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Nonprofit Radio for December 4, 2023: Lessons From The Sam Altman & OpenAI Headlines

Tony Martignetti

Gene Takagi: Lessons From The Sam Altman & OpenAI Headlines Our legal contributor, Gene Takagi, returns to first, unravel the story in his clear, plain language way. Gene is managing attorney of NEO, … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for December 4, 2023: Lessons From The Sam Altman & OpenAI Headlines →

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How OpenAI’s Nonprofit-Corporate Structure Fueled the Tumult Around CEO Sam Altman’s Short-Lived Ouster

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A management scholar says it appears that OpenAI’s board sought to exercise the "duty of obedience," which obliges them to act in the interest of the organization’s mission. By Alnoor Ebrahim omohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images CEO Sam Altman, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, was fired in November 2023, only to return five days later.

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 76: Using Volunteer Management Software to Drive Engagement With Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Tim Adkins of Hands on Atlanta and Sam Fankuchen of Golden join the NonProfit Voice to discuss volunteer management software and its effect on Hands on Atlanta’s volunteer engagement.

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Your Comprehensive Nonprofit Guide to Getting Started with NEA Grants

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

You will need this to create your SAM registration in the next step and you can also use it to access the grants.gov portal, too. SAM Registration ‘SAM’ stands for ‘System for Award Management’ and like a DUNS number, this is another requirement for applying for and receiving federal awards. You don’t need this.

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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

Clairification

Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve some goal. I think the word has come to mean “using super-human negotiating skill to obtain a superior result “ Terry sent me this: I thought you meant “obtain (something) by indirect or involved means.” No adverse implications.

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Meet the Experts: Interview with TechImpact’s Sam Chenkin

Tech Soup

Sam Chenkin is someone who has advised many people on what to do – in an understandable non-jargony way. Sam’s philosophy is that there shouldn’t be an expectation for busy nonprofit people to be experts in technology, but it is important that they be self-sufficient. ” Here’s my conversation with Sam.

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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

Clairification

Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve a goal. finagle a day off work ( transitive ) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitfu l methods, by trickery. I always felt it was sort of clever or creative negotiations to get something done when it seemed like it couldn’t be done.

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