The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

By Evelyne Musambi, the Associated Press Nairobi, Kenya. Evan Vucci/AP Bill Gates's new pledge will be spent over the next four years and is in addition to existing Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding to strengthen health systems across the continent. The new funding comes as countries in East Africa and the Horn of Africa face the worst drought in decades.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Strategic plans set organizational direction, but just as important as determining organizational direction is determining the direction of the planning process itself. It is critical to approach your strategic planning process with the same level of care and attention with which you want to approach the final plan. .

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Center for Effective Philanthropy discusses its study of Scott’s giving, the experiences of the grant recipients, and implications for other donors.

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Philanthropy 278

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America joins the growing coalition pledging to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As one of over 2,000 CEOs who have come together, BBBSA President and CEO Artis Stevens is committing himself and BBBSA to upholding this pledge to create a more equitable workplace community.

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Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

By M.J. Prest. Also, the AARP Foundation has tapped a new president, Miriam Nelson has stepped down from the Newman's Own Foundation, and the author Martin Morse Wooster was killed in a hit-and-run accident.

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Foundations 246

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The top recruiting challenges for 2022 into 2023 is the shortage of talent. Hiring must be done in a creative fashion. Organizations need to target passive candidates, create a talent pool, look at culture fits for potential hires, and evaluate recruitment costs and recruitment practices.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America joins the growing coalition pledging to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As one of over 2,000 CEOs who have come together, BBBSA President and CEO Artis Stevens is committing himself and BBBSA to upholding this pledge to create a more equitable workplace community.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We live in times of social crisis, featuring extreme wealth inequality and declining democracy as well as a renewed attention to labor organizing and mass uprisings for racial justice. What does it take to demand that the wealthy pay their fair share and win prosperity for working people? Strong coalitions made up of labor unions, community groups, and social justice organizations making big and broad demands both at the bargaining table and in the streets— a strategy called Bargaining for the C

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Leadership 111

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Soyini Chan Shue is CEO and founder of City Safe Partners in New York, and expanding across the country. Born and raised in the Bronx, not far from New York’s Yankee Stadium, Soyini Chan Shue always knew she wanted to be in a profession to give back to her community. “ Born and raised in the Bronx, not far from New York’s Yankee Stadium, Soyini Chan Shue always knew she wanted to be in a profession to give back to her #community.

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Race and Ethnicity Law Sociology Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Palm trees on campus*. Photo by Lucy Bernholz I've always doubted the effective altruism (EA) approach. Making as much money as you can so you can give it away is 1) an individual approach to societal problems, 2) a fancy way of alleviating rich people's guilty consciences, and 3) the focus on self-made metrics contributes to the distancing of donors from communities.

Public and Social Policy 87

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Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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The LAPA Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

People often say, “I know where I am.” This might mean they can locate themselves geographically, or that they know where they stand in some social or professional context. You never hear people say, “I know when I am.” But it’s often useful to know where you stand in a temporal sense. From a fundraiser’s point of view, it’s important to know where you are timewise when we approach the end of the year.

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iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“Is now a good time to talk?” This is one of the worst ways to start a call to schedule a visit (unless you know the person really well). Here’s why: If the donor doesn’t know why you’re calling, they don’t even know what they’d be saying “yes” to. In other words, is this going to take 2 minutes or 20 minutes?

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Veritus Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Don’t jeopardize your major gift revenue by asking your MGO to focus on anything outside of these five key tasks. The post If You Distract Your MGO, You’ll Lose Money appeared first on Veritus Group.

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