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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 November 16, 2006 I bet you thought I’d stopped reading? So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. Or given up? It’s really worth a read.

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Interview: Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink on the Google AI Impact Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since 2005, Google.org has invested in innovative organizations that are using technology to build a better world, and we’re excited about AI’s potential as part of the next chapter in this work. It is not necessary to use Google tools in order to create an AI project or create an eligible AI Impact Challenge proposal.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Production Network: This type of network inspires and encourages collective action by members to create innovative practices, public-policy proposals, and other tools or products that lead to social impact. Governance: Who decides what the network will do, how do they decide?

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

This is an outdated model that limits the impact and diversity of the work in the nonprofit sector. Do not submit a grant proposal that only covers a portion of the program; submit a proposal asking to cover all the expenses, including supplies and salary of the program director.

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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. Today, she is proud to lead the Arizona Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, an organization new to Annual Funds. Be sure to provide parameters for staff who are young and hungry as well as seasoned employees who are new to the nonprofit sector. Like this article?

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So here’s a model for how you can establish common ground. . But her business model is all about generosity, all about offering. It’s my modeling. Let’s think outside the box. .

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3 Federated Models for Larger Nonprpfits (and How Each Model Impacts Decision Making)

Connection Cafe

While there is little consensus on a “single best practice”, three distinct models have emerged and are recognizable as the most prevalent. For an organization assessing its own structure, this blog is intended to provide a simplified basis for self-comparison against each of the three models.

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