Dec 17 2008
personal update: not for profit
I figured I would announce it soon enough on the blog, but I have decided to break from law firm life for the time being. I recently joined
TechSoup Global as an Eligibility Manager, which is doing domestic and international legal compliance on tax and non-profit/NGO issues. (though I am also handling a fair amount of general corporate, international, and in-house legal matters as well)
It’s a big change, and I hope to continue blogging more in the new year once I am more settled. I have been at TechSoup now for over 3 weeks and really enjoy the culture here. The people are very nice, and the Global Networks Team that I am a part of is very entrepreneurial. Our service is currently in 19 countries, but will likely be in another 10 by the end of 2009. (it’s very exciting… especially since I get to work on international corporate matters and more business design)
Here is the announcement that went out yesterday:
Dear Partners,
We are very excited to be introducing Thomas Chow! Thomas is our new Eligibility Manager for the TechSoup Global Network, where he will be taking a leading role in managing and implementing our eligibility rules and standards across the donation programs. And given his legal background, it hopefully won’t come as a big surprise when he starts pitching in on legal matters as well. We’re very fortunate to have persuaded him away from his traditional law firm path and I hope you will please join us in welcoming him.
So don’t be surprised if I start adding some non-profit/NGO related material to this blog in the future.
Merry Christmas if I don’t have a chance to write again before then… (and please don’t forget to vote for my blog at Chinalyst)
Welcome to the non-profit side!
while I am in a different sector, I recently spent 3 days with a number of your legal colleagues in Nanjing as part of a workshop covering the role of probono/ legal aid in society. Some very interesting work, and I look forward to reading your non-profit legal content.
R
http://www.china-crossroads.com
Hello there
I am a MBA student from Perth Aust and will be visiting China over the next two weeks until May3rd. I work in a faith based NFP health care organistion and as part of my studies preparing a research project on the growth of the NFP sector in China. I would welcome advise on resource material to assit with this and also any time you could spare to discuss, I will be visiting Shenzhen, Hong Kong,Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. Obviously very interetsed in current issues which will hinder or assist progress for this sector. My interst would be more practical & operational, rather than strict legal and tax issues. My background is finance not law.
The web site of my employer has been posted, I work in the community based work of the organisation as a Development Manager.
Regards
John Palmer
Development Manager
Social Outreach & Advocacy
St John of God Health Care Inc
Perth Western Australia
Hi John,
I don’t have much source material as to China NFP sector. Much of my work right now has been in areas in Europe and Latin America as of late, very little China based stuff for now. My apologies that I dont have ready publications for you. If you were going to do web searches, which i recommend, make sure you use the term GONGO (government owned NGO).
There has been some good coverage on GONGOs at All Roads Lead to China and China Crossroads. (both by Rich Brubaker, and I consider him to be the best source of information on China non-profits) I might also recommend contacting Dien Yuen, who blogs at Asian Philanthropy Forum. She works with Give2Asia, who is very much on the ground with China NFPs, and may have a lot of very good information on that. Best of luck!
Tom
Hello there Tom
Thanks for your suggestions, they sound useful and I will follow them up.
Cheers John
Hello Tom,
Thanks for the recommending our work to John.
Hello John,
Please feel free to contact me at dyuen@give2asia.org. We would be happy to be a resource.
– Dien