What the Election Results Mean for Charities

As a follow-up to our discussion last week, we thought we’d point readers to a live discussion happening today at the Chronicle of Philanthropy:

What the Election Results Mean for the Charity World

The real-time Q&A will kick off in just over an hour, at noon EST. We’re looking forward to some enlightening discussion!

What we’re reading, week of 11/3

Lots of chatter around the blogosphere about the election question!

From The Raiser’s Razor…
What does an Obama administration mean for the nonprofit sector?
Jeremy Gregg asks the questions on everybody’s minds as we prepare for an Obama White House. How will faith-based initiatives, community service and healthcare organizations fare?

From Give & Take…
Charity World Responds to Election Results
Peter Panepento rounds up some up-to-the-minute nonprofit sector responses to the election results via Twitter.

From Step by Step Fundraising…
It’s We, Not Me – For President Elect Obama; For Your Fundraising Letters
Sandra Sims distills some valuable lessons from Obama’s run as one of the most successful fundraising candidates in history.

The government’s impact on nonprofits

For those working in nonprofit organizations…

Planning for 2009 is going on now and it being an election year, is the process any different? Are you holding back pending the election results? What about tech purchases, new hires, office openings, etc? Are your campaign plans changing?

Can you speculate on what will it mean to the role of nonprofits in the U.S. if Barack Obama wins? What will it mean to the role of nonprofits in the U.S. if John McCain wins?