Announcements - Week of November 4, 2009

Affiliate News

• UCP of North Eastern Maine: Bangor Daily News - Pumpkin displays 'a little different' - 20 nonprofit groups take part in Bangor Halloween fundraising event.
• UCP of Huntsville and Tennessee Valley: The Huntsville Times - So much to do around town today, it's scary.
• UCP of Northwest Alabama: Times Daily - Halloween race raises funds for children.
• UCP of Central Pennsylvania: Life without Limits Newsletter - Fall Edition.
• UCP of Central Arizona: Call To Action - increased child care licensing fees would have a dramatic affect on UCP's Early Learning Center and Therapy Department.
• UCP of the Golden Gate: 7^th Annual Ultimate Holiday Party (December 12, 2009)

Reports

• U.S. Government Accountability Office: Voters with Disabilities - Additional Monitoring of Polling Places Could Further Improve Accessibility.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office: Higher Education and Disability - Education Needs a Coordinated Approach to Improve Its Assistance to Schools in Supporting Students.

Webinars

• Venturneer (Free): LinkedIn for Nonprofit Organizations (November 18^th 2:00-3:15PM EST). Refining your profile and your organization’s profile are only the first step in using LinkedIn to build your nonprofit. If used to its full extent, LinkedIn can source donors, prospective board members and volunteers, showcase your organization’s and take you into donor markets not otherwise tapped. The door is there, for those who have the key.
• Network for Good: Building a Dynamic Grantseeking Calendar for 2010 (December 15, 1:00PM EST). How to establish your own grantseeking calendars for 2010; how to uncover the right grant makers - private and government - for your programs and projects; how to understand trends in corporate and foundation giving, as well as significant trends in government grants - stimulus funding as well as other federal and state programs.

Opportunities

• VSA Arts: Collaborative Art Project - "What is Disability" Postcard Project. Get out the art supplies! VSA arts is calling for everyone and anyone to create a postcard that interprets the word 'disability' and mail it in. The postcards will be used to create an exhibition online and in D.C. as part of the 2010 International VSA arts Festival. Download the template here: www.vsarts.org/postcardproject

Other News

• Seniors to Seniors (Video): Seniors to Seniors is a coalition of senior citizen advocacy organizations all committed to educating seniors about what the current health care reform legislation means for them once it is implemented. The coalition’s goal is to help filter through the clutter and the hype to educate seniors about how health care reform will help keep doctors in Medicare, stop physician payment cuts, improve long-term care choices, keep Medicare affordable, and close the prescription drug "doughnut hole."
• Disability.gov: United We Ride National Dialogue Wants Your Ideas on Accessible Transportation.
• JF Activist Blog: Federal Olmstead Enforcement by CMS - A New Day?
• USA Today: Sidewalks become battlegrounds.
• USA Today Opinion: Our view on disability - Long-term care gets short shrift in health debate. New insurance program worth considering as Baby Boomers age.
• Direct Care Alliance: Making Sense of Health Care Reform - What Does it Mean for Direct Care Workers and Consumers?
• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA): Health Reform Hits The House.
• Washington Post/Associated Press: House bill likely to include long-term health care.
• Wall Street Journal: Plan Creates New Program to Pay for Long-Term Care.
• Frogloop, Care2.com Blog: How to Write the Best RFP's.
• ABC Affiliate, WJLA News Channel 8: Autism Walk on National Mall Stirs Controversy.
  
  
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Fundraising News

• GrantStation: GrantStation Insider for the week of November 2, 2009.
• Network for Good: Four Essential Tweaks to Your Appeals in a Recession.
• Step By Step Fundraising: Top 10 Ways to Screw up Your Year-End Fundraising Campaign.
• Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN): Case Study - Inside an Integrated Holiday Fundraising Campaign.
• About.com - Nonprofit Charitable Orgs: Nonprofit Blog Carnival - Fundraising Tips from 9 Experts.
• Future Fundraising Now: Podcast - Things to do that will make you a better fundraiser.

Social Networking/Web 2.0

• All Facebook: 5 Ways To Instantly Boost Your Facebook Page Traffic.
• Web Pro News: Thinking Beyond Facebook and Twitter for Social Relevance.
• Beth's Blog - How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Guest Post by Steve Waddell - Systems Mapping for Non-Profits - Part 1.
• Geeking for Good: How non-profits can take advantage of Twitter Lists.
• Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN): What's Up With All the Guest Blog Posts? Member Appreciation!
• Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN): Social Media and Technology - What Nonprofits Need To Know.
• Conversation Agent: Twitter, Customer Service, and Good Brand Management.