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Legal Alert: Nonprofit Board Operations During Coronavirus Containment – Leveraging Electronic Alternatives (DC Bar Pro Bono Center, March 2020)

4 ways to manage remote workers when you don’t know how long they’ll be working from home (Fast Company, March 16)

A few things for nonprofits and foundations to consider in light of the Coronavirus (Nonprofit AF, March 8) and one more from Vu Le … Funders, this is the rainy day you have been saving up for

Your Colleagues Don’t Read Anything You Write. Here Are 8 Ways to Change That. (The New York Times, March 4)

Nonprofit organizations are welcome to participate in our ongoing series of virtual meetings at this difficult time, so that we all may be a source of support, share resources, and more.

As nonprofit leaders, we have a responsibility to our sector, volunteers, and the communities we serve, whether we’re in the office or not. Join us this coming Wednesday, March 25 at 11am. 

We have asked the Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services to join this meeting if possible.

When: Wednesday, March 25, 11am
Where: Zoom Meeting, Details will be emailed next week
RSVP HERE

The Maryland Health Connection started a new Special Enrollment Period open to uninsured Marylanders who need health coverage during the State of Emergency for Coronavirus (COVID-19) declared by Governor Larry Hogan.

Visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov and select “Coronavirus Emergency Special Enrollment Period.” Free help is available by calling 1-855-642-8572 from 8am-6pm on weekdays.

Enrollment goes through Wednesday, April 15. Coverage selected during this time will have a start date of April 1, 2020, regardless of the date of enrollment.

Nonprofit Montgomery has created a webpage with updates, resources, and news from the sector, as well as from the County government, philanthropy, and more. We’ll post timely information for nonprofits and any news we receive from DHHS and the County Executive.

Visit nonprofitmoco.org/covid19 

Earlier this week, the Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services Administration team joined us for a virtual meeting on the many questions the nonprofit sector has on Covid-19 impact. In case you missed the meeting, click here or to the right to watch it.

Thank you to the DHHS team for meeting with us. We’d also like to thank BB Otero from the County Executive’s Office and our other nonprofit executives for all your leadership and input.

Read the takeaways here …

POSTPONED
Nonprofit Advocacy 101- Make Your Voice Heard: March 20, 9-11am

10 ways you or your organization may be an askhole (Nonprofit AF, February 24)

#MeToo and Time’s Up: Most think the movements are making progress (CBS News poll, January 7)

The Realm of Possibility in Evaluation (Center for Evaluation Innovation, December 2019)

Myths about Nonprofit Employment: Why We Should Stop Spreading Them (The Nonprofit Quarterly, February 11)

Cost of Employee Turnover Calculator (Nonprofit Leadership Alliance)

How managers can give better support to freelancers (Fast Company, February 11)

A Nonprofit Executive Asks the Whisperer, “Does a Past CEO Belong on Our Board?” (Nonprofit Quarterly, February 14)