Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Rather than competing for limited resources, we are collaborating to secure funding and bring about policy change.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. You need to activate your base and to move the needle on your issue.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Ask those same association executives what they’re doing to try to solve their data issues and they’ll likely say they have a staff member dedicated to cleaning things up, but it’s a constant moving target. There are massive benefits to using AI, but a policy that shapes how your team uses it is an important starting point.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Kettl share compelling and instructive stories about some of today’s most successful bridgebuilders—federal state, and local government leaders who transcend boundaries and partner across sectors, to achieve success and meet their goals. Involve people closest to the problem. No one organization can go it alone on most modern issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

With almost 100 people in the room, I started the session asking folks to shout out the first two words that came to mind when they thought about social media. As expected, I heard two themes – words that describe the power and benefits of social media and those that articulate very real concerns. Board source. It was dramatic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues? The answer could be “both.”

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Bloomerang

APRIL 29, 2021

Folks are divided on issues of police reform, virtual schooling, left or right politics, diversity-focused-vs-not diverse enough, and whether to mask up in this pandemic or not. . The Board of Directors is the governing body of a nonprofit. They assert that boards that are slow to alleviate conflict show poor governing efficiency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

My YMCA colleague posed for this photo on purpose to illustrate a point about professional conduct and social media policies. Since I had a lot of educators and people who run summer camps and other programs, a policy question came up. Certainly,this can be easily referred to in a social media policy.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

Despite the robust annual increases, however, the current total falls short of the 13% of GDP analysts at NITI Aayog, an Indian government public policy think tank, believe is necessary for the country to meet its commitment to achieving 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. That amount constituted 8.3%

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The philanthropic sector recognizes the need to strengthen American democracy and is beginning to see that progress on every other issue, from education and healthcare to criminal justice reform and climate change, is dependent on the public’s understanding of the facts.” Are people more resilient against mis- and disinformation?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He explains that: Company culture is the system of beliefs, values, goals, behaviors, and the way employees feel working in the organization—from leadership style, decision-making norms, customer experience, and company policies—officially and unofficially. So, not taking a position is being seen as not caring about the issue.

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Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence is a Political Action Committee (PAC) that supports candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms while championing LGBTQ safety and equality. On their website, they note that LGBTQ individuals suffer more hate crimes than any other protected group, which makes disarming hate a crucial LGBTQ issue.

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Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

You have identified your data issues and prioritized what data fields to address first. Use tactics that are fun or provide a value for people to share their information with you. Keep in mind the delicate balance of your need for data without asking people for too much information. Put a plan in place for data quality.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2021

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership. Ford Foundation press release 06/30/2021.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible. Or more importantly, discussing strategic issues that the Board NEEDS to be addressing? Questions about minor issues can be handled in those calls.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

These days, persistent societal challenges are on the rise: hunger, mental health issues, contagious disease, conflict, chronic inequality, and the climate crisis. The approach just might serve as a model for other issues, as well. Alarmingly, as many as 50 million people in 45 countries are on the verge of famine.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. GOLD – Government Website. Gold – Government Website. social justice issues?that?impact?the

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. Here are some insights I picked up: Open Government Directive: Coming soon? to information exchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Whenever people or institutions fail, we assume they are simply lacking the appropriate algorithms or upgrades.”

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

It serves as the digital face of your organization and is the main source of knowledge about the programs and issues you work on. This global ecosystem serves as the digital brand and voice of your organization, as well as the main source of knowledge about the programs and issues you work on, and the audience you are reaching.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. I met key Congressional staffers who deeply cared about disability issues, and who had comprehensive knowledge of the issue. Fast-forward six years.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Nonprofits have two customers – the people they serve through the mission and the people or organizations which pay for all or part of the services, such as donors, insurance companies, government entities, and more. In short, the board’s duty is to deal with the policies and the “big issues.” Legal Issues.

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Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

In this article, we will cover the six areas that any nonprofit board should be overseeing and providing some basic tips on proper board governance. A nonprofit board is a group of people committed to the organization’s mission who oversee the long-term direction of the organization. Let’s get started! What is a Nonprofit Board?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? The Webinar was mostly focused on the privacy concerns and the Human Resources side of Internet/Social Media Policies. Beth: Do you have a social media policy at your foundation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society: This podcast about #datadiscrimination and algorithmic bias was hosted by Digital Impact, an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). What should governments, universities and companies do?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

So, when inflation made dollars not stretch as far and staffing shortages shifted more duties to a fewer number of people, many nonprofits found 2022 to be particularly stressful. Create an Operating Reserve Fund (or Review Your Policy) An operating reserve is a crucial part of creating a strong financial foundation for your organization.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 15, 2022

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you understand the power and potential of policy change. If you have a policy, thought-leadership, or government relations team, you know that true societal shifts and those monumental changes we want require advocacy. Like they say about kids, people can see through smarmy messaging.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

People have been choosing to have fewer children, and that decline has significant implications for educational institutions worldwide. The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. For example, the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 21, 2018

The 2012 State of the Work Report shows that “people of color make up 37 percent of program offices at foundations…21 percent of U.S. The same study found that an increase in racial diversity, when coupled with diversity policies, practices and inclusion behaviors, affected governance practices positively. 32 Issue: 7, pp.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

In question 1, the response rate for people finding it easier to conduct fundraising campaigns was higher than our observed norm, 29% today vs. 21% all results aggregated. For question 2, we had the highest percentage of people relying on just 1 or 2 technologies than we have ever experienced in the poll, 61% vs. 45% aggregated.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum Participants?observe?a

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum Participants?observe?a

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues. Tammi Marcoullier, Lead Strategist at the GSA’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government Engagement & Outreach. Mobilize the people who already do.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. government CTO, spoke about how DC has created more than 200 data feeds on D.C. city issues and indicators. A tall order. For example, Vivek Kundra, the Washington, D.C.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For issues with this, check out Vu Le’s 2015 post “ Weaponized data: How the obsession with data has been hurting marginalized communities.” All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted.

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