Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

We addressed these problems through data investigations and corrections, and enhancements to how we sample data. The harmful impact of these early problems was clear. At an organizational level, evaluations can help to establish ethics policies for what AI can be used for and what appropriate use looks like.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

Building grassroots capacity to address underlying causes of injustices We also look for organizations that seek to impact the underlying causes of gender and racial injustices and are working to change policies and conditions in their communities.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here ! Don’t spread yourself thin playing where you can’t win.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Create an Operating Reserve Fund (or Review Your Policy) An operating reserve is a crucial part of creating a strong financial foundation for your organization. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. Tip 1: If you have an operating reserve, review your policy.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

At Candid, we often talk about trends we’re seeing in the social sector. Unfortunately, an undisputable trend these days is burnout. Why burnout is rampant in the nonprofit sector Burnout is a problem everywhere; however, there is reason to believe the nonprofit sector is being hit especially hard.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

We started talking about how the field of corporate engagement has changed , and what trends are shaping the future of corporate social engagement. Data philanthropy stands to be the most transformational advancement in solving social problems. And like all good conversations, there was so much more to say than we had time for.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data silos are a common problem across all industries and can cause serious pain points, especially as data volume increases. Restricted research: Inconsistent data restricts healthcare teams’ ability to perform meaningful research and problem-solve. Understand individual patient health within the context of population health trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on artificial intelligence and its implications for civil society. AI Now Institute Co-Founder, Kate Crawford, shared the top line trends as a thread on Twitter. We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good. … Read More

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. However, with Internet use also come problems such as cybercrime, lack of data privacy, and data security.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

The problem is that fewer organizations examine patterns and trends from their existing data. Thomas Montvilas, a Forbes Council member, states that having clear company data policies from strong leadership will help prevent errors in your data and ensure data privacy and security.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And this is a problem. In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. They should be watching for participation trends in the numbers and categories of people served. It’s surprising.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible. Overcoming Challenging Board Members Almost every small and growing nonprofit Board has problems. People-problems are harder to fix. Or the ones who never stop talking.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Create an Operating Reserve Fund (or Review Your Policy) An operating reserve is a crucial part of creating a strong financial foundation for your organization. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. Tip 1: If you have an operating reserve, review your policy.

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Bloomerang

JULY 1, 2021

The problem is that these donor drives don’t pay off quickly. Boston’s Gentreo reported an upswing of 143% every week through spring 2020, with many other firms in the industry reporting similar trends. . Use this gift acceptance policy template as a starting point to start or grow your gifts and wills program.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Create an Operating Reserve Fund (or Review Your Policy) An operating reserve is a crucial part of creating a strong financial foundation for your organization. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. Tip 1: If you have an operating reserve, review your policy.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

It prioritizes new ways of approaching problems or issues—along with the financial health, stability, and sustainability of the organization. It’s based in fear. The abundance perspective, on the other hand, makes a commitment to invest in both near-term actions and long-term solutions. Put simply, it’s an opportunity mindset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Charts: Compare funding for different activities and display it on a trends chart, bar chart or wind rose (circular bar chart). Many projects and organizations that address big hairy problems such as poverty, healthcare access, and others often include a media component. Media Access and Policy. Media Applications and Tools.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This funding is awarded to programs or organizations working to change systems, often through movement building, policy work, and rights-based approaches. . But this problem is larger than philanthropy, and the fact that we see growing foundation, corporate, and high-net-worth individual support is encouraging. .

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" 3 Powerful Social Good Trends in 2010 – Ben Rattray, the founder and CEO of Change.org, has a great piece on Mashable showcasing the three trends he sees coming in 2010 for the social change sector. Stories about the impact that a nonprofit has on people’s lives can engage, recruit and solidify donors and members.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

This disturbing trend has a huge budgetary and social cost in our deficit-ridden climate, as manifested in the increase in applications for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Recently, I had the pleasure to host Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) for exactly such a meeting of minds with ten fellow social entrepreneurs.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

As I compiled this year’s list of workplace trends, it became clear to me that 2024 will likely be a tumultuous year for employers and employees alike. Here are six top workplace culture and compliance trends for 2024, with some suggested actions you can take to address each of them: 1.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

from the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. percent) of CEOs say that recruiting sufficient volunteers is a big problem for their organization, with many sharing that their volunteers were doing less of any specific organizational activity today (ie. Nearly half (46.8

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Care2

MAY 31, 2013

Because engaging people and mobilizing supporters to advocate for social justice and policy change is how we help move the needle. The other problem with relying on vanity metrics is that it dilutes social media’s real purpose – to be social. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' Why is engagement important?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The inability to pay for essential medical care is not just a significant problem for the uninsured, but also for people who have health insurance. We also work towards long-term solutions through advocacy and policy at the federal level. How do patients access the services the PAN Foundation provides?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

She points a few trends making our individual AND organizational memories shorter. We should be looking at the problem the other way around — figuring out how best to get knowledge into our heads. That is the much more challenging and important problem. How do we do that?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share. I would consider any data valuable when it can be utilized for predictive analytics or to build a case for trends. The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. I’m a bit worried by this.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

The greater the diversity of lived experiences at your workplace, the more problem-solving strategies and creative solutions you’ll have. While a candidate who asks about vacation days in their first interview might be a red flag, don’t be afraid to share your time-off policies in your job descriptions.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The conflict will be the issue your organization seeks to solve, and the solution is your strategy for combatting or solving the problem. Make sure you prioritize your mobile fundraising capabilities to meet donors where they are and take advantage of this year round donations trend.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

You have zero control over Facebook and its ever-changing policies. Small, solvable problems make excellent campaigns for Facebook fundraising! This strategy focuses on a small solvable problem that’s well defined and invites people to make an impact by giving just five dollars. And then there is the nature of Facebook.

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Care2

JUNE 7, 2010

On the contrary, it is the only way to build the broad coalitions we need for significant policy and social change efforts.&# – Allison Fine, Co-Author, The Networked Nonprofit. Tags: Conferences Nonprofit Events Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Organizing Social Networking Trends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

All medium and large nonprofits with multiple chapters eventually experience a unique, but common problem in their mobile and social media campaigns. Step 6: Create an enforcement policy. The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Once visitors have been on your site, you can target them in digital ad campaigns if they’ve accepted your cookie policy. You have the burden of educating the potential donor: introducing your organization, the problem your organization is trying to solve, and the value your organization provides.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. This past year, U.S.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

Nonprofits have joined the trend. And best of all, you’ll find ways to adapt to the trend with simple steps you can implement now. Solving problems is more difficult when people don’t want to voice their concerns. You may consider adopting a policy prohibiting employees from using public WiFi on their work devices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Nonprofits nowadays invest serious resources to keep pace with the latest social media trends. Use it to solve specific problems. Luke’s, StoryCorps, NPR, and Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. How much effort are your social media channels really worth? By Sacha Evans.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

In isolation, the cuts may seem small,” says Stapel, “but over time, they speak to a larger, more serious trend that will have an impact on the health, happiness, and safety of our communities.”. Below, we highlight some of the prominent trends. resources by stopping costly social problems in their tracks.

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