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6 smart fundraising strategies to drive major giving success

EveryAction

Your board members can play a crucial role in nonprofit governance and as potential major donors. Plus, it drives increased generosity through social proof (“This amount is what others are contributing, so I will, too,”) and tangible incentives (“If I give $X, I’ll receive this exclusive reward!”) Consider hosting a capital campaign.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. TechSoup for Libraries has profiled some public libraries that are striving to make their communities digitally inclusive.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. For issues with this, check out Vu Le’s 2015 post “ Weaponized data: How the obsession with data has been hurting marginalized communities.” Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

Tech Soup

"We hope that free Wi-Fi will be a resource that the city and other local groups will be able to use in their efforts to bridge the digital divide and make their community stronger," said Veronica Bell, a senior manager for public policy and government relations at Google, in a statement.

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4 Things Large Nonprofits Miss When Redesigning their Website

Forum One

Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals. This framework is known as digital governance. One effective way is to take an agile approach to change management.

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Hosting Harkin at the Hub

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As example, one strong idea that came up was having staffing services and temp agencies establish benchmarks for hiring workers with disabilities. Recently, I had the pleasure to host Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) for exactly such a meeting of minds with ten fellow social entrepreneurs. million to 6 million by 2015.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Senior Vice President for Military, Veteran and Government Affairs. 43 years of experience as a development professional, nonprofit leader, and LGBTQ+ community activist . Kimberly Mitchell.

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