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Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news 

Candid

news organizations, specifically local news outlets, have been rapidly dwindling. The COVID-19 pandemic brought more challenges for the industry, as demand for local news grew but revenue and outlets shrank. MacArthur, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations have recognized the importance of a vibrant local news ecosystem.

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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

For instance, I wrote a paper for my Ethics in Nonprofits class that explored whether nonprofit theatres should pay actors more or use their resources to prioritize their communities. The site offers training for nonprofit staff that goes into more detail than we do in class. Philanthropy News Digest .

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How to Enhance Your Nonprofit’s Written Content with Artificial Intelligence

Nonprofit Tech for Good

On social media and the news. It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. Google’s Bard is a generative language model from Google AI, trained on a massive dataset of text and code.

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3 Reasons to Explore Virtual Training For Nonprofit Staff

Connection Cafe

You may be thinking that it’s not the right time to consider additional employee training at your organization because everyone is stressed about the pandemic. However, that’s actually what makes it a perfect time to invest in new training programs! When you train individuals to be better fundraisers , you’ll raise more money.

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10 Powerful Online Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Those aboard the online fundraising train tend to not look back. The good news is that once you embrace digital donor engagement tools, most of the grunt work – like donation forms and gift acknowledgements – is done for you through automation. Each of these popular items can be sold and redeemed online: Fitness or cooking classes.

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Learn MBA Skills In 12 Weeks

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This book is the result of what we have learned teaching leadership and business acumen classes to rising and senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies for twenty years,” share authors Nathan Kracklauer and Bjorn Billhardt. As we process new ideas -- including from management books! -- we're always looking for social validation. "I

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ITWorks: Your Support Changes Lives

TechImpact

” Upon graduating with dual certifications, and one of the highest grades in the class, William secured an entry-level help desk support position with IPR International. provides a free, immersive IT training program to young adults, ages 18-25, who have their high school diploma or GED but have not moved on to college.

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