Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2024

Today’s question comes from a development director who wants advice on how to enact board term limits: Dear Charity Clairity, We don’t have term limits for our board and, as the development director, I think this is becoming a problem. Everyone is tired, they’ve given us all their contacts already and no one wants to try anything new.

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Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

Cooperative governance model The cooperative governance model emphasizes shared decision-making and collective responsibility. In this model, your board members would work collaboratively with your staff, blurring the lines between governance and management.

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Forum One

APRIL 18, 2023

Here are a couple of ways we have used service blueprinting for clients across sectors and industries to solve their problems. The team was struggling to present these regulations, qualifying criteria, and instructions for requesting data in a digestible format on their website. Get in touch!

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Over the years, I've successfully implemented Salesforce solutions across diverse domains, including banking, government, public sector, real estate management and leasing, and Non-Profit organizations. I possess a great sense of humor, and whenever I find myself in challenging or unconventional situations, my instinct is to laugh.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to build a nonprofit mailing list: Dear Charity Clairity, We’ve relied in the past on government and foundation grants, but since many of these sources are drying up we need to develop an individual fundraising program. Have a challenge grant from a business?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Between 2006 and 2009, TechSoup hosted open challenges to identify and provide support for innovative projects that harnessed these and other technologies for social good. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Nucleus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

He realized that their necessary first step was agreement on definitions and key terms – basic yet powerful data governance (and infrastructure that supports this) allows for consistent reporting, apples-to-apples conversations across departments, and is a first step in what ACOG thinks of as “data enablement.” They chose the latter.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

Students have the chance to present the workshops’ findings to the global citizen science community and take part in the WEF’s programming. She is passionate about the opportunity of the Stakeholder Economy and harnessing the power of business to create impact in solving some of the major societal challenges of our time.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Luckily for us, governance consultant Tom Okarma has written a terrific guest post for us this week on exactly this topic. Now, I’m not talking about having an occasional prickly pear on board who likes to challenge. Thanks for your great advice Tom! Means and Ends: Who does What. That can be helpful if not overdone.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

But while they are rightfully worried and upset about the state of our planet, they are also rising to the challenge, getting passionate about sustainable change, and becoming changemakers for their futures. . But the skills that they’ve learned from this kind of problem-solving are incredible, and their tenacity is so admirable.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. What attitudes toward evaluation are present?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Today, I gave a presentation on human rights in DC, with a focus on our work with truth commissions. Our human rights team is expanding and taking on new and exciting challenges. I stuck around for the main closing meeting, where the history and future of AI was presented. It makes me think about one of the giants of our field.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The reality for many organizations, whether a smaller nonprofit, a large international advocacy organization or a government agency, is that their data lives in separate silos. Some common challenges amongst organizations include: Not knowing where to start. Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 22, 2013

Yet, in the Nonprofit Finance Fund ’s (NFF) work with small nonprofits (most recently through our Capital and Capacity for Economic Recovery Initiative ), we’ve found that these essential organizations often struggle to match available funding sources to their actual needs, which results in a number of challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

This week before I leave for the Middle East, I will have the honor of presenting at the Grantmakers For Effective Organization’s Conference in Seattle. I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Stay tuned for a blog post about it.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Along those lines, the delivery of in-depth, interactive presentations across the organizational landscape will proliferate in 2023 and beyond, thanks to the advancements in AV technology. Game-Based Learning / Gamification Game-based learning is a recent trend in the e Learning industry, which solves the problem of lower attention span.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Along those lines, the delivery of in-depth, interactive presentations across the organizational landscape will proliferate in 2023 and beyond, thanks to the advancements in AV technology. Game-Based Learning / Gamification Game-based learning is a recent trend in the e Learning industry, which solves the problem of lower attention span.

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Trend eLearning Learning Module 52

Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Along those lines, the delivery of in-depth, interactive presentations across the organizational landscape will proliferate in 2023 and beyond, thanks to the advancements in AV technology. Game-Based Learning / Gamification Game-based learning is a recent trend in the e Learning industry, which solves the problem of lower attention span.

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Trend eLearning Learning Module 52

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

With support from the Blue Shield of California Foundation , NFF recently released Navigating a New Course , a report on the challenges these organizations are facing. At present, we’ve conducted one-on-one consulting engagements with over one-third of the state’s DV programs. Lessons learned from our work with agencies in the field.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Interestingly, the hackathons varied in terms of their activities and the challenges. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. One interesting challenge was creating a database of bicycle rack locations throughout the islands.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

Martus is used around the world by human rights workers, attorneys, journalists, government officials and others who need to protect their data and the people they work with. Despite these challenges, the NHRC was clearly interested in using Martus to safeguard information about sensitive human rights complaints.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 31, 2016

I have two – governance and philanthropy. Effective governance and fulfilling philanthropy are the keys to the nonprofit sector. That comes from effective governance. For all its opportunities it also has some challenges, but it definitely is changing the nonprofit landscape. How would you describe yourself in 5-10 words?

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

An assessment can uncover hidden problems and opportunities. We uncover hidden problems and opportunities. For organizations that aren’t experiencing significant challenges, an assessment can affirm that their systems still meet their needs. The value is in the process and journey. Hopefully, a crisis is not in your future.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data. Second Place: Curtain up!

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

So, I'll step up to the challenge and face those objections head on. “I Click here to find more information about our Effective, Motivated Board Governance Training. “We The Board usually expects that there are staff members who look to prevent problems in financial matters. I don’t need to learn that stuff.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? Jaeger explains that to be actionable, an idea must be concrete and address a problem or issue. That is the mission of Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. We could empty the coffers of all the foundations in the United States but still couldn’t offset the cuts from the federal government alone. While we are early in this process, I am very optimistic.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2014

I''ve worked with companies on short-term engagements that may last a few months - for example in helping to strengthen a compliance program, or for several years when there is a government investigation or when serving as a monitor or advisor pursuant to a government settlement agreement.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 19, 2016

This can be a major problem, because if the IRS decides that your lobbying was substantial, your tax-exempt status could be in jeopardy. Nonpartisan analysis, study or research that presents all sides of an issue. Challenges to or support for legislative proposals that would change the organization’s rights or its right to exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. KONY2012 has prompted countless reporters, bloggers, and talking heads to comment on the changing ways in which we are becoming aware of social problems and the organizations that are tackling them.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

As they do so, more hospitals are deploying grantmaking programs that support nonprofit partners, tangibly demonstrate commitment to the community, and tackle entrenched problems facing vulnerable populations. Grantmaking programs are present at much smaller health systems as well as standalone hospitals. Expand the pie.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. Digital citizenship: In the final stage, communities can use these tools and knowledge to work with governments and affect policy.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. discuss approaches to addressing nagging challenges of the current. the opportunity it gave me to hear leaders in the sector discuss the challenges faced at the grassroots level; the.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 15, 2014

Tell your board members at the beginning of the meeting why they are present and what you need out of them: “By the end of this meeting, we need to accomplish x, y, and z.”. 3) Focus on problems, challenges, or broad issues. governance nonprofit' That will get their attention. 2) Be creative with the agenda.

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