ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The growing magnitude and complexity of socioeconomic problems that face societies throughout the world has generated the urgency for cross-sector collaboration to emerge. Examining these cross-sector collaborations reveals advantages for nonprofit leaders seeking greater impact. In Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, James E.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Dynamics of Donation Drives Inclusivity and Empowerment At its core, a donation drive fosters inclusivity, inviting people from diverse backgrounds and walks of life to participate. Collaborative Events Partner with local businesses for collaborative events where a percentage of sales go towards your cause.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When V2I’s co-founder, Fadi Al Qassar , told us about the challenges his organization was experiencing and we learned about all the positive impact that might be lost, we were keen to help in whatever way we could. This concept focuses on long-term, system-changing interventions in contrast to shorter, more specific challenges.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Inspiration can come from an assortment of places, but to be connected to collaborative opportunities you need to have relationships across different organizations in your community. John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2014

A few weeks ago, we learned that SafeNight is a finalist in the Reimagine Opportunity Challenge from Partnership for Freedom. This challenge seeks to bring innovative solutions to the anti-trafficking field. We’re excited to be finalists in the Reimagine: Opportunity Challenge. The next step in the process?

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

Women Business Collaborative The Women Business Collaborative is a coalition of various women’s business organizations working towards the achievement of equal position, pay, and power for all women in business. Donate to support the Women Business Collaborative here. Donate to the fund here.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

This unique annual gathering brings together political, business, civil society, and media leaders to discuss big ideas and challenges. Whether campaigning for the future of our planet, directing documentaries, or creating content that spotlights global issues, social empowerment and environmental education are at the core of Jack’s work.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2022

While many changes have been positive, others have been more challenging for both leaders and employees. In the trends report, 85% of those surveyed said staff retention will continue to be or increasingly become a challenge. Nonprofits around the world are still figuring out what the workplaces of the future will look like.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Cause Camp’s goal is to leave you informed and inspired, ready to take on any challenge. Also, she has raised over $10 million in financial and non-financial support in her career to support impact areas such as economic empowerment, social justice, poverty alleviation, health equity, racial justice, social innovation, and more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, adding to the complexity right now are the economic challenges hitting every sector. With pro bono support, you can diagnose a problem and scope the solution in a way that actually gets to the root of the challenge. It is a gift of empowerment to nonprofits, volunteers, and the communities around us.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

With Bookshare , Benetech’s online library for people with print disabilities, our ebook-based approach to the accessibility challenge has already delivered on the promise of ending the famine of accessible books in the United States. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Fifty-one percent of Americans reported mental health challenges at work since COVID-19 began, and 30% are fearful to report their mental health struggles to their employer. Join Krista, Libby, Lisa and many more inspirational speakers at the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions for sessions dedicated to nonprofit wellbeing and resilience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The site contains data visualization tools, thanks to a collaboration with the Institute for Visualization and Perception Research at UMass Lowell. And community organizations can use data to illuminate the challenges they face. Why this resource?

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup Global, entered its app SafeNight into the ReImagine: Opportunity Challenge. We submitted, with collaborators Aidmatrix, and made it to the finalist round. And then things really starting happening: Last week, we learned that the Collaborative was selected as one of the winners of the Challenge.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. If we want to make progress on the challenges we all face, we need to ensure the communities around us have the opportunity to thrive. It expands our understanding of the world around us and leads to the kind of collaboration that produces more innovation with greater impact.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This broader collaboration enables us to better assess employee engagement and retention as an ROI strategically linked to PIMCO’s core business strategy, and as a tool to attract and retain top talent. We work with six organizations committed to the education, employment and empowerment of women and girls across the globe.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

While challenges exist for everybody, these challenges assume more serious proportions for people who have low incomes. WORTH Trust uses a two-pronged model that addresses challenges faced by people with different abilities at various levels. Getting enough work in the initial days was a challenge.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

realize_ink : Q3: empowerment & ownership. America’s Giving Challenge = push vs. Kiva peer-to-peer microfinance = pull. ehon : Challenge w online campaign – lots of sympathisers not enough activists. zerostrategist : @ehon Might be right about that challenge, but I have seen the reverse too.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

One challenge I foresee for companies is that tracking, measuring, and evaluating will get more complex but not insurmountable. She has worked as senior staff and consultant for companies and non-profits advancing health issues, empowerment of women and youth, the arts, and international development. We’re here to help!

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Our work would become more relevant, our collaborations more timely, our network more diverse. A year-long program with an intention to ignite new collaborations across the County to build a stronger, more connected community. Our topics are broad, including Creative Spaces, Youth Empowerment, and Economic Opportunity.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. Critical friends are trusted outside observers who may raise tough questions and uncomfortable truths that a collaborating community group cannot or will not share.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. I asked some folks on Twitter today if they had a BI strategy and what their biggest challenges were. No one said the biggest challenge was the software. . Challenges often reside in identification, classification. Collaboration. What about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

They will be more likely to apply what they learned or what we call the “challenge of transfer” because they’re inspired. It starts with 2 or three rotations of share pairs, asking folks to connect around their success stories related to the topic and challenges related to the topic.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

Our museum is highly participatory: plenty of opportunities for visitors to contribute, for artists to collaborate, for community members to co-create. When you seriously value the diverse experience and knowledge of community members, you challenge the traditional assignment of knowledge authority. Empowerment?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. HOW (slides 24-42) There are three “tracks” to our theory of change: individual empowerment, social bonding, and social bridging. Let’s start with empowerment. There is no one-size-fits-all template for that.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

a collaborative effort, not just a single department or team’s responsibility. Collaborative efforts: Various organizations contributing their own resources, content, and data to create a common service that none of them would have been able to develop on their own is possible through digital platforms. Images of Empowerment.

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CauseVox

MARCH 13, 2024

Rooted in values such as equity, collaboration, resiliency, empowerment, and community, Spur Local actively promotes visibility, stimulates discussions, and serves as a catalyst for positive change in the region. Over the past two decades, Spur Local has evolved into the largest nonprofit capacity builder in the region.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Develop collaborations and programs, keeping in mind what you have learned. Once we've identified assets and needs, we seek out collaborators and project ideas. The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. Subjects to Change was born.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What are the benefits and challenges of using low-code platforms? As you master low-code skills and the basics of AI, you will be fast-tracking applications to enhance your organization’s efficiency and fundraising efforts while giving yourself a competitive advantage in a challenging job market.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

It is a collaboration between American students and residents of Sikoro, a dusty periurban town of 65,000 people outside the capital city of Bamako, Mali. What is the biggest challenge of your work? The biggest challenge is definitely the fact that an “NGO” in Mali is seen as a “waritigi” (money owner).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

I feel the learning is richer and more sticky. Peer exchanges help participants not only form good habits, but they also naturally start to collaborate and work in a networked way. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. What's the challenge of using that process ?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

Parley sees the key to these solutions in creativity and collaboration. Through projects focused on communication and education, youth empowerment, direct action, research, and material science, we create success stories that set new standards and provide the roadmaps for others to follow. Collaboration is the way forward.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Our essential intention is to cultivate partnerships of grassroots women who are working at the community level on issues of environmental sustainability and social justice, so that they can really find opportunities to collaborate and to exchange best practices, exchange resources, and really build a collective agenda.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We don’t have a common language for collaboration between large software developers selling and donating their platforms to nonprofits. In short, its existence creates opportunities for collaboration between software platforms that serve nonprofits to match the collaboration between nonprofits that takes place every day.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The new e-book Amplify Program Impact: 7 Trailblazer Strategies for Success with Salesforce shares the challenges and solutions facing many organisations looking to deliver best-in-class programs and services and what this means from a technology perspective. This can range from providing resources to collaborating directly with your staff.

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