Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. The timing or stage at which you create a proposal is truly up to each nonprofit organization. This can come from an internal database analysis, wealth screening, predictive modeling project, a peer/board review, or just plain discovery of a prospective donor from a staff or volunteer member.

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Allegiance Group

JULY 10, 2009

The science of project management is commonly defined by the Iron Triangle: a triangle whose sides represent project scope, time, and resources (or cost). Project managers are trained to tell their clients: “Pick any two.” Many a project manager instinctively latches on to this concept as the quintessential answer to keeping projects under control, expecting the client will see it the same way. And when is there a project that’s not messy and complex?

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Christopher Whitlatch from the Foundation responded to her tweet with that had a few bags they could donate. Not too long after that, the Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project was launched. So, I contacted the Food Bank and proposed we collaborate. The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project collects gently used tote bags for distribution to the region’s food pantries. Says Sue, “The Food Bank has been very supportive and encouraging to our project.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. The proposal to Metlife was all video.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The Machine Project and the Hammer Museum have just released an incredible ebook documenting Machine's year-long residency at the Hammer in 2010. The 182-page book includes detailed descriptions of projects, budgets, and decision-making processes, along with extensive interviews with artists, curators, and museum staff of all stripes. Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. And the projects themselves are brilliant.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

There are a few core elements of the way communities work that we can learn from as a model for innovation as well. If there’s an idea that the community is behind, and a project or plan that’s adopted (whether it’s a new way of operating or a new tool), then it moves forward, regardless of “who” thought it up or campaigned for it. Community-Driven Model. But in a community-driven model, you can’t just listen for the sake of learning.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? Dawn needed fresh eyes on the project to give it that last power wash before sending this out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. So how do we propose to pay for it? She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers."

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2011

In the Netherlands, State Secretary for Culture Halbe Zijlstra slashed 200 million euros from the national budget for the arts, leading to the close of the innovative National History Museum project and crippling many superbly inventive and inspiring organizations like Mediamatic and the Waag Society. I feel as much pride about having a month in the black as I do about some of the great programmatic projects we're launching. Museum of Art and History business models

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

They generally have several core functions that work well: collecting, reviewing, and revising ideas and proposals; voting on proposals; and reporting outcomes. Image Credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash. Decision-making, like much of our lives, has moved online during the pandemic.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

They often resort to either tasking an ill-equipped staff member or intern to submit a grant proposal when that person has limited experience understanding the grantseeking process. Think of your programs in projects. Step 4: Think of your programs in terms of projects.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

They often resort to either tasking an ill-equipped staff member or intern to submit a grant proposal when that person has limited experience understanding the grantseeking process. Think of your programs in projects. Step 4: Think of your programs in terms of projects.

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Cloud 4 Good

JANUARY 17, 2023

Rightly recognizing that this technology model was unsustainable and incapable of scaling up alongside Sutter Health’s growth, the team made the decision to migrate all affiliate instances into one central Salesforce org through NGO Connect.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. Volunteer Alliance Projects. Adopt A Project.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

workers (and a majority of all millennials) participating in the gig/ platform economy as their first or secondary job; “freelance” workers like these were projected to be a majority of all workers by 2027. First, they can become a model for creating a true solidarity economy.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2022

Forum One’s data and analytics team sits within our Strategy team and supports projects at a variety of intersecting points. Digital strategy runs on data. Without robust data and analytics, any organization’s strategy is just a series of guesses.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

For the last few months I’ve been following a proposal that emerged from the Ideas4Oregon project; the idea is to build a platform where all Oregonians – regardless of age, background, or employment – can propose ideas that improve local communities and the state, others can find projects to support and others can chip in to fund them. I’m excited to see the proposal gain momentum and hopefully move to implementation soon!

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 26, 2022

They will define strategy, go to market, product offerings, operating model definition, people management and, and service delivery. This person will work across the organization to drive sales proposals and ensure client success. The Managing Director, Recurring Revenue is responsible and accountable for Go to Market and Delivery for our Recurring Revenue Line of Business. Offerings within the line of business include Campaign Services and Managed Services.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

For many, that involves a combination of income sources that, together, make up their funding model. A funding model is defined as the methodical and institutionalized approach to bring in revenue to support an organization’s core programs and initiatives.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Gallucci and Roy jointly announced a partnership of philanthropic organizations investing more than $15 million in grants to 23 projects as well as an additional $13 million available in the coming year for innovative projects that will increase the participation, quality, and relevance of secondary education. The Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education’s 2014 call for proposals remains open through June 13.

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Data Warehouse Architect will serve as the technical lead for implementation projects. Guide the environment management plan and release strategies for projects, validating that the correct development environments, change controls, and deployment plans are in place. The Data Warehouse Architect should have extensive knowledge of designing and implementing off-platform data solutions for customers with Salesforce.com Sales, Service, Community, Nonprofit, and Education Clouds.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Proposals can be for either core or project-specific support.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If you have predictive modeling results , that is the best place to start (and if you don’t, put it on the wish list for next year!). Can you use this insight to better line up these changes with your organizations needs to inspire a proposal that’s more meaningful? .

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

Carefully vetting each project and partner is the due diligence required to make good decisions. Grantees painstakingly provide long histories of past performance, financial projections, and thorough descriptions of expected results.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

Such information is concealed by big tech cabals who rely on microwork sites to facilitate projects of a secret nature. Google’s use of microwork for a US Department of Defense initiative, Project Maven, is a case in point.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

For your website design consultant, make sure to research each candidate’s services and business model. Once you’ve created your initial list, research the following for each candidate: Price model. Develop a request for proposal.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 17, 2021

Leaders can leverage the hybrid meeting model to change this by looking around the table and making sure all voices are seen and heard, whether participating on-screen or in-person. 50-50 Time Split: This model allows staff to work from home half the time. Hybrid Work Model.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This keeps us focused on projects that offer the greatest social impact for the resources invested. Within the arena of startup incubators, however, Benetech’s social enterprise business model and Benetech Labs’ approach are unique. The typical incubator model works well where a team has formed around a technology innovation and is looking to graduate a for-profit company. It’s not unusual for a Labs project to be put on the shelf at some point in our pipeline.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Proposals can be for either core or project-specific support.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Next-generation predictive modeling —plugging your data into a formula to create a numerical value or score to predict a donor’s probability of giving—also can help you connect with donors new to major giving.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Nonprofits are reimagining funding models and will have to think innovatively to ensure their mission continues. Why pursue a social enterprise model? Select a project leader and venture team to outline a process and timeline that fits your organization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

As the grand finale to NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit , a number of intrepid 14LCS attendees pitched and developed 24 awe-inspiring projects during the Idea Accelerator. The Summit may have ended, but many of these projects are only beginning. We are proposing a new entity that would work iteratively over time to fulfill four main purposes: 1. What does this project need? What’s next for this project?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2014

They are soliciting project proposals for innovative forms of audience engagement. The strongest proposals will be wholly original and theoretically grounded. The winner will receive 10,000 euro ($12,720 ish) and the potential to mount their project at the CCCB. Proposals are due by February 5, 2015. What new models are currently being used in this field? As a juror, I''m not open to discussing particular project ideas.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

I have led Martus outreach and training for the past 4 years and worked with human rights defenders all over the world, but because of the project-specific nature of our work, I interact with each of our partners separately. This global Martus meeting brought together individuals who use Martus to address different human rights documentation and security needs in widely varied projects, to share their successes and challenges with the software.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2012

Once one of their ideas is established, they can mobilize large sums of capital restricted to that specific project or area. It had a list of seven new projects that it would be able to do with this funding, to make this open-ended funding tangible. But, many of the others were eager to think through the challenges of adapting this model to their organization, and how it might work well.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

The business case presents your proposal for change. When you meet with the board the second time, you’ll have a project plan in place that shows the outcome of the selection process. A solid plan contains: the project structure. a TCO modeled over three to five years.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2021

Use predictive models to rank, score, and segment prospects so you can minimize your investment in unprofitable segments, leaving your limited resources to focus staff time more strategically. Use proposals as a planning tool.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. We have a model for this kind of change: TTYs (text telephones) and relay services though the telephone. Specific comments on the proposed Clearinghouse. Specific comments on the proposed Chairman’s Awards. Overview One of the great things about the Obama Administration is that they've generally lowered the bar for citizen participation in federal policy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects. Now she’s a Special Project Coordinator for the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans Guam Coastal Management Program where she uses Miradi to prioritize threats to Guam ecosystems. By using the concept models for the watershed plan, we can be comprehensive and see what other projects we should be engaged in and other organizations that should be involved.”

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

OPF is preparing to convert their model into a web platform where third parties can start their own 1% circles, which will diversify the geographic reach and problem focus of this model. Awesome Foundation supports smaller projects that often fly under the radar of traditional funders. Each chapter organizes a small group to give out monthly $1000 awesome grants to the strongest proposal that comes through their simple application form. 1) Projects Over Program…. …

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