Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Jerry and I had a great conversation about open sourcing of agricultural scientific models, such as those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their climate change reports. As it turns out, these models were originally developed decades ago and many are written in Fortran !

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. We’re also thrilled to bring together several special guests for keynotes and fireside chat conversations! Join us for this conversation with Lorenzo Olvera, director of the Senate Diversity Initiative in the office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . When the pandemic hit, BGCA quickly realized they needed to rethink their entire service delivery model in order to continue making an impact.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. Declining enrollment leads to not only decreased tuition revenue but also diminished government funding and reduced philanthropic support. What can schools do to innovate and adapt?

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

At the 2022 ANA Nonprofit Federation Winter Conference, presented by Data Axle, you’ll hear case studies and success stories from experts and industry leaders that offer you actionable solutions to the issues and challenges you face in 2022’s challenging and dynamic environment. Audience size : 15,000 (SXSW EDU); 37,000 (SXSW).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. What models of “collective impact” or multi-stakeholder collaborations have emerged; is there a typology?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We are tracking the conversation and resources about AI and Nonprofits and social good. Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. What should governments, universities and companies do?

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BoardAssist

APRIL 25, 2017

One of the many ways Vanessa was often able to help is showing her nonprofit how to craft a working cash flow model. (In The MOST important finance tool for a nonprofit is its Cash Flow Model. The business model of many nonprofits puts them at risk of running out of cash every year. The Cash Flow Model is the ED’s friend.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Step One: Understanding Your Use Case’s Purpose and Threat Model. But if you have questions or concerns about your use case, or Salesforce security and privacy features in the context of fragile environments, please reach out to your Salesforce account executive or Salesforce partner for a more in-depth conversation. Alex Parker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You could feel the energy in the room - a convergence of IT leadership from business, government, social innovation, and nonprofit sectors. Nasscom celebrates a wide open conversation and spreading thought leadership between the various sectors represented. Can we deliver job skills for $10 per skill?

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Forum One

MAY 12, 2021

Over the past decade, personalization has grown to become an industry standard on the web, where users are increasingly engaging with a website experience that is tailored to their interests and needs. In the commercial sector, the primary goal of personalization is to increase conversions and drive sales.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said. Sharp declines in construction severely affected Oregon’s wood products industry and the state experienced high tech manufacturing job losses in the recession. And now they are up to something again: MMT is looking for a million dollar idea to support!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The next time you set your digital device of choice to record your favorite show so you can watch it whenever you want, take a moment to be thankful that you’re protected from lawsuits from the entertainment industry. The Section 121 exception is a major and indispensable safety net for accessibility. But, it’s not the only one!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education and industry leaders have been collaborating to respond and change course through this time of uncertainty. Part of that conversation was the role international students play around the world. Are there local markets we have not thought about sufficiently?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 1, 2015

Could something as simple as the title of our sector be crippling industry growth? During our post-MCON conversation, we joked about how 1950 called and wants its title back. The label is unfair because the nonprofit sector is the only industry defined by what it isn’t, Weinheimer said. It’s offensive.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2011

We convened the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit (MDS11) as a way to build a more engaged conversation around the Millennial Donor Survey conducted earlier in the year. This past June, the Case Foundation , Achieve , and JGA teamed up for a little virtual experiment of our own.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

On Monday, I gave the keynote at the Museums in Conversation conference in Tarrytown, NY. I learned to cultivate creative greed while working on Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum, where I was lucky to be working on a project that was so new to us that we didn't have any pre-established models or structures for doing it.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

This means identifying the individual people, the companies, the foundations, the government officials who share in your vision. Dig deep into what made past partnerships work , taking your lessons from successful models you can repurpose. We call this cross-sector collaboration, and we could use more of it.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15. Feb 24 - 25.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Our conversation began with my asking Temra, "How are women changing the way we eat?" Otherwise, there are co-ownership models that are interesting today where you can have people from the city that are buying into your farm, and then they have part ownership. In addition to the parks department model, we're seeing it here.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

This is, perhaps, a holdover from the paternalistic philanthropic model of the late 1800s, when so-called charity work (as opposed to mutual aid) was reserved for white, upper-middle-class women (and had its slew of racist, classist biases that came along with it). To be a competitive sector, we must compete with industry.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. 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. Communities are flexible. Principles.

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sgEngage

APRIL 24, 2023

To reduce your organization’s risk for a cyber attack, it’s important to understand the threat landscape and identify areas of potential risks from cyber security threats affecting users, organizations, and specific industries. Some things to look for: Aligned with industry frameworks Industry-leading tools (intrusion protection, etc.)

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Qgiv

MAY 11, 2021

Unfortunately, hospital/medical group nonprofits, government entities, and schools, universities, and academic institutions are not eligible. This model is referred to as pay-per-click (or “PPC”). You can find this with a simple formula: CVR = total conversions/total number of clicks. The middle-ground option is “Phrase Match.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

You can also listen to our conversation on iTunes. What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model. We don't seek out socially responsible companies.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

And as I got to learn the sector and was talking to other leaders, talking to other fundraisers, I found that a lot of the approaches or advice or industry misconceptions were keeping great organizations from growing. We want to replicate our model across the country. They were doing awesome work, but their revenue was stuck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And so, again, I am Sabrina Walker Hernandez, and I studied political science and public administration and I obtained a nonprofit management certification from Harvard Business School and for the last 25 years, I’ve worked in a nonprofit industry. And for those that kind of balked at that, we changed the conversation.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

It’s going to be a lovely, low-tech conversation about high-tech stuff. And then Ds and Fs, you really want to have some deep conversation inside your organization to think about, “What are we going to do if we have a bunch of things that our team has rated poorly?” We’re going to talk about all of that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

emphasis mine] I think it is incumbent upon knowledgeable leaders to provide models for how to do things differently – provide tools that foster social change in ways that foster social change, not in ways that help to sustain the status quo. Is there a business model that will make this work? I’m really not sure.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Segmentation creates more personalized conversations and communications between your organization and your supporters, changing the “traffic patterns” to meet their needs and preferences. . Many for-profit industry retention rates fall between 63% and 84% , much higher than nonprofits’ averages. Mix up the communication medium. .

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2011

Pine Point was a single-industry town, and when the mine closed in 1988, the town closed along with it. Some of the artifacts--government documents explaining that Pine Point will be taken off the map, videos from the final week of the town's existence--are devastating. This is a project that begs conversation.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

On January 21, 2009, the White House issued the Transparency and Open Government Memorandum. The memorandum instructed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide guidance to executive departments and agencies on implementing open government. A select group of these ideas are provided below. In a Web 2.0

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Bloomerang

APRIL 25, 2024

So, leadership must model the values and behaviors they’d like to see throughout the organization, setting a standard that promotes a positive and productive culture. “If This model views the board and executive leadership as equal partners working collaboratively towards shared goals. They don’t think ‘I.’ The legendary Simone P.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And I appreciate the chance to even have this conversation and be included in it. A government can’t just come in and decide to print more like the U.S. government might decide to print more U.S. or to the whims of that central ledger holder be it a bank or a central bank or a government. Matt: All right.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And I appreciate the chance to even have this conversation and be included in it. A government can’t just come in and decide to print more like the U.S. government might decide to print more U.S. or to the whims of that central ledger holder be it a bank or a central bank or a government. Matt: All right. Appreciate it.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning. It’s such an important piece of securing your network that it shouldn’t even be a conversation, frankly, at this point. This is not a model policy, all right? Multi-factor authentication.

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