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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

In grant proposals and pitches, they want you to predict the future and show how, with your eloquent promises and plans for impact, you can best provide them the assurance of certainty. For example, I was working with a small community foundation and they put out a call for “innovative proposals.” Their response in year two?

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Fast forward to today….

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. They act as either individuals or on behalf of organizations. Each one is different in its DNA.

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An Interview with BWF on the Value of the RFP Process

Cloud 4 Good

Request for proposals, or RFPs, help define projects, set expectations, and ensure the right clients and/or vendors are selected to help businesses grow effectively and efficiently. JB: Most RFPs have a structured response process that is mediated by a procurement office to treat all respondents fairly.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

That alone, I don’t know how you do that and then all your other awesome, you know, fundraising and client work, but it definitely has helped out a lot of organizations raise over $1 billion, and is just a delight to listen to. So these techniques can definitely work. That was the most recent one. . Was that it? .

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[VIDEO] Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field

Bloomerang

So definitely knows what she’s talking about. Definitely involved in the healthcare space. So any of you listening in who are in the healthcare arena, you definitely want to check her out. So I can definitely appreciate that grants can be challenging. Rachel: Yeah, you can say win rate. It sounds cooler anyway.

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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We talked to many others who have sponsored contests in Minnesota and around the country to develop our judging structure. We had 15 community evaluators who reviewed all 400 proposals as they were coming in and scored them on three criteria: Innovation, Impact, and Sustainability. What was your judging process?

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