Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2014

Update: Due to overwhelming demand on the FCC's website, causing intermittent outages, they have extended the deadline for comments through midnight on Friday, July 18 , so there is still time to put your opinion in. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits. We also opened a TikTok account.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Welcome every proposal. Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. David added this comment about the synergy of enthusiasm. An atmosphere of trust is essential both for people to challenge ideas and to brainstorm possibilities. Intimidation is Roundup for creativity.

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

One of the best ways to get your proposals on top of the pile is familiarizing funders with your nonprofit and mission. Consider leaving positive comments or resharing funders’ content with your social network to increase your visibility—and theirs. Bonus points for continuing to engage with and comment on their recent posts.)

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

A few years and a few hundred open mics into that experience, it became obvious that some venues fostered amazing poetry communities, others, not so much. One of my favorite open mics was at the Cantab in Cambridge, MA. Compare that with any number of lousy open mics. The process is incredibly open and equal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The panel picker process has opened – so you can vote for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program until August 27th. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This AI writing assistant will help you write appeals, proposals, thank-you letters and a lot more. Use your opening to pack an emotional punch. Thus, while the emotional opening has to come first, if for some reason you think an explanation of your programs should come before the history of your organization then write it that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! I have a few proposals up for voting but there are SO many great ones that I am enjoying reading through them all (hope all the 5 star votes don’t through things off!). There are 25 proposals on each page. Vote today!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. See the comment thread here and add your thoughts!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " What We Lose if We Lose Data.gov | Freedom to Tinker – "In its latest 2011 budget proposal, Congress makes deep cuts to the Electronic Government Fund.

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Web Kenya Iraq Proposal 105

Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

Opening speaker Allyson Felix, the world’s great Olympian and most decorated U.S. Takeaways: Bernard started with the 5 P’s that you use to influence your donor: passion, proposal, preparation, persuasion and persistence. If you attended AFP ICON live and have a favorite session and or takeaway, please share it in the comments below!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

Open Source bid for Third Sector Innovation Exchange. million invitation to tender for a third sector innovation exchange has prompted an innovative response - an "open source bid" under which people are invited to share ideas with one team that is preparing a proposal. The Government's ??1.2

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Open Open Source Proposal License 50

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

The SXSW Panel Picker is now open for your thumbs up or down on the thousands of panels proposed for next year’s SXSWInteractive festival. There are many exciting proposals available for your vote. Beth Kanter has a terrific round up of nonprofit technology panels proposed for SXSW. What’s SXSWi ?

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Nptech Conversation Proposal Social Media 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise. Is the donor renewal rate low?

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Fundraising Mail Law Donation 350

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. I'm also going to copy portions into the comments section of their specific posts. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Your emcee can point to the thermometer often to encourage reaching small goals that lead to your proposed final goal. Thank individual donors, ask open-ended questions that can start conversations, and get them excited about participating in the gala. Encouraging connections on social networks. Set your starting bids appropriately.

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Virtual Ideas Fundraising Fun 103

NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2012

Voting on the more than 350 session proposals we've received will remain open through September 7th. If you'd like to speak on a panel for a specific session, let us know by leaving a comment (on the individual session page). Help us shape the the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! But hold on just a moment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, open source, etc. Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. Under my hat is a blog post about open source and SaaS.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

My latest post on HuffPo is now up: Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet , about my proposal to the WEF's Global Redesign Initiative. I've included the post below, but comments are best done on the HuffPo site above. What would you propose to global leaders to make humanity better off?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

After a start as a business plan competition tool, iStart is now open for many kinds of crowdsourcing contests organizations want to run. It also gives you options for saving searches and getting alerts when there are new proposals that match your criteria. It isn’t free – and that’s okay! Making it work for you.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I am part of four different proposals and would love to have a chance to share some of the ideas and experiences I’ve had with all of you at the event (even if you can’t come in person, you know I’ll post my notes and ideas on this blog!). The conference schedule for NTC has been developed openly and collaboratively.

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NTC Atlanta Proposal Conference 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Comments and Likes on Facebook and LinkedIn postings, retweets and replies on Twitter, and comments on YouTube videos), (3) increase in fan base on the social networking outlets. Averaging 200 interactions per post on Facebook (this includes comments, likes and wall posts). Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Cancer Los Angeles Social Media Action 223

NTEN

MAY 23, 2014

If there''s a session you hope to see at the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin, TX—even if you don''t want to present it yourself—please read the Breakout Session Submission Guidelines and submit a proposal. The form is open through June 22, 2014. The community voting platform will be open in July.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

If you are proposing a panel, leave a comment. ” That panel marked the beginning of my friendship and collaboration with KD Paine which lead to our book, which is going to be entertaining and practical look at how to measure all things networked nonprofit. The Nonprofit Narrative - [link] coordinated by Dan Portnoy.

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Doc ROI Measure Austin 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! At Omidyar Network there’s been an effort to write proposals for 9 $5,000 grants.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Each charity had a page for comments, and those pages were filled with "use your spare vote for." The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners. Leave a comment »

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Instead of hearing their ideas and essentially tossing them into a circular file, David and Randal outline a way to set up a process for taking a serious look at new ideas and propose educating those new to the game about limitations rather than just saying “no”. Does your organization keep an open mind to new ideas?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

It has been five years now since the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that opened the door to 501(c)(4) nonprofits and massive anonymous "dark money" political contributions for political ads. If the foundation likes your idea, and you become a semifinalist, foundation staff members will help you refine and develop the proposal.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

If you want to continue working with your VA, provide a new, more open-ended agreement. They can provide you with an analytics report and offer suggestions for improving open rates. Your VA can also manage comments, responding and hiding when appropriate. When you are happy with your VA’s work, let them know!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 07.11.08 Actually, a client had a grant proposal, and it included the consultant’s “theory of practice&# which of course is something that most organizational development/effectiveness type consultants have, but rather few technology consultants have.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Foundations are beginning to open themselves up as never before, and we want to be a leader in that movement.”. All content of the forum will be public, with comments and feedback on ideas welcomed, Forbes said. “We Ideas can be submitted and commented on until July 13, 2010. We want Oregonians to get engaged with us.”.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

I like proposals that focus more on the project, and show clear understanding of the project. Yes, indeed, for some clients, and some situations, there are appropriate proprietary solutions. And I’ve come to understand what I value about some development shops, and what I don’t value about others. Be Helpful.

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Open Source RSS Education Consultant 100

NTEN

JULY 5, 2013

Each page displays 20 session proposals. A: Click the session title or the "Leave a Comment" link to be taken to the session''s detail page. You can leave comments there. Our comments are moderated, and mean and/or inappropriate comments will be laughed at by NTEN staff, then promptly deleted. A: Go to [link].

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Each charity had a page for comments, and those pages were filled with "use your spare vote for." The general public can view and comment on the proposed programs, maybe even make suggestions of partners. Leave a comment »

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Contest Charity Childhood Nonprofit 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

In Round Two , the top 100 organizations will have the option to submit a Million Dollar Grant proposal to Facebook users, detailing the difference they would make in their local community with the significant extra resources. If you look at the posts on the SSDP Facebook Fan Page, you'll how the open organizing took place.

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Learning Contest Lesson Philanthropy 100

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

For Open Source and custom databases, you can usually get directly to the database if needed. Usually the process of running import tests leads to additional iterations on the proposed data structure in the new CRM as you wrestle with limitations of the data extracted from the old CRM. You can find a lot of help via Google searches.

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