Capacity-building tools Tuesday (September 25, 2018)

Here's a +1,000 for Resources on How to Be a Good Board Member, a post on the subreddit nonprofit (/r/nonprofit). A user asked a legitimate question and others responded with thoughtful answers. Take a look for yourself and share with your board chair.
And another +1,000: What system do you use to draft monthly donations from donors?. Again on /r/nonprofit.
For progressives: PX: Nonprofit Service Providers. This list is full (19 pages full!) of resources such as help with your nonprofit career search, job boards, copywriters, and print shops.
Download for free A Nonprofit's Guide to Nonpartisan Civic Engagement Campaigns.
Where to Post Volunteer Opportunities: 15 Volunteer Recruitment Websites for Nonprofits. Read and use.
How New and Traditional Media Can Work Hand in Hand is a simple, basic reminder to use what works, no matter the form.

unpaywall "harvests Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make it easy to find, track, and use." Huh? Institutions and individuals who need access to research can use unpaywall to find and access studies. Using unpaywall saves time and energy. The organization has several standing user guides and will work with you to manage your research needs should these guides not be sufficient. (Psst: There's a user guide for libraries).
In addition to being a good reminder, "Fresh Perspectives" — Strange bedfellows, effective partners in public health author Karen Remley, MD offers specifics to being an effective partner. Read and share.

Join Bill and Melinda Gates Wednesday, September 26 for a live Goalkeepers event on Facebook and YoutTube. The Gates' and others will discuss progress on global health, equality, and development and "celebrate and inspire a new generation of young advocates who work on behalf of these causes." Be sure to read the report as well.
Fewer Americans are giving money to charity but total donations are at record levels anyway begins
Following years of steady growth that has tracked the performance of a generally healthy economy, U.S. charitable giving has reached an all-time high at a time when the share of Americans who make donations is falling.
Public Webinar: Social Media Rules for 501(c)(3) Organizations, October 30: What you will learn during this Bolder Advocacy webinar: How your nonprofit can take advantage of social media, while still staying in compliance with laws that regulate advocacy, wow to treat social media and other communications in the context of lobbying limits for 501(c)(3) organizations, and how 501(c)(3) organizations can avoid campaign intervention in an election year. ($35)

McKinsey on Government (August 2018) is a must-read even for those not interested in government. Did you know, for example, that "Almost half of all public-sector transformations had more than one trigger"? This is instructive for those in- and outside government and who are interested in improving operations. Not one who cares about government? Read Transforming a 150-year-old government agency (don't shy away because of the title). You'll read about board and staff transformation, adopting shared values, and implementing an empowered mindset in place of the previous top-down one.
Re:Zilient's latest issue is about plastic recycling. Super cool stories include Netherlands switches gears with world's first used-plastic bike path, In Hong Kong, disposable fashion gets a recycled makeover, and Dutch cities spy beauty in trash recycled for parks and crafts.

Policy on the #NNK