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"Underlining the relationship between the public and nonprofit sectors, Effective Nonprofit Management: Context, Concepts, and Competencies, 2nd Edition comprehensively explores of the practical art of forming, managing, and leading nonprofit organizations, contextualizing the changing socio-political conditions and expectations of key stakeholders in nonprofit organizations. Grounded in the practical experiences of real-life nonprofit managers, this thoroughly revised second edition explores contemporary issues that are becoming central to effective nonprofit management, including: an increasing emphasis on outcome assessment and accountability; innovative use of social media; big foundations' impacts on nonprofits and public policy making; tensions between federal, state, and local governments with nonprofits; and the importance of instilling a culture of ethics in the sector. A completely new chapter on nonprofit ethics and accountability has been added. Each chapter introduces the reader to relevant and current scholarship on the topic, utilizes the language of nonprofit practice, explores contemporary issues and examples, provides practical tips, includes text boxes with profiles of nonprofit organizations and best practices, and ends with a short and practical case study followed by discussion questions. Effective Nonprofit Management, Second Edition will be of interest to practitioners as well as graduate and upper division undergraduate students enrolled in nonprofit and public management courses"--

Research has documented that applied projects that are experiential and grounded in the course contents offer effective hands-on experience to students to understand the course materials and apply their learnings in a meaningful way. Experiential learning is particularly relevant to Master of Public Administration Programs (MPA) , which are usually applied and many of these programs' mission is to serve in-career students. This paper discusses the effective use of a major assignment (creating a nonprofit organization, on paper) for a MPA course in Managing Nonprofit Organizations. It also requires students to critically think about applying the six practices of high- impact nonprofits discussed in Forces for Good. The paper will explain the assignment and discuss how this assignment addresses multiple learning outcomes of this course. It will also provide students' feedback on the assignment and some long-term outcomes of students' experiences with this course and the assignment.

Social media, originally started as a personal and social networking tool, is now an essential resource in the workplace. The use of Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Flickr, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social media applications in the workplace are not only widespread but are increasingly viewed as an essential resource. Employers use social media for recruitment, public relations, fundraising, disseminating information, instantaneous communication with stakeholders, and for many other purposes. Employees, on the other hand, use it for networking, job related activities, communication with colleagues about workplace issues, and often times for non-work related matters. The practical benefits of use of social media in the workplace cannot be overemphasized.

In the United States, Master of Public Administration Program (MPA) accreditations come through fulfilling the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and administration (NASPAA) accreditation standards. In 2009, NASPAA made some significant revisions to its accreditation standards. One of the major revisions is the requirement for programs to focus on outcome assessments. MPA programs who have gone through the revised 2009 (NASPAA ) accreditation standards and those who are currently preparing for their upcoming accreditations or reaccreditations will most probably agree that while developing student learning outcomes (SLOs) is a difficult task, assessing those (the learning outcomes) is a much more challenging endeavor. This article describes Northern Kentucky University's MPA program's journey in using the capstone course for assessing the program's SLOs, recent changes in the requirements of the portfolio to better align with the program's SLOs, use of Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive learning domain as the framework to document evidence of SLOs from the portfolios, some of the initial data on assessment that came out of the last two years of capstone offerings, and the ongoing challenges of utilizing the capstone course for such assessment purpose.

E-mail has become one of the most common means of office communication. It has also become a risky and potentially costly mode of communication. A well-written e-mail policy is a major safeguard for employers against the intentional and unintentional abuse of office e-mail privileges. A growing body of literature offers suggestions on the essential components of an e-mail policy. In this article, the author compares the 50 states' e-mail policies with these components to assess their adequacy. Only two states' e-mail policies have 10 of the 11 components. Furthermore, none of the states' policies clarify the grievance process for e-mail policy violations.