NON PROFIT RESOURCES

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    From the SBA: Cloud Computing – What Can It Do for Your Small Business?

    by Caron Beesley, Moderator Cloud computing is surely the buzz technology for the early 21st century. Yet, as red hot as it seems, confusion remains about what it is and what benefits it brings, as well as how secure it is for sharing and storing business...

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    Free Guidestar Webinars

    Guidestar is an online resource which gathers and publicizes information about nonprofit organizations. Their mission is, “to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.” Guidestar also provides resources for non-profits to...

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    Online For-Profit & Non-Profit Funding, Product Development and Sales Platforms

    arthomeonline.org Fee for use: No ArtHome’s mission is to help artists build assets and equity through financial literacy, home-ownership, self-sufficiency and the responsible use of credit. Its programs help low to moderate-income artist and independent workers get access to non-traditional loans for homes and business...

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    From Artjob.org: Helena Fruscio on Landing Your Dream Job

    The Director of Berkshire Creative blogs on how to get the job you want (and make sure you really want it). I began working with Berkshire Creative Economy Council (Berkshire Creative) in the summer of 2007. I was hired as an intern three days after...

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    Sparked.com: The world’s first micro-volunteering site

    Sometimes the best way to fundraise is simply to save money. Sparked helps nonprofits increase capacity by giving them a low-maintenance way to get free work done from a huge pool of talented professionals; including creative design, job description review, new product brainstorms, new website...

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    Registration Now Open for the UMass Arts Extension Service’s Upcoming Arts Management Online Courses!

    Spring classes start January 26th. The University of Massachusetts’ Arts Extension Service’s award-winning online courses offer practical instruction.  Each week will include: readings from the Fundamentals of Arts Management, plus articles embedded in the course; discussion and feedback questions; and brief written assignments designed to...

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    Nonprofit Salary Survey Released New Compensation Report Provides Hard-To-Find Data for Small to Medium Sized Nonprofits

    Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced that the report Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce 2010: A Compensation Survey of and for Nonprofits in Massachusetts and Adjoining Communities has been released and is available on the foundation’s website at berkshiretaconic.org/nonprofits. The report provides a first glimpse at comprehensive...

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    Resources for Artists of all ilks from Assets for Artists

    Blair Benjamin of Assets for Artists writes “This page is intended to assemble a working list of the best organizations and resources that I recommend for artists in my program (and artists in general) to access capital and information for greater success. Some of the...

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    NEA Announces Changes to Guidelines

    Attention NEA applicants, here is a preview of some changes to the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects application guidelines that will be posted in January 2011. * The Access to Artistic Excellence and Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth categories have been replaced...

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    Ferderal Resource Guide

    Looking for Federal Funding and don’t know where to start? Americans for the Arts has produced a comprehensive Federal Resource Guide Series for Arts organizations. These guides help organizations wade through various Federal programgs including: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Resource Guide for Arts Education,...

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