AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) software used by nonprofits to communicate with donors and drive fundraising programs. Cloud-based CRM tools are routinely used to collect, analyze, and leverage data that can help accelerate fundraising.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

They range from architectural guidance to ready-to-deploy solutions, and also include offerings developed by AWS Partners. One solution, Genomics Secondary Analysis using AWS Step Functions and AWS Batch creates a scalable environment to develop, build, deploy, and run pipelines for processing genome sequences.

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Peak Proposals

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But what if your organization has successfully relied on donations and fundraisers for many years? The Funding Models: Grant Funding, Fundraising, and Corporate Partnerships Two of the most popular methods of revenue generation for nonprofits are grant funding and fundraising activities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

On Tuesday, March 14 at the Capital Turnaround in Washington, DC, this no-cost, in-person event brings together the nonprofit community to learn and engage around how innovation in the cloud can drive positive change for people and the planet. View the full agenda.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly using videos to fundraise, raise awareness, and attract new members or donors. A fictitious customer, the Example Educational Fund of AnyTown, supports schools in its area by organizing fundraising events and creating programs for students.

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Super Library Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

One of the best ways to find your library marketing soulmates… the ones who will nod sympathetically when you talk about how hard it is to get engagement on your social media posts or how your co-workers expect you to make a flyer for every single program is at a conference.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 9, 2023

Honestly, it’s how I always pick what webinars and other professional development activities I attend. You could attend a session on the same topic year after year, but you’ll learn the most from the most engaging individual. And then, I’ll proceed to share names of classic “can’t miss” individuals.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The recognition: This year, the GSV Cup is recognizing and celebrating 50 trailblazing companies poised to revolutionize education and workforce development for years to come. Being a finalist has helped startups accelerate fundraising, facilitate partnerships, and even drive customer acquisition!

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Nonprofit innovators from across the country led live sessions for other nonprofit leaders about how they’re innovating with cloud technology and engaging their communities. Plus, I announced new initiatives from AWS to support nonprofits in developing innovative solutions and scaling their impact with technology.

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A Library Writer's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Florida Gulf Coast University and the Southwest Florida Library Network are proud to be hosting the 2023 Academic Library Advancement and Development Network (ALADN) Conference in beautiful and resilient Bonita Springs, FL. We invite you to visit our community as we rebuild from Hurricane Ian.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

Parks agencies can engage citizens as programming providers, community experts, and volunteers, by creating parks and recreation committees and systems for developing and offering program for each facility. But often planning engagements are constrained in terms of knowledge development and the ability to truly participate.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, a nonprofit organization’s fundraising application might only need an RTO/RPO target of hours. There are many different infrastructure as code (IaC) tools available, like AWS CloudFormation , the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) , or Terraform. Every organization and workload are different. longer time to recovery).

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 3, 2023

I quickly learned about the power of relationships, particularly when building programs and developing grant proposals. To get the details of how to best lean into working with elected officials, check out the latest episode of Fundraising HayDay. For more details about local government grant seeking, check out this blog post.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2020

In fact, we’re going to begin with tips for working remotely, because if you can’t collaborate online, you won’t be able to prepare a grant application or launch a successful fundraising or crowdfunding campaign. FindTime for Outlook: FindTime is a meeting scheduling tool developed by a group of developers at Microsoft.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

MAY 20, 2021

On this episode of Iron Sharpens Iron, Leon and De’Wayne talk trash, advocacy, and civic engagement with Terrill Haigler a.k.a. From fundraising for PPE to organizing block clean ups, Terrill is all about doing good, being kind, and spreading love! YaFavTrashman. YaFavTrashman.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

MAY 20, 2021

On this episode of Iron Sharpens Iron, Leon and De’Wayne talk trash, advocacy, and civic engagement with Terrill Haigler a.k.a. From fundraising for PPE to organizing block clean ups, Terrill is all about doing good, being kind, and spreading love! YaFavTrashman. YaFavTrashman. Episode Transcript Available Here: [link].

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Finally, open source software tends to be available at low or no cost; CiviCRM is available at no cost, although you can optionally donate to the development team. Additionally, users who have the time and ability can modify the application to suit their own specific needs.

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Public Policy Blog

JULY 23, 2013

Many nonprofits use their brands primarily as a fundraising tool, but a growing number of nonprofits are developing a broader and more strategic approach, managing their brands to create greater social impact and tighter organizational cohesion ( Kylander & Stone, 2012 ) attempting to act as catalysts of change in the world.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 20, 2023

With a grant writing certification, you can demonstrate your skills and knowledge of the process advanced grant development, as well as your dedication to furthering the mission of your organization. With this certification, you can also take advantage of professional opportunities such as speaking engagements and networking events.

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Peak Proposals

APRIL 30, 2023

For more senior-level jobs, the job description might list “lead the development and submission of grant applications to relevant foundations, government agencies, and corporations in collaboration with business development and executive staff.” Subject-matter experts can assist with a proposal’s development in several ways.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Over the past twenty years a set of institutionalized funding relationships developed in which nonprofit organizations in the forms of private philanthropic foundations and “friends of” charities formed and now raise increasingly large share of revenues to help pay for public services.

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Participating in grant writing classes can significantly further develop grant writing skills and enhance your professional network within the realm of grant writing and beyond. Participating in these chats allows you to engage with others in real-time, share insights, and build connections within the grant writing community.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

That means that schools need to invest resources in engaging with the neighborhood beyond the school grounds. Arts Festival and fundraiser, Uintah Elementary School, Salt Lake City. Although many of the schools do art festivals in the Spring, doing great projects as fundraisers. It dates to the 1980s.

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Participants learn about proposal development, research techniques, and writing grants and the various types of grants, including federal, state, foundation, and corporate grants. Proposal Development A central focus and first course of grant writing certification is the art of proposal development.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

An example of using benefits before features is illustrated by a current fundraising campaign launched by Uber. If a proposal is full of empty phrases and jargon, it won’t be as engaging and will make it more difficult for the reader to identify and understand your core ideas.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2024

This skill enhances an organization’s ability to fundraise successfully and develops its reputation for professionalism and credibility in the competitive world of grant acquisition. Beyond structured courses, engaging in specialized training workshops and webinars can further enhance your grant writing skills.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

"Buy the Mother F Building Already" is a series of entries about best practice and worst practice in buying, holding, and developing properties for arts and culture related uses. My lament was the lack of systematic, community-wide initiatives to buy, hold, develop and preserve properties for arts and culture related uses.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 29, 2024

These vendors bring a wealth of expertise and innovative solutions to the table, from developing fast-charging technology to creating scalable, modular charging stations that can be easily deployed in a variety of settings. Isaac lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., with his wife, Lorna, and his daughter, Quinn.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

An example of using benefits before features is illustrated by a current fundraising campaign launched by Uber. If a proposal is full of empty phrases and jargon, it won’t be as engaging, and the reviewer will have greater difficulty identifying and understanding the core ideas.

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Grant Central USA

JUNE 27, 2023

You'll learn the basics of grant proposal development, how to research and locate available grants, and the ways to craft a winning proposal. Grant Writing USA Has online classes that focus on researching potential funding sources, writing persuasive grant proposals, and developing effective project budgets.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 27, 2024

From the article: “We have big ambitions for the arts program here, which is to be New York’s pre-eminent public art destination,” said Clare Newman, the president and chief executive of the Trust, a nonprofit organization created by the city to develop and operate the island as a recreational and cultural resource. Photo: Donald Yip. “We

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

For either a BID or a conservancy extra services are likely to include security, sanitation, capital improvements, and marketing and economic development activities. New York City has since developed many such groups for parks and and business districts. Conservancies and BIDs as special service districts.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 24, 2024

So a park or park system plan, to be comprehensive should be a combination of a cultural landscape plan, a regular park design and program plan, a capital improvements plan, an organization and management plan, a branding and marketing plan if the park is signature, a programming plan, and a fundraising plan.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Plus, most state and local sites don't do a very good job of putting their documents online to begin with One of my ideas is to develop an online database of such historical documents. Tree planting a, s a city equity measure is an important priority of the Salt Lake Mayor. for interpretation.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 31, 2024

From the article: “We have big ambitions for the arts program here, which is to be New York’s pre-eminent public art destination,” said Clare Newman, the president and chief executive of the Trust, a nonprofit organization created by the city to develop and operate the island as a recreational and cultural resource. Photo: Donald Yip. “We

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

AUGUST 18, 2023

My Fundraising HayDay podcast co-host and dear friend Amanda Day experienced a new way of looking at things during a recent vacation. More importantly, it’s sound planning and program development. A friend noticed her discomfort and lent her reading glasses—literally changing how Amanda saw everything!

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

9 With the recently announced anti-trust settlement, will the NAR once again figure out how to technically adhere to the settlement agreement while developing a new method to undermine price competition? 10 This “deny and strongly advocate” strategy is common in the housing industry. 32 Light at the end of the tunnel?

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