ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Google AI Impact Challenge attracted 2,602 applications from six continents and 119 countries, with projects addressing a wide range of issue areas, from education to the environment. . The report includes a set of recommendations for organizations that want to use AI to solve social good problems, tech companies, and policy makers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. We believe that technology systems intended to be used in fragile environments must be “protective by design,” and seek from the outset to minimize the risk of harm.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

When our lives shifted around social distancing rules, our appreciation for the environment bloomed. Each campaign supports stronger policies and improves enforcement while also inspiring public support for stronger conservation, including sustainable choices to protect wildlife habitats. I Love a Clean San Diego County.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? Someone with a sense of humor who can see the big-picture to promote a positive environment and ground the experience. Has the organization embraced policies, resources and a culture that supports evaluation? Does the staff have any evaluation experience?

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Bring your own device (BYOD) is a trend that is sweeping not only the nonprofit world by storm, but the for profit environment as well. It is ultimately up to the organization to decide whether or not a BYOD policy is right for them. Questions like: What potential security hazards does a BYOD policy present?

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

Build an inclusive work environment . Keep in mind that to even get candidates to apply, you need to build the kind of environment in which your model employees would want to work. Build an inclusive work environment. Having frank conversations about building an inclusive environment can be difficult.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Norman Pickavance Norman Pickavance's book, The Reconnected Leader , provides an eight-step model for implementing new practices to help leaders reconnect with their teams and reset the relationship the business has with its stakeholders.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

We often hear that nonprofits should model themselves more like businesses. Be sure your assessment addresses the external environment. We live in a fundraising environment increasingly dependent on major gifts as fewer and fewer donors are making larger and larger gifts. How is the local economy fairing? Celebrate victories.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

GA4 is designed to be far less reliant on cookies, using AI and data modeling to help fill the gaps in data caused by privacy restrictions. The biggest change in GA4 is the shift from a model based on sessions and pageviews to a model based on events. What are the differences between UA and GA4?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

Respondents of color report greater workplace challenges than white respondents, including: Lack of role models. Studies indicate that diversity in the workplace unlocks innovative environments, as organizations with diverse leadership both out-innovate and out-perform those with homogenous teams. Lack of social capital.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

He holds a master’s in neuroscience and a master’s in public policy from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar. Now with C40 Cities, she supports cities in the global network to develop and implement inclusive climate action plans, policies, and programs. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

Still, with cases on the rise, mutations popping up, and a post-holiday wave, organizations across sectors are preparing for at least several more months of quarantines, safety measures, and virtual work environments. We’ve seen many nonprofits be pushed to innovate in this environment.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Before I share with you the advice I give to my association clients, I want to first discuss a major challenge that, in today’s competitive fundraising environment, most associations face. I know this notion runs counter the bedrock principle of the association model. Content Is King — and There’s a Lot of It.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Artificial barriers among program areas and staff can breed reactionary environments that are frustrating at best and debilitating at worst. We met internally with the communications team, but then also with Policy and Partnerships. Fortunately, storytelling busts silos. The silo-busting is beginning with the planning process. “We

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Patrick Ball, in Foreign Policy magazine and NPR's On The Media. Write and run statistical analysis in R, including survey estimation, geospatial analysis, and general linear model fitting. What you will do: Write computer programs for human rights data analysis projects. Process, clean, and transform data.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 29, 2015

Norman Pickavance Norman Pickavance''s new book, The Reconnected Leader , provides an eight-step model for implementing new practices to help leaders reconnect with their teams and reset the relationship the business has with its stakeholders.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Recruitment obstacles: Nonprofits tend to face a more challenging recruiting environment because they have tighter budgets. They’re taking notes from the nonprofit HR playbook to determine how they can foster a purpose-driven environment for employees.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Gyrus

APRIL 7, 2016

Even companies who have a proper compliance methodology get caught in the midst of changing regulated environment, new compliance measures, etc. Or, they are still following the outdated compliance policies and technology at the organization. At times, they focus on one area of a compliance program more while sidelining other elements.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

" It was all about how policy decisions on handling e-waste could improve the economy via environmental stewardship. And we have done what we can to inform policy makers on how to best reclaim the vast amount of IT equipment discarded each year. What Policy Makers Want and What I Advocate. are reused. Why not?

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Nimble AMS has an ideal work environment and the way almost everyone’s work ethic here inspires me. The upgrade approach is modeled after the Salesforce’s methodology of three product releases each year. Each coffee was more enjoyable than store bought (except those first couple of batches!) . Sanchi Behl, Technical Writer? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

A statement to the international news agency Reuters read: “We revised our Ad Grants policies to help nonprofits be more effective with AdWords and improve the quality of their ads, which will lead to targeted awareness of their projects and mission.” We’ve posted the exact email at the bottom of this post. Google Grants are helping AFS?—?and

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

Creating company policy that effectively utilizes telecommuting and harnesses communication technology is a matter of resiliency and adaptation, not a radical leap or indulgent management style. It's time for policy to match reality; we need to work more intelligently – for our health, productivity, and transportation sanity.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Similarly, companies like Amazon are making it easy for anyone to create powerful natural language processing or computer vision models without needing to build their own complex deep learning infrastructure. With the formal launch of the EU’s GDPR law (along with thousands of “we’ve updated our privacy policy!”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 17, 2016

Curry says there are four ways leaders can create a bully-free work environment : Don't ignore the warning signs. Set the tone (model respect; listen to and address voiced concerns; encourage open, confidential reporting). Establish an anti-bullying policy. Create a viable grievance channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Societal Change: Impact on society, policy discussions, and conversations that advance sustainable practices. For example, they know from their survey research, real-time monitoring, and content analysis of comments on their posts that a lot of people care deeply about environment issues, but don’t self-identify as “environmentalists.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

There aren't detailed notes accompanying the slide show, so I'm not sure which theoretical change models may rest beneath. I am thinking about the Concerns-Based Adoption Model which is based on extensive research on why science teachers didn???t Almost two weeks ago, I put out a query for blogging and social media policies.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. There used to be a focus on setting high levels for evidence in evidenced based policy making. People and policy is often first influenced by compelling stories. The current environment is ripe for this to happen.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

In order to survive over the long term and gain competitive advantage, companies must learn how to connect profoundly with the world around them -- not only with customers and stakeholders, but also with employees, local communities, politicians, and the environment itself." Another example is the music streaming service Spotify.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Cloud-based applications are more secure from cyberthreats than a typical nonprofit server environment is. All providers have different privacy policies regarding using your data themselves and allowing governments to have it on demand. I was skeptical of whether the pricing model would be good for charities.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

Sometimes, the desired visitor actions were hazy, represented by a general principle like “diversity;” other times, the actions were specific extensions of advocacy or policy espoused by the institution. This is what has made MoveOn so successful, and a powerful model for museum exhibit/program designers who want to inspire action.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

As a result, the conditions under which data become information look different every day, whether in journalism, government, health care, education, publishing, philanthropy, policy research, nonprofit work, advocacy or countless other fields.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Microsoft Office Mobile is preinstalled on Windows Phone 8 and is available for select models of iPhone and Android phones as well. Telework and the Environment. There is a ton of info on how telework helps the environment and is considered part of green technology. TechSoup: Telework Policies. Find their report here.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

Set the Stage by Modelling Good Follow Through. Depending on whether the volunteer is there for a 1-day event or an ongoing shift, carefully plan how you’ll welcome and support them so they feel comfortable in their new environment. Respond to inquiries promptly. Provide first-time volunteers with a volunteer handbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

For the Environment: An Inconvenient Truth. As our Industrial Institutions fail to cope and to help people, we are seeing a new model for coping where people are connecting to each other to find networked and personal solutions to problems. . This new model is the antithesis of the model that it may replace.

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