TechImpact

JULY 31, 2014

The benefits of cloud computing has been a well covered topic on this blog , and many other blogs like it. And technology is unequivocally connected to the effectiveness of nonprofit and for-profit organizations alike. Image courtesy of US News. That information has already been well disseminated, and understood.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

If you’ve experienced this type of growth with your organization, you’ve probably realized that your nonprofit could benefit from a comprehensive HR framework. . There’s a misconception that HR departments are just meant for the for-profit business world, but that’s not the case. Nonprofit HR Essential Duties.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Within the arena of startup incubators, however, Benetech’s social enterprise business model and Benetech Labs’ approach are unique. The typical incubator model works well where a team has formed around a technology innovation and is looking to graduate a for-profit company. Let me explain how this is so.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Profits were allowed, but they were legitimized by the mission within the business charter. In modern-day America, businesses are held legally accountable to maximize profits for shareholders, frequently at the exclusion of all else. A structure has emerged to serve this purpose, called the Benefit Corporation.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

All for-profit and nonprofit organizations will enormously benefit from similar tune ups to ensure operations are performing at peak efficiency. We often hear that nonprofits should model themselves more like businesses. Be sure your assessment addresses the external environment. There is little, if any, fat to trim.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Occasionally, the nonprofit business model is not the right setup for your organization. Sometimes you have investors that help get your operations off the ground and want a share of the profits. Other times the nonprofit model just isn’t the right fit. Benefit Corporation. Certified B Corp.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Bring your own device (BYOD) is a trend that is sweeping not only the nonprofit world by storm, but the for profit environment as well. It is of course referring to the large sets of data that help nonprofit organizations find trends through predictive modeling techniques.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Considering the major benefits that corporate partnerships can offer, your nonprofit needs a defined strategy to raise more from corporate philanthropy and build stronger relationships with businesses. Benefits of corporate philanthropy Corporate philanthropy offers win-win benefits for both corporations and the nonprofits they support.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

With a new wave of people investing in crypto comes a new segment of donors looking to donate those assets either for altruistic purposes, capital gains, tax benefits, or both. Cryptocurrency to date has been built on a proof of work model that is incredibly energy intensive. For perspective, that’s enough to power a small country. .

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

Despite the many benefits of hiring a nonprofit consultant , there are still many myths about what a nonprofit consultant does or how you should go about hiring one. They can provide training on how to manage teams, improve leadership, and create a more productive work environment. Accounting and compliance consultants.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

Smashing Icons Toyama’s central thesis is that we tend to overstate the benefits of technology as a magic bullet. Toyama on that issue: If a private company is failing to make a profit, no one expects that state-of-the-art data centers, better productivity software, and new laptops for all of the employees will turn things around.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. Even Bookshare, with its position as an entity that can use the Section 121 exception, benefits greatly from fair use.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Investing in employee engagement can yield the following benefits for your organization: Public reputation boost. Improved profitability. Add benefits to your employment package such as a gym membership or insurance that covers mental health appointments. Why is employee engagement important? Close off communication.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The top 3 answers (all within 5% of each other) were: Mission Delivery Model – How does this organization deliver its mission (e.g., children, environment, housing)? Organizations were asked to rank the parts of their organization that could benefit the most from benchmarking. grant funding, advocacy, project delivery)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Cara Matteliano, VP of Programs, gave a presentation about three different initiatives designed to create the environment for local news including GrowWNY.org. He sent a tweet to his insurance carrier, Aetna: “@Aetna’s 4th qtr profit up 73%: ‘it continued to benefit from low use of health care.’ This takes patience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

SL will take longer to gel into a cohesive environment that has a purpose and a following than the explosive growth experienced by WOW. Being another layer over existing technologies, those who are comfortable with the current models can stay behind while the rest of us move up to the next level. Come on, get real already.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2013

One of the things I like best about working with TechSoup for Libraries is our connection to TechSoup , which provides opportunities for me to think beyond libraries and to consider technology in the broader non-profit environment. Last week I attended attend a TechSoup webinar, Developing Mobile Apps from Idea to Launch.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Surely, an organization can benefit from their honed organizational abilities, communication skills, management experience. You say you are willing to sacrifice a high salary, profit-sharing, equity, options, incentive bonus for peace of mind? For-profit: . Nonprofit: A nonprofit “doesn’t make a profit.”

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In fact, there are 29 different types of 501(c) organizations including cemetery companies , Teachers’ Retirement Fund Associations and Black Lung Benefit Trusts. Restrictions : Any profits derived from the organization cannot benefit any director, officer or other individual. Benefit Corporations.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In this model, your organization will have no idea where the hardware actually providing your services is located -- and, better yet, you won't care. Look for mobile providers to combine these ideas to enable a virtual meeting environment with video, audio, whiteboard, and presentations from multiple attendees. What do you think?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the previous segment , overall large picture differences between for-profit and nonprofit were discussed, with the seasoned executive in mind. Here, the environment and the employees of a nonprofit will be considered. Work Environment. How do these people’s statistics affect the work environment?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

In order to survive over the long term and gain competitive advantage, companies must learn how to connect profoundly with the world around them -- not only with customers and stakeholders, but also with employees, local communities, politicians, and the environment itself."

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Civic Benefit: Holding Power Accountable — Common Cause. Environment & Animals: Because the earth needs a good lawyer — Earthjustice. A model for any organization promoting philanthropy. The kind of tagline nonprofits should model. A great example of how word play works in a tagline. That’s why this one is a classic.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

This volatility may become a huge difference from traditional fiat giving trends that show that Q4 is when most donors choose to give and lock in profits/losses in equity markets. These structures allow people to collaborate in a trustless environment without the need of traditional bureaucracy or centralized authority.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 26, 2011

their expansion has grown at twice the rate of for-profit organizations. New classes of businesses known as Benefit Corporations were established to serve just this purpose. They are companies whose goal is to “create a material positive impact on society and the environment.” Who are we looking to provide assistance towards?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

But upon reflection about these issues, I also wish to issue some cautions, some consideration to keep in mind as you adapt to changes in this dynamic and sometimes volatile environment. There is a reason that nonprofits carve out this “third space” – apart from the pursuit of profit and apart from government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

We share a spirit of generosity towards each other and a commitment to social justice, a healthy environment and human dignity. We hold a fundamental belief that technology and all of its benefits must be made available to everyone??? The circuit rider model was created to solve the three problems outlined above: nonprofits???

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

By using tools that are owned by everyone, you know you aren't building your work in a way that depends on or benefits any one corporation or institution, but building your work in a way that benefits everyone. . So what should non-profit tech folks be doing to prepare for the opportunities of "the future"? .

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 29, 2008

Every non-profit now talks about needing to improve their CRM. starts to point toward the more collaborative environments that are being termed "social media" these days. The VRM conversation needs to focus on how to provide concrete measurable benefits for customers if this paradigm is gain traction.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Different industries all over the world are asking themselves how they can sustain their sales models. . Therefore, by shifting to a more virtual event environment, it will normalize digital operations when the time comes for the event to also welcome a physical audience again. . Why Shift to Virtual Events. Analytics and integrations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model. If you're in Oakland, how are you benefiting the community of Oakland? Do you provide health benefits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world. s environment and shift focus as needed to salient. Go read it. and discovery.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Different industries all over the world are asking themselves how they can sustain their sales models. . Therefore, by shifting to a more virtual event environment, it will normalize digital operations when the time comes for the event to also welcome a physical audience again. . Why Shift to Virtual Events. Analytics and integrations.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact. Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Of course, this is a familiar concept to me as someone who started his career building for-profit tech companies in Silicon Valley. The primary goal in the Valley is massive change, because when you’re a for-profit that magnitude usually yields massive profits. And that’s what we did with Bookshare! The first was the ebook.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2009

Hackerspaces are mostly small non-profit co-ops, with 25-100 members and under 1000 sq ft of space. Most hackerspaces have very transparent legal structures and operate on a consensus model. We are incorporated as a non-profit educational corporation for public benefit." I'm not sure about the first.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

I am the CEO and co-founder of World of Good , and also World of Good Development Organization , which is our non-profit sister organization. The way that World of Good has really gone about this is, we have done it in a two-part model. You can hear the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or read the transcript below.

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