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What strategies can nonprofits implement to successfully navigate disruption?

ASU Lodestar Center

Government support during the pandemic is not available in isolated emergencies. An Iowa native, Vicki resides and works along the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa, with her husband, Jeff. Plan for increased investments in staff and infrastructure, including technology.

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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

Insights on Government Funding. Since government is a major funder of rural programs, it's useful to know that a clear trend in government funding is interagency collaborations. More government grants are looking for collaborations among multiple organizations that are able to address an issue from different angles.

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How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board To Be?

BoardAssist

Challenge the Board to Manage Itself: Build a strong governance committee that takes responsibility for managing and cultivating board performance. Anne Wallestead is the President and CEO of national nonprofit BoardSource, one of the leading resources on governance available to the nonprofit community. governance'

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (Again)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I had the chance to meet with Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa last month, and tell him about Bookshare.org for ten minutes. It takes time to get a formal policy declaration from any government agency, and we want an expedited decision so that we can be delivering these textbooks to students in September at the start of the new school year.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture. Looking at overhead alone is a poor way to measure a nonprofit organization’s overall performance (Letter to the Donors of America, 2014).

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Reflections from the Communications Network Conference: Wisdom of Crowds – Succeeding in Practice?

Forum One

The Federal government has recently launched Challenge.gov to enlist the public in helping to solve difficult problems. Predictive Markets: The Iowa Electronic Markets uses an online wagering model to accurately predict political elections. Foundation application? Use online tools to gather data from across sectors.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

I think that in an age where what we're facing often seems very vast and faceless - huge institutions, corporations, or undemocratic governments - I think that the real answers don't so much lie in, they can, but not always, big ticket solutions. I think I can speak to that right now, because I'm speaking to you from Iowa City.