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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Being a mission ambassador, professional public speaker, fundraising auctioneer and nonprofit trainer, Erin utilizes a smart, eloquent, energetic approach to engaging donors in the event venue and changing trajectories for organizations in the board room. Based in Chicago, Chris conducts gala auctions all across Illinois and the nation.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A former recipient of a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship , Russell channeled his passion for physics into the development of LiDAR technology and software, then took his company public in December 2020, becoming the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at age 25. million awarded to Chicago neighborhood anchor projects. More than $6.7

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. We’ve been doing this for close to five years and have accumulated over 2,000 publications.

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

A natural history museum’s volunteer supervisor described creating materials for kids that were learning from home: “Our education department rallied and created all these STEAM videos and ended up creating online curriculum to help parents who are homeschooling. The [public] transit didn’t go there.”. It wasn’t!

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. State/Local / #DCNP2019 / @DMANF. State/Local. State/Local.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood. Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). Elsewhere engages artists in residence who reinterpret elements of the thrift store into new works, which are then shared with the public.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. State/Local / #DCNP2018 / @DMANF. State/Local. State/Local / #NPSummit18 / @SCANPO. State/Local. Feb 11 - 14. Feb 27 - 28.