.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recent data from the global consulting firm Spencer Stuart shows that 98% of S&P 500 boards conduct a board evaluation of some type, although only about a third review the board as a whole, individual directors, and committees as part of the process. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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sgEngage

JUNE 21, 2021

In today’s episode, she’ll explain what systems change is and why it’s needed, how organizations can come together to make it happen, and how those organizations can measure their impact. Listen in to learn more about Sally, Forum of the Future, and the importance of systems change to address global challenges. Pitfalls in measurement.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2016

Here are four common mistakes my team and I see made by social, government, and nonprofit organizations trying to measure their impact, and tips on how to avoid them: 1. Measuring Too Much. By far the most common problem we see is that most organizations try to measure too much. Little or nothing happened as a result.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It’s no secret that as a global society we’ve had a few changes thrown at us in the last few years. Even aside from a global pandemic, an ever changing landscape of technology and politics have caused all of us to have to navigate change. Remedial Change – when a problem is identified and a solution is implemented.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term. Right now, it’s not in great shape: • No global exception norm, but voluntary agreement by rightsholders (that’s today’s status quo), with model agreements that are terrible from the nonprofit/library side.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. ” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Global Pulse @rgkirkpatrick. gpf13 #philanthropy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

And, what was once a simmering problem shifted to a crisis when COVID-19 and the sudden transition to remove work isolated workers from each other as never before,” report the authors. If you don’t trust your team to take the right actions and make the right decisions after giving the appropriate context, you likely have a hiring problem. #2.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

We want our customers to work smarter with the resources they have, build and maintain deep connections with their constituents and their peers, be better able to measure and manage their own impact, and ultimately better fulfill their missions. How Salesforce.org Measures and Reports on Its Impact.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Think about that for a moment — we have over 300 consulting and product partners that are serving thousands of organizations and institutions globally. Check out just a few of the sessions our partners are delivering: Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management on Salesforce. Do we recognize the signs of these problems?

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 1, 2023

Artificial Intelligence There is a lot of buzz surrounding AI technologies and rightfully so, as the AI healthcare market is measured to be worth $38 billion by 2027. Cloud Integration Cloud computing services are lowering IT costs, and the global cloud computing market is expected to grow by $89.4 With this in mind, let’s begin.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This opportunity may be of interest to Influence followers or your colleagues: The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words by midnight, November 20th 2009: "What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?"

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI. LinkedIn data suggests that the most in-demand skills for nonprofits that adopt AI will be person-to-person communication, continuous learning and adaptability, and problem-solving skills. Disrupting job tasks, not eliminating jobs.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This is the problem that Foundation Center, GlobalGiving, GuideStar, and TechSoup have set out to solve by creating BRIDGE (Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities). Today's launch is an important milestone for the world of transparency, impact measurement, philanthropy, and nonprofit and social enterprise performance.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

These new UN Sustainable Development Goals are the de facto agenda for global philanthropy, and they have a new dimension: technology targets to enable implementation. In 2012, UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon launched the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to mobilize global scientific and technological expertise.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Companies that operate globally will need to approach social justice as it relates to the needs of their employees and communities around the world. Blackbaud is a global company. Can you talk about how Blackbaud measures the success of their goals? Want to see what this looks like in action?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rather than viewing this extra food as a burden or a “problem” to be solved, we should take the opportunity to focus on abundance.” The abundance mindset also applies to how we measure our impact and work together. The hunger crisis will not resolve itself without unprecedented collaboration on the local, national, and global level.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. I had the opportunity to speak with both Gallucci and Roy about this unique funder collaborative and more specifically about how the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education would measure the impact of their investments.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 25, 2014

What if we applied Joi’s agile, bottom-up innovation approach to the global development challenge posed by Chris? I believe such an investment in technology-for-good innovations could open up new frontiers for tackling the toughest problems of the world’s poorest populations, from poverty to disease to social injustice. Let me explain.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

Consumers globally are making more online payments than ever before. In the UK, many organizations are well-positioned on areas like data privacy, cybersecurity, and payments security, partly a result of stringent – arguably globally-leading – EU and UK laws. Here are 5 key questions to get you started.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

And, what was once a simmering problem shifted to a crisis when COVID-19 and the sudden transition to remove work isolated workers from each other as never before,” report the authors. If you don’t trust your team to take the right actions and make the right decisions after giving the appropriate context, you likely have a hiring problem. #2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2023

And, what was once a simmering problem shifted to a crisis when COVID-19 and the sudden transition to remove work isolated workers from each other as never before,” report the authors. If you don’t trust your team to take the right actions and make the right decisions after giving the appropriate context, you likely have a hiring problem. #2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Susan Tenby from TechSoup Global told me about socialbro. I couldn’t actually use it because I have too many followers and it took too long to synch, but they’re coming out a version to handle this problem. For example, here’s the spreadsheet from the workshop I facilitated that was hosted by Compasspoint.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Although the challenges we’re facing as a global community continue to compound, our global community of change makers in the nonprofit and education sectors continues to address these challenges head-on to drive tangible and inspiring social impact. There are currently 143 Trailblazer Community Groups worldwide.

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Givinga

MARCH 3, 2021

What problem were you trying to solve? Being able to work with them, take their idea, and see it go live with our technology—knowing it’s going to make a measurable impact in the world—has been great. This is something that we have already started making tremendous strides in, really enhancing our current global capabilities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2022

And, what was once a simmering problem shifted to a crisis when COVID-19 and the sudden transition to remove work isolated workers from each other as never before,” report the authors. If you don’t trust your team to take the right actions and make the right decisions after giving the appropriate context, you likely have a hiring problem. #2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

And, what was once a simmering problem shifted to a crisis when COVID-19 and the sudden transition to remove work isolated workers from each other as never before,” report the authors. If you don’t trust your team to take the right actions and make the right decisions after giving the appropriate context, you likely have a hiring problem. #2.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Cooking a meal shouldn’t be fatal: clean-burning stoves, as well as clean fuels and energy all help combat this problem. Since I’m a software guy, I asked about what software could do to help with these two real-world problems. Improving childhood nutrition. The lifelong impact of significant malnutrition on a child can be devastating.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 12, 2020

But now, with safety measures relaxing slightly, shifting to a hybrid event style will give you the best of both worlds. Hybrid events are a great way to bring people together at the best of times, let alone during a global pandemic. To make it run smoothly, you need to have a working knowledge of both event styles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods. When I first started pursuing the idea of using technology to solve challenging social problems, it was a pretty radical idea.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week, the call for data measurement in the social sector heightens with the proposition of a Social Progress Index and ways that NGOs can use data maps to increase effectiveness. Data Measurement. How NGOs Are Using Data Maps to Communicate Problems. on NetSquared.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S., However, I don’t want to understate the challenges we face.

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Forj

AUGUST 17, 2021

Tagoras developed it based on the common problems and opportunities they’ve seen in through years of working with a wide range of learning businesses. Furthermore, the model measures an organization’s progress in 4 stages: static, reactive, proactive, and innovative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

It’s big, it’s inspiring, and it helps me think more clearly about Global Fund for Children’s work to scout, support and strengthen grassroots groups serving vulnerable children around the globe. Too often when problem-solving, we try to focus, focus, focus while staring at the computer screen. Does our staff?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m working in Dubai this week and have lined up some guest posts from some colleagues. Daniel Ben-Horin from TechSoup Global wrote a thought provoking post over at the SSIR about generational differences in nonprofits when it comes to trying to scale social change strategies using social technologies.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Now with C40 Cities, she supports cities in the global network to develop and implement inclusive climate action plans, policies, and programs. Valley CAN’s signature programs, Tune In & Tune Up and Clean Cars 4 All, have become key examples of California’s global leadership toward clean transportation in disadvantaged communities. “I

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

Part of being “GlobalGiving” is making sure we’re helping members of our community literally give globally! A constant theme we’ve seen across all our experiments and partnerships related to expanding the global reach of philanthropy is that every market and currency is substantially different. Why It Matters. Want more tips like this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

Most people didn’t “get to participate” in the Arab Spring because we didn’t have an effective role in regime change beyond global support and voice amplification (a crucial role, but not the change per se) and to think otherwise would be paternalistic. Here’s the problem – these simple narratives can cause damage.

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