CauseLabs Resources

Lessons & insights from our journey for positive impact.

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WordPress for Your Nonprofit Website

Top 10 Considerations When Choosing Your CMS Are you considering WordPress for your nonprofit website? Below, we’ll share 10 reasons why WordPress might be an excellent choice for your organization. In fact, 60% of nonprofit websites use WordPress as their content management system (CMS). 1. Cost Considerations: WordPress Can Be a Cost-Effective Choice Budgets are […]

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Corporate Social Impact: An Imperative Not a Trend

“With great power comes great responsibility.” This iconic catchphrase, echoed by Spider-Man, isn’t just about superheroes; it’s a pivotal guiding principle for businesses worldwide. It serves as a reminder that in today’s interconnected world, businesses hold immense power to effect change. But how can companies wield this power responsibly? The answer lies in corporate social impact.

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Advanced REST API Design

In our previous post, we covered the basics of designing a REST API: defining endpoints, using HTTP verbs and performing common read-write operations on data. In this chapter, we’re going to introduce some advanced use and edge cases you may want to consider in order to give your REST API a sound and long-lasting design.

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What you need to know about REST.

If you are a developer and you’ve worked in any modern web application, I’m sure this term rings a bell for you. REST stands for Representational State Transfer. If you’re already familiar with the basics, hop over to our look at Advanced REST API design. If you’re in need of an intro, lets dive in and you’ll see why this architectural style has become a de-facto industry standard for back-end APIs.

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5 Considerations for Designing a Learning Management System

If you’re the leader of an organization that offers a curriculum-based program to build young minds, you may be looking to take your impact further by leveraging some type of learning management system. As you may have already discovered, it’s no easy feat.

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Analogous Learning and the Path to Staying Curious

When I was 6 years old, I started taking swim lessons. It was at the swimming complex at the University of Tennessee, where I remember watching the diving team practice from the 10 meter platform in complete, terrified awe. Lucky for me, I started with blowing bubbles in the shallow end. Slowly, we progressed to a swimming stroke: the doggy paddle. Did you hear that right? The doggy paddle. The instructor was teaching us how to swim like a dog.

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3 Ways to Bring Your Whole Self to Work

We have found that having a culture rooted in authenticity and vulnerability is key to being able to bring our whole selves to work. This kind of culture can be difficult to create, but we’ve found a few tricks to make it easier.

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Wrap Up + Getting to Pilot

When we first started, we were refining a problem, onboarding your team, and setting up tools. Now, we’ll do the reverse.

It's time for your company to grow.

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