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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Feeding America. Kimberly Mitchell. Co-Founder.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engineering, to discover knowledge and apply that knowledge. Caltech feeds an intense curiosity, a burning desire to understand, to grapple with hard problems and to own them!

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

ASU Lodestar Center

A volunteer’s significance goes far beyond just saving nonprofits money in wages; they bring experience, knowledge, and lots of passion. Awards and gifts. Building this culture requires leadership with the knowledge, experience, and ability to look into the future of the organization. Each team member is unique.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â??

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Quick Guide to Grants for Nonprofits: Tips, Resources & More

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Competitive grants Competitive grants are awarded based on your nonprofit’s proposal to the funding source. Your estimated budget also helps provide you with a timeline in which you’ll need the funds by, which lets you know which grants won’t be awarded in time for your needs. Use empirical data.

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Great reads from around the web on September 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). One would be hardpressed to find more knowledgeable, thoughtful folks on civic engagement and social media.

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Great reads from around the web on June 6th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). So today I’m really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph, which will help you discover new information quickly and easily.

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