{"id":4570,"date":"2014-07-28T08:51:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T13:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=4570"},"modified":"2016-08-29T13:31:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:31:52","slug":"the-greater-new-orleans-foundation-announces-pitch-it-the-innovation-challenge-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/the-greater-new-orleans-foundation-announces-pitch-it-the-innovation-challenge-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greater New Orleans Foundation announces Pitch It! The Innovation Challenge 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(July 28, 2014 |New Orleans, LA) \u2013 The Greater New Orleans Foundation, in partnership with the Kresge Foundation and Chevron, is pleased to announce <b>Pitch It! The Innovation Challenge 2014<\/b> to support breakthrough ideas in the nonprofit field. \u201cNonprofit organizations must continue to seek innovations that improve efficiencies in order to keep pace with the ever-changing economic landscape,\u201d said Joann Ricci, vice president of Organizational Effectiveness at the Greater New Orleans Foundation.\u00a0 \u201cThriving organizations are ones that re-think, re-frame, and re-imagine how they do business.\u201d In her role at the Foundation, Ricci provides assistance and trainings to hundreds of local nonprofit organizations to strengthen their operations.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Pitch It! The Innovation Challenge <\/b>will fund a novel approach, an innovative product, a new process, or an inventive service that supports a new way of doing business in the nonprofit field. The top prize is $25,000 with second and third place winners receiving $7,500 and $5,000. Ideas can be submitted that solve a particular challenge whether it pertains to management, finance, governance, technology, or programs. All 501(c)(3) nonprofit \u00a0organizations within the region are eligible to apply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Challenge is a way to reward organizations that are willing to take a risk, act on a hunch, or think outside the box,\u201d said Ricci. \u201cInnovation is also about sharing. Ideas that surface here may flourish within in human services field and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to submit your idea is August 22, 2014. The application is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/receive\/\">dev.gnof.org\/recieve<\/a>.\u00a0 Three finalists will be selected to further develop their concept. They will present their ideas in a public pitch to a panel of judges on Friday, October 17th at 9:00 am at the New Orleans Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Pitch It! 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