.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

We asked Nancy MacRae, MS, CEO of the Emergency Nurses Association , to help us frame this conversation by sharing her group’s commitment to that idea. Nancy emphasized one important idea that we don’t consider often enough. Trust and Culture Trust and culture are deeply intertwined. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

Your board should also help foster collaboration between board members and staff. This collaboration helps create a unified front that drives your organization forward. Different types of nonprofit boards Nonprofit boards can operate under various models–each with its own structure and approach.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. This is where collaboration is especially crucial. A Path to Change.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

Here’s what we’re seeing as the biggest priorities for our partners across the nonprofit and government space to address this year. At this sea-change moment, we’re working with organizations to set holistic AI strategies and governance as part of their core organizational strategies, not just digital strategy.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? Resist the temptation to model the competition. Enable volunteers to collaborate and participate by doing what they do best and offering their perspective in specific ways. Meet frequently with members, prospects, partners, and potential collaborators.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

As the grand finale to NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit , a number of intrepid 14LCS attendees pitched and developed 24 awe-inspiring projects during the Idea Accelerator. Today, we want to introduce you to "Nonprofit InfoSec" an idea pitched by Spencer Bolles. We also need to build a collaborative network and found a B Corp.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Declining enrollment leads to not only decreased tuition revenue but also diminished government funding and reduced philanthropic support. Some government funding hinges on full-time enrollment numbers, and fewer full-time students means less subsidy. Here are some ideas to rejuvenate a shrinking pipeline: Collaborate.

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Education Student Award University 87

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Five years later, temporary stimulus funding has come and gone, replaced instead by ongoing cuts to government funding. Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project.

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Government Research New York Homeless 85

Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

About : Formerly DMA: Washington Nonprofit Conference) Hosted by ANA (Association of National Advertisers), which acquired DMA Nonprofit Federation , this multi-day conference offers plenty of fresh ideas and expertise. SXSW EDU is more focused to educators, government and people working in the ed space. . The Collaborative (Classy).

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Website Modernization: Migrating to Digital Government Services. Co-hosted with Siteimprove Most government digital ecosystems are a complex web of platforms, systems, and governance models that are often delicate and difficult to untangle. How Your Site’s Experience Can Impact Where You Rank in Search.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

This past Saturday at the SHINE09 unconferance , David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , Drew Mackie and I facilitated a version of what was called the Social Collaboration Game. If we limit the funding conversations to the end, I think groups will have more time to talk about their ideas and will worry less about understanding a fictional Borough.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.

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Demographics Build Social Green 96

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Collaboration Collaboration allows employees to work together towards a shared goal and foster a sense of community, improving learning outcomes. Compliance with Industry Regulations Whether it is a pharmaceutical or food industry or a government training program, every industry has specific compliance requirements.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Collaboration Collaboration allows employees to work together towards a shared goal and foster a sense of community, improving learning outcomes. Compliance with Industry Regulations Whether it is a pharmaceutical or food industry or a government training program, every industry has specific compliance requirements.

Learning Management 52

Learning Management System Learning Management 52

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Collaboration Collaboration allows employees to work together towards a shared goal and foster a sense of community, improving learning outcomes. Compliance with Industry Regulations Whether it is a pharmaceutical or food industry or a government training program, every industry has specific compliance requirements.

Learning Management 52

Learning Management System Learning Management 52

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Management guru Jim Collins has stated nonprofits are "in desperate need of greater discipline - disciplined planning, disciplined people, disciplined governance, disciplined allocation of resources.". A thorough collaborative inquiry process will follow a process which includes: Framing the issue. Collecting the data. One of the most.

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Collaboration Nonprofit Profit Phoenix 65

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We need every solution and every solver…What this moment calls for is a mosaic of voices — the full spectrum of ideas and insights for now we can turn things around.” – Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. My participation in this Lab may shape the summit’s agenda and lead to potential new collaborations.”.

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Impact California Conservancy Bolivia 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The article caught fire – not only in nonprofit and philanthropy circles – but also business, government, and beyond. Connectivity helps facilitate highly distributed groups of people to work on a campaign, project, or share ideas that spread with unprecedented velocity and reach. It is a sector must read.

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Participatory Leadership Model Skills 119

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Many of today’s organizations drive office space innovation as necessity spawns great ideas. Despite trends in digital collaboration, a strategic geographic location continues to be essential for organizational success. typically desires easy access to government and business centers, as well as major transportation routes.

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Question NGO Government Model 57

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

Since co-authoring Social by Social last year, David Wilcox and I have had the opportunity to collaborate and facilitate various events for community and local government groups. And I want to share it with you, get your ideas, and start a long-term process of collaboratively improving and refining this model.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. Here are some insights I picked up: Open Government Directive: Coming soon? News: InformationWeek ?

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Government Open Strategy Teen 60

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. Nonprofit organizations, local and federal governments, campaigners and even businesses are trying to innovate at the speed of communities. Communities As A Model. Share the spotlight : Remember, you’re not driving.

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Community Library Model Adopt 167

The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Well-planned events enable nonprofits, community groups, businesses and government agencies to showcase AAPI arts, food, performances, and more. Not only does this provide powerful role models for attendees, but it can boost interest and attendance at your event. Offer childcare, wheelchair access, multi-lingual materials, etc.

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Celebrate Education Fundraising Culture 59

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

We also use some terms like “fiat” (Government-backed money), “getting rugged” (ripped off by a project), “mooning” (rapidly increasing in value) and others along the way, sorry for the jargon but don’t worry WAGMI (we’re all going to make it). Potentially anti-government, anti-bank, anti-censorship & anti-centralized authority .

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Donor Difference Ukraine Podcast 52

Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. How an Idea Becomes an App. Organizers narrow the list down to about 10 to 14 ideas.

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Local Challenge Romania Open 36

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Today, there may be no idea with greater currency in the social sector than ‘scaling what works’” (Bradach, 2010, p. Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors.

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Program Impact New York Model 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Here’s a few ideas, concepts, and insights from the book that resonated. The members of these networks are intentional about building, strengthening, and maintaining relationships with one another that generates collaborative activities together. Resources: What is the network’s funding model?

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 108

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 2, 2020

While conferences were once the only idea in gaining professional development skills, peer-to-peer mentoring is shown to give the highest output of learned skills. Peer-to-peer learning models is a great way for staff to mentor each other and either learn a new skill or strengthen a previous skill.

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Professional Develop California Mentoring 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good. Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain.

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Spain Language America Law 151

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We also participate in communities of practice ourselves and have observed some particularly successful collaborations over the years. We are excited to share three models of communities of practice and some of the inspiring individuals and organizations that lead them. Skills for Cities. NYC Service: NYC Corporate Service Coalition.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

It means honestly that the ideas, shape and even strategy came from the community and you as the organization are the ones to support it or nurture it. The idea is that as an over all best practice, you want to strive to operate in a way that supports the natural directions of the community, without trying to shape that growth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Not just to quietly listen, but participate in the discussion about applying a networked lens to nonprofit governance. (If you want to better understand what the term network mindset and what it has to do with nonprofit leadership, check out their recent paper on the topic.). And, what would it look like?”.

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Network Leadership Nonprofit National 97

Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Among many insights gleaned from this week’s conference on “Growing Social Impact in a Networked World” ( [link] ), one theme keeps recurring for me: the importance of grantmakers sharing power and control within broadly construed networks of collaborators in the quest for social change. Put an idea out and engage people in the conversation.

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Hawaii Washington Voice Network 91

Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Following the event, he had some very helpful insights to share, especially about crowdsourcing, an increasingly popular and effective practice for spurring new ideas and innovation. But, I’m optimistic – I am seeing good models of this today which can be applied by foundations in their work. Foundation application?

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