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Melissa Sines Named Director of Education and Accreditation

We are happy to announce that Melissa Sines, formerly the Accreditation Manager with the Standards for Excellence program, has been promoted to the Director of Education and Accreditation for Maryland Nonprofits and the Standards for Excellence Institute. In this...

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Brand Aid: Simple Strategies to Improve Your Brand Today

Guest Blog by Susan K. Hughes, Principal & Creative Director, Orgonomic, and Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits Read the original blog here. Did your marketing materials come together on-the-fly? Do you long for stunning and unified communications that serve...

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Heather Iliff Named President and CEO

December 19, 2014     The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Heather Iliff, a Maryland Nonprofits veteran of seven years, has been appointed President and CEO. In this role, she also serves as President and CEO of the Standards for...

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State Budget News Continues to Worsen

By Henry Bogdan, Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Maryland Nonprofits While many nonprofits have been hoping that improvements could be made to state programs that are already inadequate, the legislature’s Spending Affordability Committee yesterday...

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Year-End Campaign Analysis: Learning What We Need to Know

Guest Blog by Joanna Joslyn, Principal Consultant, Joslyn Creative To read the original blog, click here. Congratulations on getting your year-end appeal out the door, your website content refreshed and on-message, your landing pages and online giving forms branded...

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Gift String Logic for Year-End Appeals

Guest blog by Joanna Joslyn, Project Manager and Principal Consultant, Joslyn Creative The cardinal rule of fundraising  is to make giving easy; and one of the most frequently used tools for simplifying donor decision-making is the list of suggested gift amounts on...

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Enough is Enough: Banish Meeting Madness

Guest Blog by Emily Stumhofer, Staff Attorney, Nonprofit Risk Management Center, Member of Maryland Nonprofits View the original blog here. Reprinted with permission from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center. For more information on the Center,...

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Visualizing Nonprofit Data: Tell the Real Story by Using Your Program Knowledge

Guest Blog by Sarah McCruden, Technology and Information Specialist, Carson Research Consulting, Inc., Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits  Join Carson Research Consulting November 5th at our Annual Conference “Connecting for Impact!” for a...

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Boiling the Frog: Fighting the Slippery Slope of Ethical Indiscretions in the Workplace

Guest Blog by Emily C. Stumhofer, Staff Attorney, Nonprofit Risk Management Center, Member of Maryland Nonprofits     Read the original blog here. Reprinted with permission from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center. For more information on the Center, visit...

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Political Activity by Individuals Connected to Your 501(c)(3)

By Henry Bogdan, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Maryland Nonprofits Join Henry on Nov. 5th at the 2014 “Connecting for Impact!” Annual Conference for the workshop session, “What Really is the Role of 501(c)(3)’s in Advocacy?,”...

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