Funders Together is a national network of foundations and corporations committed to ending homelessness. It was founded in 2004 by 5 foundations and 2 corporations that committed $37 million. The network now has 120 members that have collectively committed over $75 million. They work nationally and regionally by sharing best practices, supporting implementing partners, and advocating for solutions like supportive housing that save money long-term. Their goals include leveraging $100 million by 2010 and creating 90,000 new supportive housing units by 2014.
Community Foundation Boulder County – Wildfire Fund Plan, March 28, 2022CommunityFoundationB
Up to $20 million to support rebuilding efforts
Up to $2.5 million to support Unmet Basic Needs
$1 million to support the establishment of recovery navigation
Up to $1 million to assist with smoke/ash remediation
Up to $500,000 for social infrastructure / community resiliency
Up to $750,000 to support nonprofit organizations assisting with disaster response
Up to an additional $750,000 for mental health supports
Up to $2 million for debris removal (to support those who are underinsured / uninsured)
Community Foundation Boulder County – Wildfire Fund Plan, March 28, 2022CommunityFoundationB
Up to $20 million to support rebuilding efforts
Up to $2.5 million to support Unmet Basic Needs
$1 million to support the establishment of recovery navigation
Up to $1 million to assist with smoke/ash remediation
Up to $500,000 for social infrastructure / community resiliency
Up to $750,000 to support nonprofit organizations assisting with disaster response
Up to an additional $750,000 for mental health supports
Up to $2 million for debris removal (to support those who are underinsured / uninsured)
This is my slideshow from my Forester Lecture held on 9.22.11 at Huntington University.
I was asked to share a bit about my professional and personal journey over the past few years as well as present on the rise in social entrepreneurship.
I presented ideas on why I think that it's never been easier to start a movement and do something significant. Communication technology is removing tremendous barriers and making an organizations reach much further.
My hope was to challenge the students at HU that they can make the ideas in their minds happen and the environment at HU is setup to help them succeed if only they tapped into the resources there.
Community Living Connections: Impact and Support NeedsJennifer Staebell
Community Living Connections provides supported living services for adults with developmental disabilities in Dane County, Wisconsin. To help live the mission "to support individuals to live their best life in their own home and in their community", this non-profit has two separate fundraising initiatives. Read about them here.
Investor deck detailing disruptive marketability of a process to address housing crisis based in Washington DC. Deck reveals the NPO's strategic tactical approach and investment opportunities.
Vancouver Foundation's Communications Challenge for Royal Roads UniversityMeriko
Vancouver Foundation's Vital Signs Team members Lidia Kemeny, Director and Meriko Kubota, Manager present an organizational communications challenge to Royal Road University's Masters in Professional Communications students on social media integration. This slideshow provides background on Vancouver Foundation.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform argues that the concept of commissioning is flawed and its now time to end the commissioning as an activity. Duffy combines arguments from his 1996 publication, Unlocking the Imagination, with recent innovations in thinking and practice.
What Does Quality in Human Services Really Mean?Citizen Network
Slides for Voyage Care that explore the true meaning of 'quality' in the context of human services (social care, social work etc.). Dr Simon Duffy argues that industrial or service models are misleading and that the focus should be on relationships, citizenship and fullness of life.
Public Relations Campaign Book - Habitat for Humanity Orange CountyMeredithHardy2
This is a public relations campaign that focuses on research. This was a project where we collaborated with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Indiana, to create a campaign to further their brand identity and awareness within their communities.
This is my slideshow from my Forester Lecture held on 9.22.11 at Huntington University.
I was asked to share a bit about my professional and personal journey over the past few years as well as present on the rise in social entrepreneurship.
I presented ideas on why I think that it's never been easier to start a movement and do something significant. Communication technology is removing tremendous barriers and making an organizations reach much further.
My hope was to challenge the students at HU that they can make the ideas in their minds happen and the environment at HU is setup to help them succeed if only they tapped into the resources there.
Community Living Connections: Impact and Support NeedsJennifer Staebell
Community Living Connections provides supported living services for adults with developmental disabilities in Dane County, Wisconsin. To help live the mission "to support individuals to live their best life in their own home and in their community", this non-profit has two separate fundraising initiatives. Read about them here.
Investor deck detailing disruptive marketability of a process to address housing crisis based in Washington DC. Deck reveals the NPO's strategic tactical approach and investment opportunities.
Vancouver Foundation's Communications Challenge for Royal Roads UniversityMeriko
Vancouver Foundation's Vital Signs Team members Lidia Kemeny, Director and Meriko Kubota, Manager present an organizational communications challenge to Royal Road University's Masters in Professional Communications students on social media integration. This slideshow provides background on Vancouver Foundation.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform argues that the concept of commissioning is flawed and its now time to end the commissioning as an activity. Duffy combines arguments from his 1996 publication, Unlocking the Imagination, with recent innovations in thinking and practice.
What Does Quality in Human Services Really Mean?Citizen Network
Slides for Voyage Care that explore the true meaning of 'quality' in the context of human services (social care, social work etc.). Dr Simon Duffy argues that industrial or service models are misleading and that the focus should be on relationships, citizenship and fullness of life.
Public Relations Campaign Book - Habitat for Humanity Orange CountyMeredithHardy2
This is a public relations campaign that focuses on research. This was a project where we collaborated with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Indiana, to create a campaign to further their brand identity and awareness within their communities.
An overview of the mission, goals and services of Funders Together to End Homelessness, including a description of the Funding Principles for Ending Homelessness.
Innovation Women Speak! Philanthropy: Why Whisper When You Can Roar?Innovation Women
Philanthropy is the risk investment needed to bring solutions to the marketplace. Social impact, change, and movements all take time, patience, and persistence. They also take community building and collaborating with government and business to influence funding and policies.
This is philanthropy at its best. You will learn from successful social movements and determine the change you want to make.
You’ll learn:
- How philanthropy drives social impact.
- How your talents as an innovator and entrepreneur are key to social impact.
- How you can make swing-for-the-fences social impact.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
2. Funders Together A national network of foundations and corporations supporting strategic and effective grantmaking to end homelessness
3. Who We Are An affinity group of foundations and corporate donors Founded in 2004 by 5 foundations, 2 corporations, and 2 implementing partners who committed $37m to ending homelessness Have 120+ organizational members and $75 million+ committed to ending homelessness
4. How We Work National in scope, regional in approach Share best practices in funding, collaboration, and advocacy across the country Support the work of our implementing partners, the Corporation for Supportive Housing and the National Alliance to End Homelessness
5. What We Believe “Philanthropy can experiment and test, working in partnership with government to find the best solutions, but the plight of the homeless is a societal responsibility which the society as a whole must be asked to meet.” -- Frank Melville,Founding Board Chair, Melville Charitable Trust Homelessness is a solvable problem Investments now save money in the long run Housing and prevention work and are cost-effective Philanthropy can not do it alone
6. Objectives Build a national network of funders who support proven, evidence-based programs Support the study, research and collaboration needed to refine and improve practices and polices Advocate for the increase of local, state and national resources
7. Long Term Goals Create the systems change needed to end homelessness for 2 million Americans Raise and leverage at least $100 million for housing and services by the end of 2010 Create 90,000 more units of supportive housing by 2014 (60,000 of the overall goal of 150,000 have already been developed)
8. National Steering Committee Melville Charitable Trust, Robert Hohler (chair) William S. Abell Foundation,Tom Nurmi Barr Foundation, Melinda Marble Butler Family Fund, Martha Toll Campion Foundation, Sonya Campion Corporation for Supportive Housing, Deb DeSantis Fannie Mae, Joe Weisbord Paul and Phyllis Fireman Foundation, Deborah Fung Frey Foundation of Minnesota, Jim Frey Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, David Wertheimer William S. Abell Foundation,Tom Nurmi Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Bill Pitkin Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Nancy Barrand National Alliance to End Homelessness, Nan Roman Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, Terri Donlin Huesman Rockefeller Foundation, Darren Walker Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, Leslie Strnisha
9. Join Funders Together Email request to join to jason@melvilletrust.org Or, fill out the simple online application at www.funderstogether.org/signup Funders Together to End Homelessness • 220 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02116 • 617.236.2244 • www.FundersTogether.org 9
10. Partner Voices “It is important to ask what the key interventions are that seem to be making a difference. You will not be surprised to hear among these key interventions are supportive housing and an emphasis on getting the most people with disabilities into housing. Moving people out of the shelter system more quickly both reduces the need for beds and reduces homelessness.” Nan Roman President National Alliance to End Homelessness Washington, DC
11. Partner Voices “Society has at times given up on our most vulnerable populations and incorrectly concluded that nothing can be done to address their issues, or to solve the cycle of despair resulting in long-term homelessness. We know differently – there are proven solutions that work. Effective, cost-efficient models that move vulnerable people off the streets and into affordable, permanent housing where they can receive the support they need to heal and build better lives.” Deborah DeSantis President and CEO Corporation for Supportive Housing New York, NY
12. Partner Voices “Ending homelessness is about empowerment. It’s about finding ways to help people to help themselves. It is about applying diligent and thoughtful guidance that enables each individual and each family to acquire self-reliance and independence. The people who help make that happen are among the most talented and dedicated and patient that I have ever worked with.” G. Robert Hohler Executive Director Melville Charitable Trust, Hartford, CT
13. Partner Voices “Chronic homelessness is an issue that cuts across many funders’ interests – from health and health care, mental illness, and child welfare to prisoner reentry, poverty, and community development. No single funder or provider can solve it alone, and we cannot solve it without the involvement of both the private and public sectors.” RisaLavizzo-Mourey President Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
14. Partner Voices “People who are chronically homeless and who are not housed create very, very difficult circumstances in our cities. And wouldn’t it make better sense - wouldn’t our sense of fairness and justice be met by providing them with a supportive housing unit? This is not the 1980s when we were bewildered by this phenomenon. We understand it. We know what works. So the question is, do we have the will to actually implement what we know works, and what, quite frankly, doesn’t cost us any more money to do?” Darren Walker Vice President of Foundation Initiatives The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
15. Partner Voices “What unites us all, what powers us all... is the vision of a society where everyone has a place that they can call home. It is a vision we all believe can be achieved. We are sure that some day, sooner rather than later, others will look back upon this time and say: In such a great country, with such unbelievable resources, what on earth took them so long?” Stephen Melville Board Chair Melville Charitable Trust Hartford, CT
16. Funders Together to End Homelessness • 220 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02116 • 617.236.2244 • www.FundersTogether.org 16 Funders Together: Homelessness Ends Here