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Author Archives: Holly Hall
September 18, 2012, 10:53 am
LinkedIn Offers Tool to Help Charities Recruit Board Members
LinkedIn, the professional networking site, has announced a free new service called Board Connect to help charities recruit board members who have much-needed skills.
LinkedIn offers charities a place to post detailed information about their organization and the professional and volunteer connections of its board members and other leaders.
Through Board Connect, groups can then search LinkedIn for potential new board members by listing skills that would be helpful, such as an accounting or legal background, job title, nonprofit affiliations, and other characteristics. Board Connect returns a list of people who meet those criteria and have connections to one or more board members or staff members at the nonprofit.
To be eligible for the service, an official from each charity must complete a short questionnaire, provide proof of the organization’s tax-exempt status, and…
January 12, 2012, 5:14 pm
Foundation Started by Craigslist Founder Is Closing
After a decade of gathering nonprofit leaders and helping charities connect online, the Craigslist Foundation is shutting down, its president Lynn Luckow announced Wednesday in an online letter.
The foundation was started by Craig Newmark, an Internet entrepreneur who created Craigslist, the popular but sometimes-controversial Web site that enables people around the world to buy, sell, and trade everything from electronics to furniture.
In his letter, Mr. Luckow said Craigslist will continue its philanthropy through a “charitable fund” but provided no further details. The foundation points people to Craigconnects, a Web site and blog that Mr. Newmark recently started to build support for nonprofit groups that he personally supports.
The foundation, best known for its annual Nonprofit Boot Camp, which trains new and aspiring charity leaders, has signaled that its ninth boot…
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