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		<title>4th Annual Nonprofit Leadership Conference, April 11, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) and Colby College invite you to the 4th annual Nonprofit Leadership Conference: Social Power: The Emergence of Social Media as a Force for Social Change. The conference will take place at Colby College on April 11, 2012. This year’s event will feature a keynote address by Dr. Paul C. Light, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1669&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Hewitt, Author of The Town that Food Saved, to Speak at MANP Annual Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LK Gagnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, Ben Hewitt wrote The Town That Food Saved, a book about a small, economically depressed town in northern Vermont attempting to revitalize itself by creating a localized food system. When he started writing the book, Hewitt assumed it would be as simple as the book title suggests: Town creates local food system, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1312&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Sussman to Deliver Opening Keynote at MANP Annual Leadership Conference</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/03/15/donald-sussman-to-deliver-opening-keynote-at-manp-annual-leadership-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LK Gagnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) and Colby College invite you to our third annual leadership conference, Building Movements: Food as a Metaphor for Systems Change, which will take place at Colby College, April 6 and 7, 2011. This year’s event will feature  two keynote addresses – one by Donald Sussman, a Maine philanthropist and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1305&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SkillBuilders For Free</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/01/13/skillbuilders-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we were going through the MANP annual survey responses, we found there were many people who were unaware of several MANP benefits.  One big one: Did you know that MANP offers ways to attend SkillBuilders for free?  If your organization has cut its education line in your operating budget due to tough times, you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1279&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Shines Light on State Government Contracting Issues Nationwide</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/10/07/new-report-shines-light-on-state-government-contracting-issues-nation-wide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Peluso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the good old days, nonprofit human service providers primarily depended on the United Ways for financial support, and state and local governments provided services through large institutions. In the 1960’s, we as a society made the decision to move services into communities. We no longer wanted our loved ones cared for in distant institutions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1158&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Partnerships for Health &amp; Human Services: A Successful First Step</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/09/23/partnerships-for-health-human-services-a-successful-first-step/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Peluso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was inspiring, energizing and more than a little mind-boggling!  We thank everyone for their committed and thoughtful participation and promise to do our best to continue the momentum. Thank you to the JTG foundation for their generous support of yesterday&#8217;s event and thank you to the many volunteers who facilitated tables and made presentations.  Thank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1131&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Partnerships for Health &amp; Human Services Convening Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/09/19/partnerships-for-health-human-services-convening%c2%a0update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Peluso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re thrilled with the response to our invitation to attend a one-day convening on Wednesday, September 22nd in Hallowell.  Over 100 individuals, representing a broad spectrum of nonprofit service providers, the funding community, state government and others, have registered to attend this event.  We hope this convening will mark the beginning of an intiative that will lead to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1122&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Governor&#8217;s Awards for Nonprofit Excellence</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/09/07/2011-governors-awards-for-nonprofit-excellence/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/09/07/2011-governors-awards-for-nonprofit-excellence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Governor&#8217;s Awards for Nonprofit Excellence, to be presented at the MANP Annual Conference, April 6-7, 2011. The mission of Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) is To strengthen the leadership, voice, and organizational effectiveness of our state’s nonprofits so that they can better enrich the quality of community [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1096&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofit Capitol Exchange Returns this Fall</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/08/18/nonprofit-capitol-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Peluso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us for one or both Nonprofit Capitol Exchanges this fall.  Both feature time to network over coffee and a light breakfast, presentations from key leaders in state government, and time to ask questions and make recommendations about nonprofit/government partnerships. Thanks to our partnership with Preti Flaherty, we are able to keep the cost low: $10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1067&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Convening: Partnerships for Health &amp; Human Services</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/08/12/convening-partnerships-for-health-human-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Peluso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stakeholders in Maine&#8217;s system of health and human services delivery are invited to attend this exploratory convening to be held on Wednesday, September 22nd, from 8:45 am until 3:20 pm, at Maple Hill Farms in Hallowell. The goal of this convening is to provide current and future policy leaders with insight into Maine’s system of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1047&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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