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Trust-Based Philanthropy: “Walking the Talk” Towards Long-Term Financial Wellness

sgEngage

Funders providing these types of gifts have a responsibility to trust their grantees to do what’s best for the organization while also supporting them with financial literacy. Do the Homework : Oftentimes, nonprofits have to jump through countless hoops just to be invited to submit a proposal. So, how can funders assist here?

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Many of our projects turn on legal questions, and our attorneys are a core part of figuring out solutions that will have real positive impact on society. Benetech Labs: what are our intellectual property policies on Labs projects if we host projects proposed by third parties? That’s just a taste of what’s on the plate at Benetech.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare’s role was mixed: we didn’t end up attending many of these meetings and critiqued early efforts that were crippled by heavy-handed publisher influence, although we did propose at one point to supply technology to TIGAR based on Bookshare. The question of licensing pretty much got punted down the road. Definitely a good thing.

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Youth Connection Session at Games 4 Change Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gaming is a literacy of transgression. Subvert the rules explore the limits of system propose alternate responses Great skills for social change. Gaming is testing ideas, proposing solutions, and moving through the system. Gaming is about questioning everything. Gaming is literacy. That's where dancing takes place.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. We know you've got questions. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. Finance / @southwestfdns. 41st Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference.

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What Is a Capital Campaign? The Complete Guide

Neon CRM

For example, say you wanted to run a capital campaign to buy a new building for your literacy organization; your feasibility study process might look like this: Define your goal: Your project aims to raise $300,000 to purchase a new building to hold a library. They will discuss the findings and address any concerns or questions.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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