Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

I had the opportunity to speak with both Gallucci and Roy about this unique funder collaborative and more specifically about how the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education would measure the impact of their investments. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Philanthropy Education Foundation Africa 164

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

They often resort to either tasking an ill-equipped staff member or intern to submit a grant proposal when that person has limited experience understanding the grantseeking process. Beyond just setting funding goals for the year, you may find it valuable to leverage the SOAR Model to better plan your nonprofit’s priorities.

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Grant Nonprofit Guide Proposal 77

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

They often resort to either tasking an ill-equipped staff member or intern to submit a grant proposal when that person has limited experience understanding the grantseeking process. Beyond just setting funding goals for the year, you may find it valuable to leverage the SOAR Model to better plan your nonprofit’s priorities.

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Grant Nonprofit Guide Proposal 77

CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

I’m referring to ChatGPT , a revolutionary language model developed by OpenAI that’s changing the game in every industry. It’s the second chatbot to ever pass the Turing Test , the current standard for measuring sophisticated AI models. Grant Proposal And that’s not all. Well, there’s a solution.

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Nonprofit Fundraising Donor Social Media 92

Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

They generally have several core functions that work well: collecting, reviewing, and revising ideas and proposals; voting on proposals; and reporting outcomes. Members have used the platform to propose and debate funding allocations and policies and then vote to allocate funds to new projects (e.g.,

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Online Participatory Fund Proposal 99

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

That word change supports co-design, it encourages collaboration, and it ensures engagement. There are a few core elements of the way communities work that we can learn from as a model for innovation as well. Community-Driven Model. But in a community-driven model, you can’t just listen for the sake of learning.

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Library Community Model Netsquared 241

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Set criteria for contacts, proposals, planning, and forecasting. For example, you may want to measure total visits, the number of proposals submitted, the dollars raised, and first-time or qualification visits. Encourage collaboration by allowing for joint credit for solicitations and visits. Clarify roles and responsibilities.

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Develop Management Fundraising Donor 77

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.

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Nonprofit Activities Active Activism 97

Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

Once submitted, the application is scrutinized and debated across the organization –often requiring time consuming revisions of the proposal. Values such as power-sharing, equity, and collaboration are at the heart of these ideas, and they provide a framework for enhancing agility, reducing burden, and simplifying the funding process.

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Change Philanthropy Grant Foundation 49

NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

We are proposing a new entity that would work iteratively over time to fulfill four main purposes: 1. We must find ways to collaboratively and creatively address the nonprofit information security gap as a community. We need collaboration with such organizations as TechSoup, NTEN, ISSA, SANS, State, and Federal Governments.

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Nonprofit Ideas NTEN NPO 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

We also welcome and encourage collaboration, including between technical and social sector experts. Grantees will also join a specialized Launchpad Accelerator program, and we’ll tailor additional support to each project’s needs in collaboration with data science nonprofit DataKind.

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Google Impact Challenge Interview 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Hunger Project Free Social Media 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

My thinking: Social media conversations and online campaigns create whole new models for bringing together & powering the progressive movement. We need offline events to meet each other, bond eye-to-eye, and forge the collaborations that will make our social networks stronger, better connected, and ultimately transformative.

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Offline Community Organization Online 88

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

. “Innovating at the speed of communities&# is a big goal, but something organizations and civic institutions can learn a lot from as a model. Communities As A Model. What’s the community-driven model that supports innovating at the speed of communities? Share the spotlight : Remember, you’re not driving.

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Community Library Adopt Evaluation 167

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

The members of these networks are intentional about building, strengthening, and maintaining relationships with one another that generates collaborative activities together. ” The members don’t necessarily develop powerful relationships and collaborations. Resources: What is the network’s funding model?

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Change Review Social Media Network 105

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In a recent blog post , Ed explains why growth markets are key to this proposed merger of two of the publishing world’s biggest players. Developing and implementing growth opportunities with new digital partners require skill, expertise, and collaboration.

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Spain Language America Nonprofit 151

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Their unique model of local fundraising and local giving through their chapters engages thousands of women across North America to give generously in support of their mission. Amber Grant Foundation.

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Grant Empowerment Fund Resource 83

Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. It motivates and engages citizens across central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Turkey.

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Local Challenge Open Romania 36

Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Their unique model of local fundraising and local giving through their chapters engages thousands of women across North America to give generously in support of their mission. Amber Grant Foundation.

Grant 104

Grant Empowerment Fund Resource 104

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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Oregon Foundation Ideas Philanthropy 140

Care2

APRIL 15, 2013

In nominating Jamie Biggar for the prize, a distinguished panel of nonprofit sector judges said: "Jamie Biggar is founder and executive director of Leadnow ( www.leadnow.ca ), the Canadian cross-issue advocacy organization built on the MoveOn / 38 Degrees / Avaaz organizing model.

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Award Impact Organization NTEN 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In 2009, the foundation began by harvesting almost a thousand proposals for future directions from community members through online crowd-sourcing. They then formed task forces to consider various options and make decisions, using a consensus-based model.

Open Source 92

Open Source Open Case Study Participatory 92

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It was an incredible testament to the commitment and dedication of the nonprofit sector to put words to action - identifying needs and proposing concrete solutions. Looking for a business process/model for moving tech to each department. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness.

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Ideas Nonprofit Philanthropy North Carolina 94

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

We've posted a proposed pilot project approach to "Jump-Start the Global Development Commons Content Ecosystem" to our global development Commons wiki. It is supported by a robust network of online services to track and organize information, services which are provided by multiple players in collaboration.

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Global Content Develop Wiki 52

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. The NTC brings together the best and brightest nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness with technology. General / @southwestfdns. Accounting.

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Nonprofit Conference Calendar Philanthropy 177

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Please look at the 1+1+1 model that Salesforce uses (and Google as well, I think) for a better corporate giving program. Here's a community challenge I want to see: Reward nonprofits for projects that require collaboration and networking. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round.

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Nonprofit Fundraising Charity Contest 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal. I hope you’ll also vote for my panel proposal, Nonprofits and Free Agents in A Networked World and while you’re there vote for the other awesome nonprofit panel proposals (I’ve shared a list below). Trust me. The battle of Cause vs Brand is on.

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Nonprofit Comment Social Media Artist 97

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

But, are proposal based approaches good for finding people who are going to start new things? We do this through scouting and in the weekends as they are high pressure and fund and collaborative so you can really, really see how people work. Finally, a lot of new ideas, the newness is the business model.

Social 105

Social Grant Fund Kiva 105

Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2018

Unique staffing models are emerging. Unique Staffing Models. Staffing models are becoming more hybrid and the position of Mid-Level Gift Officer — someone who can grease the joints between major gifts and direct marketing — has become standard. How are nonprofits closing the gap? Engaged Leadership.

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Donor Gift Fundraising Team 28

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is. I found it through Beth’s Blog.

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Chapter Network Open Source Nonprofit 100

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2016

If you give us a logic model or a theory of change format, we work hard to not only embrace your words but to put them in the right rows and columns. Nonprofits are preoccupied with writing what the funder wants to read or hear, and foundations are compliant with proposal templates that change little over years or even decades.

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Foundation Nonprofit Language Grant 20

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Regardless of whether it’s new technology, a new staffing model, or even a small adjustment to a process, adoption and success can hinge on keeping a focus on the human element of the change. This framework consists of 1) Focusing on the right people, 2) Visiting with the intent to fundraise, and 3) Using proposals to plan the work. .

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Blackbaud Virtual Donor Fundraising 28

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

What does it mean to be a leader working for social change, as a community organizer, where the emphasis is on collaboration, to build upon the natural skills and talents already present within the community and to share power? In other words, describe leadership models that support social change organizing.

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Podcast Impact Create Green 40

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Please look at the 1+1+1 model that Salesforce uses (and Google as well, I think) for a better corporate giving program. Here's a community challenge I want to see: Reward nonprofits for projects that require collaboration and networking. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round.

Nonprofit 100

Nonprofit Fundraising Charity Contest 100

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Wilbur considered the post “a very special trust,” (123) and set up a partnership model that “emphasized cooperation, integrity, and credibility, that way we could set some standards for other preservation efforts” (124). [1]. It was a packed hearing and all these people were bringing up challenges (to the proposal).

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California Impact San Diego Story 95

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

Seeing you leave a comment, or share a resource, will model the desired behavior so others can see what to do (especially if they are new to social media or new to your community) and how to do it (especially if they are new to your tool or platform). you are interested in collaborating (not dictating). There are no short cuts.

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Community Build Online Report 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model?

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Nonprofit Comment Social Media Kiva 94