Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising. Here are a few ideas about how to make virtual/hybrid versions of your favorite in-person events. Many people love to eat, but many of us aren’t as close to being culinary experts as we would like to be. 3) Cooking classes. 5) Online classes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

That’s because a digital strategy can truly transform every aspect of your organization’s work – from marketing to events. The good news is that once you embrace digital donor engagement tools, most of the grunt work – like donation forms and gift acknowledgements – is done for you through automation. So why not join them?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

Keep the momentum going with these creative donor engagement ideas you can apply to your 2021 fundraising strategy: 1) Get personal with gratitude via thank-you videos. After all, crafting a compelling message is hard work! Add to that the fact that 57% of people who watch fundraising videos go on to donate to that cause.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Sure, the code works, but ask why it works that way instead of another way? It was slower, but you came out understanding not just what worked, but why it worked." "Every junior dev I talk to has Copilot or Claude or GPT running 24/7. Crickets,"he wrote. Ask about edge cases? Blank stares." "The It's sound logic.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

Whats the big idea? Extracted from the complexity of foods impact on health, economy, wellbeing, nature, civil strife, and so on, there are common principles that characterize food systems that work for us and for the planet. Listen to the audio versionread by Julian himselfin the Next Big Idea App. is just the wrong question.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The category of unbuilt and fantastical design ideas known as paper architecture may have no better exemplar than the radical British architecture group Archigram. Archigram initially published its iconoclast ideas in the form of a self-published, self-titled magazine, which came out in 10 issues between 1961 to 1974.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Until AIs can think for themselves, digital systems are tools that do their best work with human ingenuity as the driver. The presentation Tiffany Kerns gave at.orgCommunity’s recent Solutions Day event, centered on that idea. And one of the puzzles technology excels at helping us solve is how to understand each other.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In fact, according to Gallup about 85 percent of people in the global workplace are either not engaged or disengaged. Over a lifetime, we spend approximately 90,000 hours working. Maybe one reason people aren’t happy at work is because they don’t expect to find happiness there. There’s a reason they call it work.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? Do you know where greater diversity in thought and attitude is needed and what type of people would complement the current mix of personalities? Here’s an illustration of this idea from my experience.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

But today, many people think of a great workplace as not even one specific place at all, with many employers opting for a permanent remote work setup after a trial proved prosperous during the pandemic. How do people interact with each other? Are folks busy enjoying their work, or working to look busy?

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Past Is Not Always Prologue On its face, it can make a lot of sense to look at what has worked, and continue doing that. What worked last year will likely be relevant to the interests of your members next year. Data can tell you what works much more than just the whims and musings of a longtime executive or board member.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. As the tech problems subsided, people became better at communicating through the small screen. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Not only do we have our daily work tasks but we also have more meetings, longer commutes, and more interactions with more people in more locations than at any time in the history of work. It might be admiration from you, an acknowledgment of their enthusiasm, or a bit of respect for their work. We call this competing.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

On the one hand, we have an influx of near-perpetual articles urging people to unlock or fulfill their own potential, saying essentially that anything else equates to failure. How can you work out if you may be one of them? If I keep working the way I am now, where will I be in five years? What is talent? If not, why? ;

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Ever since the Tesla Cybertruck launched, people have been putting the truck through its paces with hilarious, and often catastrophic , results. Spoiler alert: It didn’t work. Jerry concludes that the gigacasting method for making car frames is great for Tesla’s other cars but may not be the best idea for the Cybertruck.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 3, 2025

That's gotten some people talking about the possibility that we're on the cusp of AGI, or artificial general intelligence. While some of this is marketing fanfare, enough people in the field are taking the idea seriously that it warrants a closer look. That may not be a fatal flaw, or even a flaw at all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

There’s a lot going on in the world (we’re looking at you, recession worries and existential dread), and fundraising efforts that have worked in the past may not be delivering the same results. If it works, do more of it. It’s a strategy that works well in business, and it can do the same for nonprofits. Franklin D.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

However, finding the right peer-to-peer fundraising ideas to suit your nonprofit’s needs and your audience’s interests can be challenging. These peer-to-peer fundraising ideas are popular because they inspire friendly competition among participants. When they think of peer-to-peer fundraising, most people think of athletic events.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Many of us want to get promoted at work, but dont often stop to consider what that means. Moving into the executive ranks often means leading the very people you once worked alongside. In those cases, Id wait to ensure that this high performer is making an effort to work on leadership quality, including their peer relationships.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Bickel As gerontologists social scientists who study aging populations we envision a future in which older people leave a doctors visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something. In addition, their blood pressure is lower , and they appear to be aging more slowly than other people of the same age. AP Photo/Joshua A.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Getting an idea of how much a dental visit is going to cost can be difficult, even if its staring you straight in the mouth. Yet, the work needs to be done, so you may tell the dentist to go ahead and do it, and then wait weeks for a bill to arriveor not. Thats what ReviewPass is hoping to clear up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 31, 2025

A beautifully designed online space means nothing if people dont feel a reason to show up, participate, and return. Unfortunately, thats not how community works. Having great content does not mean people will engage with it. A discussion forum is only valuable if people feel comfortable contributing.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Should you fund your work out of your own pocket? You have to get comfortable asking people for money – even if you think asking for money is the last thing you would ever feel comfortable doing. Your path starts at Stage 1, which is just having the idea and deciding to go for it. Where do you start? Just beware!

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. I reflected on the people that I planned to see that day and chose one thing that Id like to thank them for. Most people would consider their mind more important than their teeth.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 6, 2025

If your application completion rate is low, you might jump to creating another webinar and flyer to walk people through the process, when it might be that your application is too long and requires bespoke data. Just because one path worked well for a peer organization doesnt necessarily mean its the right path for you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

Inspiration has struck and you have an amazing, world-changing idea for a public good group that you would like to make a reality. How does someone test an idea for a nonprofit without committing the time, effort, and money to apply for 501(c)(3) status, find a board, and secure long-term funding? What do you do to get started?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This is the key to getting noticed by people who will be interested in joining your organization. For example, some people might regularly use forums to meet with others online. This will give you a good idea of what works and what doesn’t. 2) Make it easy for people to contact your association on social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

The social media platform has more than 1 billion users — beating Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok — and is especially popular among people aged 18-29. On its Instagram page, the nonprofit mostly publishes testimonials and photos from people who have received support. Work With Influencers. Other orgs take different approaches.

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Futurism

MARCH 27, 2025

With its latest GPT-4o powered image generator, OpenAI has emphasized its robust guardrails around depicting real people. Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is whatsoever. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. In regards to style, however, it takes a more laissez-faire stance.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

The good news is that these disconnects usually arent about your competency or the quality of your ideas theyre about different styles. Studies have found that two primary dimensions shape how people communicate and approach their interactions at work. Dont take it personally if a Commander: Nitpicks your work.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

is notoriously lacking: Huge regions of the country arent serviced by rail; trains are often delayed or have infrastructure issues; and tickets can be expensive, making driving or even flying more affordable for many people. This goes back to the idea of Amtrak being a public serviceeven a public good. Train travel in the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ive conducted some myself, including work on how trust is essential for leaders in cross-cultural business environments. Those practices can create a psychologically safe and supportive work environment. Encourage an atmosphere in which employees can openly share ideas and support one another. Promote collaboration.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 26, 2023

Guy Raz, the host of one of my favorite podcasts, How I Built This , always asks the question “How much of your success do you attribute to luck, or just hard work?” We talked about the power of hard work, dedication, loyalty, perseverance, resilience and “helping the unit and village” in any way you could.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Board members want and need meaningful work tied to the mission. That means they have to have time to commit first, then the skills we need — not all organizations need the same skills — and then the follow-through to get the work done independently. For example, are you starting to consider purchasing a warehouse for your food bank?

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Remote work was one of those unsettling tests. We must stop the punch-clock mentality and the belief that if we let staff out of our sight, they’re going to be doing anything other than working. The traditional workplace reality is you’re lucky if you get up to five hours of productive work from each employee every day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The reality is that skipping or neglecting the discovery phase is the most common cause of budget and timeline overruns, low adoption and ROI, and misalignment to people and processes. It’s about people. After all, these tools exist to help people do their jobs better, right? If it doesn’t work for them, what’s the point?

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Candid

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Our 40% commitment to Native-led groups: Listening, learning, and growing Many years ago, a series of frank conversations with Native communities revealed we needed to show up as allies with a deeper commitment to their work. Native people want to thrive on their own terms.

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