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Increase in food bank visits directly associated with government policies: New report

Charity Village

A new report authored by Ron Kneebone and Margarita Wilkins, from the School of Public Policy at The University of Calgary, identifies the extent to which food bank visits may be directly associated with changes in government policies.

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Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

There are reasons to be optimistic about the benefits of medical debt relief,” wrote the authors. Experts queried at the time researchers began their study almost universally predicted both groups would benefit from having this debt wiped clean. Proponents of medical debt relief often tout the low cost as a feature,” wrote the authors.

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Debunking 3 Myths About Digital Transformation

Saleforce Nonprofit

Technology is a key enabler for RMU, helping the university understand and serve the needs of its community. As RMU President Dr. Chris Howard puts it, technology is one of the key enablers that pushes the university toward its goals: “[We want to be] the most agile, professionally career-focused university in the country.

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Open Source and the Promise of Sustainable Nutrition Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Recently I had the opportunity to get introduced to Gerald Nelson , senior climate change researcher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This week, on September 10-12 at Purdue University, CIMSANS will be co-hosting a workshop and summit focused on improving food systems data and models.

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

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A data entry clerk may have just changed the location from which the data was entered and the workflow to receive it. About the Author. Matt Hugg is an author and instructor in nonprofit management in the US and abroad. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Step 2: Person by person, redefine their role.

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How an Effective Partner Ecosystem Strives for Collaboration Over Competition

Saleforce Nonprofit

Terri Givens is an author, CEO, and Founder of Brighter Higher Ed. Terri has over 30 years of success in higher education, politics, international affairs, and nonprofits, including roles as Provost at Menlo College, Vice Provost at University of Texas at Austin, and positions on numerous boards. About the Author. She has a B.A.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . At the time, Mark Zuckerberg was at Harvard University, and he developed it with his fellow students and friends, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.

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