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#AI4Good: Artificial Intelligence & Wellbeing, Ethical Dilemmas, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) . As a pilot, it followed a group of individuals for six months before its formal launch in August, with a 93% success rate in predicting when someone would become chronically homeless. To understand the ethical dilemmas, see these scenarios.

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Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin ? new research

Pamela Grow

Pedraza Martinez , University of Notre Dame Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Telesilla Kotsi , The Ohio State University and Alfonso J.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

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.

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The Fresh, New Approach For How Governmental Leaders Achieve Unparalleled Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Furthermore, the outdated model that worked well at one time—identifying a problem and creating a program designed to solve it—is giving way to new, muti-sector approaches to create public value.” But collaboration among different organizations—even among different sectors—is the key for attacking complex issues.

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Transmedia — Making Change Across Mediums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

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. My participation in this Lab may shape the summit’s agenda and lead to potential new collaborations.”. Priscilla Chomba Kinywa. CTO, Greenpeace International.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

Fundamentally overhauling a business model can be risky and expensive. Systems-level collaboration. homeless family; it is more proactive and cost-effective to focus on. family becomes homeless. The cost of homelessness for one person can. In the basic PFS model, private. currently lives in poverty.