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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

For example, you will generate quite a different set of responses if you ask for information on “education” rather than “STEM education.” 2012), and artistic engagement serves as a therapeutic outlet, contributing to stress relief and well-being (Stuckey & Nobel, 2010). Be very clear and intentional with word choice.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Free Agents still find creative ways to make a difference today. For example, Mark Horvath has put together a cookbook , filled with recipes from social media leaders, that is being sold on iTunes and is generating funding to help provide programs to homeless.

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NTEN’s Ultimate Champion: #NTENThanks David Krumlauf

NTEN

David, the Chief Technologist for the Pierce Family Charitable Foundation , has been an integral part of the NTEN community since he first joined in 2007. In an effort to honor David's seemingly bottomless spirit of giving, we reached out and asked him to select two organizations to receive complimentary 2012 NTEN Memberships.

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011). Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012). Interviews with approximately 30 grantees (April-June 2012).

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. Though the resulting structures can be complex, social enterprises are increasingly transforming traditional nonprofits and corporate philanthropy into new hybrid organizations (Billitteri, 2007).

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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

ASU Lodestar Center

Using different terms to mean the same thing confuses the story. In the intervening years, several research efforts (Brown & Novak, 2007; Radbourne, Glow & Johanson, 2010; Brown & Ratzkin 2012) proved it was possible to quantifiably measure those intrinsic impacts of art. Sources: Brown, A. & Novak, J.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Tech Soup

And then the program really got going with a major grant in 2007 from California Emerging Technology Fund. Fast Forward to 2012. All of our RCI-refurbished PCs come with either a Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system, and all come with Office 2007. The program is scheduled to launch in late 2012 or early 2013.