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		<title>Honoring Nonprofit Board Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behind every nonprofit’s public face is a dedicated team of volunteers: the board of directors. The time, energy and vision of these individuals is the driving force in a nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission. Nonprofit boards of directors provide essential leadership and strategic direction to an organization, as well as legal and financial oversight. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1605&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping it Legal: The Ins and Outs of Employment Law</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/11/16/keeping-it-legal-the-ins-and-outs-of-employment-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abbie McGilvery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online Series presented by Leslie Kimball Conveniently scheduled from 1:00-2:30pm on the third Friday of each month (except June, July, August, and December), this online series prepares management to adopt and implement good employment practices, consistent with legal requirements, which will help achieve a stable, skilled and (we hope) happy workforce. The most important resource [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1573&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blaine House Conference on Volunteerism Offers 25% Off Registration</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/09/27/blaine-house-conference-on-volunteerism-offers-25-off-registration/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/09/27/blaine-house-conference-on-volunteerism-offers-25-off-registration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Peluso</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governance and Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Blaine House Conference on Service and Volunteerism, registration is discounted 25%. Just a few more days to access your Early Bird Discount for the conference. Today&#8217;s price is $64, but after September 30, the regular registration rate is $85. Register today to take advantage of this special [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1501&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Has your nonprofit&#8217;s tax-exempt status been revoked?</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/06/13/has-your-nonprofits-tax-exempt-status-been-revoked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Peluso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 8, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a list of more than 275,000 nonprofits that had their tax-exempt status revoked due to failure to file annual returns.  1,324 of those organizations are from Maine.  While most of the nonprofits on this list are believed to be defunct, this automatic revocation may also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1413&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>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/03/16/ben-hewitt-author-of-the-town-that-food-saved-to-speak-at-manp-annual-conference/</link>
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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>
		<comments>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2011/03/15/donald-sussman-to-deliver-opening-keynote-at-manp-annual-leadership-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LK Gagnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance and Leadership]]></category>
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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>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>
		<comments>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/10/07/new-report-shines-light-on-state-government-contracting-issues-nation-wide/#comments</comments>
		<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>Convening: Partnerships for Health &amp; Human Services</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/08/12/convening-partnerships-for-health-human-services/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/08/12/convening-partnerships-for-health-human-services/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>Get the Board You Deserve</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/08/04/get-the-board-you-deserve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie Sutton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard the adage &#8220;You get the board you deserve&#8221; and, particularly after a major disappointment with your board, wondered what you did to deserve this. It&#8217;s your time to change this! By attending John Pearson&#8217;s SkillBuilder on Thursday, August 19th in Bath you&#8217;ll come away with action steps to get started on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=1022&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Viability Session for Health &amp; Human Services Nonprofits – October 27 &amp; 28</title>
		<link>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/07/01/viability-session-for-health-human-services-nonprofits-%e2%80%93-october-27-28/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nonprofitmaine.org/2010/07/01/viability-session-for-health-human-services-nonprofits-%e2%80%93-october-27-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie Sutton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth Nonprofit Sector Viability Program of 2010 will provide senior leaders of ten nonprofit organizations that contract or have provider agreements with the Maine Department of Health &#38; Human Services with a structured and supportive environment for thinking deeply about the viability of their mission, programs and finances; and for identifying new options to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.nonprofitmaine.org&amp;blog=7614725&amp;post=968&amp;subd=nonprofitmaine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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