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Public Policy Portfolio: Policy Decision Filter
The Forum's Public Policy Portfolio includes a decision filter for members to use when considering whether and what action to take regarding a public policy issue.
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Sample Public Comments on SNAP Proposed Rule from Philanthropy California
Philanthropy California, the alliance of Northern California, Southern California, and San Diego Grantmakers submitted comments opposing the proposed rule that would remove over 3 million people from SNAP, or food stamps as it is commonly known as.
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Style/Brand Guides
A thorough style guide will help your organization present a unified brand with guidelines for the writing and design of your work including specific language, colors, font, logos, taglines, etc.
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Getting Ready for Drupal 7 Guide
A comprehensive guide developed by the Forum to help PSOs transition to the Drupal-Salesforce platform. This guide outlines the steps necessary to implement an integrated content strategy and migration plan for a new website.
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Sample Communications Plans, Goals & Templates
Sample communications plans, goals, email templates and marketing calendars used by philanthropy-serving organizations to guide their communications work.
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Maternity/Paternity/Family Leave Policies
Sample maternity, paternity and/or family leave policies at philanthropy-serving organizations.
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Member Engagement Tracking & Reporting
Many philanthropy-serving organizations are tracking and reporting how they are engaging with their members over time. Some have built internal profiles for members while others have created engagement scores.
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Member Recruitment Calls or Visits
Many organizations work with their staff and/or membership committee to schedule calls or in-person visits with current members to thank them for their membership, review the benefits of membership, discuss past and current engagement opportunities, get feedback, etc.
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Communicating How to Be Engaged
Sample communications from philanthropy-serving organizations with members about how they can better engage with the organization and get the most out of their membership.
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Nonprofit Technology Policy Workbook
This workbook to help you think through specific policies to manage your nonprofit’s risk. It contains prompts to help you create and document policies for the acceptable use of technology and networks, personal devices for work, how to provide IT guidance to “accidental techies,” how to respond to an IT incident, and how to recover your technology after a major disaster.