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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget. and Catherine T.

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3 Ways to Reimagine Fundraising Experiences

Saleforce Nonprofit

There will be time for more practical matters, but this phase is all about dreaming. It was replicated on a national scale and even won a design award! Gigi and her mom, pictured above, used the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for Gigi’s Playhouse to connect with a whole new set of potential donors.

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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. Although the Clearinghouse and Awards programs could be helpful to the cause of greater access for people with disabilities, I don’t think they truly take on the biggest opportunity for change. Specific comments on the proposed Chairman’s Awards.

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How to Write an Irresistible Email Fundraising Appeal (any time of year)

Whole Whale

So that is the big picture, now let’s get into the nitty gritty. You understand the big picture, but what does this actually mean when it comes to writing the email? There are no points awarded for sounding smart and using 7-letter esoteric scrabble vocab you memorized to beat your grandma in Words With Friends.

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What Can Salesforce Do for Education?

Cloud 4 Good

This solution has caught the eye of Salesforce itself, earning a nomination for the Excellence in Recruitment & Admissions Innovation award at the upcoming 2021 Education Summit. The University of Vermont (UVM) implemented Service Cloud as part of a multi-phased release to help facilitate the UVM vision of a connected campus.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

Picture a nonprofit organization with 3.6 Probably in the next three weeks we'll be launching phase one of that new site, so that'll be really exciting. That's the beauty of it, and that's why our motto is "Changing the world one gift at a time." BB: What is the next step for Freecycle? What are its goals and its challenges?

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[VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID

Bloomerang

And I want you to think about this because in each of these different phases, there’s different components required. And so you can kind of get the picture of how you could organize and rank them. And I want you to think about how much time you can devote, how many resources you’re able to allocate.

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