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Incredibly Important Opening at Benetech

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A cover letter that articulates why this person wants to work for Benetech in this role and a resume is all we need. There are exciting new projects we could be launching today if we had more of this kind of risk capital. So, if you know someone highly capable, who would be energized by the challenge, send them our way.

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Essential Traits of Effective Nonprofit Leaders

Greater Giving

They articulate a clear direction, outlining the impact the organization strives to achieve. They encourage open communication, value diverse perspectives, and empower staff to take ownership. This investment empowers staff to excel in their roles, leading to higher morale, reduced turnover, and ultimately, a stronger organization.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community. I was surprised to the say least.

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Why Journey Mapping is so Important to Creating Amazing Member Journeys

The MatrixFiles

Some newsletters are open to the public, while others are members-only. This journey took some time to articulate and make easy: Individual is with a member company but doesn’t already have a password. The client has many goals with this project: Showcase all of their newsletters. Get more people signed up. Make it easier to sign up.

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Assessing Risk: A Quick and Intuitive Framework

Forum One

You might think, if we are so frequently wrong about how risky things are and how confident we can be in our assessment, then why articulate risk at all? Here is a quick example of a few risks articulated using this framework, explained in greater detail below. Articulating impacts of delays when they are considered.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

.orgSource

Boards that are professionally, demographically, and ideologically diverse are more likely to be open to risk tolerance. We work with submitters on their pitches to help them consolidate their thoughts, articulate their proposition, and have the courage to defend their idea in front of the entire company.”

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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

Tech Soup

In the last six years, Community Boost_r , ReStart Challenges , and Things Camp have used an open community challenge model. These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems.

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