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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. reported for “informal helping.”

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Doing good with AI tools: Navigating ethical considerations for the social sector 

Candid

Ease of access means that with more people using these systems, the potential impact of unethical use grows. In the very early days of AI at Candid, our grants auto-coding system, which predicts Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) codes from the text, exhibited signs of social biases. What can bias look like in the data?

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

All this work would be significantly more difficult if it weren’t for Candid’s taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (or PCS). A taxonomy is simply a system of classification, or a way of organizing things. The PCS is meant to reflect the work of the sector; it’s important to us that the sector has a chance to shape it.

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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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Despite these and plenty of other reasons to take a deep dive into you, Eurich’s research also revealed that, based on her definition, only about 10-15% of people are truly self-aware. If you don’t already have a professional support system, I urge you to find objective advisors. Make time for reflection. Find trusted advisors.

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A Reflection on Networked Professional Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It gave me some reflection time away from the daily fast-paced, always moving forward world of social media. It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. What is your system for professional learning? Over the holidays, I took an all too brief social media break to spent time with family.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Participatory approaches to M&E invite us to think about which belief systems are privileged in our work, whose knowledge and priorities matter most, and why we do the work we do in the first place. Other participatory grantmakers have developed new MEL tools to better reflect a power shift to grantee perspective on impact.

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10 Keys to Help You Declare Your Independence From Mediocre Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Here are some other definitions of freedom ( www.merriam-webster.com ): Being released from something onerous The quality of being frank, open, or outspoken Boldness of conception or execution Unrestricted use You know, several of those make me think of fundraising. But it’s important to stop and reflect on it. You need systems.

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