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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

Alternatively, when boards take a more collaborative approach to these duties, working together with staff, they can help advance the organization’s mission and vision. In some organizations, a top-down hierarchical structure dominates, with board members exerting control over decision-making processes and stifling innovation among staff.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Alternative Supports (<1 percent). Miscellaneous (3 percent). Project Demographics/Orientation/Status (2 percent). How Did You Hear of Us (<1 percent).

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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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Export Your Universal Analytics Data Before It’s Too Late

Forum One

They can also provide a platform for ETL processes: in other words, Extracting data from the systems where it is collected, Transforming, cleaning, or otherwise manipulating it into a more usable structure, and then Loading it directly to business intelligence tools or data warehouses including BigQuery. 2021-01-31), relative dates (e.g.,

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." They are falling behind in the race for relevance.

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Research Friday: Social Impact Bonds: A New Tool for Scaling Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

There has been some discussion about for-profit alternatives to the traditional nonprofit model, such as “B” (for benefit) and “L3C” (Low-profit Limited Liability Company) corporations, which combine low profits with a social mission. SIBs provide an alternative to traditional philanthropy, government contracts, and low profit corporations.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

An alternative is to find an established organization you can partner with or who will serve as your fiscal sponsor. How will you evaluate your results and measure impact? You also need to build a structure that will enable you to bring in the money you need to operate. Will your Board support this program?

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