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Getting It Right at the GEO Conference in Seattle

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. What’s missing from the survey are the robust debates behind the various grantmaking practices probed in the study.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The specific technologies highlighted in the reports are place along a continuum of near-term, mid-term, and far-term field adoption: One year or less to adoption: Cloud Computing (K-12), Mobile Learning (K-12), MOOC (Higher Ed), Tablet Computing (Higher Ed). The State of Learning Analytics in 2012: A Review and Future Challenges.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? As these forms spread to other European countries, researchers began to study their effectiveness (Defourny et al., It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. Defourny et al.,

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The 2013 "NTEN" Award: Maddie Grant

NTEN

These individuals, recipients of the annual NTEN Award, are the people working hard to move NTEN''s mission forward from within the community: always ready to share a case study, idea, or contact. The 2013 NTEN Award Winner Maddie Grant is a classic Gen-X early adopter of technology and lover of "shiny new toys".

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Why Apple isn't the Nonprofit App Grinch | Nonprofit Trends with.

sgEngage

Next up is to get carriers in other countries to adopt a similar practice. Smartphones are flying off the shelves and tablet sales are expected to boom by 2012. It'll happen eventually, I believe, and probably much more in line when more nonprofits will actually be ready to be able to adopt the technology.

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[VIDEO] Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

So with our capital campaigns, we’ve done over 80 campaign planning studies and for our clients that have been in campaigns, we’ve helped them raise over $200 million for their project. They commissioned an excellent study that came out for 2021. And the estimate of the study is that about 14% of the U.S.

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