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How to Write an Effective Grant Proposal

Classy

While you can use several marketing elements from your individual donor campaigns in your grant applications, creating effective proposals requires some additional considerations. Below, we’ll cover nine best practices and tips on how to write a winning grant proposal. Leverage Language and Formatting From Past Grants.

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Public Media At Risk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Already the House of Representatives has voted to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports local public radio and television stations nationwide. The Obama Administration has proposed a slight increase in funding for CPB. And within hours, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation) resigned in the.

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Bay Localize & Green Roofs: An Interview with Ingrid Severson

Have Fun - Do Good

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. You can listen to my interview with Ingrid on the Big Vision Podcast , or read a transcript here. Ingrid: Bay Localize is a non-profit project that started back in December of 2005.

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Mastering the Art of Work/Life Balance in a Digital World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m honored to be included on a panel proposed by him, along with Carrie Rice , called “ How to Conquer Technology Distraction and Burnout and Be More Present for Yourself, Team, and Organization for the 2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference. For me, this means that I don’t own a TV or watch the local news.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

She’s got a really awesome podcast. So, yes, this podcast … this podcast, oh, man. Now I am in my podcast zone. This webinar is about my podcast actually. What have I learned over my time, but especially over the last year of doing this podcast? ” So I’ve been eyeballing this week all year.

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The Value of Diverse Perspective: Reimagine Opportunity Challenge Wrap-Up

Tech Soup

There, she builds technology that connects local communities to resources that help them solve problems and impact issues. Before we wrote our proposal , we read, watched videos, and listened to podcasts. This post was written by Marnie Webb, who leads TechSoup’s newest division, Caravan Studios.

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Craigslist Nonprofit Boot Camps in Berkeley and Brooklyn

Have Fun - Do Good

In fact, they are having two Nonprofit Boot Camps in the next several weeks (full disclosure: my husband and are helping them with their podcast). Yup, and their mission is to provide free and low cost educational opportunities for emerging nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs. Their fees are totally reasonable. $50 50 for the day.