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Resilience Rides the Waves of Disruption

.orgSource

Pre-COVID, we had a program called the Milwaukee Kitchen Cabinet. Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. “I’ve always understood the importance of relationships,” Kristine advised. But COVID reinforced that lesson. Here’s an example from my experience.

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To Survive a Crisis, Lean Into Trust—CEOs Share Pandemic Stories

.orgSource

Lockdown regulations were enforced one way in Dane County, another way in Milwaukee, and yet another way in Northern Wisconsin,” Kristine advised. We also established a public/private coalition in Milwaukee to learn how restaurants could apply public health regulations to reopen. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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Even a Tiny Gesture Can Make Monthly Donors Feel Special

NonProfit PRO

Recently, I presented at the Faith and Fundraising Conference in Milwaukee for about 400 in-person attendees. It was so wonderful to see people I hadn’t seen in a few years.

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Study offers lessons on public health efforts to prevent gun violence

Candid

Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies: Lessons From Atlanta And Milwaukee." Annie E. Engaging with local community leaders and residents early and often is key to implementing public health and racial justice approaches to preventing gun violence successfully, a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds.

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How can nonprofits successfully engage the next generation of donors?

ASU Lodestar Center

She is the advancement associate for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Emily Santeler is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University. An AmeriCorps alum and recent inductee of the Nu Lambda Mu International Honor Society , Ms.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of my stops was to the attend the Sixth Gathering of Social Entrepreneurs, organized by the Social Enterprise Alliance , and held in Milwaukee. Here's an article from the Milwaukee press on the event: When non-profits cash in. I just returned from a great trip. I've heard other people advocate for a "for-benefit" sector before.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Near-term travel plans for this month include: Council on Foundations Annual Conference Wealth and Giving Forum in Greenbrier, WV Sixth Gathering of the Social Enterprise Alliance in Milwaukee, WI Bridging the Divide 2005 The University of California, Berkeley

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Thank You RCI Customers!

Tech Soup Blog

Waukesha is a suburb of Milwaukee and is the hometown of electric guitar pioneer, Les Paul. Our customers are organizations like the Waukesha Public Library. This library serves 100,000 patrons in its 72,000-square-foot building each year.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

And in Milwaukee, while Black Americans are only 26 percent of the population, they account for an astounding 81 percent of the deaths there. In Michigan alone, Black Americans constitute 14 percent of the state’s population — but 40 percent of coronavirus deaths. These racial and ethnic disparities are stark but sadly not surprising.

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Gathering: looking back

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Another person with equal dedication was Julann Jatczak, who was chairing the program committee for a second Gathering (her first was also successful: the Milwaukee Gathering a few years back)! Luckily, other folks prevailed on Jim to get medical attention and he soldiered on with his one crutch.

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Happy New Year! Two Free Books! And Watermelon!

Museum 2.0

This year's video tells the story of The Participatory Museum 's sequel and exposes some deadly secrets we uncovered this year in the worlds' museums (Denmark! and at ArtPrize. I hope you enjoy it. Here's to the start of a year in which I hope we will all move a little closer to our wildest dreams.

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Free Legal Services for Charities Anyone?

Tech Soup Blog

A good example is the Milwaukee Bar Association’s pro bono directory and also the Virginia Bar Association’s Pro Bono Resource Center. In the U.S., many if not most local bar associations may have pro bono programs and/or referral services.

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Research Friday: Strengthening the Economy through Civic Engagement

ASU Lodestar Center

Cities with high volunteering rates in 2006 which were correlated to low unemployment increases are Austin, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, Columbus, and Denver. These states are Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, and Vermont.

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Making the Switch – 5 Best Practices for a Successful CRM Implementation

Connection Cafe

Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit university located near the heart of downtown Milwaukee, WI, that offers a comprehensive range of majors in 11 nationally and internationally recognized colleges and schools.

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Wandering Down the "Don't Touch" Line

Museum 2.0

The Milwaukee Art Museum has a video explaining do's and don'ts of the museum for children. We had a "please don't lick the art" sign for woodworking that talked about the oils impacting the wood. I've enjoyed seeing labels that explain these things, but I wonder if it's a museum-wonk approach that doesn't work for general audiences.

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Props to my pops

gokubi.com

And today my dad wrote this letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, the local paper. The ad will list the names of Democrats, Independents and Republicans in the neighborhood who are supporting Obama. My parents rang 50 doorbells in the neighborhood. They’ve never done that before.

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Navigation by Recommendation: Lessons Learned from a Little Experiment

Museum 2.0

I spent some time playing with this question last week at the Milwaukee Art Museum, a large general museum that is moving toward redesign of the permanent galleries. How do you find your way around a multi-faceted museum? Do you interrogate the map? Create a plan for yourself? Get deliciously lost?

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One Web. For All.

NTEN

In Milwaukee, they're spreading knowledge about the current state of copyright and what it means for artists by screening the film Copy/Bad Copy , featuring appearances by Girl Talk, Danger Mouse, and Lawrence Lessig.

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The Most Generous Online Giving Cities in the U.S.

Connection Cafe

121,767.00. 810,250.93. Sioux Falls. 156,592.00. 1,040,322.45. 129,585.00. 852,123.04. 597,867.00. 3,904,992.34. Springfield. 160,660.00. 1,041,895.67. 124,055.00. 794,245.99. 6,402.37.

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

He's out of Milwaukee. I also talk to her about things that are important. Definitely Melissa from Operation Nice. My other go-to is my dear friend Nate St. Pierre who runs It Starts with Us. I really believe he's going to change the world.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

So another client of mine, Upstream Arts, they provide programming in the Minneapolis schools, the Milwaukee School District, and I think they’re going to a couple other states now. Make sure your messages are inspiring, specific, relationship-building. They’ve been using this term “funding gap” for many, many years.

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Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. December 17, 2008 | social networking software Thanks for creating this. Very helpful as we weigh the rush into social networking sites. It is not necessarily true that: If you build it they will come. all areas where social media makes a total sense.

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Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. December 17, 2008 | social networking software Thanks for creating this. Very helpful as we weigh the rush into social networking sites. It is not necessarily true that: If you build it they will come. all areas where social media makes a total sense.

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Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. December 17, 2008 | social networking software Thanks for creating this. Very helpful as we weigh the rush into social networking sites. It is not necessarily true that: If you build it they will come. all areas where social media makes a total sense.