Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. At Omidyar Network there’s been an effort to write proposals for 9 $5,000 grants. Watching the collaboration of people across time zones developing these proposals has really been inspiring to me. I found it through Beth’s Blog. Peer production is amazing and wonderful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

So how do we propose to pay for it? as an excellent example of systems thinking that needed in the nonprofit techspace. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. The media here IS the service. Deborah Finn throws in her two cents here. And some background reading.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We’re still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally “out there&# and is well-received. To make sure we were heading in the right direction, we also solicited proposals from two other fantastic companies for a more traditional identity/website redo.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As Steve said, my name is Margit Brazda Poirier, and I’m owner and founder of Grants4Good, a grant consulting company that I started in 2009. But what if you’re looking for some new foundations or you heard of a foundation you really want to get in touch with and it says, “We do not accept unsolicited proposals”?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m a social scientist by passion, but a fundraising consultant and executive by trade. So I saw this as a pattern and underlying message with these three women in the podcast “Creating Community for Good,” in my studies, as well as what I’ve learned in my readings and exploration as a consultant with nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Are they coming back in supportive alignment with the program that you proposed? It also reduces the likelihood of losing your work if the funder’s system times out, or crashes, or malfunctions, or you lose your internet like I just did. You need to hear what the funder has to say and listen for the right match.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

The ’six things every charity must do to stay relevant in the 21st century’ summary near the end of the slides sums up what organisations need to do perfectly! That’s otherwise known as a reliable banking system. Early days – proposal stage… but will happen! Much appreciated.

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