ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

million nonprofit organizations in the United States that employ more than 12 million people, with $340 billion in annual budget outlays. As the primary goal of nonprofit organizations is to advance, advocate or pursue a cause, it is understandable that many professionals want to focus their long-term career goals on nonprofit management.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 16, 2017

posted by Stanford Prescott Graduate Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Nonprofits are in a unique and vital position to seize the opportunities and solve the challenges of disrupting technology. Nonprofits also have the opportunity “to become thought leaders” (Zwick, C., personal communication, Mar.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

If you're reading this, you've probably already been indoctrinated into the idea that nonprofit has some particular useful meaning. Is that really a reason to study , talk about , and define a professional identity of a "nonprofit sector?" In contrast, take a look at " nonprofit." Mark Hager, Ph.D. Resources & Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Partnerships with technology companies are driving AI4Good, providing their expertise, toolkits, and resources to work with nonprofits to integrate the use of AI. Identify owned datasets that can be safely open-sourced or shared through data governance structures such as whitelists and data trusts. .

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With media and governments trust reaching an all-time low, businesses have become the most trusted institutions in the world. more then they even trust nonprofit organizations. In 2020, 92% of people felt it was important for employers’ CEOs to speak out on one or more issues. In reality, employees trust their employer 26.4%

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Decision 1: Must we have data governance policies before we migrate? Data governance represents ‘rules of the road’ for your donor database. Good data governance addresses data quality issues ranging from how you control your data input processes to questions such as ‘How long will you store old records?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

.” She points out Sharing companies with robust digital platforms have potentially valuable digital data that could be of use to those interested in social change including researchers, policy makers and government officials. Want to look at structural racism, affordable housing or daycare, or gender and safety issues?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Leaders at companies, global brands, nonprofits, and everyone in between are asking that important question: what is a purpose-driven company? Timberland doesn’t only connect its purpose with day-to-day roles, but to broader issues impacting the people who make its products. What is a purpose-driven business? About the Author.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

If you want to go with WordPress, hire someone who understands your vision and has experience with websites for small nonprofits. For example, if your nonprofit is the Equine Rescue and Rehab Farm of South East Tennessee, don’t get errfset.org. Nonprofit websites typically have a welcoming feel. Any of these platforms will do.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

For nonprofits and government agencies, gathering insights and feedback from audiences is critical to effectively carry out their mission and achieve lasting impact. Projecting obstacles, such as low audience engagement or slowed internal approval processes, makes issues easier, and causes less interruption in your process.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. “I Social service and nonprofit programs have traditionally been supported through philanthropy and government contracts.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

" When Communities Identify Their Own Poor, Aid Has The Most Effect | Fast Company – "When governments and NGOs plan on giving assistance to the most needy, how do they know who needs the most assistance? MIT researchers in a recent study (PDF) looked at two alternative methods for establishing who needs assistance."

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

government also has its own problems with networked activists. However, these two alternative structures of human organization can interact in a variety of ways, both mutually beneficial and destructive. However, these issues don’t apply in the same way to nonprofits who have an organizational presence on Facebook.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The past decade has been rife with ideas on how to scale up successful nonprofit organizations.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2020

This is a common scenario that we’re seeing more of, as more nonprofits gravitate toward ‘best of breed’ systems. Many find they are the best alternative for effectively running and growing their organizations, especially when decked out with all of the best apps for additional functionality. Best of Breed’ Breeds Integration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

The title of this article is becoming more frequently used by the roughly 35,000 nonprofit recipients of the popular Google Ad Grant. The Google Ad Grants program gives nonprofits up to $10,000 per month in free in-kind AdWords across the search network through the Google for Nonprofits platform.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit organizations look to outside experts for all kinds of reasons. Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. Here’s what we’ll cover: The Basics of Nonprofit Consulting. What is a nonprofit consulting firm? Why should I hire a nonprofit consulting firm?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 20, 2016

Starting a nonprofit is intimidating—but what’s scarier is seeing it go. To give you a hand in the process, we’ve identified four main problems that fading nonprofits have encountered. To give you a hand in the process, we’ve identified four main problems that fading nonprofits have encountered. Board Governance.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." Artis explained that unfilled jobs are an ongoing issue for many corporations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

We have a special contest give-away in store at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference: a free year-long subscription of Adobe Creative Cloud. Eligible Sweepstakes posts must made by Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") attendees in Washington, DC. Stop By and Visit Us — Booth 217. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2018

It's cracked the crumbling, outdated rules around deaccessioning--and unearthed more serious issues of public trust. The Attorney General of Massachusetts has put a hold on the sale and will issue a ruling at the end of January. THE REAL ISSUE AT STAKE To me, the issue in the Berkshires is not about deaccessioning artwork.

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BoardAssist

MAY 13, 2014

Whether I am working with a client or speaking at a conference, the most common complaint I hear every day from nonprofit executive directors and development professionals is that their board members are not helping with fundraising. Great examples can be found on many board governance websites. Thanks Amy for a terrific guest post.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Taking a look at the ways technology companies have informed their users about product changes is instructive for nonprofits looking to announce big changes in a thoughtful way. Marshall Kirkpatrick shared his frustration about the issues saying. ” Unlike technology consumers, for some nonprofits that sentiment is literal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google Ad Grants are a terrific fundraising and marketing tool that Google makes available to nonprofits and charities. A Google Grant provides $10,000 each month to nonprofits to spend on Google Search ads. Google Grants can be a great fundraising option for almost all nonprofits. So what are Google Ad Grants ? Absolutely.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 19, 2016

Taking the 501(h) election is an alternative to filling out the section of Form 990 that requires organizations to disclose the “total expenses paid or incurred” as a result of lobbying. Nonpartisan analysis, study or research that presents all sides of an issue. In essence, advocacy is relationship building.

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Tech Soup

MAY 29, 2013

becomes scarce, we must seek alternatives or find a more efficient way. government has researched the issue and launched. the last things nonprofits need as you struggle with scarce resources. devices available to nonprofits for free each year through TechSoup’s Product Donation Program. Communication.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2022

With COVID restrictions putting the brakes on many of the past two years’ large gatherings, nonprofits are anxious to resume in-person events – and supporters are looking forward to attending. For example, will you (or does your local government) require attendees to be vaccinated or wear masks? . COVID-19 has forced the issue.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. Why do we at Benetech care about this so much? copyright law. But, it’s not the only one!

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

You work in a nonprofit. Why should you be interested in esoteric issues like "net-neutrality? Other government programs are following the lead of the INS and providing some services or information only via the Internet. The most important place for you to participate is at your local government level.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2013

Most databases have security roles or groups that govern security. This user might have the same job as six other people, but because of ongoing data issues with them, their security has been modified to prevent them from doing specific things. It does nothing more than introduce larger issues into your database.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

Some say it’s the wrong measure of a nonprofit organization’s success; others say it is the gold standard for measuring worthiness for support. There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

It's one of the great untold stories of nonprofit enterprise. That's where nonprofit computer refurbishers come in. There is a surprising number of nonprofit computer refurbishers in North America that now supply accessible technology equipped computers, and lately iPads and iPods to disabled people at no or low cost.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy. Drawing national attention to an important issue (and a good bit of recognition for your organization the process).

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a nonprofit marketing or communications specialist, you may have noticed a rising tide of digital fatigue among your supporters when it comes to your organization’s online outreach efforts. . any successful nonprofit strategic plan. Alternatively, a. Plus, Getting Attention’s guide to nonprofit communications.

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See3

AUGUST 23, 2007

Their video is too long, and there are other production quality issues with it, but they don’t really matter. How are you showing your issue? Issues of morality are present in many aspects of our lives and not surprising people disagree on what is moral and what is not. Emotional pleas to ban MTM have been made.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are so many different kinds of nonprofit event ideas out there! The type of events that will work best for your nonprofit will depend on three major factors: Your organization’s mission, your available resources, and your supporter’s preferences. It’s a healthy and engaging way to support your nonprofit’s cause.

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