Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). For the next phase of the AA21 Utah project, our research will serve as a launchpad for local community work throughout the state. In May 2021, I had to face the inevitable: I could no longer avoid fundraising.

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Charity Village

MAY 11, 2021

Unsmoke Canada Cleanups is a grant-giving program established in 2020 through a partnership between The Great Outdoors Fund and #UnsmokeCanada to support litter cleanup projects anywhere in Canada. The post Unsmoke Canada Cleanups accepting grant applications for litter cleanup projects appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 3, 2011

Public Interest Capitalism is his personal brand of social change. BRAC can use its tax-exempt dividends to fund public service projects related to bracNet’s wireless internet connectivity (or for other public purposes, as it decides). George is a financial mastermind with one foot in Asia and the other in California.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). Feeling overwhelmed and clueless, I headed to the Salt Lake City Public Library (SLCPL). The post Autism After 21 Utah Project: Lessons from a first-time fundraiser appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

The “it” can be any software solution and “they” can be your staff, members or the general public. Implementing a new software solution is a huge project. We’ve all heard the catchphrase, “ if we build it, they will come. ”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

We do it both to advance Benetech objectives and projects, as well as advancing the field (we call these karma gigs). We invest in public speaking coaching (thanks, Melinda Henning!) to become better speakers, both for old hands like me and Benetechers getting ready for their first public speech.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Each charity has the chance to win a major donation of $100,000 to support a project that promotes the health and wellness of children under 18. The public has until November 30 to go to donations-contest.ia.ca The post Public voting now open for the iA Financial Group philanthropic contest appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Classy

APRIL 22, 2021

Organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund, the Clean Air Task Force, the Trust for Public Land, the Arbor Day Foundation (to name a few) are on the frontlines of the sustainability and climate crisis. Project Green’s mission statement is to mobilize and empower all Classy stakeholders to create a sustainable future.

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Charity Village

APRIL 26, 2024

project manager, programmer, instructor, accountant, fundraiser, receptionist, etc.), arts and culture, environment, education, health, religion, public policy, […] The post Breaking into the nonprofit sector appeared first on CharityVillage. The nonprofit sector in Canada is a very diverse and rewarding field.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

My business partner, Dan Kasprow, and I had been working on some large project implementations. Be a Skeptic Resilience asks you to identify possibilities, but it also requires adopting flexible approaches to strategy and viewing your future projections with a dose of skepticism. Then, my customers started calling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

When supporters see that their generosity truly matters, they’re much more likely to give again, give more, and publicize the cause. A donor will be pleased to learn that, for example, their $100 donation helped kickstart a conservation project or deliver a week worth of food to a family in need. 2) Give social media shoutouts.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2014

posted by Annie Bello Graduate Public Allies Arizona I quickly realized that Public Allies was no cop out when we were sworn in as AmeriCorps members. The second year allies led us in two service projects this year. We’re Public Allies Arizona Class of 2014 and we all are going to keep getting things done for America.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Identify Your Public Associations have several broad categories of constituents including members, industry professionals, prospective members, and the public. Industry publications and research—Identify which authors are most visible and command the greatest credibility. Approach the project slowly and learn as you go.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2011

I just spent a couple of days in Vancouver with the team at the Public Knowledge Project , a terrific example of an open source social enterprise. Their largest project is Open Journal Systems, software for running a scholarly journal.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

These insights came from Melanie and Tara, along with the nearly 100 people who attended and lit up the chat: From Melanie: How declining trust is affecting higher education 2023 Gallup data shows that public trust in higher education has dropped 20 points over the last 8 years to a historic low of only 36% having confidence in higher education.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I’m not sure if you caught the news today but CauseVox has launched their public beta! A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. What inspired you to start CauseVox ?

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Reproductive Health Access Project works at the crossroads of the medical community and the reproductive rights space to mobilize and train clinicians to ensure access to abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care. How did the Reproductive Health Access Project start? We love a good origin story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

I’m just beginning a new crop of peer learning projects for nonprofits to learn the practice of being networked nonprofits and use social media effectively at Zoetica and through my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. How do create an environment where it is okay to learn in public? Photo by Beth Kanter.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In general, a charitable crowdfunding project involves three parties: the project initiator, who launches a project to be funded; supporters, whose donations and sharing support the project; and platforms like GoFundMe that bring project initiators and supporters together ( Liu et al.,

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Global Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A new supplement to “ Transforming Technology Pro Bono ,” a publication from the VMware and Taproot Foundations, is designed to help. The “Transforming Technology Pro Bono Supplement—Discover and Design” focuses on how to take a customer-centric approach to the discover and design phases of any pro bono technology project.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Here ' s a roundup of branding and design projects created by freelancers for nonprofits and NGOs. Belmont Public Library. These nonprofit designs are getting a lot of love on Behance — an Adobe site that allows designers to show off their work   —   and it ' s no wonder why. GivePower Foundation. PangeaSeed.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 9, 2013

posted by Colleen Dunbar , Project Specialist. Volunteers can choose the projects, causes, and organizations they help, and organizations can potentially get help from numerous volunteers. Sparked is a project-based microvolunteering site, where nonprofit organizations “challenge” the Sparked community, and the volunteers then respond.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

How Can We Learn in Public? Yesterday I attended the GEO session Learning in Public. Speaking of learning in public, with Beth at the helm, I knew I would learn something about engaging audiences, and I am always on the hunt for better ways of connecting to the audience. – Guest post by Gale Berkowitz.

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Charity Village

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The program will fund projects that increase public awareness, and share best practices or lessons learned that support and enhance Canada’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. The Government of Canada is now accepting applications for the Sustainable Development Goals Funding Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The Foundation has teamed up with an evaluation consultant, TCC Group, to figure out if working wikily can enhance the quality of learning as the OE Goldmine Research project and the Foundation’s OE program review move forward. What do you think the scaffolds should be for learning in public as a field or network?

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Once you’ve identified what’s working, you can reinvest, and promote those projects. On the flip side of the Double Down strategy, IAEE was also able to identify activities and projects the team was spending time on that didn’t offer much return on investment. They then promoted that content to unengaged members with similar profiles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2022

1) Embedded newsletter opt-in on the Marshall Project blog. The ACLU has had a donation form featured at the top of their homepage for almost a year and while there is no public data on its performance, the form must be performing well or it would have been removed months ago. 2) Embedded donation form on the Human Rights Watch blog.

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EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

Be sure this person is allowed enough time to manage the software implementation project and regular work tasks, which might require pausing some of the person’s tasks or temporarily shifting tasks to other staff members in the organization until the software implementation project is completed. Locate your data.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

Candid did something bold in 2023: We asked that funders put their trust in us by providing unrestricted grant support for our planned mission-critical work—projects we believed would make the biggest impact for the sector at large. The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project states: “the work of nonprofits is long-term and unpredictable.

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Charity Village

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Public Health Agency of Canada invites organizations to submit Letters of Intent for projects that address the objectives of the Distress Line Equity Fund.

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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

The “it” can be any software solution and “they” can be your staff, members or the general public. Implementing a new software solution is a huge project. This may include new staff or reassigned staff from other important projects. Costs are clearly spelled out at the onset of the project.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Community engagement: Nonprofits can support initiatives that engage the public in the news-making process, such as town hall meetings, citizen journalism projects, or community media literacy programs. Hope FM in Port Huron, MI and KAWC Colorado River Public Media in Yuma, Arizona.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

However, the best starting point might be to engage with projects that spark joy. Take, for instance, a case where an organisation initially developed a public-facing chatbot. Recognising the risk this posed for public interaction, they repurposed the chatbot for internal use.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 27, 2019

posted by Maggie Saucedo Class 13 Public Ally. Arizona State University began its fall semester last Thursday, while Public Allies Arizona will kick off its 14th year next week. With Public Allies, she is placed at Maryvale Revitalization Corporation and completes the program later this year. Maggie: We won't get paid.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2018

Published by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good. Published by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. 2018 Fundraising Effectiveness Project :: Download. For Nonprofits Worldwide: 1. 2017 World Giving Index :: Download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2019

Published by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good. * Published by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good. 2018 Fundraising Effectiveness Project :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. For Nonprofits Worldwide: 1. Please take the survey!

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2018

It's sparked public uproar, legal battles, and nationwide press coverage. It's cracked the crumbling, outdated rules around deaccessioning--and unearthed more serious issues of public trust. Cue public uproar and legal action to block the auction. The issue is violation of public trust. Here's what happened.

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