Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

We all know that hunger is a complex and growing problem. At our first in-person design sprint*, the group challenged each other to bust orthodoxies that hold us back from reducing hunger. Doing more good, efficaciously, requires accelerants and challenges to the status quo. Why Food Insecurity in the U.S.? Melanie Calhoun.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Inequitable access to funding in the social sector remains a persistent problem, negatively impacting our collective ability to do good. Addressing these inequities and inefficiencies is inherent to Candid’s promise to support a social sector capable of tackling the critical challenges and opportunities of our time. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2018

He considered himself a “problem-solving lawyer” and warned me against getting involved with “problem-creating lawyers!” As the prototypical technology social enterprise, Benetech became one of the first organizations using technology to solve social problems rather than seeking to make maximum financial returns.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

It’s a story about organizational identity focused on solving a pressing problem. The fundraiser is the sage who challenges with a choice. This challenge moves the donor’s hero journey forward.” . But this challenge isn’t the end. The fundraiser continues in this monomyth role beyond the initial challenge.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. What separates top performers from mediocre ones?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. What separates top performers from mediocre ones?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. Social problems still endure, despite PM’s prominence as a way to ensure accountability and inform strategic decisions since the 1960’s.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. What separates top performers from mediocre ones?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Chuck is the president of Naropa University , but we first met when he was leading the Greyston Foundation, a pioneering social enterprise known for originally making brownies for Ben ‘n Jerry’s ice cream while employing formerly incarcerated individuals as the primary workforce. I’m looking forward to trading notes on that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating About Impact by Stephanie Evergreen.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.” 25) Keith McLane Keith L.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After years of meetings, dialogue, presentations, advocacy, (and yes, maybe even some proverbial hair-pulling in frustration), today was the launch of the Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement and the release of landmark research about how organizational leaders and funders view and prioritize volunteer engagement. Nearly half (46.8

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The caliber of attendees is amazing from all countries: ministers of education and science, top scientists, university presidents. His concept was that science and technology was critical to the future of society, and he wanted to build an inclusive international forum of top leaders literally from all over the world to tackle major problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts has enabled GlassLab to develop SimCityEDU, a game-based classroom tool that uses the beloved SimCity franchise to engage students in real-world challenges. Games can also empower players to help solve seemingly impossible scientific problems.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Sometimes it is pointed to as an example of the limits of hyper specialization and silos (because, for instance, the timpanist cannot offer much to the cellist in terms of solving playing problems and vice versa). Problems arise when the structure is not suited to the situation or challenge at hand. So that’s it in a nutshell.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In that program, I learned many manners in which I could properly present myself in front of the customer, how to effectively summarize the purpose of my existence within a corporate entity, and most importantly a phone etiquette trick that has stayed with me until this very day. Problem Solving. Presentation Skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Many events are canceled and that’s a problem. Whether you are a university that can’t have alumni come to campus, a nonprofit scrambling to replace your gala , or an association coming up with an alternative to an annual conference, a large part of organizational revenue is at stake. It’s got people presenting and others listening in.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2019

How are colleges and universities addressing student loan debt? Rice University no longer charges tuition for students whose family incomes are less than $130,000. The University of Texas at Austin just announced a new endowment providing free tuition for students from families with incomes less than $65,000.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

posted by Shayla Hubbard Project Coordinator, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Moreover, an engaged community can lead to a more empowered community that works collectively to solve problems and implement change. Harvard University Press. Princeton university press. There is no golden standard. 2009, May 1).

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The first step is involving those directly affected by the problems organizations are seeking to mitigate. Depending on the struggles, challenges and successes of the community, the methods of outreach can differ. Cambria Bowman is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

With Bookshare , Benetech’s online library for people with print disabilities, our ebook-based approach to the accessibility challenge has already delivered on the promise of ending the famine of accessible books in the United States. This allows a much broader group of experts to keep working on the problem.

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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. Keep Pace With Competition There was a time when associations ruled their universes.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Because of TechSoup Europe's involvement in other app challenges, such as Restart Romania and Community Boost_r , the organization has experience in this work.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2018

I could go on about other fantastic presentations – and encourage you to watch them on the Social Innovation Summit Twitter page – but I want to focus instead on what we heard to be the most important inputs to get to this level of innovation. city leaders on ways to tackle local problems. Imagine the possibilities today!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Third, the print book is not universally accessible. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Interestingly, the hackathons varied in terms of their activities and the challenges. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

You can view the videos and presentations on the conference materials page. It isn’t a pharmacy metaphor of finding a pill to solve the problem. New questions, challenges, and opportunities for success are emerging. There deep dive sessions for each method. I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely.

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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. Decide what is needed most out of this meeting, and set your agenda accordingly. 12) Break into groups.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 31, 2016

If you go to church, have been to a symphony, been in a hospital, participated in little-league sports, or attended a public or private university, you’ve been touched by philanthropy. For all its opportunities it also has some challenges, but it definitely is changing the nonprofit landscape. I’ve done some work with it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Doug and I found ourselves musing on the inherent injustice of a universe in which Dan, who was not only a exemplary human being, but also a fitness fanatic who trained for 100 mile races for fun, should be stricken with a heart attack. Well, this isn’t a fair universe – at least, not yet.

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