Dive into our new blog series highlighting higher education Trailblazers that are innovating with an eye on the future – creating new models and experiences designed to support the evolving needs of their constituents. Each post will highlight one of the four pillars of the future-ready institution: Agility for New Business Models Data Empowered Culture Proactive & … [Read more...] about 3 Tips for Jumpstarting Your New Higher Ed Business Model
How This Nonprofit Increased Donations After Switching to Salesforce
PFLAG is the first and largest national chapter-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. PFLAG works to empower individuals to be proud of their identity. We uphold our vision by providing peer-to-peer support, educating people on the issues that are important to the community, and advocating … [Read more...] about How This Nonprofit Increased Donations After Switching to Salesforce
Break the Bias: Changing the Game for Girls & Women
The world has been through a lot in the last several years. Women and girls in particular have felt the impacts of a never-ending global health pandemic, conflict and displacement, and authoritarian government takeovers, to name a few. The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and girls around the world, which threatens the gains made in the past decades in … [Read more...] about Break the Bias: Changing the Game for Girls & Women
Using Tech to Make Place-Based Funding a Success
Giving 150 local communities £1 million each with no strings attached: This is the leap of faith the National Lottery Community Fund took in 2012 when it established a nonprofit organisation called Local Trust to deliver Big Local, a programme that puts money directly into the hands of communities across the UK. The £217 million fund is the largest single-purpose Lottery-funded … [Read more...] about Using Tech to Make Place-Based Funding a Success
5 Ways To Be A Better Ally
There is a certain reverie that comes from starting to blaze your own trails. What’s even better is looking behind and seeing you’ve left a path to help others, or coming to the aid of someone who needs help on their personal journey up ahead. The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Be A Better Ally