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In 2011, the research staff of The Gilbert Center set about the task of advancing the field of research on evidence-based practices in grantmaking. We wanted to open new doors in this field, including the use of modern techniques such as data mining and semantic analysis. We were similarly interested in a focus on behavioral data, such as published documents and grantmaking decisions. These are methods that we’ve applied for years in other fields and we felt that their application to this particular field was long overdue. The result of this decision was a year-long research project and our forthcoming report: Does Evidence Matter to Grantmakers? Data, Logic, and the Lack thereof in the Largest U.S. Foundations. |
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Michael C. Gilbert, Author and Editor Nonprofit Online News is one of the world’s most respected sources of news, information, and opinion for the online nonprofit community. It provides a stream of tightly edited, well annotated news and resources related to emerging issues in the nonprofit world, with a particular emphasis on communication and new technology. You may read the news in several forms: on the web site, in daily and weekly email editions, and in an RSS feed. Nonprofit Online News is a project of The Gilbert Center and has been in continuous publication since April 1997. |
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There are about three dozen articles, resources, collections of articles and resources, and other reports, available for free. |
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Communication Centered Technology Planning, 2nd Edition Michael C. Gilbert, Author and Editor Communication Centered Planning is the core of our work at The Gilbert Center. This 254 page book is a rich guide to that core. It’s divided into four sections: Strategy and Leadership; Cooperation, Integration, and Listening; Weblogs, Email, and Other Tools; and a large section of Annotated Resources. In every section, we’ve worked to provide a mix of vision, practical methods, and quick tools. The book can be read from front to back, but is intended for the busy professional who will want to keep the book on hand for inspiration and support. |
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The Guide to Nonprofit Email: By Michael C. Gilbert, et al We’re very pleased to be offering this extensive new publication to you. It contains thirteen feature articles, seven Quicksheets, and 111 resources, which are divided into seventeen categories, including Communication Strategy, Email Newsletters, Fundraising, Knowledge Management, and Web Related Issues, and are meant to be perused in any order you like. |
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21st Century Fundraising Resources, 2nd Edition By Michael C. Gilbert, et al We’re very pleased to be offering this second edition of “21st Century Fundraising Resources”. It’s been substantially expanded to contain six feature articles, five of those new, and 105 resources, which are divided into 9 categories, including Community, Email, Design, Principles, and Websites, and are meant to be perused in any order you like. |
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21st Century Collaboration Resources By Michael C. Gilbert, et al This report contains five feature articles on the cutting edge of challenges and opportunities facing organizations who are considering collaboration in the modern, networked society. It compiles 91 of the best collaboration resources from Nonprofit Online News, from 2001 to early 2005, organized into 19 categories, including Social Software, Online Strategies, Knowledge Management, and Unifying Issues. |
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Are You Listening? Applying the HIMS Matrix By Michael C. Gilbert Civil society organizations have used the Internet to dramatically increase the number of people to whom they speak. I call this Scaling Up Talking. But the true power of the Internet is tapped when there is dialogue, when the conversation doesn’t just go one way. Organizations now have to learn to Scale Up Listening. They need to start creating methods and tools for assessing how well they are listening. The HIMS Matrix is both a tool and a corresponding method, as well as a framework for further exploration of listening as an organizational practice. |
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Money on the Table: Calculating the Financial Opportunity of Email By Michael C. Gilbert There are billions of dollars of potential savings to be had by the transition of donors from postal communication and telemarketing to email communication. These are billions of dollars that could go to programs of the nonprofit sector, but are now being spent on printing, postage, and phone calls during the dinner hour. Despite the advances in online communication made in the last decade by civil society, they have not yet made a significant dent in the huge expense of old media. Our new Quick Guide entitled Money on the Table: Calculating the Financial Opportunity of Email is meant to help you discover what your organization’s financial savings may be. |
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Doing Well by Doing Good? A Report on Work Satisfaction in Civil Society By Michael C. Gilbert The Gilbert Center has a number of programs related to quality of work life and work satisfaction issues. We do seminars for both employees and employers, we consult with organizations and counsel individuals, we offer a number of publications in various media, and we do occasional research. This report is based on our most recent research. In 2007, we conducted a survey of the readers of Nonprofit Online News (NON) and others on the topic of life work satisfaction in civil society organizations. With a total of 433 respondents, we acquired a base of fairly useful data. We then aggregated this information with other reports, including the Pew American Work Life Survey in order to draw conclusions in three main topic areas: comparing work satisfaction in civil society to work satisfaction in society at large, how people reflect critically on their work life, and the relationship of a personal practice of such reflection to work satisfaction. |
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The Journals of The Gilbert Center Michael C. Gilbert, Editor |