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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. Kimberly Mitchell. National University. 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. People are immensely proud of their creations and would love to see them used to benefit more people.

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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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Five Ways to Promote Wellness in Your Organization this New Year

Connection Cafe

An employee’s personal health can be contributed to their financial wellbeing, their nutrition, and their knowledge – All or which are opportunities for an employer to step in and provide wellness resources and educational opportunities for employee growth. But personal health is so much more than just fitness. Make it a month.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

An App To End World Hunger? How this will move the needle on world hunger? That’d definitely put a dent in the $143 billion price tag that the UN Development Program estimates it would take to end world hunger. After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why he got the award.

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Romancing the Donor

Connection Cafe

Nominate them for awards. Run appreciation events, give awards or simply start a “shout-out” campaign via social media. They have a hunger to make a connection – they have a hunger to make a connection with you. Invite me to contribute my professional knowledge for a specific time-bound project.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can think of it as having 24/7 access to another users filing cabinet, but each user's collection of bookmarks helps to build an rich knowledge network. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Think of wikis of a good tool to collect information or knowledge. The power of Del.icio.us

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