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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

Candid

With the mindset that proven impact should provide a solid return, funders focus on these questions: What are you trying to achieve? Answering these questions clearly and comprehensively goes a long way toward building a funder’s trust in your ability to advance social change. What are your strategies for making it happen?

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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

They seem to be collateral damage in a larger debate over the question of intellectual property. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand. And this raises the central human rights question.

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Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Impact: Reflecting on Our Journey

The MatrixFiles

When SQFI (the Safe Quality Food Institute) came to us to redesign and help them do business better on a global scale, we integrated AWS Translate into their CMS so that the new website is available in 9 languages, visitors can search in 9 languages AND the site is indexed by Google in 9 languages. looks like. We do a lot of co-working.

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SXSW 2013 – Social by Global: Failure Is Not An F-Word!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW). The team looks at some questions: What was the goal of our project?

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Throwback Thursday: GlassPockets editor’s top five for funders

Candid

And can small foundations effectively and efficiently review an open call for proposals? When Numbers Fall Short: The Challenge of Measuring Diversity in a Global Context. This makes it challenging to measure diversity, equity, and inclusion in a global context. Many demographic frameworks are set up for US-based organizations.

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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

sgEngage

They might, for example, review synopses of eligible proposals and rank them, or vote to prioritize strategic issues or geographies. IDA is a global membership organization of international and regional membership organizations of persons with disabilities. Methods of participation that are easy, meaningful, and joyful.

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One very long weekend in New York City for Megan Price

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This particular weekend we divided into teams and tackled projects from the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), MiX Market, and UN Global Pulse. For example, to answer questions such as in which precinct do the most pedestrian stops occur? The next Data Dive will be held here in San Francisco on Nov.