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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

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As the saying goes, “knowledge is power.” Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Passion plus knowledge is a powerful hook, making people who were about to swipe stay for a while. The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. And our most ardent volunteers are typically people who love sharing knowledge.

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The enduring value of lessons learned

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Across the social sector, there’s one thing we can all agree on: data and knowledge are crucial to our collective success. Issue Lab is where Candid collects, preserves, and shares research reports, whitepapers, evaluations, case studies, issue briefs, and more, published and/or funded by social sector organizations.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They create social capital or value by making their skills, resources, and knowledge available to each other. Engagement in the network provides a bigger benefit than to the individual member, the networks can work on finding solutions to big social issues. Networks can achieve great impact.

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10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

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These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed. This tests knowledge acquisition. Or, individuals in a business course could complete an open-ended case study-based assessment to test how well they can apply the information presented, effectively testing skills acquired.

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6 Ways to Create Buzz Around Your Charity Golf Tournament

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With the right tools in place, anyone can organize a golf tournament, regardless of their golf knowledge or experience. It’s important to note that your team should always review ChatGPT’s output to ensure it reflects your brand voice and gives it a human touch that your audience wants to engage with.

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