Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. We’re working on building out our mobile strategy even bigger next year. I’d love for people to check out our last social media campaign called Green Gift Monday. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Yes, we definitely are. Anything else?

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. Their stories also highlight how important having the right technology is to accomplishing this important work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

There have the been the well discussed successes like DonorsChoose and Lil Green Patch. Our job as organizational communicators lies in trying to facilitate a larger conversation by providing the means for people to share, perhaps initiate conversations, and highlight the great work and thoughts of others. Never forget that, either.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

And then the program really got going with a major grant in 2007 from California Emerging Technology Fund. All of our RCI-refurbished PCs come with either a Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system, and all come with Office 2007. How Green Is Refurbished IT Equipment? to scale up RCI in California. Fast Forward to 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. It is also important to design a similar process for each small group to work through. a) Green: Great things you’ve heard of, or done yourself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program works to transform seafood markets in ways that create incentives for sustainable fishing and fish-farming practices. We also work with food service companies, retailers and wholesalers, chefs and restaurateurs to encourage them to make the switch to sustainable seafood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Alan Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. a) Green: Great things you’ve heard of, or done yourself. Four Corners/Brainstorm Small Group Facilitation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

Although I've been a sponsor of a "sister" for the past two years, and am familiar with the organization's work, to prepare for the interview I read her riveting memoir, Between Two Worlds. Full disclosure: I did some work for Green for Al l to help spread the word about The Green Collar Economy to other bloggers when it came out.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

I was busy starting my green communications consulting company, Aequus Green Communications , and working with clients to pay the bills and increase the portfolio. Six months later, and despite being delayed again by work, a new template for GBK, and eventually several additional green sites, is almost done.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Please note that because the conversations take place over six years, some people's work and lives have changed. They have new job titles, work someplace else, and in some cases, have new names! , or by writing a review to encourage folks to check it out. I'd *really* appreciate it. Happy listening! Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

It really has been one of the highlights of my work. Please note that because the conversations take place over five years, some people's work and lives have changed. They have new job titles, work someplace else, and in some cases, have new names! I've also listed all of the interviewees with photos and links below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! . How did it go?

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

I have been working in the social change sector for over 30 years and have always been interested in how we can increase our scale and increase our impact. But, if you step back and you look at the bigger societal problem, like say you’re working on, early childhood education or hunger or poverty, look back at the bigger picture.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause. Share your reasons for working there. Example: Green for All posted about how Green for All Supports Local Green Jobs Corps in Tennessee.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Please note that because the interviews take place over three years, some people's work has changed. They may have new job titles, or be working somewhere new now. Alli is now the Business Partners & Events Manager at Green For All and Art in Action Youth Leadership Program).

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

percent from last year, according to NRF's 2007 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey." For example, A Green Mountain Coffee Roasters sampler of Organic Breakfast Blend, Organic French Roast and Organic Sumatran Reserve is $26.95. holiday gift green donation Fair Trade on holiday gifts, which includes $106.67

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Please note that because the interviews take place over four years, some people's work and lives may have changed. They may have new job titles, be working somewhere else, and in some cases, have new names! Below are links to conversations with 48 big visionaries who I've interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast over the last four years.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

All of our RCI-refurbished PCs come with the Windows 7 operating system, and all come with Office 2007. How Green Is RCI? They're urging everyone to donate their discarded laptops to InterConnection as part of this work. All models also come with Symantec Norton Antivirus and also with system restore capabilities.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2007

May 29, 2007 | Yvonne Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Amy Gahran - a conversational media consultant, content strategist, and freelance writer/editor - showed us some really cool sites about the exciting, ever-developing world of citizen journalism that we wanted to share with you, our Frog Loop readers. What is citizen journalism?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Mackinnon and Alisa Smith Book: Plenty (US) and 100 Mile Diet (Canada) 9 to 5 Poet: An Annotated Diary of a Working Writer A.Fine Blog by Allison Fine Book: Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age. Don’t know if they will do it in 2007. Writer/Writing Blog Sampler 100 Mile Diet by J.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Image & Identity: Culture behind clothes Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2007 Appearances aren’t everything, or are they? Are green, recycled, or eco-chic clothes a part of your wardrobe? Send us your answers to these questions and your work. Browse our exhibit and give us your views. How do you express yourself?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." It doesn't work that way." So does the GummyPrint blog who shared this case study of their work on Facebook Causes. What do you think?

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

May 29, 2007 | Yvonne Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Amy Gahran - a conversational media consultant, content strategist, and freelance writer/editor - showed us some really cool sites about the exciting, ever-developing world of citizen journalism that we wanted to share with you, our Frog Loop readers. What is citizen journalism?

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

The VietNet Information Technology and Communication Center ( VietNet-ICT ) is a Hanoi-based NGO working in information technology and communication. The Center was established in 2007 by the Vietnam Scientific Association for Development of Talents, Human Resources. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 15, 2007

Working with the Lift Above Poverty Organization in Nigeria, Beatrices requested a loan of $400 for her business though Kiva.org, which she will pay back monthly over an 8-month period. When I checked this morning, 7 more people had contributed to her loan request ( Rick , Matthew , the 2007 Pryor Class , Anish , Mark and Emily ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

My senior year of college I knew that I wanted to do work that made a difference, but I didn't know what kind of work that would be. I was a sociology major, but wasn't attracted to social work. I'd worked at a DC nonprofit the summer after my junior year that focused on policy work, but that wasn't a fit for me either.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Technology in Arts Conference The 2007 Technology in the Arts Conference is over but the conversations and resource sharing still continue on the conference wiki. Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism. Here's a set of best practices for Green Activism with Google Earth. And if Web 2.0 generators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Is that cool - the literacy school is green! The donation happened due to the contributions you have made to me and my work via your blog. Heres a recent photo of Jack and Mom taken in December 2007. I took that photo back in 2004 when I had the opportunity to visit Cambodia and observe all programs for a week.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

They wanted to integrate social responsibility into their work, and make a decent living. qualities of their ideal work environment, and c. qualities of their ideal work environment, and c. Then they got into small groups and brainstormed work or projects where items from 2 or 3 of the lists could be combined.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

On October 1, 2007, Sarah Bunting announced that it was time to do it again. I don't mean some wear-a-red-outfit-with-a-green-hat, only-go-outside-to-buy-milk bullshit either. Where I work, on the same floor as Saturday Night Live , 50 feet away from the president of Bravo. And then back to work. on the subway.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. In the 1980s I worked in direct mail fundraising for nonprofit organizations, then I shifted into the publishing industry in the 1990s. Connie Reece.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

"I think, in the organizing, and in the activism what gets lost so often is what we're working for. His first book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen , which he co-authored with Anna Lappe , won a 2007 Nautilus Award for Social Change. My parents were working, and they had a lot of agrarian knowledge. Kellogg Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

At the end of December 2007, I posted about creating activist resolutions for the New Year based on Latoya Peterson's activist resolutions post on Racialicious. Made some changes in my work life to give me more space for creative projects and down time. My resolutions were to: 1. Have more fun while doing good.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

I mean, San Francisco is now a green city, and that's right from the heart of Mayor Newsom. And being green is also part of saving the planet, saving the earth. We'll tell what an editor does, what a research person does, how to promote your book, how to work with a salesperson for your book. How to do your work?

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Also in the running and campaigning hard are (in alphabetical order) Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Citizens for Global Solutions, Faithful Security; Genocide Intervention Network; Global Green USA; National Religious Campaign Against Torture; and Women’s Action for New Directions.

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