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From boring to brilliant: Using data for maximum impact

ASU Lodestar Center

This is part two of Carolyn Owen''s series on gathering and using data for grant proposals. So how do you intertwine data in the proposal so that it supports and amplifies your cause rather than obfuscate it? For example, I recently wrote a grant that addressed childhood obesity. Are childhood obesity rates higher?

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. These opportunities are the first steps towards meaningful school food transformations, which will grow a healthier generation.”.

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Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A blog carnival is a series of blog posts related to one theme, in this case, the promotion of USDA-proposed nutritional standards for snacks in schools, which coincided with a Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project poll showing that most Americans support the guidelines. In this particular tweet chat, the No.

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Year-End Giving Prep: 21 FAQs Answered by Fundraising Experts

Connection Cafe

Explain how in-kind gifts make an impact by telling a story. Consider personalizing a brief 1-2 page proposal with a cover letter, sending that, and following up with a call. — Brock . That is typically followed by an impact email around February 14 with a success story. Thank the donor for the in-kind donation. Danielle

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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, the community foundation finished its first Minnesota Open Idea contest to fund the best idea to address the childhood obesity issue. Why did you pick the childhood obesity issue for the challenge? Then the group came together and debated the highest-scored proposals and whittled the pool down to 21 ideas.

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5 Tips And Tactics To Become A Master Nonprofit Wordsmith

Bloomerang

Our distaste for writing followed us into adulthood because we still suffer from the same writing inadequacies we had in childhood. Your board members write thank you letters , and your chief exec­utive writes partnership proposals. We suffer writer’s block. We struggle to organize thoughts. It’s all very humbling.

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

NTEN

Data Use in Collective Impact – Strive Partnership Strive Partnership spearheaded a cooperative program to examine collective impact on student success in the Cincinnati School District. This is a tough thing to measure, but it is really key in understanding your organization’s impact.

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