Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

An analysis team from European Commission's Joint Research Center analyzed the text messages gathered through Ushahidi together with data on damaged buildings collected by the World Bank and the UN from satellite images. We think that this is important and valuable.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis. However, there is still a lot of confusion about what knowledge work is, what it is for, and how to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. He told a story that someone in one of his workshops to teach these methods asked him, “So what are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Be sure to consider the root causes, scope, and severity of the problem and how you think your nonprofit will solve it. Perform an analysis to determine the gap between existing resources and the actual needs in your community. Recruit board members Developing a clear governance structure is essential for your nonprofit.

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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. Run a cost-benefit analysis to determine which choice is the most productive and cost-efficient for your nonprofit. Let’s dive in!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

Defining the Problem. This will keep your survey short and focused, which in turn prevents respondent fatigue and allows for a smooth data analysis process. This begins with defining a business problem and research problem. Say I owned a restaurant and noticed a decrease in my revenue.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. While AI does involve logic and problem-solving, it does not think. It calculates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2015

” Professional networking gone wrong includes a mismanagement of structure, relationships, and behavior. But what really matters is structure: Core connections must bridge smaller, more-diverse kinds of groups and cross hierarchical, organizational, functional, and geographic lines. List them and do an analysis based on: Age.

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Everyaction

JULY 2, 2018

This extensive report offers analysis of generational wealth data, in-depth case studies of multiple nonprofits’ planned giving efforts, and detailed instructions on how to approach planned giving conversations with your donors.

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Gyrus

APRIL 19, 2016

will be a problem if you just let your employees learn on their own. Evaluate Your Need and Requirement: It is important to evaluate points such as total number of users expected, operations structure, learning and training objectives, current IT infrastructure and its limitations, system management, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data. Think big, but take baby steps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and approach problems in a different way from older generations. It raises the question (unanswered) whether this is a good or bad thing. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 11, 2018

Nonprofit organizations are as susceptible, perhaps more susceptible, to financial problems and insolvency than their for-profit counterparts,” according to Melickian, M. in " A guide for nonprofit organizations: Bankruptcy issues. ".

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems. The Philanthropic Consequence of Government Grants to Nonprofit Organizations: A Meta-Analysis.” As Clara Miller (2015), president of the H.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2003

I'm working on a workshop on structured creative problem-solving techniques. I found this great resource from Directed Creativity, a meta analysis of over 250 creative problem solving techniques. To read more: Three Principles Behind All Tools

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

Nonprofit organizations are among the strongest bridges that connect global problems with solutions. The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? posted by Alexis Roeckner Executive Director,Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary. 378) (Brown, 2005, p.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 15, 2014

Look for ways to structure real discussions among board members that will elicit commitment and leadership. 3) Focus on problems, challenges, or broad issues. For example, you could take the standard strategic planning issues focusing on organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Save your most-used reports as templates to reuse in future data analysis. When they do, they’ll design and update the software in a way that helps solve those real-world problems. Scalable pricing structures allow you to choose a system that has the features you need without paying extra for the features you don’t require.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual). The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic).

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Information that allows nonprofits to create actionable changes to their workflow and structure. These platforms are both automated and centralized, offering solutions to the most common problems associated with outdated data management tools. There is an important distinction between more data and better data. What is better data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Understanding: Landscape and Opportunity Analysis. The next morning participants gathered to make individual and collective sense of the ideas that were shared by experts. To generate group or collective understanding, I facilitated a cluster or affinity analysis of the different themes. Making: Ideation and Rapid Prototyping.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In 2009, we conducted a broad financial overview of 70 domestic violence (DV) service providers, which was followed by a comparative financial analysis of 18 organizations in 2010. The report was primarily informed by two sources: Financial data showing trends from the field. Lessons learned from our work with agencies in the field.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2018

There’s no doubt that we’ve created a problem in the social impact marketing space – lists. Traditionally, we’ve done data audits or analysis that are handed over to our staff. The analysis lays out giving potential that is dated from the moment it’s received.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

She was looking for presenters for a conference and she just pointed me over to Ethan Zuckerman's insightful analysis of Facebook activism. I also think some of the problems with the interaction and feature design of Facebook Groups also makes it challenging to help these activists climb the ladder of engagement. serial activists???,

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Forj

MARCH 2, 2021

We can crowdsource modules like that to get a little bit more agile in our approach to solving the problems of associations.” “Say they have 50 price rules in their business analysis,” says Jake. “We’ll show them how to set up two or three of the rules and let them set up the rest on their own.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it. Now the security issue.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Let's say someone from our organization comes to us with a problem or need. This swings both ways, of course: if our organization and leadership create an environment and structure that forces IT to stay confined, we can only help you run faster. We provide advice, training, support, or a tool to help.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 11, 2007

Here's the key: remember that the bulk of a programmer's time is not spent actually writing the new code , but in (1) figuring out how the existing program works, (2) determining where to make the change, (3) verifying that the change actually works, and (4) debugging any problems found. image originally uploaded as [link]

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The most effective nonprofit consulting projects will address immediate problems and provide long-term strategic value that helps you grow. Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. Reporting and analysis through the Revenue Opportunity and Action Report (ROAR).

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2018

Wealth screening has its own set of problems, though. And then there’s that annoying problem of privacy and respectful donor stewardship. A well-designed modeling project can do more to provide structure and direction to a fundraising program than can wealth screening alone. Most wealth is private. I don’t make models.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

It follows a basic, yet effective structure – First, getting into the particulars of the issue and then portraying your solution. You want to base your audience’s persona out of a serious analysis, to avoid missing out on critical aspects. What Is An Explainer Video? Your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2005

My argument here is that we need to pay attention to the network structures. I'm not interested in having separate networks; i'm interested in making certain that people understand the gender bias they build into the network and that it represents a diversity of perspectives, is flexible to deal with a diversity of social structures.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Note that due to the export restrictions, you will only be able to analyze a small set of ads and the spend amount will be hidden, so this method works best for ad copy analysis of top performing ads or analysis of competitor ad copy. We will then import the data into ChatGPT for analysis. Upload your file.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Rewriting strengthens logic, structure, and transitions. Overall, this methodology structures regular critical analysis of output to curate higher quality through ongoing refinement. Strengthening Coherence Identify ways the previous reply could have improved flow, transitions, and logical structure.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Let’s explore the common problems faced by faith-based organizations like yours, and how you can better serve your mission by consolidating all of your needs under a single DMS. The problem: Managing a patchwork of disconnected tools You may be juggling an array of tools and systems to manage your daily operations.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Let’s explore the common problems faced by nonprofits like yours and how you can better serve your mission by consolidating all of your needs into a single platform. The problem: managing a patchwork of disconnected tools You may be juggling an array of tools and systems to manage your daily operations.

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