Artists On Creative Administration,
2024
The University of Akron
Artists On Creative Administration, Tonya Lockyer
University of Akron Press Publications
Brilliant artists share stories on artistic life and business, full of lessons we can all learn about living a creative life. Featuring the voices of thirty artists and arts workers, Artists on Creative Administration: A Workbook from the National Center for Choreography provides first-hand accounts of creative administration in action. The book pairs big topics with actionable tactics, addressing themes like equity, activism, design thinking, leadership, collaboration, family, ethics, and care. Provocative, candid essays and interviews expand our view of what creativity and leadership can be, as each chapter closes with experiments for the reader to try and adapt to …
Empowering Change To Shape Tomorrow: An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan For The Building Wealth Initiative,
2024
California State University - San Bernardino
Empowering Change To Shape Tomorrow: An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan For The Building Wealth Initiative, Ramtin Ranjpour
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
We are witnessing a renaissance — one where organizations are expected to be a community with a valued culture. With the rise of this wave, incorporating integrated marketing communications (IMC) into organizations is more vital than ever. This project uses the public relations theory of relationship management, and the marketing model of AIDAR (attention, interest, desire, action, retention) to craft a professional IMC plan for the Building Wealth Initiative (BWI), an Inland Empire nonprofit organization specializing in financial literacy and services. The project uses focus groups and secondary research through informal online observations to gain the essential understanding for creating …
Uplifting The Critical Value Of The Lgbtq+ Climate Workforce,
2024
University of San Diego
Uplifting The Critical Value Of The Lgbtq+ Climate Workforce, Brenda Castruita, Nicole Fassina
San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
As the world faces unprecedented environmental challenges, the need for a robust and diverse environmental workforce has never been more critical. Historically, marginalized communities are at the forefront of these challenges and often bear the brunt of impacts from our changing climate. It is vital that the climate workforce reflects the diversity of our communities and is inclusive of individuals with lived experiences that can inform equitable and effective solutions. Among these marginalized communities, the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and others) community is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.¹ Research underscores how LGBTQ+ individuals …
Cameras For Girls: Nonprofit Spotlight,
2024
WikiCharities
Cameras For Girls: Nonprofit Spotlight, Angie Holzer
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
No abstract provided.
Full Issue: Artificial Intelligence And Data For Nonprofit Organizations,
2024
WikiCharities
Full Issue: Artificial Intelligence And Data For Nonprofit Organizations, Angie Holzer
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
No abstract provided.
A Blueprint For Future Achievements For Nonprofits,
2024
CVVMR
A Blueprint For Future Achievements For Nonprofits, William B. Calder
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
Nonprofit organizations hire strong leaders to articulate a vivid and persuasive picture of how the organization will be better, in a significant way, than what currently exists. Leaders should not underestimate the use of a powerful vision, as it is needed to help define the issues and challenges for stakeholders (inside and outside the organization). Leaders need to describe what success looks like and continue to task all stakeholders to assist in building the “dream.”
Operational and staffing challenges are more difficult for NPOs without an articulated, compelling, and concise vision statement. The resultant costs of not having this statement …
Revolutionising Nonprofit Verification With Ai Powered Intelligence,
2024
Bayes Business School, City University London
Revolutionising Nonprofit Verification With Ai Powered Intelligence, J Unsdorfer
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
In an era where stakeholders increasingly demand clarity and honesty, the importance of corporate transparency has reached unprecedented levels. Both businesses and nonprofits are now faced with the challenge of effectively demonstrating their integrity and trustworthiness. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers promising solutions to these challenges by enabling deeper insights into corporate relationships. Venturefy, an Israel-based company, is at the forefront of this movement, using AI to decode complex data sets and verify corporate connections. This article explores how AI works, Venturefy’s unique approach to transparency, and its significant partnership with WikiCharities to enhance transparency in the nonprofit sector.
Research Summaries: Artificial Intelligence And Data For Nonprofits,
2024
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
Research Summaries: Artificial Intelligence And Data For Nonprofits, Erica Jensen
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
No abstract provided.
Enhancing Nonprofit Efficiency And Productivity Through Ai: Applications Of Chatgpt,
2024
WikiCharities
Enhancing Nonprofit Efficiency And Productivity Through Ai: Applications Of Chatgpt, Sam R. Calhoun, Angie Holzer
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
This article explores how nonprofit organizations can leverage AI to enhance efficiency and productivity. Key areas of impact include automating routine inquiries, supporting fundraising efforts, streamlining administrative tasks, aiding in program delivery, facilitating research and analysis, improving internal communication, and providing professional development. By integrating AI, nonprofits can optimize operations and focus more on their core mission, leading to greater social impact.
At-A-Glance Chart: How Nonprofits Can Use Ai/Chatgpt,
2024
WikiCharities
At-A-Glance Chart: How Nonprofits Can Use Ai/Chatgpt, Sam Calhoun, Angie Holzer
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
No abstract provided.
Machine Learning For Nonprofit Organizations,
2024
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Machine Learning For Nonprofit Organizations, Justin Holzer
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
Nonprofit organizations are often looking for ways to increase efficiency while operating with limited resources. With data more readily available than in the recent past, machine learning provides powerful tools for unlocking valuable insights and enabling nonprofits to do more with limited resources. This paper explores various machine learning techniques to enhance nonprofit operations with an overview of machine learning approaches, including supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, and reinforcement learning, and their potential benefits for nonprofit organizations. A practical use-case of donor prediction for fundraising is presented to demonstrate how supervised learning can be employed to identify potential repeat donors. The neural …
Authorship In The Age Of Algorithms: Adapting Copyright Law For Ai-Generated Content,
2024
Brigham Young University
Authorship In The Age Of Algorithms: Adapting Copyright Law For Ai-Generated Content, Sydney Thomas
Journal of Nonprofit Innovation
In the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the relationship between technological advancement and legal protection for human creators has become increasingly critical. From Stephen Hawking's admonition of the potential risks of unregulated AI to Sam Altman's advocacy for proactive regulation, this paper navigates the evolving landscape of AI innovation and copyright law. By examining the challenges posed by AI-generated content, including issues of intellectual property infringement and privacy concerns, it highlights the need for adaptive legal frameworks. Strategic enhancements to copyright law must be developed, such as bolstering fair use doctrine and expanding creator rights, to ensure the protection of …
Four Network Principles For Collaboration Success – With 2024 Prologue,
2024
University of California at Berkeley
Four Network Principles For Collaboration Success – With 2024 Prologue, Jane Wei-Skillern, Nora Silver
The Foundation Review
Editor’s Note: This article, first published in print and online in 2013, has been republished by The Foundation Review with minor updates.
This article identifies a set of four counterintuitive principles that are critical to collaboration success and offers insights for how nonprofit leaders can ensure that their collaborations can have an impact that is dramatically greater than the sum of the individual parts.
Based on a decade of research developing detailed case studies on a range of successful networks, the authors have identified a common pattern of factors that are essential to effective networking.The principles are to focus on …
Front Matter,
2024
Grand Valley State University
Systems Thinking For Social Change: A Practical Guide To Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, And Achieving Lasting Results,
2024
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Systems Thinking For Social Change: A Practical Guide To Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, And Achieving Lasting Results, Hilda Vega
The Foundation Review
Editor’s Note: This article, first published in print and online in 2015, has been republished by The Foundation Review with minor updates.
Lost Causal: Debunking Myths About Causal Analysis In Philanthropy – With 2024 Prologue,
2024
PolicySolve
Lost Causal: Debunking Myths About Causal Analysis In Philanthropy – With 2024 Prologue, Jewlya Lynn, Sarah Stachowiak, Julia Coffman
The Foundation Review
Editor’s Note: This article, first published in print and online in 2022, has been republished by The Foundation Review with minor updates.
What if philanthropic evaluations told us that changes in the world had occurred, as well as how and why they occurred, including whether what foundations funded and grantees did contributed to those changes? What if evaluations made change pathways more visible, tested hypotheses and assumptions, and generated new insights based on what happened in the “black box” of systems change strategies? This type of learning comes from causal analysis — inquiry that explores cause-and-effect relationships.
Yet currently in …
A Foundation’S Theory Of Philanthropy: What It Is, What It Provides, How To Do It – With 2024 Prologue,
2024
Utilization-Focused Evaluation
A Foundation’S Theory Of Philanthropy: What It Is, What It Provides, How To Do It – With 2024 Prologue, Michael Quinn Patton, Nathaniel Foote, James Radner
The Foundation Review
Editor’s Note: This article, first published in print and online in 2015, has been republished by The Foundation Review with minor updates.
This article argues that philanthropic endeavors should be undergirded by a theory of philanthropy. Articulating a theory of philanthropy is a way for a foundation to make explicit what is often only implicit, thereby enabling internal and external actors to pose and resolve significant questions, understand and play important roles more fully and effectively, and improve performance by enhancing alignment across complex systems.
A theory of philanthropy articulates how and why a foundation will use its resources to …
Editorial,
2024
Grand Valley State University
The Soft Stuff Doesn’T Have To Be Hard: Foundation Investments In Grantee Workers Are Necessary, Valuable, And Measurable – With 2024 Prologue,
2024
Fund the People
The Soft Stuff Doesn’T Have To Be Hard: Foundation Investments In Grantee Workers Are Necessary, Valuable, And Measurable – With 2024 Prologue, Rusty M. Stahl
The Foundation Review
Editor’s Note: This article, first published in print and online in 2022, has been republished by The Foundation Review with minor updates.
There is an urgent need for funder investments in the ability of grantee nonprofit organizations to support their staff. Such investments, when done well, can yield significant value for individuals, organizations, and fields of work or movements. Furthermore, the value of these investments can be evaluated and communicated.
This article explores the reasons for and implications of the inadequate response by funders, offers a path forward for designing investments in grantee staff, and documents how funders can capture …
Executive Summaries,
2024
Grand Valley State University