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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. Then he shares his wisdom on the takeaways for nonprofits including good governance, proper documentation, gift acceptance, commercial co-ventures, and more.

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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

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. 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.

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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. For example, The post Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle appeared first on Clairification. No adverse implications. No criminal intent. And about what it takes to obtain superior results.

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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. For example, The post Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle appeared first on Clairification. finagle a day off work ( transitive ) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitfu l methods, by trickery.

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Your Comprehensive Nonprofit Guide to Getting Started with NEA Grants

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

They have several grant opportunities each year and most arts nonprofits usually want a piece of that pie. For those of you who don’t know, I recommend reading up on grant readiness, particularly if you are a newer or smaller nonprofit. You’ll need your login for the SAM website.

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Nonprofit Radio for August 29, 2022: Your Tech Problem Is Actually A People Problem

Tony Martignetti

Ananda Robie & Sam Dorman: Your Tech Problem Is Actually A People Problem Wrapping up our #22NTC coverage, Ananda Robie and Sam Dorman sort out why your nonprofit’s technology problem is very likely a people problem. And they share their roadmap to better technology tomorrow.

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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. Tech Impact’s.

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