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JULY 9, 2019

The article includes list of proposed best practices for use of AI in development and other social good fields. The author, Eirini Maliaraki, an interaction designer, argues for more precise definition of the emerging field “AI for Good,” with a focus on outcomes, not the technology.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

Block out time on your calendar from 60-120 minutes and take on a particular project that requires high concentration like writing proposals or reports, or creative thinking and planning. Here’s one simple tip: Schedule power hours with yourself. .

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Concerns about human agency, evolution and survival emerged as well as proposed solutions can be found in the full report. AI and the Future of Humans: The Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center interviewed experts about their predictions about the impact of AI. Will people be better off in 2030?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Let's unpack it: (1) Use of Connectors : They are reaching out to " connectors ," people who may know of people working on projects ("solvers") who might be eligible to submit a winning proposal. 2) Submission Process : They are looking for companies to submit a proposal that they could fund to scale in India up to $500,000.

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MAY 3, 2017

Fund for Shared Insight (Shared Insight), a funder collaborative that pools financial and other resources to make grants to improve philanthropy, has released a national open request for proposals for its signature initiative, Listen for Good (L4G). L4G is dedicated to building the practice of listening to the people we seek to help.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Story Types for Grant Proposals by Impact Circle . Andy Goodman: Nonprofit Storytelling Best Practices (Books/Webinars). Blog Posts. Examples of Excellent Nonprofit Storytelling. Nonprofit Story Types and Examples – Getting Attention – Nancy Schwartz. Families USA Storybank. Examples of Great Nonprofit Storytelling.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Discussion: After a presentation, report, or proposal is presented during a meeting, you can use the Breakout Rooms features to have them share ideas related to the presentation. Small Group Activities.

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MARCH 25, 2014

” The four of us didn’t propose to do this panel together but since our initials proposals were all on the topic of “training” they were merged together. This took an extensive amount of planning and design on our part, an estimated 30 hours. Even harder to incorporate “going meta.”

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AUGUST 30, 2012

The SXSW agenda is determined, in part, by a community vote – which closes on August 31st. There are many proposals for nonprofit-oriented sessions, but here’s a curated list that you can vote for. You have to submit a 300-word essay by September, 14th. Details are here.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

That’s the title of my proposed panel for SXSW 2014. What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You. Please take a minute a vote for it! Here’s the description: Social media analytics can help you understand the active members of your social media audience, but what about the people who aren’t posting?

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JULY 22, 2010

After several weeks, JANJ submitted a proposal to ECS for funding for an inaugural event: the Women’s Future Leadership Forum. The ECS Foundation accepted the proposal and granted funds to help support aspiring female high school students become future leaders.

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JULY 5, 2016

It can also save you from jumping down the rabbit of hole of writing a proposal to a funder that is not a good fit. For those seeking grants, it is an excellent way to “follow the money,” or see what types of projects are being funded and learn what other media makers are doing.

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JULY 23, 2012

Over the next month, we’d welcome your input on our thoughts, what we are proposing to change or add, and what we plan to keep. This will be our opportunity to inform them of our work over the last years, and to present to them our proposed program strategy moving forward into the next five years.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

The visual proposed by consultant Roberto Creminoni was the following: In a traditional organization, the funnel acts to pull people into your organization. As Heather observed, a sign of health is when participation in the efforts of the central office of are viewed by its constituency as “want to” rather than “have to.”.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Among the proposed new gTLDs is.NGO.NGO will be the exclusive domain for local and global non-governmental organizations looking to advance their missions or to inspire their communities. Note from Beth: Within a year new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) will be launched worldwide, joining the likes of.ORG,COM, and.NET. PIR is [.]

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AUGUST 27, 2012

If you are proposing a panel, leave a comment. Social Media Smackdown: Online VS Offline Impact - [link] coordinated by Kayta Andresen. The Nonprofit Narrative - [link] coordinated by Dan Portnoy. There were thousands of entries – so I probably missed a couple of good nonprofit panels.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Architect Stephen Cassell, for example, proposed protecting New York’s financial district with a ring of tidal salt marshes and wetlands around lower Manhattan. Another architect, Kate Orff, has proposed oyster-encrusted barrier islands to mitigate surges off Brooklyn.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

It is not necessary to use Google tools in order to create an AI project or create an eligible AI Impact Challenge proposal. Grantees will also join a specialized Launchpad Accelerator program, and we’ll tailor additional support to each project’s needs in collaboration with data science nonprofit DataKind.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Will is also does a lot of work with video – so when he proposed that we incorporate video interviews as part of the session, I was thrilled. Will Coley , comes to the topic understanding how activists and activist organizations are using the techniques as part of their content and engagement strategies.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Michael has heard funders criticized when they are slow to support a network’s activation; requiring extensive proposal work when the network is responding to the rapid emergence of an opportunity. Could foundations get money out faster to already trusted partners?

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MARCH 14, 2011

The Obama Administration has proposed a slight increase in funding for CPB. Already the House of Representatives has voted to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports local public radio and television stations nationwide. But really, the debate should not be between deep cuts and holding steady.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

So, I contacted the Food Bank and proposed we collaborate. As Sue tells it, “Inspired, I began to reach out to my personal network on Twitter and Facebook and offline through word of mouth. It began informally with a few drives here and there over an 18 month period. I had lots of positive feedback.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The same can be said for working on different nonprofit projects – write one grant proposal at a time. Work on each story or topic until you are finished and go to the next. This helps improve memory and synthesis. Write a to do list.

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JULY 26, 2011

Their web site tools provide useful information for grassroots advocates or anyone for that matter to stay informed on health care-related topics such as the proposed Medicaid cuts in the budget that are currently being debated in Congress. Families USA is an organization fighting for affordable health care for all Americans.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The way you do it is to start with the intervention - in this case - social media - and trace it backwards to your proposed social outcome, behavior change, or action as a result of communication. Here's a terrific example from Wildlife Direct. So, you want to win a HP Computer and printer bundle?

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

I proposed a session with a title, “Going from Self Care to We Care” to talk about how do we scale a culture of self-care in networks. This photo is from an open space session during last week’s Funders Learning Lab: Investing In Network Leadership.

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MARCH 14, 2012

What if instead of reviewing another program report and proposal for continuation funding, program staff sat together and engaged with each other about what they were learning from their portfolios? Let’s say you saved even an hour’s worth of paperwork per grant.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

2:Ensure proposed solutions are cognitively meaningful and morally significant to donors: If donors can see the difference they’re making, their perspective on the whole situation changes. Appeals that are very specific, actionable, and emotionally manageable are more effective.

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JANUARY 18, 2007

She proposed three different times on next wed, thurs, and fri - leave your preference in the comments. Proposed agenda is here in a wiki - the password is nptech. Marnie has put out a call for call to talk about the NpTech Tag issues we've been blogging about the last two weeks.

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JULY 10, 2015

These are just a few of the “healthy technology tools” that I’ve been exploring and so excited about the idea of using healthy technology to be better at work that I’ve proposed a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference 2016 (you can vote for the session here ).

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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).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Opening Acts executive director also understood the importance of creating a workplace culture of wellbeing or what we call in the book, “We-Care.” Erika says it did not take much convincing when she proposed the idea of having staff create self-care plans at the staff retreat.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Infographics can be used in different and creative ways and some obvious ones such as marketing messaging , educating about a social issue , to celebrate a successful campaign , to report to stakeholders on key performance metrics , an annual report, and even a marriage proposal ! Need some more ideas?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Infographics can be used in different and creative ways and some obvious ones such as marketing messaging , educating about a social issue , to celebrate a successful campaign , to report to stakeholders on key performance metrics , an annual report, and even a marriage proposal ! Need some ideas? ” 5: Use Best Practices.

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OCTOBER 31, 2006

proposals for its first international conference, "Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface," to be held in Durham, NC, co-sponsored by Duke. Proposals for papers and panels on any aspect of "interface" are due December. University and RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute). Keynote speakers. 1, 2006.

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MAY 30, 2017

Working in talent acquisition means that you may find yourself working after hours and weekends to research donors, write proposals, or plan campaign strategies. Warning sign #4: You’re feeling compelled to overwork because you think it’s the only way to get everything done. However, your passion can be a double-edged sword.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Here's his clarification: I always like to point out, as Wikipedia currently says, that I only invited readers of my blog to propose names, and selected the term screencast. It was Joseph McDonald and Deeje Cooley who both (separately) proposed the term.

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