Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems. Making Everybody Part of the Process of Problem-Solving. Defining and Refining the Problem to Optimize Solving It with Tech.

Local 36

Local Challenge Romania Open 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month.

Copyright 104

Copyright Proposal Audio eBook 104

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

It only takes an oversight or a small error to blow up into a problem that could have been avoided with some basic facts. Whether the staff is asked on a plane, in an elevator or on a panel, he or she should be able to articulate in 30 to 60 seconds what their charity does. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit.

Mentoring 70

Mentoring Work Phoenix Nonprofit 70

Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

I think it is important for your board of directors to articulate their own vision of inclusivity and to share that vision via your website, on printed materials, etc. What sorts of new insights could we uncover that might make addressing the social, community, or environmental problem we're discussing easier? Register now.

Demonstration 36

Demonstration Articulate Culture Reflection 36

Care2

JANUARY 30, 2014

Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after? You want to avoid an agency where every problem looks like the perfect nail for their hammer. In their proposal, have they accounted for additional costs unrelated to staffing, such as stock photography or software subscriptions? Technology.

Web 59

Web Language Photography Drupal 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Jason Falls shares in a post about measuring engagement, " The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.".

ROI 74

ROI Social Media Media Measure 74

M+R

MAY 12, 2021

Need is the expression of a problem, but impact isn’t simply our proposed solution. Communicating impact successfully doesn’t merely propose a solution; it defines the audience’s role in that solution. This does not mean that we are asking the audience to solve the problem single handedly.

Effective 59

Effective Impact Rhode Island Build 59

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I'd always joked that my dream job was to design pinball machines--a technical problem wrapped in creativity and pleasure. Anna accepted my proposal. Articulate what you can do for your organization, not what you can do generally. I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution). She is also saying that virtual worlds are not for everyone which is definitely true. I also have been around this.

Environment 50

Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Individual donors are free to fund whatever you propose that they agree will be of most benefit to you. On the other hand, they’re free to fund what they propose and that you decide aligns with your capabilities, mission, and goals. And they will definitely at times propose to you something that they are interested in funding.

Relationship 84

Relationship Donor Build Video 84

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Artist as Problem Solver vs. Artist as Problem Explorer Mark Allen (director of Machine Project) and I have talked about this issue several times, and Mark articulates it beautifully. As he put it (page 14): When people at an institution speak of a problem, it is often to indicate something that interferes with their operation.

Artist 39

Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries?

Library 20

Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20