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A New Habitat: Transforming Communities with Remote Work Tools

Tech Soup

My interview with Bob Lynn, the technology manager at the Omaha, Nebraska branch of Habitat for Humanity, is a lesson in the advantages of remote work tools. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008. Microsoft-Powered Collaboration.

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From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Second, we live in an individualistic culture – independence, personal autonomy, and freedom have historically been our most cherished values. As we see it, the Omaha community is relationships.”. First, our society has traditionally seen the cultivation of relationships as a “soft skill,” a manifestation of heart rather than head.

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4 Grant Writing Tips to Bolster Relationships with Foundations

NonProfit Hub

Jeff Kutash, the executive director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation in Omaha, Neb, deals with grants on a daily basis. Instead, that grantee has now gained a supporter and another “person” in their corner. I want our program officers to be great at customer service first.”. Grant writing is a time-consuming process.

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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second year we made changes and moved our event to a large park in Omaha and in doing so we were able to save the organization more than 25K in expenses and make it possible for us to retain more of our profits allowing us to provide larger grants and scholarships to help the local LGBT community! Working With Consultants. Fundraising.

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4 Grant Writing Tips to Bolster Relationships with Foundations

NonProfit Hub

Jeff Kutash, the executive director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation in Omaha, Neb, deals with grants on a daily basis. Instead, that grantee has now gained a supporter and another “person” in their corner. I want our program officers to be great at customer service first.”. Grant writing is a time-consuming process.

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What I've been learning, cooking, reading, teaching and making

Have Fun - Do Good

Learning After working as a communications consultant since May for Rockwood Leadership Institute , I finally had the opportunity to participate in their signature personal leadership development training, The Art of Leadership.

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Dos and Don’ts for Online Restricted Donations

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Even though fundraisers love unrestricted gifts, many donors tend to prefer giving to specific programs or campaigns. If you’ve got a program with many restriction options, it may be a good idea for you to build it its own page. Alternatively, you may want to include sub-restrictions for programs with many individual funds.