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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Co-development led to conceptualization of participation of people with disabilities in advocacy for legislative, policy and government program change as an impact—in and of itself—regardless of outcome. As grantmakers, we can reconsider traditional monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches from start to finish.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." What is this new network-centric world?

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Donor Prospect Research: 4 Frequently Asked Questions

Nonprofits Source

In order to find individuals who exhibit propensity, affinity, and capacity markers, you’ll need to comb through and organize a lot of data.

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Big Data, Philanthropy, and Health at SOCAP13

Tech Soup

The data is open to anybody or any organization with an interest or mission in government transparency and politics. Planet Labs is hoping that nonprofits as well as government agencies and academic institutions focused on environmental issues will take advantage of this constantly updated visual and geographic data. Data for Health.

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And that’s why it’s critical that all those young geeks have the best, geekiest time that ever they had because happy, fulfilled Campuseros translates into positive brand identification for Movistar, Microsoft, The Mexican government, Ibm, HP, Asus, Nokia, Motorola, Nec, Opera, Noiselab, Volaris, Cisco, Oracle, Zte.

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Stay Ahead of AI’s Magic

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Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. They represent gray areas which may not be true today, but their tomorrow is an unwritten story.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

Boston, Massachusetts: What Nonprofits Can (and Cannot) Learn from Wikipedia. Seattle, Washington: Governance Matters: Is Policy Governance for Your Organization? Toronto, Ontario: How to Develop and Deliver an Effective Pitch. Seattle, Washington. HR Essentials for the Accidental HR Manager. 501 Connects. Friday, July 31, 2015.