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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. Watchlists For those organizations that need to comply with guidelines set by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), our grant management system provides checks on key staff.

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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

Top Nonprofits

What has been your biggest technology disaster this year? By now, most of us have heard about the lawyer who couldn’t turn his cat “filter” off on a Zoom court hearing, so that he appeared in virtual court as a cat. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible. Except when it isn’t!

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Virtual Volunteer Mobilization Strategies That Can Solve Nonprofits’ Challenges During COVID-19

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For the foreseeable future, remote fundraising and virtual actions will be the norm, as evidenced by the 433% increase in virtual actions on the Mobilize platform in just six weeks. We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute.

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3 Ways to Assess Donor Giving Patterns to Boost Donations

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For example, a change in legislation or a natural disaster could motivate concerned supporters to take action. Location: Do donors live nearby your nonprofit’s headquarters, or are they purely virtual supporters? Major events that are relevant to your mission. Employment: What do your donors do for a living?

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5 Data Security Risks for Nonprofits (and How to Fix Them)

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However, for anything involving sensitive personal information, it's a security disaster waiting to happen. If you can't avoid public Wi-Fi, a virtual private network (VPN) is a good option — VPNs secure data between your computer and the website you're visiting. How You Can Mitigate It. spanhidden.

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TechSoup at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Tech Soup

Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. This session will cover basic tips and guidelines for protecting your technology, data, and assets so that you're well prepared for a natural or man-made disaster.

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The Social Sector Cloud

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CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. There was one database of projects, one set of guidelines for project management and shared progress-tracking system across boundaries, time zones, and domains of expertise.

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