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Building A Nonprofit Board That Understands Financial Stewardship

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But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. You should also discuss policies and allow ample time for questions and answers. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Beware the true cost of ignorance. Start at the recruitment stage.

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Is your nonprofit thinking about using ChatGPT? Your first step is to do no harm

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In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. At the same time, finding human counselors has been a struggle.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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3 Data-Driven Marketing Strategies to Maximize Major Gifts

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For example, when your humane society digs into a donor’s past philanthropic involvement, you might find that they help fund a vet clinic in a developing nation. Using what you know about donors’ philanthropic interests and giving motivations, spread awareness of projects or initiatives that align with their values.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. Xperience Design Project.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. The Stakeholders Platform and the TIGAR project were time-limited and needed to be replaced by a new structure. I’ve been to national meetings in the U.S.

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The tough question that ran through my mind was: How can we as technologists in Silicon Valley help prevent this kind of atrocity? Delivering my opening remarks at the Martus'' 10th Anniversary A decade later, in 2003, Benetech —the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead—launched our Human Rights Program to address this very question.

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