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Get More Out of AI, Start Chatting

.orgSource

If you’ve been looking for an initiative to spark interdepartmental collaboration, a chatbot would be a good test case. They are good for handling straightforward and structured interactions and are easy to build and maintain, making them an appropriate choice for beginners or initiatives with well-defined processes.

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New Technology Developed to Amplify Community Voices for the Media

Non Profit Quarterly

The Local Voices Network (LVN), developed by the nonprofit Cortico in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab , is bringing people together to share their perspectives with each other and with a small electronic “digital hearth” that records their every word. Cortico’s “digital hearth”. July 8, 2019; Nieman Lab.

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To Scale or Not to Scale: What Should Nonprofits Consider Before Deciding to Expand a Program for Greater Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

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. Organizations should examine their own structure and capacity. New York, NY: Crown Business. Who is involved?

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What All Nonprofits Should Know About Corporate Philanthropy

Tech Soup

Understanding corporate motivations behind corporate philanthropy will help you structure a mutually successful partnership. ” There are a number of innovative ways that companies and nonprofits can collaborate to expand their partnerships for mutual benefit.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In What’s more, the costs of developing new revenue streams come well before the payoff, particularly with earned revenue ventures.

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Changing our vision of Change: Revisiting the Pollyanna Principles

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, the New York Times ran an article exploring a segment of the nonprofit/social impact sector that the author saw as a small minority of organizations, but one I care deeply about: those that plan to go out of business. The article featured Malaria No More, and their vision of the project’s work: to end Malaria.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $480. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Finance / @southwestfdns.

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