Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2023

“Disasters and crises are inevitable, but businesses do not have to face them unprepared,” explains James Burstall , author of the new book, The Flexible Method: Prepare To Prosper In The Next Global Crisis. Among the advice Burstall offers is that when a disaster strikes, he recommends you look beyond your organization for help.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When looking for the right nonprofit organization to build a disaster relief strategy with, there are going to be a few questions you must ask yourself: › Is this for a disaster that has impacted my company directly? Competitors, supply chain, partners, government? › Questions to Consider. Financial or service or both? ›

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

Several respondents indicated that their organizations are looking into more equitable, trust-based practices, inspiring cautious optimism that shifts in funder practice will take more permanent hold. Others mentioned returning to the pre-pandemic practices: . “We Disaster fund preparedness.” .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 21, 2013

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Particularly in the last several years, in the wake of the financial crisis, organizations have struggled with a variety of challenges related to government support. In the United States, we rely on government to provide key economic supports. embedded in government contracting.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is. The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response. BUT, what if we did invite the public to provide situational awareness such as telling us about the elderly people on a hill?

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sgEngage

JUNE 17, 2021

I literally don’t go a day without seeing something new pop into my inbox about Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). While not a new concept or strategy, Environmental Social Governance programs are on the rise. If you’re a social responsibility professional like me, sustainability reporting is on your mind.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Foundations are discovering that they cannot address immediate disasters or address long-term systems change without finding creative ways to combine their resources and build true partnerships with government, business, donors, and nonprofits. Why Collaborate? When foundations collaborate, the benefits are clear.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes. She currently runs a Salesforce-focused consulting practice and helps her clients better engage and mobilize their constituents for social change.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. Oftentimes, local government agencies and other funding organizations like United Way participate. . Benefits of Funder Collaboration .

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

While there are many types of grants your organization can apply for, there are three main sources of funding for these grants: the government, corporations, and foundations. Government The government provides grants at federal, state, and local levels to ease the burden of overhead or administration costs for nonprofits like yours.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In the nonprofit sector, communities of practice are an established concept. Communities of practice often include practitioners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors – all actively developing shared resources, best practices, and tools to solve some of society’s toughest challenges. Skills for Cities.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Yet, each year for the last six years, they come together to share best practices to make each individual and firm better at serving those organizations. Are we doing enough on the front end to prevent personal and professional disasters from happening? Well, that is the beauty of this ecosystem.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

The nonprofit sector is a broad community of organisations focused on everything from cultural heritage to social housing, from publishing to disaster relief, and while responding to the climate crisis is now a priority we all share, many organisations are still only beginning their sustainability journey.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." It’s exciting—and frightening. What is this new network-centric world?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’re a nonprofit or local government agency or work alongside them, there is a good chance you have seen an uptick in funding possibilities within your field. COVID-19 took the world by surprise, and along with it came a government response with unprecedented spending and a massive increase in grant funding.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

How to Protect Your Pets in a Natural Disaster. I used to do this weekly when I worked at the San Francisco Food Bank because breaking news, changes in government policy, and disruptions in the economy tended to have an outsized impact on our work, the need in the community, and what donors cared about. Arts and culture.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Government funding hovers on the edge of a fiscal cliff. And true natural disasters are sowing human tragedy across the globe.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

Based on their analysis of collected air quality data, the students participating in the Climate Action Lab in Davos made a presentation to the local government outlining the severe impact of annual private fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Student participating in the Bangalore Climate Action Lab.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

As such, organizations that use LMS could be any of the following categories: i) Educational Institutions ii) Coaching Classes iii) Business Organizations iv) Governments v) Non-Government Agencies How do you know That your organization needs an LMS?

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Senior Vice President for Military, Veteran and Government Affairs. Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . Kimberly Mitchell.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

Examples of open government data reuse in US by private corporations and nonprofits is also highlighted and a webinar to help those that also want to use it is being hosted this month. Open Government Data. 7 Ways Companies Are Using the Government's Open Data.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

She is a poet, an environmental activist, and a nonprofit management expert with a masters degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Nancy Jo's and CACRC's work in frontline disaster relief was featured in Sundance Channel's "Big Ideas For A Small Planet" series.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

And Forefront found that nonprofits would like to see continued work with the government to advocate for the sector’s needs as well as more communication from funders about opportunities. Yet, although such practices are hardly new, evidence suggests that the extent to which foundations are heeding calls for change are limited.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Technology in Times of Disaster which features Geoff Livingston, Wendy Harman from the Red Cross, and George Durham as well as representatives from Nethope and Ushahadi (disclosure – I’m a board member). Here’s a few that especially caught my eye or were mentioned in a discussion over on my Facebook page.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. government aid, capital investment, philanthropy and remittances. 3 This study reports that a change is occurring; the long-held perception that the reduction in global poverty is primarily driven by government aid (from the U.S. As part of a. billion from $226.2 in overall U.S.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

sign up) to ask for donations (see our “No Money, More Problems” webinar for how), or host fundraising-specific events like multi-day virtual galas with different speakers, trainings on best virtual fundraising practices and webinars with donor special guests. Not enough funding from Federal / state government. Urgent issues.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Now that you’re back in the office, digesting all of this new information, are you wondering how to prioritize action steps or communicate best practices to your peers? That can mean anything from building a program to address unemployment in your community, to rebuilding an infrastructure after a natural disaster. .

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Build Change designs disaster-resistant houses and schools in emerging nations and trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to build them. Build Change designs disaster-resistant houses and schools in emerging nations and trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to build them.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Tech Impact's knowledge is also deeply practical and rooted in on-the-ground experience helping nonprofits choose and implement the right technologies. " Big Brother : A cloud provider can and will hand your data over to the government, often without telling you. probably aren't going to answer your questions.

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AFP Blog

MAY 17, 2011

We were not looking for prescriptions for how citizens and government should interact. The pages are rich with useful examples and lessons about how networks are unlocking assets in communities to support open government, care for the elderly, help disaster victims and advance women’s rights. Our lens was apolitical.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

A part of TechSoup Global's longtime mission and practices has been to increase IT knowledge in the NGO sector. And that means advocacy and access can happen in ways similar to open government efforts." Further, 30 percent of respondents said they did not know enough about cloud computing to know what the barriers are.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

An evaluation of current security practices and systems can pay big dividends. If you don’t have a data governance strategy , a technology assessment can be a good way to launch this process. Disaster recovery and business continuity are other areas to explore. Hopefully, a crisis is not in your future.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country.

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.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

If you answered yes to each of these practical questions congratulations! If you have a data governance strategy in place, an assessment is also an opportunity to ensure that policies and procedures are up-to-date. If you don’t have a governance strategy, developing this document should be a priority. Are systems secure?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Its 45 workshops, seminars and lectures explore internal and external strategies, systems, methods, best practices and successful examples. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. The community, partners, government, are all necessary for really making a change. If organizations are a part of the solution, a part of the process, what does that role really look like? But, alone, the organization can’t make the change.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our expertise across all facets of nonprofit tech and digital strategy (plus our network of partners) gives us an edge on practically any project. With experience working with nonprofits in practically every sector, this consulting firm is the right partner for your organization if it’s time to update your direct marketing strategies.

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