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TourWest Panel
Over the last few days we have been holding TourWest panels. TourWest is WESTAF's Touring and Presenting grant program. It is funded through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as a way...
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Nonprofits and Opensource
In both the nonprofit and opensource world, there is the notion of a "commons" in which each community benefits. The idea of nonprofit or not-for-profit as a name confuses people. Indeed, a nonproft...
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CiviCRM--DrupalCamp Colorado 2008
TJ Cook from HiDef Web Solutions, Brian Hiatt from CivicPixel, and Wes Morgan, a key CiviCRM contributor presented CiviCRM at the Camp. CiviCRM is CRM system focused on nonprofits that can stand alone,...
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Knight Drupal Initiative - Grant Making Project
Grant-making isn't a cheap venture. Even if you are a re-granting agency (you are given money to give away), the overhead involved in running a grants program is significant. I want to help that...
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Knight News Challenge Application
I need your help! The company I work for, pingVision, has submitted an application to the Knight News Challenge. I've written about this project before. We'd like to build an open source Drupal based...
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Grant Managers Network and Social Media
I've been asked to present at the Grant Managers Network annual meeting on "social media" in on Monday, March 23.I've been working with social media, one way another for well over a decade, ranging...
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Social Media and the Grantmaker Part II
Grantmaking, at its core, is development of a social group. Often this manifests itself as a many to one relationship (many applicants and one grantmaker). Social media can be used to facilitate this...
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Grants Managers Network - Social Media Presentation
I was asked if I would speak at the Grant Manager’s Network conference, starting tomorrow, on Social Media and how it might relate to the grant-maker’s experience. A little survey was done of the...
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Roku Player and Performing Arts Grantmaking
I have been following Roku for quite some time. I worked for quite a few years at the Western States Arts Federation developing grants making and art show evaluation software. My work with TourWest had...
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iPad - Could It Be The Perfect Grant-Panel Tool?
I've been living with my iPad for a little over two weeks now. I've been carrying it in my satchel pretty much non-stop and it strikes me as being a tool that is far better suited for day to day - pull...
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