Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. Nonprofit organizations, local and federal governments, campaigners and even businesses are trying to innovate at the speed of communities. . Communities As A Model. Photo credit: Flickr Rhys’s Piece Is ).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

We are proposing a new entity that would work iteratively over time to fulfill four main purposes: 1. Information security professionals working in the government and the private sector. We need collaboration with such organizations as TechSoup, NTEN, ISSA, SANS, State, and Federal Governments. What is Nonprofit InfoSec?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Accessibility Global Copyright Law 133

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Step One: Understanding Your Use Case’s Purpose and Threat Model. Organizations should critically review proposed data collection and ensure that the intended benefits and impact justify the risks of data collection in the first place. Alex Parker. Senior Platform Architect, Salesforce.org.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

The business case presents your proposal for change. a TCO modeled over three to five years. the governance that’s going to control the project. This is where you outline the opportunity cost for staying with the system you have. Now is the time to talk numbers. A solid plan contains: the project structure. identified risks.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said. We need to move beyond our customary categorical thinking and invite everybody – business, government, communities, organizations, individuals – to work together to address the issues we face before it’s too late.”.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

In the last six years, Community Boost_r , ReStart Challenges , and Things Camp have used an open community challenge model. With these open models, one of the challenges was getting participants to clearly define problems that could be solved with technology. Defining and Refining the Problem to Optimize Solving It with Tech.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

But our reviews have also shown us that there may be other models that would allow more flexibility in what we fund, and how we support our programs and grantees, and make room for more partnering with others in the field. In September, the OE program will be going in front of the Board.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2019

Instead, she believes that social good organizations should emphasize lean principles and model their development after tech companies, and shares success stories of this from USAID and Harambee Youth Accelerator. And so when my time in government came to end, thinking about the work that we had done and wanting to build on that.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

We also had some great role playing contributions from Jess Tyrrell of Germination (playing the “Council Leader&# ) and Cliff Prior of Untld (playing the “Civil Society Minister in a new Tory Government of 2010″). David has written up an incredible rundown of the game, including the cards, the planning documents and more.

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Game Collaboration Social Facilitation 100

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

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. This is an outdated model that limits the impact and diversity of the work in the nonprofit sector. Recommendations for Implementation.

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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. For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. When I leave I will write a book that is called the 100 Things We Do to Make Government Worse.

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2018

Unique staffing models are emerging. Leadership decisions for rules governing the intersectionality of mid-level are now common. Unique Staffing Models. That’s the equivalent of one person working on high touch relationship building that includes face to face meetings and personalized proposals.”. Engaged Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Production Network: This type of network inspires and encourages collective action by members to create innovative practices, public-policy proposals, and other tools or products that lead to social impact. Resources: What is the network’s funding model? Governance: Who decides what the network will do, how do they decide?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In the absence of social media compliance and regulatory standards, social networking technologies face increased scrutiny in both the government and commercial sectors. While many government leaders and corporate executives recognize the ability for social media to enable organizations to ?tap tap into the vast amounts of knowledge ?

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

To be clear, I am not sure Pietersen's proposal is that new — I have been saying something similar for some time — but that shouldn't stop one from finding value in it. The model consists of a four-step cycle: Learn: The act of reviewing the external environment in which the organization exists. Learn, etc.:

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Internet Process Strategy Learning 44

Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2013

Museum supporters and art lovers were up in arms about this proposal, arguing that these "cultural gems" are held in the public trust and should not be shed to pay off creditors. For large organs like the heart and lungs, there is a national body that governs all organ donation and distribution in the US. risk business models'

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Detroit Museum Michigan Arts 52

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Participating in drafting portions of grant proposals. The Center for Creative Leadership advocates for the 70/20/10 Model for Learning and Development, which asserts that adults learn 70% through on-the-job stretch opportunities, 20% through coaching and mentoring, and 10% through training programs. Joining meetings with funders.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. Chat-GPT is a generative large language model.

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FAQ Language Model Nonprofit 52

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

They can't build the schools and they can't train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. When I leave I will write a book that is called the 100 Things We Do to Make Government Worse.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

For many, that involves a combination of income sources that, together, make up their funding model. A funding model is defined as the methodical and institutionalized approach to bring in revenue to support an organization’s core programs and initiatives. Government Grants. Federated Funds.

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Donation Grant Foundation Model 119

NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

According to Heeks, the field of ICT4D emerged really as an artifact of the telecenter model which was used successfully to extend basic ICT services at the periphery in North America and Europe. . User fees -- necessary if you ever wished to achieve sustainability -- were always a struggle, as they often shut the desired audience out.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Back in February there was a great deal of discussion and debate on the role of tax-deductions in charitable giving around proposed changes in the tax code. Others argued it is very important and billions of dollars could be at risk if the government placed a limit on charitable giving deductions.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

There are a few core elements of the way communities work that we can learn from as a model for innovation as well. Community-Driven Model. But in a community-driven model, you can’t just listen for the sake of learning. That word change supports co-design, it encourages collaboration, and it ensures engagement. Principles.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2016

As a nonprofit organization grows to include dozens, sometimes hundreds, of local offices, the leaders have to wrestle with the best way to govern, organize and manage greater complexity. While there is little consensus on a “single best practice”, three distinct models have emerged and are recognizable as the most prevalent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

Being another layer over existing technologies, those who are comfortable with the current models can stay behind while the rest of us move up to the next level. SL is not some new revolutionary model that has never been seen before. more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution).

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. 2016 Government and Not-for-Profit Conference. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

So how do we propose to pay for it? She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers." Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., In addition, the two national organizations of blind people both just passed formal resolutions in favor of the treaty proposal. Government support this effort?

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Accessibility Global United States Copyright 150

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So there are some things like that that you might want to consider, especially if you’re maybe looking into government grants. Some of the funding is going to go to the state’s local government, so just to be mindful of all of those things, especially when you start thinking about what you can do in-house to prepare.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 26, 2022

They will define strategy, go to market, product offerings, operating model definition, people management and, and service delivery. This person will work across the organization to drive sales proposals and ensure client success. Work Authorization : Citizens or Permanent Residents of USA or Canada.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

I learned to cultivate creative greed while working on Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum, where I was lucky to be working on a project that was so new to us that we didn't have any pre-established models or structures for doing it. We aren’t reaching all the audiences we’d like to. We’re not essential parts of every community.

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Museum Conversation Columbus Local 20

Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. The Data Warehouse Architect will serve as the technical lead for implementation projects. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. .

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Canada Data API Skills 40

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

While discussions regarding government funding evolve, philanthropists and foundations continue to step up, pledging billions of dollars to tackle climate issues. You may need to rethink your business model, now that you have evaluated the emissions you produce. Propose that climate becomes a risk in your board risk register.

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Action Pledge Europe Education 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

My thinking: Social media conversations and online campaigns create whole new models for bringing together & powering the progressive movement. And what real world event models can you learn from or partner with? We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Green Drinks.

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