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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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Creating a Nonprofit Digital Strategy with ChatGPT: A Practical Guide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Crafting Your ChatGPT-Powered Nonprofit Digital Strategy Embark on a journey of strategic empowerment by leveraging ChatGPT throughout your digital strategy. The Results: 6) Execution and Evaluation: Enhancing Implementation Executing a strategy is as important as formulating it.

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Report: Insights from the Google AI Impact Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are also research reports , events, fellowships, and bootcamps , and an annual AI4Good Global Summit. Evaluate model performance across different dimensions that may highlight areas of unfair bias (e.g., This includes Google , Microsoft , SalesForce , Intel , IBM , and many other companies. different demographics). .

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. That’s why braille is an important focus for us in Benetech’s Global Literacy Program — we know that we must keep braille relevant and make it more available. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Microsoft’s technology capacity work in the nonprofit technology sector includes partnerships with Tech Soup Global , NetHope in disaster relief as well as others.

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Future of Volunteering from the Volunteer Canada Perspective

Connection Cafe

From discussions with our global networks, these dynamics are experienced throughout the developed world. One challenge I foresee for companies is that tracking, measuring, and evaluating will get more complex but not insurmountable. There will continue to be a need for in-person volunteers, but these opportunities carry more risk.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. The Benetech team is very excited about helping with this important application: we’ve already built an initial prototype of the app for Kipp and his partners to evaluate. Bookshare was there with two offers.

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