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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Requested Grant Funding Related (20 percent). Miscellaneous (3 percent). What the Organization Does (22 percent).

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The AI Writing Prompt Formula and Prompt Ideas

Whole Whale

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. When building through the API For more advanced users, there are ways to better tune models with more variables beyond language. This helps the AI understand your requirements better and provide a relevant response.

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The GRANTS Writing Formula To Secure Awards For Project Grants

Bloomerang

Having a framework is the magic wand to writing a successful grant proposal. Most people don’t write grants with this in mind. Most grant writers just start with long responses to grant applications, instead of first setting up their own plan. This 6-step GRANTS Writing Formula can help!

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Write technical descriptions of HRP methods and projects at many levels of detail for academic publications, white papers, grant applications, grant reports, and internal documentation. Also helpful: Interest in and comfort with languages other than English, especially Spanish, French, Russian, or Arabic.

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Super Useful Nonprofit Fiscal Year-End Action Strategies

Bloomerang

Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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Measuring Impact: The First Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I had phoned my friend (let’s call her Maya) because I wanted to see how the indie crowd at the Sundance Film Festival would respond to my question: “You know your film is making a difference when…” I first attended Sundance in the late-80s when I was a script reader in Hollywood, and participated during the decade I was at the PBS series POV.

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APIs for Nonprofits 101: How to Share Data Between Systems

Tech Soup

This example is a bit more complex, and might involve writing a custom standalone script in a programming language like Python to take advantage of the two APIs. Backing Up Data Databases Donors Event Grant Management Databases Server Applications Servers Services Software cloud data cloud computing tscloudcomputing'

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