Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

New ideas for Benetech projects come to us from interesting people all the time. The challenges that people bring are rarely technology problems: they are market problems. Rebecca was looking for help with a familiar problem. Many universities do similar things, but Rice goes a key step further.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

That’s why I was inspired to read this recently published report “ Today’s Challenges: Training and Capacity Building ,” written by Sara El-Amine for the Mobilisation Lab in partnership with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. (I I was interviewed for the report).

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Explore this definitive guide to learn more about Giving Tuesday, get great campaign ideas, and soak up some best practices. Let’s get started! Request Demo. Giving Tuesday FAQs.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recent data from the global consulting firm Spencer Stuart shows that 98% of S&P 500 boards conduct a board evaluation of some type, although only about a third review the board as a whole, individual directors, and committees as part of the process. You’ll want to enlist directors with influence to champion the idea.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Look to the New Donor Timeline for ideas. Eroding Trust The loss of trust is now a global problem. And it’s one of the biggest problems nonprofits face. Organizations relying on event-driven fundraising suffered.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

We all know that hunger is a complex and growing problem. Food insecurity threatens to worsen as households continue to face setbacks due to COVID-19, fears of a global recession, and the highest increase in inflation rates and food prices seen in the last 40 years. and supporting small farmers in remote areas globally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2020

For nonprofits, fundraising can be a challenging proposition. To start, bring the problems your organization wants to fix into the light. million that other streamers raised during a global #HopeFromHome streaming event that took place on April 7th, 2020. How can you use VR and AR as a tool for nonprofit donations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

Here is a write up about how the toolkit was designed and piloted, but of interest is how they framed the design challenge of designing the toolkit: How could they structure it so that people could dip in and out without having to wade through theory first? They responded to the design challenge by making the toolkit as practical as possible.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

And now they are up to something again: MMT is looking for a million dollar idea to support! Stamm noted that the million dollar idea challenge supplements MMT’s existing grant programs and initiatives, rather than supplanting any ongoing funding. We think that’s where Fred Meyer would want us to look.”.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As we process new ideas -- including from management books! -- we're always looking for social validation. "I I found this concept difficult -- does the problem lie with me?" Billhardt and Kracklauer : Learning is fundamentally a social activity. or "This is news to me -- has everyone else known this all along?"

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2021

Between a global pandemic, extreme climate change, increasing inequities, and a growing global movement for equality, it’s not hyperbole to say that we’re facing unprecedented challenges. And unprecedented challenges require unprecedented collaboration from leaders across every sector. My vote is for the latter.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

What you won’t find is a book that specifically covers the challenge you face now: the CEO transition – a period that covers your first 6–12 months in the role , which is often the most challenging and crucial time for a company and its new leader.” These 10 components inform the chapters within the book. Following a villain.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2022

However, the pandemic posed a major challenge. In order to overcome challenges, your nonprofit organization needs a strategic plan. Ask yourself: “What challenges have we dealt with in the past? Set an ambitious, but reasonable goal based on the problem you’re trying to solve and set a timeframe for your campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. ” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Notes from Session. gpf13 #philanthropy.

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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. These engaged activists shared great ideas for how we can help young people learn to tackle climate change — for themselves and for the world. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 25, 2014

As I previously described in a Huffington Post op-ed , it was then that the idea struck me. What if we applied Joi’s agile, bottom-up innovation approach to the global development challenge posed by Chris? Why is this idea exciting? Let me explain. What could a billion dollars do?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Around the world, organizations face unique challenges when mobilizing their constituents and growing online communities, whether for a cause, an issue, an organization's mission, or a combination thereof. How should organizations harness their online communities? plus_socialgood.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

In heart-based cultures, people feel safe pushing back and improving each other’s ideas. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do you have an idea for an organization that will bring good to the world and serve a charitable purpose? You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address? There are over 1.8

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

When association leaders and staff want to gather information and opinions from their members, often the first idea is to conduct a member survey. While it’s good to collect input, this can be a problem. What problem are we trying to solve? If you survey your members too often, you create a condition called “survey fatigue.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

At Salesforce.org, we’ve seen how much we can achieve when we create spaces to bring a diverse group of experts together to share ideas, challenge perspectives and come up with unique approaches to the challenge. Connections were made, brainstorms started, and actionable ideas were brought back to organizations.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Interestingly, the hackathons varied in terms of their activities and the challenges. While some were very coding-focused, other events were focused on exchanging ideas and brainstorming solutions. One interesting challenge was creating a database of bicycle rack locations throughout the islands. freespace], San Francisco.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

In heart-based cultures, people feel safe pushing back and improving each other’s ideas. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

may prove to be a key resource for solving some of our most pressing real-world problems," according to game designer Jane McGonigal in The Wall Street Journal. We believe whole-heartedly that we are up to any challenge, and we become remarkably resilient in the face of failure." When we play, we. have a sense of urgent optimism.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. However, I don’t want to understate the challenges we face.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He However, experiencing Napster sparked the idea for me of creating Bookster. Love of the print book. It made me who I am.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2015

For many people with disabilities, this is a daily reality when they encounter the common problem of non-accessible websites. In recognition of these challenges, May 21 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In heart-based cultures, people feel safe pushing back and improving each other’s ideas. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

As a capacity-building organization for the global nonprofit and social benefit sector, we at TechSoup are very conscious of the need to understand and work within different cultural contexts for philanthropy. They tend to focus on curing symptoms (giving money to those in need) rather than solving social problems.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2023

In heart-based cultures, people feel safe pushing back and improving each other’s ideas. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About Machine Learning from Global Giving’s Data Scientist Nick Hamlin. The challenges include: good data; expertise; context; and better understanding the tools. Really good set of questions for your nonprofit to ask about Machine Learning to see the value or benefit. Is it worth it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In today’s global philanthropy landscape, the distance between donors and fundraisers is shrinking, with strategic partnerships on the rise and competition at its fiercest. What Donors Want – Fundraising Advice Straight from the Donor’s Mouth – Guest Post by Rachel Stephenson Sheff.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

International Women’s Day is a global holiday to commemorate the achievements of women, and today we’re here to celebrate the amazing achievements of women in tech. Women can bring a different viewpoint and a problem-solving skillset that’s needed within the field. Bring new ideas to the table. Ask questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In heart-based cultures, people feel safe pushing back and improving each other’s ideas. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral.

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Forum One

MARCH 6, 2009

Two weeks ago Forum One's Seattle office convened a group of Global Health web communicators and talked in depth about using social media to build connections and awareness. Last week at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation a group of 23 folks who manage Global Health data met to talk about common issues and best practices.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. It doesn’t happen overnight, and it may not happen in six months or a year.”

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