PBPA Podcast

Are you considering working with a third-party fundraiser, such as a grant writer or fundraising consultant? If working with an outside fundraiser is on your horizon, take a listen to this episode of the PBPA Podcast. When do you need to file a fundraiser’s contract with the Secretary of State? Can you pay them by percentage? Justine Cowan, Corporate Counsel with PBPA, will answer those questions and more as she reviews legal and ethical considerations of working with outside fundraisers.

Earlier this month, President Biden announced a federal rule that some employers will be required to ensure their employees are vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. Could this apply to your nonprofit? If it does not, what can and should your nonprofit be doing regarding vaccinations among your workplace. In this episode of the PBPA Podcast, Chris Caiaccio and Katie Barton with the law firm Kilpatrick Townsend answer our questions about whether employers can have vaccine mandates, how to address employees asking for an exemption, and practical considerations for keeping track of who is vaccinated and who is not.

When it comes to using copyrighted content, nonprofits often rely on the exceptions of fair use or use for an educational purpose. Practically speaking, those exceptions are very limited. So when do you need to get a license? In this episode of the PBPA Podcast, Becki Lee will break down the complicated world of music licensing to help you understand when and from whom you need to secure a music license, as she answers our questions about fair use, performing rights organizations and more.

NDAs sound like the perfect option to protect all information anytime your nonprofit talks to a third party, so you should always sign one. Right?

In this episode of the PBPA Podcast, Dan Hart from Seyfarth Shaw talks to us about how NDAs really work and when they may be beneficial for a nonprofit. He also shares insight on specific NDA terms and what to look out for before your nonprofit signs one of these restrictive agreements.

Guest Speaker: Dan Hart, Partner at Seyfarth Shaw.

Does your nonprofit have less than 15 employees? Are you considering your very first hire? In this episode of the PBPA podcast, Josh Joel will talk to us about both employment laws and best practices for nonprofits with 1-14 employees. Join us as we talk about a range of topics including restrictive covenants, discrimination and benefits, and how they uniquely apply (and sometimes do not apply!) to small nonprofits.

Guest: Josh Joel at Stanton Law

Whether you are hosting a summer camp for the first time or you have been doing it for years, join us in this episode of the PBPA Podcast as we talk to Monica Douglas and Jazmen Howard about legal considerations for nonprofits hosting summer camps. We will be talking about a range of topics including COVID considerations, volunteer background checks and licensing requirements.

Guests: Monica Howard Douglas, General Counsel and Coca-Cola Company, and Jazmen Howard, Associate at Eversheds Southerland

In this episode of the PBPA Podcast, Erin McGinnis answers our questions about shielding board members from personal liability for volunteer services, while also minimizing risk to the organization. Our guest will walk us through the many options available to Georgia nonprofits, including exculpation, indemnification, advancement of litigation expenses and directors & officers insurance.

Guest: Erin McGinnis, Partner at Nelson Mullins

In this episode of the PBPA Podcast, Curtis Romig shares his strategies for minimizing and managing vendor disputes. For each step of the vendor relationship, our guest shares his practical tips to keep your potential disputes to a minimum and reduce the risk of litigation.

Volunteer Manuals: Can’t I Just Use My Employee Handbook?

A volunteer manual is considered to be an essential policy for a healthy nonprofit. Have you ever wondered if you could just share your employee handbook as a guide for your volunteers? In this episode of the PBPA Podcast, our guest talks to us about why your organization should use a manual specific to volunteers. She discusses how a volunteer manual is different from an employee handbook, why you should not download a volunteer manual from the internet, and tips on how a nonprofit can share its manual with volunteers.

Join us in a conversation with PBPA’s Executive Director, Rachel Spears, as she talks to us about the key legal trends for Georgia nonprofits in the coming year. From the Paycheck Protection Program to Employee Retention Credits to cuts in the Georgia state budget, this episode of the PBPA Podcast provides an overview of the 2021 legal outlook for nonprofits.