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To Scale or Not to Scale: What Should Nonprofits Consider Before Deciding to Expand a Program for Greater Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors. If program evaluation has been done well, this may be one useful tool to help convince stakeholders to buy in (Harris, 2010).

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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London Net Tuesday January - Resolutions for Learning

Amy Sample Ward

7:00-7:20 - Collaborative learning grid & wrap up. Tags: londonnettuesday collaboration nettuesday onlinelearning events. Agenda : 5:30-6:00 - Networking. 6:00-6:15 - Welcome and Introduction. 6:15-7:00 - Learning discussion groups & idea sharing. 7:20+ - Networking.

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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last week, Washington, DC held its first ever Give to the Max Day where 1300 nonprofits were fundraising and experimenting with social media tools and raised over $2 million in 24 hours. The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota.

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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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How can nonprofit organizations measure community engagement?

ASU Lodestar Center

In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009). Nonprofit organizations can benefit from this working model as it can be a useful tool in achieving a participatory culture. 2009, May 1).

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. We are also doing far more to spread the word about technology for rights activists, often in close collaboration with major partners in the human rights field such as Human Rights Watch and WITNESS.

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