fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Trailhead’s 4 different main options: Projects, Modules, Trails, and Trailmixes. Projects – Projects give you hands-on practice with different Salesforce technologies with step-by-step instructions. Trails – Trails are guided learning paths that group both Modules and Projects together.

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Module Badge Organization Skills 52

Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2009

Unlike startups and rock stars, museums aren't structured to shoot for the moon and burn up trying. Last year, I met Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project , an extremely cool "post-educational" space in Los Angeles that is part art gallery, part workshop space, part mad scientist party central. Tags: business models.

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Model Business Los Angeles Museum 55

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 14, 2019

With limited people and financial resources, leaders of nonprofit organizations must execute strong management styles that develop the talent of their teams, foster healthy working environments and encourage retention of valuable employees. Build a Supportive Structure.

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Team Build Colorado Mentoring 61

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

We also use some terms like “fiat” (Government-backed money), “getting rugged” (ripped off by a project), “mooning” (rapidly increasing in value) and others along the way, sorry for the jargon but don’t worry WAGMI (we’re all going to make it). Belief in community-run/owned decentralized structures.

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Donor Difference Ukraine Podcast 52

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Creates an environment that facilitates fundraising Regardless of whether you do face-to-face fundraising, ensuring that the organization is prepared to fundraise is the development professional’s main priority. The forward-thinking development professional performs the following six practices: 1.

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Professional Leadership Develop Proposal 71

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

For nonprofits seeking to expand their programs, careful analysis of self and environment are crucial. Scalable programs should be based on a strong theory of change or logic model, clearly linking program inputs to outcomes in a way that can be tested and evaluated to determine actual effectiveness. Who is involved?

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Program Impact New York Model 64

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By understanding the role of HR in your nonprofit, you can determine the best way to structure your HR approach to meet your organization’s needs. Volunteer management aspect: Nonprofits frequently rely on the support of volunteers to bolster their projects or programs. Let’s dive in!

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Nonprofit Retention Profit Professional 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education. In Philanthropy.

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Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Corporate presence and visibility in the community have been most effectively accomplished through relatively low cost/high yield investments, including short-term project grants, event sponsorships, cause-related marketing, voluntarism and hands-on projects, in-kind giving (e.g., This is all good and deeply appreciated.

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Social Model Government Philanthropy 85

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

As I was thinking about this, it became clear that now is the time to look beyond the tools for social change that we’ve built and consider the frameworks that guide us in moving them forward and in identifying the next projects to work on. We are always exploring new projects with the hope of launching a new product each year.

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Develop Social Library eBook 144

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 needed eyes from other departments to get buy-in on the project, bring in their expertise, and identify holes in the content,” Corleto relates. Fortunately, storytelling busts silos.

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Story Storytelling Digital Nonprofit 103

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2019

At Common Impact, we’ve identified three keys that will help you confidently structure a pro bono project, identify organizational challenges your potential partner could help solve, and propose a skills-based volunteer engagement that meets your nonprofit’s needs and supports the interest of the volunteers.

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Skills Model Nonprofit Volunteer 31

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

Internal management consultants help nonprofits develop their organizational structure. They can provide training on how to manage teams, improve leadership, and create a more productive work environment. For your website design consultant, make sure to research each candidate’s services and business model.

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Consultant Web Proposal Nonprofit 52

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Keep it simple: While the actual projects and initiatives that organizations take on are multi-faceted, it’s critical to have a simple, powerful goal that connects them all to each other and to your mission that can serve as a compass. Think about how they could invest in your organization this year to turn your vision into reality.

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Goal Headline Environment Collaboration 27

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

The principal task of preparing organizational leaders is to provide them with the language and tools they need to be able to discern and describe network activity, the insights they need to understand network structure, and an appreciation for the vital yet often subtle tasks of managing a network’s context.

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Network Work Structure Leadership 106

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Since upper leadership doesn’t spend much time interacting with lower-level employees, it’s important to ask them for their feedback about improving the organization’s culture and work environment.

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Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. Come on, get real already. whenever i???ve

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Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Pricing structures. As partners, as a collective, without creating toxic/un-needed structure? Struggling with letting go of hard-care contracts into a more agile environment. Juggling different projects efficiently without adding overhead, and working with others with different skills as sub- or co-contractors?

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Consultant Structure NTEN Skills 100

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. The Beta model is taking its place. Beta companies are communities, not armies,” she writes.

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Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

The report analyzes many examples of networks and provides tools and tips for Network-Centric Grantmaking. Diana Scearce, who I’ve had the pleasure of working with on the Network of Networked Funders project, is the report author. Don’t assume that models of organizational effectiveness can be applied to strengthening networks.

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Network Report Empowerment Structure 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Lisa Gansky’s presentation on The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing (learn more at [link] ) and the joint presentation from Bill Traynor and Audrey Jordan about Lawrence CommunityWorks, a project in Lawrence, Massachusetts that is rebuilding a profoundly shredded civic infrastructure. The common denominator?

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Jordan Massachusetts Structure Leadership 90

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

In her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. The Beta model is taking its place. Beta companies are communities, not armies,” she writes.

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Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 48

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Historically, businesses in America were given a charter for a specific public purpose that allowed them to operate and expired upon the completion of the chartered project. A structure has emerged to serve this purpose, called the Benefit Corporation. The organization behind the B Corp brand is a non-profit called B Labs.

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Benefit California San Francisco New Jersey 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Over the past twenty years, the Brainerd Foundation has invested nearly $50 million in organizations working to protect the environment in the Northwest. Networked Leadership : Jodie Tonita, Social Transformation Project. How might we create a funding model that nourishes flexibility and innovation?

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. The Beta model is taking its place. Beta companies are communities, not armies,” she writes.

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Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 44

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The pricing structure of cloud services is really different than traditional software and takes some getting used to. Cloud-based applications are more secure from cyberthreats than a typical nonprofit server environment is. I was skeptical of whether the pricing model would be good for charities. Benefit #1: Cost.

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Adobe Application Charity Sharepoint 36

Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2011

Mike is an internationally recognized speaker in the cloud and SaaS industries and has more than 17 years of application delivery experience with a background in application development, SalesForce automation, call center solutions, campaign management, business intelligence and project management. Thanks for contributing Mike!

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Product Application Model Nonprofit 51

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

This is a prudent collaboration since a viable deal structure requires all three to remain ‘whole’ for the lifetime of a purchasing arrangement. Keep in mind that this agreement structure is relevant for a range of selections and choices in each area. Project Services. Project feature phasing. Planning and implementation.

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Phase Structure License Training 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

That said, we are especially committed to achieving focused impact in the areas of Education, the Environment, the Economy and Emergency Preparedness & Response. While these results seem relatively straightforward on the surface, structuring an online campaign around them proved more challenging than anticipated.

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Hurricane Measure Social Media Pledge 97

Forum One

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We can’t do this without cultivating and enforcing a corporate culture of psychological safety: an environment where no one will be punished or shamed for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. More flexible project scopes that allow iteration on project teams within certain constraints.

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Hints Structure Proposal Challenge 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

This post was based on a post developed by Rob Paterson three weeks ago, as we seek to design a pilot project in support of an important multi-constituent project Rob is helping to guide. For the Environment: An Inconvenient Truth. This new model is the antithesis of the model that it may replace.

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Story Action Model Adopt 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. You also need to consider the learning environment, any constraints, the delivery options, and the timeline for the project. The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic). I prefer flexible space but that isn’t always possible.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. I was recently discussing this project with an audience research specialist, Peter Linett, who is working on a related project to encourage experimentation and risk-taking in museum practice.

Action 31

Action Ideas St. Louis Museum 31

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? Challenging as it may seem, the payoff that comes from structuring governance according to organizational and lifecycle needs is well worth the time and effort. 378) (Brown, 2005, p. 1996, 370-73).

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Structure Government Phase Director 75

Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The nonprofit landscape is littered with abandoned grant-funded and poorly maintained tech projects. Nonprofit tech projects have trouble getting off the ground because they rarely have the consistent funding needed to make the project the full time focus of an experienced developer team.

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Platform Build Open Source Profit 106

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Ravon and Amanda are using several social media channels to explore and share museum exhibitions, programs, and projects. I can't wait to see what happens as they claim more space and power in museums, both through this project and individually in their careers. They are holding meetups, creating swag , and getting heard.

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Culture Work Museum New York City 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2009

And their unique structure and bottom-up approach offers some instructive lessons for museums that want to really embrace visitors and members as co-creators of the institutional experience. Most hackerspaces have very transparent legal structures and operate on a consensus model. This isn't just a geek thing.

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Museum North Carolina San Francisco Structure 24