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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend. What’s the problem?

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

.orgSource

Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. They are activities that are frequently governed and controlled by policies and procedures, such as: Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin conversations about risk.

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Google, define: equity and inclusion

M+R

It is a core religious practice, and nowadays many Muslims make Zakat donations to eligible organizations. You see, we work with a number of organizations who receive Zakat donations during Ramadan. We get it: this policy is intended to prevent hate speech. Was the policy being fairly applied across different religions or … not?

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation. In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.”

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How the Head of UNDP Uses Twitter To Engage Around Development Policy Goals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With one week less to go before Davis, the goal of this online convening was to raise awareness, drive action and share best practices about the global policy agenda. Helen Clark has embraced the power of online networks and integrated social media to drive news and engagement around these important goals. Civil Society 2.0

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Nonprofits Navigating ChatGPT Quirks: Understanding the Mistakes it Can Make

John Kenyon

When pressed, and suggesting it may have 6 “n”s, it stuck to it’s decision that it had 4 “n”s: But this is more than an inaccurate guess – the spelling of a word is an accepted fact, but ChatGPT doesn’t understand that. The key lies in having clear organizational procedures and policies.

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It’s 2013: Where’s your nonprofit’s social media policy?

ASU Lodestar Center

Having a social media policy in place will help you answer these questions, and inform you or your social media manager on what to do in similar situations. What’s in a social media policy? Handling controversy: This quite possibly the most important part of any social media policy. How to write your policy.