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Bitcoin for Nonprofits: Cryptocurrency Fundraising for the Future

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Alex Wilson , Director of BlockShop DC and founding partner of The Giving Block. The government printed money like never before to pay for quantitative easing in an attempt to save the economy, devaluing everyone’s savings in the process. If you’re in the Washington DC area, stop by for one of our happy hours.

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Open Source and the Promise of Sustainable Nutrition Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Recently I had the opportunity to get introduced to Gerald Nelson , senior climate change researcher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This week, on September 10-12 at Purdue University, CIMSANS will be co-hosting a workshop and summit focused on improving food systems data and models.

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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards

Forum One

The Davey Award winners have been announced, and we’re proud to say that Forum One and our amazing clients have officially won 10 awards in website and app design for nonprofits, health, government, cultural institutions, and more. Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7

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Online Strategies for Open-Government / Ideas from the Obama Team

Forum One

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. government CTO, spoke about how DC has created more than 200 data feeds on D.C. A tall order. For example, Vivek Kundra, the Washington, D.C. city issues and indicators.

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Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical

BoardAssist

There is almost always a major issue looming, be it the impending loss of a large funder, the shift in government interest away from (or to!) The agenda plays a key role in keeping the board focused where it needs to be: governance and big issues. Since 2002, Bob has been executive director of the Jovid Foundation in Washington, DC.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. He received his BA from the University of Nebraska and his MBA from the University of Texas. John Haydon.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. DMA / Washington, DC / Not available. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15.

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