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Do Capacity Building Programs Help Nonprofits Achieve Better Results?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Forgotten Roots of Capacity Development in the Movement for Ownership and Empowerment. Much of the current language and practice around capacity development seems to have forgotten the roots of the capacity development movement of the 1980s. Our role was to coach, support, mentor where necessary – but never to lead.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. We can do better!

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How to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit, From the Experts

Classy

Employees now have more access to stress management resources and empowerment to seek the support they need on an individual level. Ask for help when it’s appropriate with clear language. The onus was on the individual to ask for what they needed and not so much on the organization. .

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

" The organization serves refugee and immigrant survivors of human rights abuses with a team that speaks 25 different languages to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of Mosaic's clients. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. This model reduces barriers and also provides a more comfortable setting for our clients."

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The Nonprofit Common Data Model as an Equity Tool

NTEN

We don’t have a common language for collaboration between large software developers selling and donating their platforms to nonprofits. Enter the Nonprofit Common Data Model (CDM) , originally stewarded by Microsoft as a founding creator and ongoing community sponsor.

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Our Museum: Extraordinary Resources on How Museums and Galleries Become Participatory Places

Museum 2.0

And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. That honesty shines through in the report's clear language, specific tips, and frequent bite-sized notes of "things to watch out for" when working to become a participatory organization.

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Join the AI Revolution: Build Your First Low-Code Fundraising App

sgEngage

There are now even natural language prompts powered by AI. For example, AI can accelerate low-code development by helping you build a workflow or an app just by using natural language, or it can generate content from data using large language models like GPT-4. Did you know you’re doing this stuff already?

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