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Blockchain Technology: What Is It and How Is It Relevant for Nonprofits?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Paul Lamb , Principal at Man On A Mission Consulting , has over 25 years of experience in business, nonprofit management, technology, and public policy. At its core blockchain is a database technology. Overall blockchain is still very much a nascent technology. Blockchain Simplified.

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10 Marketing Realities Nonprofits Need to Accept to Succeed

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Reality 2: There is no such thing as the general public. The general public includes everyone, from children to seniors, rich and poor, incarcerated and homeless. No matter how much you try, you will not reach everyone. In fact, if that’s what you try to do, odds are good that you will, in fact, reach no one.

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What’s Your Start Agenda?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As Liz McKenna, an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School has empha siz ed , “Social movements often operate over years, decades. A number of other nonprofits have been focused on reducing homelessness. Seven years later, social movements for the most part have proven this theory to be right.

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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. Research and public policy – 1%. Public media and communications – 0%. Science and technology – 0%. Latin America and the Caribbean – 9%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%.

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The New Problem-Solving Skills That All Cities Need

Stanford Social Innovation Review

That’s certainly what we’ve seen in Mexico City—where former mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, who went on to run for president, launched a people-first model for centralized innovation focused on simplifying procedures, building and deploying in-house technology to improve public policies and services, and reducing corruption.

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Resiliency Strategies for Nonprofits in Times of Political and Financial Instability

NonProfit Quarterly

billion in backlogged bills, 90 percent reduced homelessness services, and the denial of support to more than 3,600 adults and 4,200 children seeking refuge in domestic violence shelters. The fallout was devastating: $16.7 3 (2022): 822842. 3 (2020): 401426. link] Sarah L. Young, Kimberly Wiley, and Elizabeth A.M. 67 (2020): 558567.