Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

My latest post on HuffPo is now up: Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet , about my proposal to the WEF's Global Redesign Initiative. What would you propose to global leaders to make humanity better off? That's not an endorsement of my proposal by the WEF, but I am certainly looking forward to going next week!

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders. Practical Ideas for Improving Equity and Inclusion at Nonprofits. Tools: Reflective structured dialogue. Community engagement governance. Some say philanthropy isn’t the solution. Are the New Megadonors Distorting American Society?

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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. Jan 24 - 25.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

Grants aren’t always easy to get, but with a well-written proposal, you can blow your competition out of the water. A nonprofit grant is a financial donation given to an organization from a foundation, corporation, or the government, otherwise known as grantmakers. Government. What is a grant? Where can you find grants?

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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. Governance: Who decides what the network will do, how do they decide? What patterns can social media use reveal that provide strategic insight for network?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

Great questions: Social media is becoming a key driver of social change, allowing for the dissemination of new ideas, the formation of new communities and coalitions and the realization of new efficiencies and reach by existing social change groups. 4Change will be structured around a series of questions which all participants can respond to.

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

Great questions: Social media is becoming a key driver of social change, allowing for the dissemination of new ideas, the formation of new communities and coalitions and the realization of new efficiencies and reach by existing social change groups. 4Change will be structured around a series of questions which all participants can respond to.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. The Great Ideas Conference.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 31, 2016

But, I propose that the focus on “corporate” is actually limiting. I have come to learn that the focus on “corporate” – which once was a vanguard idea – is actually a problem. It is for cities, small businesses, nonprofits, government… and every other kind of commercial or social concern. Of course not. It is for all of us.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

New ideas take additional time. Are you willing to take risks within your organizational structure? I filled out “wild-card” grant applications and wrote first-time proposals to national and government groups. Are you willing to work longer hours? Can you break with protocols and traditions?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You likely already have an idea of the kind of support you’re looking for. Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Extensive board governance services, including retreats and recruiting.

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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." " Align: Ensure the organizational management and governance practices are tuned to support the work to be done. Learn, etc.: The align step is too often forgotten.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2018

And there is more structure to ease any cultural or tactical friction that might arise between the departments. Leadership decisions for rules governing the intersectionality of mid-level are now common. How are nonprofits closing the gap? Engaged leadership is pressing for coordination and rules to live by. Engaged Leadership.

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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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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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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

This can manifest in various ways, such as: Rigid course structures Inflexible learning platform Lack of options for personalized learning paths Key challenges: Limited engagement: Learners are less likely to engage with L&D programs that do not cater to their specific needs, interests, and learning styles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Question: Why is this a good idea? In addition, the two national organizations of blind people both just passed formal resolutions in favor of the treaty proposal.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

A million ideas. We gather more than 800 board members, chief executives, staff, and nonprofit professionals for two days to discuss the newest thinking and best practices in nonprofit governance. Join us for the exchange of intelligent insights and bright ideas to take back and share with your organization. UK / $2,100.

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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. I live a life governed by these two questions. Ideas design.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So there are some things like that that you might want to consider, especially if you’re maybe looking into government grants. Some of the funding is going to go to the state’s local government, so just to be mindful of all of those things, especially when you start thinking about what you can do in-house to prepare.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

This is the first in a series of posts about Paul Light's book Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally. It's an atypical book about organizational innovation for two reasons: It focuses on non-profits and government agencies instead of for-profit companies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Last month, I heard a talk by author Jonathan Salem Baskin about his soon to be published book, “ Histories of Social Media.&# The book looks at social media concepts and ideas, asks is this really new? The technology tools certainly are, but history provides a context for every behavioral quality of new media. 3) Crowd Voting.

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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

MARCH 2, 2007

The logic that we really proposed is that, well, what really matters, the one common input, is the time of the artisan who made it; and if the artisan took two hours to make it and you paid that person a dollar, that could be a very good price. BB: What is the biggest challenge of your work?

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

The worker on Clickworker, on the other hand, often has little idea of what they are creating. The platform for which work is actually being completed hides behind complex multilayered structures, whereby different roles are taken by different sites. The shirt has a tangible use the tailor can readily perceive.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

Maybe a section on this blog, or a wiki, pulling the idea together[?] and those Structural adjustment plans had very harsh yet actually superficial theoretical ways of wanting to solve this – and never did) And unfortunately $1.50 Only a very early idea, but if you like it, come and play! I had no idea you did this.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning.

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