Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

This is something Classy can speak to personally, as we made the decision to pivot our annual conference, the Collaborative, into a fully virtual event this year. The Collaborative: Virtual Sessions drew in over 10,000 registrants and was, in many ways, just as successful as our in-person event. There’s never been a larger demand.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 15, 2021

We are proud that our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps nonprofits and education institutions better manage data and accelerate their impact. We are excited to collaborate with Salesforce.org to help nonprofits and education institutions leverage their assets in a data lake with Tableau and analytics.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue. Defourny et al.,

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

While in-person events are beginning to open up again, many have pivoted to a hybrid learning environment. The Collaborative (Classy). About : Collaborative, brought to you by Classy.org, is a two-day experience dedicated to nonprofit professionals. National Conference of Volunteering and Service: Points of Light.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. Online collaboration is one of these generic terms that seems to lose meaning the more people use it. Why Is Online Collaboration Green? Cloud Services for Collaborating.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Creates an environment that facilitates fundraising Regardless of whether you do face-to-face fundraising, ensuring that the organization is prepared to fundraise is the development professional’s main priority. Demographics: Foundations and corporate funders will want to know who is benefiting from your nonprofit’s services.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 21, 2021

For the second year in a row, Salesforce’s Education Summit is being brought to you in a completely virtual environment – allowing for border-breaking networking and learning. We’ll also be cheering on MIT during the keynote session, as they present on: New Models to Engage Lifelong Learners with MIT.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. The essential word here is ‘action’ There’s a lot of lip service paid to environmental and climate justice. Jennifer Anderson.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In the past, the climate crisis was mainly the concern of environment and conservation organisations. The Foundation partnered with private-sector firm IKEA to embed circular economy principles into their business by shifting to a closed-loop furniture design and production model. Protect the Worst-Affected Communities. Jonny Elliot.

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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. The method that best sustains communication in this space is two-sided.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Adam Carey, Senior Director of Client Services, Salesforce Certified App Builder ? . Nimble AMS has an ideal work environment and the way almost everyone’s work ethic here inspires me. Our customers are the most amazing and collaborative people I have ever worked with. What is your favorite thing about Nimble AMS?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Since 2000, the Institute of International Education has worked on leadership development with the goal of building and sustaining networks of leaders who would improve the delivery of family planning and reproductive health outcomes through improved services and policies. His work was recently profiled in this New York Times piece.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2018

Congress are undermining decades of the sector’s work on immigration; women, minority and LGBTQ rights; the environment; and the social contract with government—among other issues. Many nonprofit leaders and organizations are literally under attack in this political environment. Welcome to the new normal.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Paine Consulting Services. printing, marketing, human resources, information technology services), and board membership. The nonprofit business model is increasingly vulnerable to the volatility of the nonprofit marketplace and broad social, political, economic, and technological trends. posted by Herb Paine , President.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

Culture revolves around personalities and a positive environment depends on understanding the needs of individual players and their interaction as a team. Beth is the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at PCI and Randy is Director, Architectural Precast Services. Making that evaluation requires collaboration.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

HMG Strategy’s Live New York CIO Summit of America was held on August 20 as a two-hour event geared toward reshaping the future through past models. Maintain social distances but encourage more in terms of the presenters’ environment to showcase authenticity. .

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2003, my collaborator Stephanie and I began an excavation, declaring nothing for sale. George will respond to comments on this post and is also reachable here.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Given the often unstable or unanticipated environment social change organizations are operating in, it’s paramount to be clear and dedicated to the end goal, not the various processes or steps to getting there. That can make for a fun, team-based environment, but can also make lead to a lack of accountability and clarity around roles.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We also participate in communities of practice ourselves and have observed some particularly successful collaborations over the years. We are excited to share three models of communities of practice and some of the inspiring individuals and organizations that lead them. NYC Service: NYC Corporate Service Coalition.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

For nonprofits seeking to expand their programs, careful analysis of self and environment are crucial. Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

To do so, they need to be skilled collaborators, adept at bringing diverse perspectives together, and confident in their abilities to collaboratively steward supporters at every touchpoint along the ladder of engagement with other teams, departments, and senior leadership.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

We are also doing far more to spread the word about technology for rights activists, often in close collaboration with major partners in the human rights field such as Human Rights Watch and WITNESS. The information can then be erased from the phone, to safeguard it from the phone’s possible loss or confiscation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Among many insights gleaned from this week’s conference on “Growing Social Impact in a Networked World” ( [link] ), one theme keeps recurring for me: the importance of grantmakers sharing power and control within broadly construed networks of collaborators in the quest for social change. The control thing is huge.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Instead, they're either renting them from a managed service provider or moving to Software as a Service (SaaS) for common applications. In this model, your organization will have no idea where the hardware actually providing your services is located -- and, better yet, you won't care. We Need to Have a Meeting!

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we specialize in both learning management systems (LMSs) equipped with assessment authoring tools and providing consulting services to help professional, medical, and trade associations create top-tier eLearning experiences for their members. Group Collaboration with Feedback. The Complete Guide.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Cloud computing software and services are delivered over the Internet and are accessed mostly through our web browsers. The pricing structure of cloud services is really different than traditional software and takes some getting used to. Lots of cloud services, however, are free or very low- cost, especially for charities.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

TechSoup is participating by amplifying what other agencies, collaborators, and libraries in our network are doing to raise awareness on this important issue. Mosaic Family Services: Offering a Safe Haven for Survivors. Crisis Intervention Service: Safety, Support, and Services. NNEDV has a packed month this October.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

HMG Strategy’s Live New York CIO Summit of America was held on August 20 as a two-hour event geared toward reshaping the future through past models. Maintain social distances but encourage more in terms of the presenters’ environment to showcase authenticity. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

Without a strong and diverse personal network, a leader will lack the ability to influence decisions, be unable to bring expertise into the organization as needed, and may not have the emotional resources required to thrive in a complex environment. Social media in its many forms – blogs, Twitter, social networking sites, wikis, etc. –

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets. You can collaborate with your Board and other team members using Google Docs and Google Sheets and then store the final product in Drive. Paid plans start at about $10 per month.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. Remember the examples from before?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I’ve been facilitating design labs for nonprofits and foundations, and continue to be excited about them because it is a way to generate feedback and ideas that can improve a strategy or program in service of the participants being served. How might we create a funding model that nourishes flexibility and innovation?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 22, 2013

Funders encourage and applaud their grantees for such resourcefulness and creativity, but at a certain point this model becomes unsustainable. They also tend to have more flexible business models and the ability to adjust to a changing environment more rapidly. Sometimes, wearing all those hats even comes with advantages.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Each direction is very different, using a different data model (see below for lots more on that) and approach. So how is it always about the data model? A nonprofit typically has a very different ownership/sharing model. It’s no longer variations on a single theme. Maybe that’s just me. Follow along with me.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

"We're moving from a 'top down' model where high quality resources were once published through peer review and traditional authority-based publishing modes to a different model," she explained. This new hierarchy model is the basis for my exploration of virtual media as a delivery mode."

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