NonProfit Pro

Two examples from the nation’s midsection show how elected officials can have a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in their jurisdictions. This is another illustration of the importance of advocating on behalf of nonprofit organizations and those they serve.

In the first instance, the Green Bay Press-Gazette and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism report on an effort by Gov. Scott Walker to eliminate the Wisconsin Educational Approval Board (EAB), which oversees all for-profit and some private nonprofit schools in the state.

Don't get too busy to forget the basics. Make it personal for as many donors as possible. Have a plan and implement it!

Recent tweets on nonprofits (#nonprofits).

Ted Hart speaks with Penelope Cagney, president of The Cagney Co., about global fundraising on his Nonprofit Coach radio show. Cagney is co-editor of the 2015 Association of Fundraising Professionals/Skystone Ryan Partners Award in Research Winner, "Global Fundraising: How the World is Changing the Rules of Philanthropy."

Demographics and geographics are just not enough anymore in your nonprofit's donor segmentation. You need to have more information.

(Press release, April 6, 2015) — US Monitor has announced that it has added a comprehensive mail condition reporting service to its mail tracking and list protection services in response to the increased incidence of mailings being delivered in poor condition. The new service lets mailers know if poor condition is affecting their mail delivery and whether damaged mailings or missing inserts are hurting their response rates.

Recent tweets from folks you should follow.

The augmented reality and virtual reality markets have yet to get off the ground. But market advisor Digi-Capital estimates that the combined markets will reach $150 billion by 2020. Digi-Capital Managing Director Tim Merel believes that augmented reality—where you can add a virtual overlay to glasses that enable you to see the real world in a new way—will be four times bigger at $120 billion than virtual reality, which immerses you in a virtual world via goggles.

Facing a loss of high-profile corporate sponsors, a conservative state-level policy group—the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—threatened action in recent weeks against activist groups that accuse it of denying climate change. Attorneys for ALEC sent letters to Common Cause and the League of Conservation Voters asking them to immediately “cease making false statements” and “remove all false or misleading material” suggesting that ALEC does not believe in global warming.

Recent college graduates have been setting their sights on nonprofits more than private companies for several years. To find out what the future of nonprofit hiring holds, we asked leaders from some of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Not-for-Profit to help us better understand the growing need for top talent and how nonprofits will have to work to get it.