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How to Use a SWOT Analysis for Your Nonprofit

CauseVox

Other examples include: strengthened or new competition, decreases in funding, changes in laws or regulations that impact the organization’s mission, or the emergence of new organizations that provide similar services. SWOTs can result in data that reflect the lived experiences of a relatively small group and ignore a broader context.

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

Consider this story, which has changed state laws throughout the U.S.: Before MADD, there were little to no legal consequences for driving while intoxicated; her organization transformed American attitudes about drunk driving and successfully fought for stricter laws across the country. Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story.

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Are you thinking about success?

Get Fully Funded

The key to your success is in what you think about, in what you say to yourself and others, in what you believe, and in what your attitudes are about yourself and others. The Law of Attraction, Quantum Physics and the ways our brains are designed help create those things upon which we focus our attention.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

If people don’t know you, there’s no real, even my general attitude to life, trust people, it’s always worked out well, with some few exceptions, it’s still worth it. . So fundamentally, I think for major donor conversations what you want to be doing is asking questions, then you reflect back what they’ve said.

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

The Black Youth Project examines the attitudes, resources, and culture of the young, urban black millennial, exploring how these factors and others influence their decision-making, norms, and behavior in critical domains such as sex, health, and politics. . . The Color of Law. Organizations to Donate to. Attend Events .

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

Museum 2.0

Second Life presents a whole new set of rules--governing everything from social interactions to the laws of physics--that have jolted me and museum colleagues out of the boxes in which we typically develop exhibits. Why not apply the same attitude to our own staff? We argue that "play" is not a dirty word when it comes to visitors.

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System Error: Stanford Professors Tackle Tech Disruption and Democracy

Non Profit Quarterly

Rob Reich: Big philanthropy is an exercise of power, and wherever there is concentrated power in a democratic society, the civic attitude toward it should be scrutiny, not gratitude. And we need a set of companies that see this not simply as a compliance issue—that is, “Are we following the law?”—but, I’m Amy Costello.

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