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‘We’re feeding more people with less’: What food security nonprofits need now

Candid

Fast and transparent funding with reduced reporting requirements In past crises like the 2008 recession or the pandemic, the federal government stepped in quickly, said Scott Schenkelberg, CEO of Miriams Kitchen. Nonprofit leaders are showing up every day with creativity, grit, and deep knowledge of local community needs.

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How SharkNinja took over the home, with CEO Mark Barrocas

The Verge

If I go back to 2008, what we realized was that the consumer was getting more and more power in terms of being educated before they made a purchase. In 2008, there was a thing called Consumer Reports. Look, we had zero market share in the vacuum industry in 2008. I want to go back to the point about the online reviews in 2008.

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How to Prepare Your Grantmaking for Economic Uncertainty (and Why Now is Different)

sgEngage

Unlike the 2008 financial crisis, which was primarily a banking-driven recession, and the 2020 recession brought on by COVID-19, todays downturn is marked by a convergence of factors. Start with flexible applications that feed directly into your CRM. Start by identifying what information your grantees need most right now.

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Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’

The Verge

.” What’s going on with perhaps the framing of the American promise, where we’re now in a time when people are lionizing those who have made a lot of money over those who have gained knowledge or experience in a given area? It seems like the result of some failed promise. Well, definitely.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. They were talking about API’s.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â??

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.