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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

That’s a trick question—it’s not a matter of dollars, but of cents. For a more “apples to apples” funding comparison, we also examined foundation funding to higher education institutions with similar attributes to HBCUs along five key dimensions: size, geographic region, institution type, locale, and specialization.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. questions) that are similar and shared by many funders.

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Authenticity as a Strategy

The Storytelling Non-profit

I’ve shared 4 Questions To Make Strategic Decisio ns and Do You Need to Start From Scratch? Comparison is a killer of creativity and authenticity. One of the writing tips I often share with my students is that I write a few versions of something before I pick a finalist. Email subject lines are a good example.

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Where have all the interns gone?

ASU Lodestar Center

The discussion goes on and whichever side your organization takes, there is the perception that there is a line of students just waiting to work long hours, with no pay to gain experience. as I call out to the line of students waiting out in the hall to be assigned. Students pay tuition for the class credits.

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The Mistakes of a Crisis

ASU Lodestar Center

Even for students of public relations crises, few predicted that Komen’s actions would prove to be this difficult to overcome. In talking with a close friend, we both asked the question “How could you not know that your constituents would react this way?” Komen’s misstep is a loss for the entire nonprofit sector. Be Consistent.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Or the more elegant opening questions posed by Nesson: " Is there some magic in the Internet space that can help fight crime? He first has students have fun building the truck out of legos and then teachers them to make it move. But what if they went to wikipedia and made a critical comparison? re Harvard University ?

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What It Means to be a Connected K–12 School

sgEngage

Each description, at its core, stems from the answer to this one question: Does your school function at its optimal level? Instead of having one source of truth for school and student information, someone on your team will have the responsibility of manually aggregating data from reports that come from disparate systems.

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