Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

Older models tended to be AMS-centric, leading to siloed data, static reports, and that trapped feeling. If the departments within your association are not communicating with one another about the data available, you might have an accessibility problem. Solution : First, don’t confuse availability with accessibility.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Eroding Trust The loss of trust is now a global problem. And it’s one of the biggest problems nonprofits face. Your emotional case for support drives all donor communications, from grant proposals to web copy to fundraising appeals.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

As we move into the age of AI, we propose an evolution of the 2-minute rule: The AI 2-minute rule. Instead of completing the task yourself or putting it on the pile, send it to a trained model that can deliver a rough draft or quick solutions. MODEL: requires Read.ai MODEL: requires Read.ai MODEL: requires Read.ai

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In looking at the problem from the perspective of smaller nonprofits serving high needs communities with growing multifaceted issues, sustainability becomes even more daunting. Answer the question – What community need am I responding to, and how does a social enterprise approach meet the need versus a traditionally funded program model?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

What a consultant does Those new to nonprofit consulting sometimes assume that consultants start an engagement by pinpointing problems, rather than the nonprofit presenting specific areas in need of improvement to the consultant. For your website design consultant, make sure to research each candidate’s services and business model.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Philanthropy plays a role beyond what governments could do—allowing for the testing of innovative models that are responsive to local cultural contexts—and then looks to government for scaling up successful efforts. I hope that it spurs the submission of many exciting proposals from NGOs focused on delivering secondary education programs.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

Do the Homework : Oftentimes, nonprofits have to jump through countless hoops just to be invited to submit a proposal. When funders model vulnerability and power-consciousness , it signals to grantees that they can show up more fully. Solicit and Act on Feedback: Philanthropy doesn’t have all the answers. It’s based in fear.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 26, 2013

This is part two of Carolyn Owen''s series on gathering and using data for grant proposals. Data can illustrate the scope of the problem, the need for your program, and why it will be successful. Data can illustrate the scope of the problem, the need for your program, and why it will be successful. Read part 1 here.

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Data Childhood Impact Proposal 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Impact Challenge ” is based on Google’s belief that artificial intelligence can provide new solutions to old problems and improve people’s lives. At Google, we believe that AI can give us new ways of addressing problems and meaningfully improve people’s lives.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

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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Forj

JUNE 1, 2021

Understanding somebody’s situation really lends credence to your ability to helping them solve their problems,” said Conley. The whole model of these platforms has changed, in which there is a richer set of features available for configuration, as well as a new level of interoperability that allows users to do a lot more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. We have a model for this kind of change: TTYs (text telephones) and relay services though the telephone. Specific comments on the proposed Clearinghouse. Specific comments on the proposed Chairman’s Awards.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Learning, we do naturally.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? I have used it to help me write appeals, emails, thank you letters, and draft some 1 and 2-page proposals. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The Proposals A. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). The African Union Proposed Treaty (“AUPT”).

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Accessibility Global Copyright Law 133

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Think about 5 things: what’s the problem, what technology you’ll use, design sustainability, how will people come to use it and how will you distribute it. But, are proposal based approaches good for finding people who are going to start new things? Finally, a lot of new ideas, the newness is the business model.

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Social Grant Fund Model 105

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Having a framework is the magic wand to writing a successful grant proposal. Step #1) G – Get the FOA/RFP/NOFA The first step in developing a grant template with the GRANTS formula is to G et the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) or Request of Proposal (RFP) or NOFA (Notice of Funding Availability): i.e. the grant instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

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. Resources: What is the network’s funding model? Generative Social-Impact Network.

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 106

Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2010

In their presentation, they talked about an old-school, but still widely held organizational structure at nonprofits, that includes silos, processes, and people all working toward trying to solve a common problem or reach a common goal.

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Structure Nonprofit Proposal Social Network 49

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Please look at the 1+1+1 model that Salesforce uses (and Google as well, I think) for a better corporate giving program. My main problem isn't necessarily about Chase. The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners. I'm not going to rehash all that here.

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Contest Charity Childhood Nonprofit 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

Think about how you feel when you have spent five hours writing a grant proposal only to have your computer crash and completely destroy your document. Server crashes and other logistical glitches during Giving Days are not unknown potential problems. This epic fail is more than a technology problem. It’s complicated.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

Here’s another problem you may encounter: Let’s say you can clearly define what you want to do with your campaign and why, so you jump into the planning process, skipping key steps like a feasibility study and prospect research and cultivation. Don’t underestimate the amount of time you’ll need.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

It only takes an oversight or a small error to blow up into a problem that could have been avoided with some basic facts. Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. Be sure to provide parameters for staff who are young and hungry as well as seasoned employees who are new to the nonprofit sector.

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Mentoring Work Phoenix Nonprofit 70

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2009

It's not a problem that suddenly snuck up on us. The problem of course is the collapse of the traditional business model of the newspaper. the core problem publishing solves — the incredible difficulty, complexity, and expense of making something available to the public — has stopped being a problem."

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said. Meyer Memorial Trust can’t solve Oregon’s problems, but we’re willing to step up and try to jumpstart us in a better direction.”. This is the first time the foundation has asked for broad and direct public input in its grants process.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Regardless of whether it’s new technology, a new staffing model, or even a small adjustment to a process, adoption and success can hinge on keeping a focus on the human element of the change. Define the problem and the “why”. Blackbaud’s Mike Reardon shared some tips for finding success with change management at your institutions. .

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Virtual Blackbaud Award Wisconsin 28

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

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. So right off the bat, what does it mean to connect and establish common ground?

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Please look at the 1+1+1 model that Salesforce uses (and Google as well, I think) for a better corporate giving program. My main problem isn't necessarily about Chase. The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners. I'm not going to rehash all that here.

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Contest Charity Childhood Nonprofit 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal. I hope you’ll also vote for my panel proposal, Nonprofits and Free Agents in A Networked World and while you’re there vote for the other awesome nonprofit panel proposals (I’ve shared a list below). What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Should we be using an industrial measurement model in a digital age? Jason Falls shares in a post about measuring engagement, " The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.".

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

But before we got there, we talked abit about the problem. They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. They are going to look for innovation solutions.

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

OK, these are hard problems to solve. We agreed that getting representation from commercial organizations like Google and Amazon at our Global Health Data meetings could well provide useful insights into the problems we wrestle with.).

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

According to Heeks, the field of ICT4D emerged really as an artifact of the telecenter model which was used successfully to extend basic ICT services at the periphery in North America and Europe. . We also need to remember we are only creating tools for people to use to help create solutions to their problems. .

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016). Participating in drafting portions of grant proposals. This low promotion rate did not vary by nonprofit size. Joining meetings with funders.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. Chat-GPT is a generative large language model.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

As the world becomes more complicated and problems more intractable, we are called to serve." Clinton is also working on a proposal with Sen. The Academy would be modeled on a military academy. ." -- James Keller Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) was one of the final speakers today at the Service Nation Summit.

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