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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Trends in Grantmaking: Achieving Lasting Impact Through Trust-Based Philanthropy

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And yet, there is often a layer between that data and the practicality of reaching people with food insecurity, or reducing recidivism, or providing educational art programs. Grantees need you to be transparent, knowledgeable, and responsive.

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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been a pleasure to co-design this session with knowledgeable and smart colleagues who are as obsessed with instructional design and interactive exercises as I am. The Art of Good Closers. Evaluation. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training. Train the Trainers Model. I cebreakers and Closers. Learning Styles.

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What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

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The Vera Institute (2015) offers this definition of social impact bonds: “In a social impact bond, private investors fund an intervention through an intermediary organization—and the government repays the funder only if the program achieves certain goals, which are specified at the outset of the initiative and assessed by an independent evaluator.”.

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Learning In Public On Wikis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One answer comes from Eugene Eric Kim in a presentation he did about networks, “Be the Change You Want To See&# – it’s about modeling. Examples include the Social Media Lab , Leveraging Social Media for Arts Organizations , and the Networked Funders. Three Different Designs for Public Learning On Wiki.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Her career has been dedicated to connecting people and places through performing arts . Data and Knowledge Centers. Senior Advisor and Director, Measurement, Evaluation and Organizational Performance. City of Hope.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As someone who works with nonprofits to build capacity in technology, one always hopes for transformational versus transactional results. Paul’s post unpacks some of the findings from the evaluation, but also raises some important questions about doing transformational capacity building. What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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