IRIS is seeking input on donor databases
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Betsy Sneath's blog post was featuredYouth Organizer Job Opening at Common Ground High School
At Common Ground, a truly diverse community of 200 students from 16 different towns experiences a…See More
Kathleen Norwood Crisafi's blog post was featuredUWGNH Job Opportunity: Campaign Associate (Fall 2017)
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Nicole Salvatore's blog post was featuredNew Grant Program Available to help pay Graduate Student Loans
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On August 21, 2017—for the first time in 99 years!—a total solar eclipse will travel across the U.S. from west to east as a rare and beautiful sight to behol...
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No Going Back to Normal: Rebuilding Baltimore City after the Uprising
“We call it an uprising because it was citizens stating that normal was not enough—that there needs to be a new normal.” In this newest article in NPQ’s EDI series, the authors explain why disruption is a necessary element of the work to eliminate structural racism.
The post No Going Back to Normal: Rebuilding Baltimore City after the Uprising appeared first on Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly.
Moving Racial Equity and Inclusion from the Periphery to the Center: Lessons from an Incomplete Project
Living Cities’ CEO Ben Hecht said, “Once you begin to apply a racial equity and inclusion lens to your work, it changes how you see the world, and there is no going back.” But, over the last year, it has become clear that we need much more intentionality around moving from good intentions to action.
The post Moving Racial Equity and Inclusion from the Periphery to the Center: Lessons from an Incomplete Project appeared first on Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly.
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Nonprofit Workplace Wellness Initiatives: United Way of Central Ohio
United Way of Ohio – Healthy Eating Event
In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, we shared many stories about how nonprofits are bringing wellness and wellbeing into the workplace with little or no budget.
Recently, colleague Neil Parekh the of the United Way called my attention to the to the United Way of Central Ohio and its employee wellness initiatives focused on healthy eating.… Read More
Trainer’s Notebook: A Great Training Starts with A Great Icebreaker
During the summer, I’ve been designing workshops based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and Emerging Leaders Playbook. A great training always start with a great opening or icebreaker. Icebreakers are discussion questions or activities used to help participants relax
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What We Can Learn from Finnish NGOS About Resilience
Earlier this month, I was honored to receive an invitation from the US Embassy in Finland and State Department to teach workshops in Finland for NGOs, Fulbright Finland, Womens Groups, Multi-Cultural Nonprofits, Youth Groups, and a network of Finnish-American Societies as shown in the photo above. … Read More
Tides Foundation - Infrastructure for Social Change
What philanthropy can and must do for journalism.
Written by Elizabeth Aviles, Advisor at Tides, and April Suwalsky, Advisor at Tides We need to adjust our strategies for social change to respond to this time of “alternative facts” and “fake news.” We find ourselves in a time when presidential statements are declared and then retracted by tweet, sweeping regressive policies are executive-ordered without [...]Tides Awards $10,000 2017 Pizzigati Prize to software developer Taylor Downs
Nonprofit organizations typically use a variety of software systems and tools to advance their missions. Unfortunately, moving essential information between these systems and tools can be a resource-draining — and mission-frustrating — ordeal. And that’s where Taylor Downs comes in. The 30-year-old has been the founder and core contributor of OpenFn, an innovative software package [...]Dear Funders, It’s Not Business as Usual
Co-authored by Jane Leu, Founder/CEO of Smarter Good and Kriss Deiglmeier, CEO of Tides Dear Funders, January 2017 is here and the world has returned to work. Typically, this time of year the nonprofit sector shifts into high gear digging into annual action plans, setting up board meeting schedules, and depositing checks written the final [...]Techsoup
Design Review: The New Organize Experience
At Feedly we’re focused on simplifying how you consume information every day. We help you find and connect to all the sources you need. The next step is giving you a simple, effective way to organize your sources by topic, …Introducing Boards, Notes, and Highlights
Feedly is home to a vibrant community of experts, students, and trailblazers. We all have our own reasons for reading what we do. Maybe you want to gain a deeper understanding of a topic, or discover something new. Whatever your …Boards, Notes, and Highlights on Mobile
We just released a new version of the Feedly Mobile application for both iOS and Android. You can download them for free from the App Store and Google Play Store. Here is a quick overview of the new features included …Sample post with all our new features
New images frames Image with “normal” size in browser frame Image with “larger” size in browser frame Image in an iPhone frame Image in an Android frame Image group The same but with a caption With bigger images Protips We …Incident report on Cloudflare parser bug
Cloudflare reported last night a bug in their service which could have leaked information from the services using their edge cache servers. Feedly uses Cloudflare as a security shield which increases the reliability and performance of the Feedly web application. As …GuideStar
This Giving Season, Find a Worthy Charity with Online Reviews
Redwood City, December 16, 2013/GreatNonprofits.org and GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/?utm_source=Release&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=12.16.13_GNP_Release_HP)/- GreatNonprofits (http://greatnonprofits.org/), the largest nonprofit review site (think Yelp for nonprofits), lets people quickly find charities doing the most good, helping them donate wisely in this season of giving. Donors can find worthy nonprofit organizations based on nearly 200,000 real-life stories of impact, written by volunteers, donors and beneficiaries. For years, people were urged to look at overhead ratios (Philanthropedia Identifies Highest-Performing Nonprofits in Two Cause Areas: People with Disabilities (National); and Climate Change (Bay Area)
Donors Searching for Worthy Charities to Support This Holiday Season Get a Helping Hand with Top Nonprofit Rankings Washington, DC—December 5, 2013—Philanthropedia (http://www.myphilanthropedia.org/), a division of leading nonprofit information provider GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/?utm_source=Release&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=12.5.13_PhilRankings_Release_HP), today announced new rankings of the top 16 nonprofits supporting people with disabilities nationally and the top 18 nonprofits working on climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area. The rankings are based on in-depthFinancial SCAN 2.0 Delivers Deep Analysis of Nonprofit Financial Fitness
GuideStar and Nonprofit Finance Fund Upgrade the Only Online Service for Clear and Comprehensive Nonprofit Financial Health Assessment WASHINGTON, D.C. and NEW YORK, N.Y.–Nov. 19, 2013–Today GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/?utm_source=Release&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=11.19.13_FinSCAN2.0_Release_HP) and Nonprofit Finance Fund (http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org) (NFF) launched version 2.0 of Financial SCAN (Situation and Comparables ANalysis), the only online service that provides comprehensive yet easy-to-understand analysis of U.S. nonprofits’ financial health. Financial SCAN (http:Open Source Resources for Nonprofits & Communities
Using Ansible for deploying serverless applications
Ansible is designed as the simplest deployment tool that actually works. What that means is that it's not a full programming language. You write YAML templates that define tasks and list whatever tasks you need to automate your job.
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Why open source should be the first choice for cloud-native environments
Let's take a trip back in time to the 1990s, when proprietary software reigned, but open source was starting to come into its own. What caused this switch, and more importantly, what can we learn from it today as we shift into cloud-native environments?
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Managing tabular data in Groovy using Tika
I've been working on a data scraping project for a customer and started using Apache Tika after some experimentation showed me that it does a nice job of pulling text out of PDF files. This week, I was confronted with a new data source in DBF format, and it turns out Tika handles that as well.
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IRIS is seeking input on donor databases
Posted by Kelly Hebrank on August 22, 2017 at 3:20pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Hi all,
I know this topic comes up frequently, but IRIS is looking to change/upgrade its donor database, and is wondering what other groups' experiences have been. We currently have Giftworks, and one option would be to upgrade to their new cloud edition, but we also want to explore other systems.
If you are willing to share (via phone, in person, or email, whatever you prefer) about what system you use and what your experience has been like, can you let me know?…
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Posted by Betsy Sneath on August 22, 2017 at 1:03pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
At Common Ground, a truly diverse community of 200 students from 16 different towns experiences a mix of high academic standards, active learning and leadership opportunities, and small school supports that are producing dramatic educational results.
Common Ground -- the nation’s oldest environmental charter high school, creating the next generation of successful college students and powerful environmental leaders -- is seeking a passionate, creative, outstanding Youth…
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Fall Intern Position at DESK!
Posted by Steve Werlin on August 21, 2017 at 1:17pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
OPEN POSITION
Program Intern
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, Inc.
Part time, 10-15 hours per week
Overview
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) seeks a dedicated and passionate intern who will be responsible for overseeing the Food Pantry program. The successful candidate will be an advanced student or burgeoning professional in a field related to social work, nonprofit administration, public health, or…
Volunteer Coordinator Needed!
Posted by Steve Werlin on August 21, 2017 at 1:15pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
OPEN POSITION
Volunteer Coordinator
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, Inc.
Part time, 10-15 hours per week
Overview
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) seeks a dedicated and passionate volunteer to serve as the point-person and coordinator for day-to-day volunteer activities. The appropriate volunteer will be a self-starter with strong computer skills and who is friendly and welcoming and has excellent people skills.
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Continue UWGNH Job Opportunity: Campaign Associate (Fall 2017)
Posted by Kathleen Norwood Crisafi on August 21, 2017 at 11:57am 0 Comments 0 Likes
United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health and Financial Stability. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone.
Roles and Responsibilities
United Way of Greater New Haven seeks enthusiastic college graduates and professionals interested in an invaluable experience to…
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Posted by Nicole Salvatore on August 17, 2017 at 2:41pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
The Nonprofit Resource Council of the Greater New Haven Chamber, in collaboration with The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, announce The Nonprofit Graduate School Grant Program to benefit nonprofit employees with graduate school loans. …
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Neighborhoods: What is Working
How Community Animators Work Around the World
Transcription of John and Peter's July 25th conversation with Cormac Russell on his work with communities, agencies, NGOs and governments using ABCD and other strengths-based approaches in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia.Our 13 Staging Posts in Learning and Developmpent
What the community animators at UK-based consulting and research organization Nurture Development have learned in the 21 years since its founding.How Community Action Shapes Health
Deborah Puntenney has been a colleague of John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann at the Asset-Based Community Development Institute for 25 years. In this transcribed conversation, John and Peter talk with her about how her work focuses on engaging citizens to become effective co-producers of their own health and well-being.Open Street Project
Join us for an Open Streets Study Tour October 6th-8th!
The Open Streets Project is partnering with the non-profit organization New Brunswick Tomorrow to deliver an educational Open Streets Study Tour in New Brunswick, NJ from October 6th - October 8th. The Study Tour will feature classroom sessions, networking opportunities, a behind the scenes tour of New Brunswick’s industry leading Ciclovia.
The post Join us for an Open Streets Study Tour October 6th-8th! appeared first on Open Streets Project.
Open Streets Project Revamped
The Open Streets Project has undergone some changes over the last year. We bid a sad farewell to project co-founder, the Alliance for Biking & Walking, who are moving on to other things, and we happily welcomed a new partner, international Open Streets leader 8 80 Cities. We are excited for all the possibilities and energy this partnership will bring.
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A Market That Kindles Culture and Commerce
In St. Paul, MN, a summer celebration of arts and entrepreneurship, modeled on night markets in Asia, has galvanized commerce and culture along University Avenue. LISC's longtime partner, the Asian Economic Development Association, is leading the charge to revitalize the district, where Southeast Asian residents and businesspeople have incorporated a "a Minnesota twist."How Arts and Culture Can Catalyze Rural Development
In an interview for Rural Voices, a publication of the Housing Assistance Council, Bob Reeder, Rural LISC's director for national programs, discusses the importance of inclusion, diversity and economic equity when bringing arts and culture into community development efforts. With those key ingredients, creative placemaking can be a winning proposition for rural revitalization.What a Farmers Market Can Do
In honor of National Farmers Market Week (August 6 to 12), we’re recognizing the extraordinary markets that LISC has helped launch, grow and support, and how much good they bring to their communities.Community Calendar - New Haven Independent
Fermenting at the Farm
Learn how to ferment veggies from the farm!Dialogue and dinner
teen discussion groupSpecial Care Breath-Takers (Pulmonary) Support Group
Date/Time: Thursday, August 24th 11:00 am-1:00 pm Location: Hospital for Special Care, 2150 Corbin Avenue, New Britain, CT 06053 Contact: Elyse Carroll, 860.827.4735, ECarroll@hfsc.orgNew Haven Independent
Judge Campaign Submits Forged Signatures
Americo Carchia Wednesday said he’s considering whether to end his campaign for probate judge and vowed to cooperate with any potential criminal investigations after learning that he had submitted petitions with forged signatures to qualify for the Sept. 12 Democratic primary ballot.
Long Wharf Hears The “Sounds” Of Silence
Ned, a 39-year-old man who works for a nonprofit, has suffered a series of calamities, from prolonged hospitalization to marital infidelity to rampant alcoholism, and has joined a weekend-long, mostly silent spiritual retreat in the hope that it will help him put himself back together. He’s sitting in a session with a match in his hand.
“The teacher starts to play the recorder,” playwright Bess Wohl writes. “Ned has no idea what he’s supposed to do. He’s slightly worried that he’s supposed to set himself on fire. He half raises his hand, wanting to ask another question. The music stops.”
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Seymour Historical Society Program Focuses On Connecticut Beer Brewing
{media_1}The history of Connecticut beers and breweries will be on tap at a program presented by the Seymour Historical Society on Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m.Legislators To Propose New Budget Plans To Break Gridlock
{media_1}With the state budget standoff nearing two months, Democrats and Republican legislative leaders announced plans Tuesday to unveil revised budget proposals soon.WATCH: Derby-Shelton Bridge Design Meeting
About 30 people attended a meeting in Shelton Tuesday (Aug. 22) at which officials from the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments gave an update on planned improvements to the Derby-Shelton Bridge.New Haven Register
14-year-old subject of Hamden Silver Alert
HAMDEN >> A Silver Alert has been issued for Lavante Player, 14.
Deceased in Milford untimely death was a home health aide
MILFORD >> A home health care aide has been identified as the deceased person in Tuesday’s untimely death.
New Haven man takes plea deal in fireworks case
NEW HAVEN >> A local man who said he was simply planning to put on a fireworks show for his neighbors has avoided jail time on charges of violating fireworks regulations and reckless endangerment.
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