Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

Here’s what we’re seeing as the biggest priorities for our partners across the nonprofit and government space to address this year. At this sea-change moment, we’re working with organizations to set holistic AI strategies and governance as part of their core organizational strategies, not just digital strategy.

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Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

Different types of nonprofit boards Nonprofit boards can operate under various models–each with its own structure and approach. Understanding these models can help your organization choose the best fit for your needs. This model is suitable for organizations that benefit from specialized knowledge and external perspectives.

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Guide Model Nonprofit Roles 52

.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? Resist the temptation to model the competition. But they share a common enthusiasm for bold ideas, new knowledge, and an adventurous approach to business. Critical Questions What is your association’s value proposition?

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Advice Course Associations Change 170

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. These organizations are structured to grant the power of governance to the board of directors and power of Executive Director management. An organization transitions into a “governing board” model when an ED is hired.

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Director Management Government Model 93

Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Website Modernization: Migrating to Digital Government Services. Co-hosted with Siteimprove Most government digital ecosystems are a complex web of platforms, systems, and governance models that are often delicate and difficult to untangle. How Your Site’s Experience Can Impact Where You Rank in Search.

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Drupal Government Measure Digital 66

BoardAssist

APRIL 4, 2017

In this second part of the series, Alice Antonelli, Director for Advisory Services at NFF, shares more terrific advice and insights on financial health and nonprofit business models. Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Two: Smart Nonprofit Business Models. What is a smart nonprofit business model? Thanks Alice!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Five years later, temporary stimulus funding has come and gone, replaced instead by ongoing cuts to government funding. Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project.

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Government Research New York Homeless 85

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 76

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

You see, it means that hundreds of people are sitting on nonprofit Boards and have NO IDEA what they said “yes” to. It’s also responsible for making sure the organization meets its regulatory responsibilities and files appropriate paperwork with government agencies. And this is a problem. It’s surprising. And concerning.

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Roles Director Evaluation Government 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Last year, Google made an open call to organizations around the world to submit their ideas for how they could use AI to help address these social challenges. Each area describes the project idea, type of AI technology and data sources. Have a clear idea of the responsibility guidelines to be followed .

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Google Challenge Report Impact 74

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

Unlike a Governing Board, often called a Board of Directors, an Advisory Board has no decision-making authority and does not issue directives or have fiduciary responsibility. Giving Advice The most obvious role for a nonprofit Advisory Board is to give advice to the Governing Board and staff. Advisory Boards Need Structure.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

We also use some terms like “fiat” (Government-backed money), “getting rugged” (ripped off by a project), “mooning” (rapidly increasing in value) and others along the way, sorry for the jargon but don’t worry WAGMI (we’re all going to make it). Belief in community-run/owned decentralized structures. population.

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Donor Difference Ukraine Podcast 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Today, there may be no idea with greater currency in the social sector than ‘scaling what works’” (Bradach, 2010, p. Scalable programs should be based on a strong theory of change or logic model, clearly linking program inputs to outcomes in a way that can be tested and evaluated to determine actual effectiveness. Who is involved?

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Program Impact New York Model 64

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." Overhaul the governance model and committee operations.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2021

At Forum One, we work with a great many nonprofits and government agencies that run their websites on Drupal. Each content migration method comes with pros and cons and provides more or less an opportunity to make changes to your site’s structure. Here are your three main options: A. Upgrade automatically with Migrate suite.

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Drupal Module Model Method 57

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

Social service and nonprofit programs have traditionally been supported through philanthropy and government contracts. The last five years has seen shrinking funds from both the government and philanthropic sectors due to a recession economy. Needs continue to grow beyond what philanthropy or government can provide.

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Impact Research Tools Social 80

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

The past decade has been rife with ideas on how to scale up successful nonprofit organizations. Calls for scaling have been amplified by the recent economic recession, which brought increased demand for social services coupled with shrinking government dollars. Municipal bonds (munis) are debt obligations issued by government entities.

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Research Minnesota San Francisco Work 84

Whole Whale

APRIL 24, 2024

Kakati Consulting Group We design comprehensive fundraising models, develop actionable strategic plans, implement new data management tools, and evaluate outcomes for continuous improvement. AS works with nonprofits across a wide range of industries, including arts and culture, the environment, foundations, and government.

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Consultant Campaign Fundraising Phoenix 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Here’s a few ideas, concepts, and insights from the book that resonated. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. Resources: What is the network’s funding model? Governance: Who decides what the network will do, how do they decide?

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 108

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

The downside is that they tend to leave no room for anyone else’s ideas which squashes creativity and can lead to high staff and volunteer turnover. The upside is that team members feel included and many good ideas are born and refined through the group think. Facilitator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Photo by Idea Constructor. It required more structure, planning because of the risk associated with failure. The governance issue is very interesting. The presentation is here. The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure.

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Global Difference Network Develop 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. They shared a slide (see above) about new models we’ll see that combine both – especially the “not invented yet.” Let’s start with a definition first.

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Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2018

And there is more structure to ease any cultural or tactical friction that might arise between the departments. Unique staffing models are emerging. Leadership decisions for rules governing the intersectionality of mid-level are now common. Unique Staffing Models. How are nonprofits closing the gap? Engaged Leadership.

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Gift Team Marketing Donor 28

Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

It was almost by accident, then, that I stumbled onto a piece called Strategy as Learning in the recent issue of Columbia's e-newsletter " Ideas At Work." The model consists of a four-step cycle: Learn: The act of reviewing the external environment in which the organization exists. Learn, etc.:

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Internet Process Strategy Learning 43

Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Following the event, he had some very helpful insights to share, especially about crowdsourcing, an increasingly popular and effective practice for spurring new ideas and innovation. But, I’m optimistic – I am seeing good models of this today which can be applied by foundations in their work. Foundation application?

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Reflection Conference Communication Network 46

Kindful

OCTOBER 6, 2023

However, if your main goal is to make money and you have a successful revenue model, you would be wise to consider starting a for-profit. All businesses need four things to survive: a brilliant idea, a great business plan, top-notch leadership and money. Is your idea an unmet need? Is your nonprofit idea scalable?

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Guide Files Nonprofit Law 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

First of of all, there is the the appearance of a new and way-out idea that violates the status quo – such as say Local Food – the 100 mile diet. The idea itself is tested by the immune system of the wider community. People take the ideas and start to do things with the idea – this phase is crucial in a new paradigm.

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Story Action Model Adopt 79

Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

While most non-profits are not known for technology, some are, and they are defying the traditional business models that drive technology.” The Social Change Challenge will crowdsource innovative ideas from nonprofits to change the world. ” 13. But it wasn't here to enterain, no.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Open Collective Idea. Few tech platforms have both a successful business model and investor agreements that allow them to shift power directly to their community. At Open Collective, we use technology to bend legal structures and entities to fit the needs of communities all over the world. There are many potential pathways.

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Platform Build Open Source Profit 106

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This is the third in a series of posts about Paul Light's book Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally. One key idea that Paul Light talks about is the notion of slack. Now the teen arts council model is no longer considered innovative. That's how we build trust.

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Arts Interview Teen Artist 46

See3

JANUARY 24, 2008

He suggests that the show should spend more time looking at the structural issues that are the root cause of the problem. Today on Techcrunch , Michael Arrington blogs from Davos about a suggestion that government step in to save the whole newspaper industry.

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Baltimore Journal News FAQ 40

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. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

I'm exploring some different co-ownership ideas or options with different friends, because I definitely don't want to do it alone, and in California, nobody can afford the land. Two, social equity is becoming very important to me, the whole class structure about how some people have access to the food, and some people don't.

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Interview Authoring Change Oakland 72

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

Greed, because creative greediness motivates us to hunt down and steal the best design techniques the world has to offer, and generosity, because giving those great ideas and applications away is the only way to change the larger cultural landscape. We aren’t reaching all the audiences we’d like to. This isn’t just a change in youth culture.

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Museum Conversation Columbus Local 20

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong When: Friday, March 13th from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Room A Description: Just as early filmmakers struggled to break free from the conventions of live theater, after 10+ years Web designers are still trapped in the structures of the past. Panelist: Dan Willis, Consultant for Sapient 3. Great post.

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Social Media Interaction Advocacy Online 44