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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

Five years later, temporary stimulus funding has come and gone, replaced instead by ongoing cuts to government funding. Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. family becomes homeless.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. The project is designed to be available to citizens 24 hours a day and aims to increase the government's communication efficiency. How can people fight back? Through technology!

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Why Privacy Matters (or Should) to Nonprofits

NTEN

All of this has led many state governments to start enacting stricter laws and regulations requiring ANY organization that holds its residents' personal information to adequately protect the information, and levies harsh penalties for not doing so. Could you absorb a loss like that?

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Power and Control

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris van Bergeijk, Hawaii Community Foundation. In a philanthropic culture where grantmakers are held accountable to measurable results and careful stewardship of the resources entrusted to us, sharing power and control can feel irresponsible. There’s no such thing as giving up control, but sharing control is critical.”

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Leadership Development in Nonprofits: Identifying Toxic Signs of Ego in Your Development Space

ASU Lodestar Center

Between being understaffed, stretching resources and constantly training new people, little energy is left over to put into leadership development. Government Executive. Volunteer bases, while passionate, also sport high turnover. Volunteer managers are constantly training, on top of everything else they do. and Quatro, S. Leadership.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

There are local government based nonprofit programs like Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Ohio, and ARC Broward. There are statewide programs like Texas Center for the Visually Challenged and Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii. There are rural programs like New2U Computers Disability Resources.