Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. And then the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. We are, all of us, part of many communities and it is within these spaces that we build our lives and the world.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 health crisis in health access, education equity, underinvested neighborhoods, and lack of or underemployment, all play a role in the disproportionate impact the crisis will continue to have on Latino and underserved communities nationwide. Charitable giving declined in 2018 due to tax law changes.

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Social Model Nonprofit Fund 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community.

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People Community Video Podcast 76

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. Be sure to feature your mission and vision statements, impact on your community, and contact information. This reflection should help ground you.

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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. Be sure to feature your mission and vision statements, impact on your community, and contact information. This reflection should help ground you.

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Grant Guide Proposal Nonprofit 78

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Investing in education has an incredible multiplier effect as it leads to increased prosperity not just for individuals, but also for their communities and societies. The Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education’s 2014 call for proposals remains open through June 13. It provides returns for decades.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Nonprofits are reimagining funding models and will have to think innovatively to ensure their mission continues. Why pursue a social enterprise model? There are seven steps in Larson’s proposed venture development process that takes six months-year, and at least 200 hours of work to complete, but ensures a business plan result.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. These models are presently built on snapshots of internet data and aren’t designed to be research assistants. What’s more, tools like GPTzero.me

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

This comes from the “tin cup” model of fundraising, where we come from a place of begging. Rather, you’re seeking critical investment in work that will make your community and world a better place. At another point in time, it may translate to work development programs. Submitting a foundation proposal is straightforward.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

Do the Homework : Oftentimes, nonprofits have to jump through countless hoops just to be invited to submit a proposal. Be Transparent and Responsive: Open, honest, and transparent communication supports relationships rooted in trust and mutual accountability. Solicit and Act on Feedback: Philanthropy doesn’t have all the answers.

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Philanthropy Literacy Gift Grant 71

Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

As we move into the age of AI, we propose an evolution of the 2-minute rule: The AI 2-minute rule. Instead of completing the task yourself or putting it on the pile, send it to a trained model that can deliver a rough draft or quick solutions. MODEL: requires Read.ai MODEL: requires Read.ai MODEL: requires Read.ai

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Small to mid-sized nonprofits: rather than hiring your fifth development director in three years, consider outsourcing your creative and/or grants, freeing up your fundraiser’s time for growing relationships. Only to decline again in the uncertainty of 2023.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts. Fast forward to today….

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

Internal management consultants help nonprofits develop their organizational structure. For your website design consultant, make sure to research each candidate’s services and business model. Once you’ve created your initial list, research the following for each candidate: Price model. Develop a request for proposal.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Within the arena of startup incubators, however, Benetech’s social enterprise business model and Benetech Labs’ approach are unique. The typical incubator model works well where a team has formed around a technology innovation and is looking to graduate a for-profit company. Let me explain how this is so. Click on image to enlarge.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Director of Development, ASU Health Initiatives. According to a survey by Landles-Cobb, Kramer, and Smith Milway (2015), the second most cited reason for staff turnover, behind low compensation, was lack of leadership development and growth opportunity.

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Leadership Develop Retention Phoenix 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 3, 2016

We are joining with our peers in the disability and library community in a joint statement to strongly encourage the Senate to ratify the treaty and for Congress to implement the minor legislative changes recommended as part of the package. And, that American copyright exception was the inspiration for the Marrakesh Treaty! Serving U.S.

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United States Language Copyright Library 100

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Whether involved in humanitarian response in conflict or disaster situations, development work, human rights, or peace-building, our international nonprofit customers have some of the most complex nonprofit missions on earth. Step One: Understanding Your Use Case’s Purpose and Threat Model. Learn more.

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Practice Data Afghanistan Environment 120

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Businesses and nonprofits that invest in their employees’ professional development tend to increase their effectiveness and loyalty. Enhanced community impact. Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them. Remote workplaces.

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Ideas Practice Roles Leadership 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 26, 2013

This is part two of Carolyn Owen''s series on gathering and using data for grant proposals. So how do you intertwine data in the proposal so that it supports and amplifies your cause rather than obfuscate it? As local as possible, relating to the community, city or state where your program is located. 501 Navigation.

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Data Childhood Impact Proposal 73

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. Grant seekers must find ways for their proposals to stand out among the rest. It is not always enough for an organization to write an amazing grant proposal. Poorly developed evaluation plans.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2009

Next week, I'll be attending The Online Community Unconference (OCU) , along with my TechSoup community colleague, Susan Tenby. Those involved in online community development for-profits and nonprofits alike share many common challenges: community management, tools, marketing, business models, legal issues, and more.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

As the grand finale to NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit , a number of intrepid 14LCS attendees pitched and developed 24 awe-inspiring projects during the Idea Accelerator. We are proposing a new entity that would work iteratively over time to fulfill four main purposes: 1. 14lcs Community idea accelerator Leadership'

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Ideas NPO NTEN Government 75

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Elaina also proposed the introduction of a hotline for community members to report fire violations and a fire violation citations program.

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Guam Conservancy Software Help 124

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Since we began developing Martus 10 years ago, we’ve been able to enhance it only incrementally as project specific funding allowed. All of us at Benetech felt that it was absolutely essential to once again rely on our user community as we plan how to utilize these limited resources most effectively.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

The investments that Amazon, Apple and Google, among others, are making in aggregating Spanish-language digital content signal their priority on developing the Spanish-language markets in Latin America. 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.

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Spain Language America Law 151

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2019

In fact, skills-based volunteerism has emerged in response to both corporate and nonprofit desires to make the most out of community service. First, your organization should understand trends in corporate community engagement. There are several ways you can engage volunteers in pro bono.

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Skills Model Nonprofit Volunteer 31

The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? I have used it to help me write appeals, emails, thank you letters, and draft some 1 and 2-page proposals. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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Los Angeles Cancer Proposal Model 130

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The Proposals A. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). The African Union Proposed Treaty (“AUPT”).

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Accessibility Global Copyright Law 133

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In 2009, she was live tweeting a food distribution event at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank when she noticed a man leaving the food bank juggling a lot of thin plastic grocery bags filled with food donations. So, I contacted the Food Bank and proposed we collaborate. I had lots of positive feedback.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

In the last six years, Community Boost_r , ReStart Challenges , and Things Camp have used an open community challenge model. These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

You’re ready to take your nonprofit to the next level, scale up its capacity, and make an even bigger impact in your community. They’ll shape the entire campaign, from the specific fundraising goal you seek to raise, to the case for support you develop and discuss with donors. It might be time for a capital campaign.

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Campaign Phase Gift Studies 52

Care2

APRIL 15, 2013

Biggar, who founded and leads Leadnow , garnered the most votes from the NTEN community, from among a formidable pool of finalists. It launched with distributed house-parties to set its direction, and it has organized one of the largest distributed protests in Canadian history to protest dangerous pipeline proposals.

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Award Impact Organization Minneapolis 70

Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

But there’s a special magic that happens when we get face-to-face, which is why each month NetSquared organizers in 50 cities across the globe host workshops and socials for the nonprofit tech community. Traverse City, MI: Discussion Panel - FCC’s Regulatory Proposals - Net Neutrality. Upcoming Events. Mukono, Uganda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

When I joined the organization as a director of resource development, I inherited the organization’s most valued treasure, an Excel spreadsheet with all the donors and foundations we had contacted in the past seven years. This feature allowed me to know -at any given moment-how many proposals I had out and how many I might have next month.

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Relationship Donor Track Gift 114

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Ensuring fundraising success is more important than ever and our team at Blackbaud is monitoring the latest trends coming out of our Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management community to help our customers stay relevant and innovative. . This enables you to develop a change management plan. . So how do we combat this?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. We inspired a community and got real results. Give away the fun (and easy) part.

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