Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives.

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Ning Content Network Open Source 63

Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2019

She answered a few questions for us about their success with alternative funding and the journey they went on to create a diversified program. This fund consists almost exclusively of foundation grants and alternative funding sources like PRIs or public/private partnerships. How do you know that’s the right mix for your organization?

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Program Alternative Fundraising Fund 25

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It often includes powerful and well-connected people, and you’ll want to make sure that the meetings are well-planned and structured. Alternately, you may worry that many of the people on that committee don’t have lots of connections to wealthy people. Lead Gift Committee Meetings — A Simple Model.

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Gift Volunteer Campaign Phase 52

Nimble AMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

NOTE: Nimble AMS offers a safe alternative to custom-built software, allowing you to manage every aspect of your association while providing all the benefits customers love about the Salesforce platform. For example, for customers with a very complex or non-standard dues structure, Nimble AMS has elaborate and flexible dues setup options.

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Associations Software Build Platform 78

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The nonprofit business model is increasingly vulnerable to the volatility of the nonprofit marketplace and broad social, political, economic, and technological trends. Notwithstanding countless initiatives and grants to address this dilemma, the business model problem remains.

Social 85

Social Model Government Philanthropy 85

Whole Whale

MAY 16, 2022

These types of tools are mostly built on top of GPT3 (General Pre-Trained Transformer) which is a machine learning platform that enables developers to train and deploy models that perform a variety of natural language processing tasks. They can also help you generate ideas and structure your thoughts. and others.

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Tools Work Software Training 80

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

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." Overhaul the governance model and committee operations.

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Arizona Tucson Test America 40

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2011

The models, theories, and approaches to leadership that have been espoused over the past 100 years have steadily lost effectiveness around the globe. Great leaders shouldn't be the ones solving the problems, but should help others generate new notions of what's possible, as well as helping find creative and smarter alternatives.

Leadership 96

Leadership Arizona Americorp Create 96

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When your mission is effecting positive change it’s sometimes easy to overlook that at its heart a nonprofit is still a business model, with all the same ways of failing. If you wish to make a difference that may mean looking at an alternative place to affect change than the one you first envisioned.

Nonprofit 89

Nonprofit Advice Skills Studies 89

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

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. One such model is the Social Impact Bond (SIB). This risk assumption is the SIB innovation.

Impact 80

Impact Research Tools Social 80

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

But a structural problem remains: philanthropy does not typically have available capital for scaling. The Model: The “non–nonprofit” organization: Twin Cities Rise! Thus, a bond was structured so that Twin Cities Rise! Structure term ends at the end of the bond term. The Social Impact Bond (SIB), developed in the U.K.,

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Research Minnesota San Francisco Work 84

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Here is the reasoning on the new cloud pricing by Mary Pat Donnellon, vice president of marketing at Blackbaud: "We carefully designed the pricing model for Raiser's Edge NXT based on feedback from customers and industry experts. Other Fundraising Resources. Read about Insights from the Blackbaud #GivingTuesday Trends Report.

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Blackbaud Comparison Database API 36

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By understanding the role of HR in your nonprofit, you can determine the best way to structure your HR approach to meet your organization’s needs. All in all, this means that nonprofit HR departments play essential roles within their own organizations and can act as role models for other types of organizations as well. Let’s dive in!

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Retention Profit Professional 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

Creating a sustainable engagement platform within your existing structure takes time, creativity and dedication. In the two frameworks I've been co-creating, Transmedia Activism Modeling Global Change, we've based the frameworks on the core value of putting the social change issue first.

Culture 84

Culture Build Change Media 84

Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

The resultant traffic and chaos from commuters attempting alternate methods of transportation including ferries, buses, and carpooling likely resulted in something of a local holiday – as highways turned into parking lots. Are you prepared for a bridge closure, severe weather, or public transit failure? More Resources.

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San Francisco Training Train Organization 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

It covers different models for purpose, structure, style, value creation, design, leadership, and change management. Close down alternative or back-door communication channels. Identify and work with key nodes or influencers within the network who can be role models for using the technology.

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Social Media Network Media Social 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. Sometimes you don’t have the ability to do a survey before, especially if it is an online webinar or a conference session. There are alternative ways to do research. The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic).

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2017

Employ what you already know about fundraising and then match it to the crowdfunding model. Check out @Pay’s GoFundMe Alternatives for a list of great sites to use! Timely: A timeframe will be the easiest way to structure your crowdfunding campaign and keep it on track. But there’s a graveyard of failed campaigns.

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Tips Nonprofit Campaign Student 41

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2006

People prefer purchasing unbundled content to the more traditional alternative. All museums are models of aggregated content; heck, we're the boxed music sets of physical content. At its best, the meta-structure gives the content in an exhibit a soul. And, surprise!

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Aggregator Museum Structure Music 20

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Also, when the range of your security evaluations extends from “good&# to “excellent&# without characterizing what’s worse than “good,&# I don’t have any alternative but to treat “good&# as the worst on your spectrum. Saying “everyone gets an ‘A’!&# 6 David Geilhufe 04.07.09

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Drupal Comment Report Metrics 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Answer : The draft document is structured so that it can be put forward either as a recommendation or a draft treaty. They note that whenever industry wants intellectual property action globally, they only want a treaty: why should people with disabilities settle for a softer alternative?

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Accessibility Global United States Copyright 150

VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Your Future Operational Model? Or said another way, your new system most likely has created a more effective or efficient way of managing data and if you force the new system to replicate all the data content and structure of your old system, then you may bring many of the problems with your old data into the new system unintentionally.

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Platform Software System Facilitation 186

Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2019

The Traditional Phone Model is Shifting. Blackbaud’s predictive modeling projects a $130K reduction of phone dollars over the next 5 years. Engage annual giving audiences and personalize messaging by leveraging technology based on predictive modeling that prioritizes person-to-person interaction and cost-effective strategies.

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Fundraising Phone Model Relationship 22

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Some staff are wearying of the messiness, noise, and lack of structure in their new face. our staff and leaders, who are uncomfortable with open-endedness and are ready for us to move on to the next, hopefully more structured, thing. Yes, Agents of Change was a transformative experience. First, the newcomer.

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Experiment Create Museum Amazon 20

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

The way that World of Good has really gone about this is, we have done it in a two-part model. So the pricing models are all based on commodity pricing. In handmade items, you don't have that same kind of model; you don't buy and sell a bushel of embroidered skirts. It doesn't work that way.

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Gift Marketing Create Interview 40

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

Because the focus of the book is on organizational structure and not on specific acts or events, Light spends almost no time describing each organization or its particular innovations. Instead, he uses illustrative examples from each to support broad theses about leadership styles, internal structures, and operational strategies.

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Discussion Minnesota Phoenix Structure 39

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Maybe you use a structured process and a grants database. I’m glad to see that more than half of you are using a structured process and a grants database. First, I mentioned you should use a database and a structured process to search for funders. . I call this developing core narrative materials.

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Grant Lesson Tips Video 74

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We had surveyed an alternative high school and half the kids had said, “There’s no adult that I can talk to but I need to talk to somebody.” Do we have a clear structure? There’s many different structures to managing your community, you just have to put it on paper and share it. Are regular meetings set?

Community 76

Community Video Slides Survey 76

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Being mediators between vendors and nonprofits – to look at issues that are technological, and issues that are about personality, behavior and organizational structure and dynamics (on both sides) Looking at the bigger picture – how does what an organization does with technology affect the larger community, and the planet?

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Summary Consultant NTC Technology 100

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I think so far it's similar to the BarCamp event model where it started out as being a lot of geeks and people online, because it spread through online vehicles. We recently created a second model to meet additional demand, and also to extend the size of our coworking community here.

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Green Interview San Francisco Environment 40

Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

So things like asking, will the organization be providing computers and mobile devices for all staff, or would there be a hybrid model where some staff would have organization-issued computers and other staff would have to rely on their personal devices? This is not a model policy, all right? This is an example policy.

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Policy Team Virtual Tech 99

Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And then also at the board level, if you do that, you really, you know, we really suggest that you have a, you know, alternative asset management policy at the board level that would then guide when you were to sell those assets and turn them into fiat dollars. And that’s kind of our business model.

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Method Video Giving Nonprofit 108

Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Given the lack of established models, there will undoubtedly be some unanticipated curves ahead. a democratically structured non-profit which issues the local currency; the Schumacher Center (which retains its affiliation with BerkShares, Inc.); and Humanity Cash , a tech venture focused on alternative digital currencies.

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Local Digital Experiment Alternative 101

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

So this is a different alternative to what you can do with fundraising, and it’s a lot easier because it’s focused on the funder lens asset alignment and then you’ve created this map and you know where to focus. She books 10 to 15 meetings a month, and she brings in $10,000 to $40,000 a month from this one power partner offering. .

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Raise Map Fundraising Money 70

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

So this is a different alternative to what you can do with fundraising, and it’s a lot easier because it’s focused on the funder lens asset alignment and then you’ve created this map and you know where to focus. Mallory: Yeah.

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Raise Video Map Fundraising 84

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Today, we take a page from Wallace Stevens and look at some alternative ways to structure museum admissions and pricing. This model is interesting to those of us with large institutions where you may be able to market "you couldn't see it all this time, so come back next time for less" pricing. Get rid of the admissions desk.

Museum 28

Museum Movie Local Model 28

Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And then also at the board level, if you do that, you really, you know, we really suggest that you have a, you know, alternative asset management policy at the board level that would then guide when you were to sell those assets and turn them into fiat dollars. And that’s kind of our business model. You know, there are other solutions.

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