Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

We’re grateful to our socially responsible publishing partners who give us world rights to their titles, even though they are not required to do so under international copyright law. Our partners are responsible for verifying and maintaining records of each member’s proof of disability – a process that is best done with local knowledge.

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Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

Board members must also make sure your nonprofit complies with all applicable laws and regulations. Cooperative governance model The cooperative governance model emphasizes shared decision-making and collective responsibility. While they wouldn’t be involved in daily operations, their primary role is fundraising and advocacy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do you have an idea for an organization that will bring good to the world and serve a charitable purpose? You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. Does the community seem excited about your nonprofit idea? Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community.

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Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

In this article, we will cover the six areas that any nonprofit board should be overseeing and providing some basic tips on proper board governance. But the board is responsible for ensuring that the nonprofit has all the necessary legal, ethical, financial, and overall good governance policies in place to succeed long-term.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The foundation plans to fund 20 plus projects with new ideas on how to increase participation in U.S. Several states have enacted voter suppression laws. Foundation staff members are hosting these in several cities to show their interest in promising ideas on rejuvenating democracy. and James L.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The end of the Guatemalan Civil War resulted in a flood of non-governmental organization (NGO) programs spreading across the country in the hope of helping desperately poor people gain everything from their human rights, to better health care, food and nutrition, and training in governance.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. State/Local.

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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. Collaborating with those who work in the organization, board members and other local organizations are a great way to offer professional development.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

Intrigued by the idea? Product selection and design If you are now on board with the idea of dropshipping for merchandise but are a little lost as to what to sell, let’s get into a little more detail about how to choose and design products. Think about hosting a pop-up shop or partnering with local businesses to host events.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Every couple of decades, a new era ushers in a new set of ideas, principles and practices that affect how the nonprofit sector functions. Go big, or go home.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are so many different kinds of nonprofit event ideas out there! With those factors in mind, we’ve put together a list of 52 nonprofit event ideas to help serve as a “vision board” for your organization’s next event. Cook-Off Does your area have a special dish that is imbued with a lot of local pride?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As the founder of the largest library for people who are blind or who have other significant disabilities that prevent them from reading printed texts (such as dyslexia or brain injuries), I think this is a terrible idea. Government funding is slim, and not available in most of the world.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This is definitely what happened for our story: we started with a simple idea and then were incredibly surprised at how helpful an extra bag of groceries could be to a lot of households. We have learned to ask our local bakers, farmers, and grocery stores the same questions: “What happens at the end of the day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week I published an interview with Lean Start Up author, Eric Ries, that talked about how the lean start up ideas apply to the nonprofit sector. Palma Strand is a Professor of Law at the Creighton Law School , where she is associated with the Werner Institute of Negotiation and Dispute Resolution.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

On October 6, 2015, join TechSoup, CIVICUS, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, FHI 360, and +SocialGood for a deeper dive into the threats that civil society faces. FHI 360 strengthens the leadership capacity of national and community organizations and increases the transparency of government agencies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

Charity, business, and government, all accomplish great things but have their limitations. And lastly, government. We know that government is rightly tackling many problems for our common good. But innovation is difficult in government because of the constraints that government often operates under. First, charity.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

In their study, the authors found that the definition of the digital divide "problem" had important consequences for what people thought was an appropriate solution: Defining the issue in terms of access to technology makes people more likely to think government organizations and corporations should address the problem.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 6, 2023

All businesses need four things to survive: a brilliant idea, a great business plan, top-notch leadership and money. For a nonprofit, initial success is determined by how exactly how brilliant the idea (also known as the “mission”) is. Is your idea an unmet need? Is your nonprofit idea scalable? Who will be on your board?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. Government, and it talks about being interested in working on addressing the problem and discussing a wide range of solutions including the proposed Treaty. The Chafee Amendment The U.S.

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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. But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. But what are some best practices?

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

It seems like every day there's a new overhyped idea that claims to fix a problem you never thought you had, like a delivery service for laundry quarters. They're also a useful way for nonprofits to connect with local developers if they're interested in building an app.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu’s passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There’s tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. As founder and CEO of Kishshana & Co.,

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The annual 24-hour giving day, created to counter the retail-heavy push that begins with Black Friday, has thousands of nonprofits, businesses, city governments, and other institutions participating in a drive to highlight generosity and partnership for good. billion was donated to US based nonprofits, a 25% increase from 2019.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

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. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15. Feb 18 - 19.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In my work, we spend a lot of time working personally with community leaders, political leaders, tribal leaders, local leaders to make sure they have the right information to build the trust necessary to take advantage of these tools coming down the pipeline. So the idea is that we can share the risk of developing them and share the benefits.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

At the time, Benetech had recruited area nonprofits to participate in four design teams: one on governance, one on funding, one on vision, and one on cost accounting. The idea was to create a common data platform, branded as Service Net. Said adds that, “Issues around governance are still to be thrashed out.”

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Whether you want to plan an online or in person fundraiser, large or small, local or worldwide, there are steps that you should take every single time to make sure you get the most from your efforts. For example, if your town is rocked by a big layoff, is a high-ticket gala a good idea? Time-bound: This one is simple.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

The next session I went to was Building the Local Green Economy presented by Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange. There is a growing movement focusing on building the local, green economy as an alternative to the transnational corporation. City governments are increasingly passing laws to strengthen the local, green economy.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So what we’re hoping is, we’re talking about today is looking at things from a donor perspective, we’ll give you a better idea of how you can best respond. And the idea here is that we generally start in the lower left by identifying potential donors. Local university, my wife was working there as a major gift person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

It includes international trade and development, security, micro-finance, LBGT rights, renewable energy advocacy, water policy, security, human rights for indigenous people, terrorism financing, refugee protection policies and rights, law enforcement, trafficking, peace in conflict areas, and poverty reduction.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

If you combine your service data with local and federal government data on low-income elderly populations, you're going to get a much better picture. You'd get a much better understanding if you got the client location information data from your grantees and mapped it against that same local and federal data.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

So the idea in building and sustaining mindshare is to keep this idea about who your organization is and what you do, which has a whole branding component too, but keep it top of mind, stay on people’s radar, don’t let them. ” It was the idea that you’re a teacher, you want people to learn.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Instead of being reactive, we can be proactive, and work to be a government that prevents genocide. It is in our best interest, and in the interest of those who are victims or suffering in places where their states or governments have failed to protect them. His campaign was successful. It is cool to see that happening.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and my mother-in-law had an important meeting to attend. Over the last twenty years, the museum industry has moved towards greater reliance on gate sales, due to rising commercialism and diminishing government support. What differentiates local food coops from big member stores like Costco?

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Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

Colonial history, long periods of authoritarianism, endemic corruption, poor training, and lack of resources had eroded any sense that there was a constructive role for law enforcement to play in democratic societies. it was next to impossible in many other countries. This kind of convening power is an underutilized asset in philanthropy.

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Forum One

MARCH 24, 2009

The burden falls to the special education departments within local school districts. Parents have no way to make intelligent choices or advocate based on demonstrated success and special education administrators have no leverage to demand adequate funding from school boards (and school boards from state and local governments, etc.).

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A professor of political science, and in addition to the work that I’ve done as a social scientist, I’ve also served multiple tours in government, so bring the perspective of a former policymaker. But we need a set of democratic institutions that are really up to the task of governing technology.

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