financial pressure is added to the equation. TSNE Executive Director Jonathan Spack shares how nonprofits like TSNE are advocating this strategy to end the genocide in Sudan. Learn how your nonprofit can get involved.

NEWS FROM THE SECTOR

TSNE is pleased to announce upcoming activities and events from across the nonprofit sector, as well as new resources available for nonprofit professionals.

We’ve got so much news this month, it wouldn’t fit in one email! Please read our November News Extra! to find out more about:

  • Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program for longtime activists of color
  • GrantCraft’s new guide, including a wealth of information gleaned from practitioners, including TSNE’s Lynne Molnar and funders, on grantmakers and nonprofit leadership change
  • TechFoundation’s series of trainings on information technology, hosted by TSNE at the NonProfit Center
  • NTEN Webinars on a range of information technology topics for nonprofits
  • Employment Opportunities, including an assistant press secretary position with UNITE HERE!; pro bono grant writing for the Election Defense Alliance and current employment opportunites with TSNE’s Fiscal Sponsorship and Executive Transition Program clients

 

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