The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

Fixed mindset leads to focus on limitations, reluctance to face challenges, resistance to change, and an aversion to anything new and risky. In the context of this column, growth is not about structured acquisition of new knowledge or skills but focused on learning to apply knowledge in unexpected ways and stretching boundaries of comfort.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

Meme: MEASURE works to use data and education to mobilize communities to fight structural racism and eliminate social disparities. What is the MEASURE CARE Model and what problem are you trying to solve with this program? What is the MEASURE CARE Model and what problem are you trying to solve with this program?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, that model is being challenged. What matters most in this model are values–and one in particular: equity. As many have observed, participatory funding models have likely existed for centuries in the form of mutual aid or community support. Those at the top decide. But what is it?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. This transparency and accountability can help secure funding and support for ongoing projects and future endeavors. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

This skill can be actively honed and developed in three parts: A model to give feedback on how they are impacted by behaviors, the clarity to ask for the change in behavior they need to see, and the capacity to hear and receive feedback as a gift and not an indictment. Conflict management is also a must-have skill.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Google AI Impact Challenge attracted 2,602 applications from six continents and 119 countries, with projects addressing a wide range of issue areas, from education to the environment. . Most projects require partnerships to access both technical ability and sector expertise. For organizations, the guidelines include: .

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2018

My first experience with modeling happened at the University of Washington development office in the fall of 1992. My job, as the director of research, was to use the modeling results for prospecting—but also to sell them to the directors of development in the schools and colleges. What does it mean to have a well-designed project?

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Business Considerations: Elements like budget, licensing type, training needs, and change management are also essential considerations in CMS selection. Product Maturity: Evaluate the CMS’s reputation, support availability, and roadmap projection. Need help with a website project? Both methods have their pros and cons.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Trailhead’s 4 different main options: Projects, Modules, Trails, and Trailmixes. Projects – Projects give you hands-on practice with different Salesforce technologies with step-by-step instructions. Trails – Trails are guided learning paths that group both Modules and Projects together.

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

But by using modern computer processors to perform these calculations at high volumes, data scientists can create models capable of solving complex problems. Many AI models take a series of input data points and use them to predict aspects of new data points. Do you have access to the people to build and maintain the models?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

That changed when LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. Upload work projects, such as presentations, videos, or special fundraising campaigns. LinkedIn Pages.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2009

Unlike startups and rock stars, museums aren't structured to shoot for the moon and burn up trying. Maybe it's time to change that. Last year, I met Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project , an extremely cool "post-educational" space in Los Angeles that is part art gallery, part workshop space, part mad scientist party central.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

The business case presents your proposal for change. What you need to do is present to the board a case for change. Is the association making process/organizational changes or an update to its website or other critical system? A solid plan contains: the project structure. a TCO modeled over three to five years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Scalable programs should be based on a strong theory of change or logic model, clearly linking program inputs to outcomes in a way that can be tested and evaluated to determine actual effectiveness. Organizations should examine their own structure and capacity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Note from Beth: I’ve been a fan of the Games for Change Festival since I first attended in 2006. Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. In Education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I’m honored to join my fellow contributors in sharing practical lessons we’ve learned throughout our journeys towards actualizing positive social change. We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Finance leaders should be able to calculate the projected ROI of their decisions—to make the business case for every hardware purchase and software subscription, report on the impact of those investments, and evaluate the need for upgrades or new technologies on an ongoing basis.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, if a nonprofit organization operates health clinics inside public schools, the Advisory Board might be made up of pediatricians, family physicians, and nurses, who could advise the Governing Board on how the model could best operate to meet families’ needs. Advisory Boards Need Structure. Raising an Organization’s Profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Trying to do everything, a scarcity model, is such an exhausting way to work. Marnie Webb has been thinking about how the nonprofit sector might be different if organizations believed in abundance and re-thought their organizational structures and how they delivered programs as a result.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Your work behind the scenes is to establish a structure—plans, systems and processes—by which the nonprofit may reach its advancement goals. Starting with a small-scale or pilot project allows for innovation, gathering feedback, refining the model as needed, and expanding the program if it proves successful.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The people who are recruited to serve on the Lead Gift Committee should be people who know the community well, people who are truly committed to the project, and people who aren’t afraid of fundraising. It often includes powerful and well-connected people, and you’ll want to make sure that the meetings are well-planned and structured.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. If your organization takes on corporate philanthropy as an engagement practice, you can change real people’s lives. Enhanced community impact. Lack of leadership support.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

Some CRM providers have free or low-cost plans available for small nonprofits, but most CRMs will have a recurring cost structure. The vast majority of CRM providers use a subscription service model to provide their clients with continual updates to security and various features.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In the coming years, given dramatic changes in the marketplace, the context and scope of CSR may need to take a giant paradigmatic leap. The nonprofit business model is increasingly vulnerable to the volatility of the nonprofit marketplace and broad social, political, economic, and technological trends. However, it may not be enough.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

The video calls have a consistent structure to them. First, I introduce a staff member who speaks for 20 minutes about their work, how it has changed since the pandemic, and what they are learning. Staff participation was modeled by our Unit Director and leadership team, who participated in some of the early calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Delivering on that promise on the outside means making some changes on the inside. We needed eyes from other departments to get buy-in on the project, bring in their expertise, and identify holes in the content,” Corleto relates. The messaging itself is almost a function of way the internal team is structured and communicating.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They keep it in structures that serve each platform and compel software developers to build integrations and connections (or not) so that their independent companies can sell in multiple markets. The inherent collaboration of nonprofit organizations globally drives the need for structures that facilitate exchanging nonprofit data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The model has a natural appeal. It should be clear to all involved that the learning process will be exploratory and emergent rather than tightly structured and directive. We will be sharing what we learn when the project concludes this spring. Unlocking the Potential of Peer Learning – Guest Post by Noah Flower.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens &# that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? The report describes three possible scenarios in detail and analyzes the impact for social change an philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A Learning History of the CARE LAC - Institute for Strategic Clarity Guatemala Poverty Project. He agreed to write a four-part primer on a visual diagnostics, mapping, and social networking analysis primer and how nonprofits might use these tools for social change. See larger image here: Map from: Waddell, Steve.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. They are made up of shifting, project or process-based teams instead of rigid functional silos.”

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Pricing structures. As partners, as a collective, without creating toxic/un-needed structure? Juggling different projects efficiently without adding overhead, and working with others with different skills as sub- or co-contractors? Managing longer and larger-budget projects, with more stakeholders. what are the red flags?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. Since it wasn’t my idea, I had to generate interest in and passion for the project. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

I heard my colleagues asking questions about the changes that would have to happen in their organizations for them to be able to truly embrace a new way of being – a way that embraced network philosophy. This is an example of how a network model of doing business reclaims that which was wasted. I wasn’t the only one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

What we’ve found has been really positive—for the most part, our work has been making a difference, and our existing program structure has served our Programs and grantees well. Over the next month, we’d welcome your input on our thoughts, what we are proposing to change or add, and what we plan to keep.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

While it’s a little tougher to squash the optimism of vision-chasing social change professionals, there are some common traps that organizations fall into that derail their ability to march towards their most important goals. The excitement and optimism that comes in early January starts to fade as the reality of the day to day sets in.

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