ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. They start the day with a student posting an inspirational quote on the board. There are computers and large monitors in each classroom, Internet access, and of course, the software development.

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India Education Software Learning 104

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Nonprofits follow vastly different missions from one another and the assumption is that employees who choose to work for these organizations have more intrinsic-based motivations than their partners in the other sectors (Riddles & McCandless, 2008). Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management). Hoboken: Wiley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Nonprofit insiders are watching and debating how ALS will use the money and the donor retention strategy. And, of course the valid concern of wasting water in a drought. I chronicled some of these back in 2008. 5) Whacky, Goofy, and Fun: “Stunt Philanthropy” has been around for years.

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Challenge Meme Celebrate Philanthropy 138

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. I promise (!) I’ll be doing a fair bit of experimentation with Derby (’cause I’m curious.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. I promise (!) I’ll be doing a fair bit of experimentation with Derby (’cause I’m curious.)

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Open Source Database Open Language 100

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

December 17, 2007 | Meghan Request permission to use your beautiful snowflakes picture in a course Im teaching. I am a consultant and graduate student in complex systems and wanted an illustration of "self organization." Sarah Sheard sheard at 3MilSys.com November 17, 2008 | Sarah Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Social Media Advocacy Guide Fundraising 37

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

It’s never been more expensive to be an American, with certain measures of consumer prices having gone up around 400% over the past 40 years, while real wages have increased only 4% during the same inflation-adjusted interval–that’s not to mention the cost of student loans, housing, and other major purchases.

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Donation Giving Nonprofit Massachusetts 341

Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

It’s a great attractor for learning experiences at conferences and multi-day live courses. If you are just building your first set of online courses and implementing your first (traditional) LMS, it’s probably not the time to develop a 12-tiered system of subscription packages. Slope of Enlightenment. All the MOOCs out there.

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AFP Blog

JULY 30, 2008

on Wednesday pledged to provide elementary school students in Portugal with 500,000 computers based on its Classmate PC design, the latest move by the computer chip maker to take the lead in the emerging low-cost laptop market.The computers will be delivered over the course of the 2008-09 school year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

He imagines a Jamaica ten years in 2008, ten years after the initial discussions about this project began. "We might imagine J amaica in 2008 that has become a remarkable leader in the world. His description of the robotics course -- "Lego of Your Mind." There is also a course on ethics.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

December 17, 2007 | Meghan Request permission to use your beautiful snowflakes picture in a course Im teaching. I am a consultant and graduate student in complex systems and wanted an illustration of "self organization." Sarah Sheard sheard at 3MilSys.com November 17, 2008 | Sarah Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

Social Media 37

Social Media Advocacy Guide Fundraising 37

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2007

I was asked to participate on a panel proposal at SXSW 2008 with several nonprofit colleagues. And, of course, you can vote for it here ) Before I left, I got word that one of the participants, Seth Mazow , would not be able to particpate. No, I'm not blogging on the plane! I wrote it in advance). The panel is about using Web2.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

One of their many charitable projects is to be part of the 20 years | 20 ways campaign, a year-long effort by Microsoft to build better careers and better lives for aspiring IT professionals and students around the world. It became a commercial company in 2008. PCRR of course is R2 certified like our other refurbishment partners.

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Tech Support Library Illinois 42

Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. So, if you only have a few minutes, here are the5 top takeaways: 1. Oh the hours!!

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Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. So, if you only have a few minutes, here are the5 top takeaways: 1. Oh the hours!!

Causes 38

Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Of course, anti-rape advocates know this line of questioning all too well (was your skirt too short? Did you have a drink?),

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Social Network Network Law Social 96

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The minutes of meetings held in 2006, 2007, and early 2008 reflect a hurried and rather superficial process. In this situation I was hired during the last quarter of 2008 to get the process moving. Naturalis will provide guided tours, courses and guidebooks on demand. Once started, the groups got more and more productive.

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Museum Process Wiki Netherlands 20

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

I realized, in thinking about all of this, that the model of technology support that makes the most sense to me is to think of it similarly as a teacher-student relationship. So what is it about a teacher-student relationship that we can learn from to provide really good technical support? Second, Empowerment. Fourth, Solution.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

Less than 50 of the 179,000 groups on Causes have raised $10,000, and just two – The Nature Conservancy and Students for a Free Tibet -- have raised more then $100,000. This is, of course, only anecdotal, but were seeing some of our advocacy clients like Equality California get real value from the FB communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" And, of course the challenges: Unproven. re at the unproven starting point, the opportunity is promising, companies wanting to extend their online presence should consider the distributed web (OpenSocial) into their 2008 web strategy planning. Open data opens risks. Inconsistencies may emerge. Cultural differences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. It also helps students learn the process of a rapid prototype experiment that has viral effects, can be measured, and improved with reflection.

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Classes Celebrate Cambodia Exercise 95

Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How about Digg ?

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Consultant Myspace Social Media Advocacy 31

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. Creating a Life Worth Living: A Practical Course in Career Design for Artists, Innovators, and Others Aspiring to a Creative Life by Carol Lloyd.

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Advice Difference Green Classes 40

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development This post is about a bad dog and the role that a class of ASU students is playing in its quest for redemption. Zooop — fast-forward to 2008: Charity Navigator gets new executive leadership in Ken Berger. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. Its an exciting time.

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Teach Ratio Student Classes 90

Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How about Digg ?

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Consultant Social Media Myspace Advocacy 31

Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

A couple of Care2 staff favorites, of course, include the Care2 Stickies and Petitions. While the exact demographic numbers are somewhat disputed , without a doubt the typical user is a young student. According to Network for Good , friends are better at doing that than organizations are, when it comes to soliciting donations.

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Care2

JULY 24, 2007

A couple of Care2 staff favorites, of course, include the Care2 Stickies and Petitions. While the exact demographic numbers are somewhat disputed , without a doubt the typical user is a young student. According to Network for Good , friends are better at doing that than organizations are, when it comes to soliciting donations.

Causes 48

Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

Of course, there are many ongoing challenges with this project. And we don't know yet whether the exhibits that will result (the first set in physical form in June 2008) will reflect the unusual energy and populism of the process. They're having fun, playing, acting like visitors, working as and with the audience.

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Museum Virtual Tech Second Life 20

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. You hear them speak, or you read their book, or you listen to your podcast, and then you generally write to that person, or you go up to them, rush them at the end of a speech and say, "I'm a student, I want to get involved."

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Group Network Interview Change 41

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

" --Favianna Rodriguez Below is the edited transcript of a Big Vision Podcast interview from November 13, 2008 with Favianna Rodriguez, a political digital artist and printmaker based in Oakland, California. I ended up going to college, trying to be an architect, because, again, I was one of those honor-roll students. Of course.

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Artist Digital Arts San Francisco 40

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has named February 11-17, 2008 Random Acts of Kindness Week. Volunteer to read to students or at a nursing home. Dawn Sarli of Servin' It Up is celebrating the week as part of the Altruism and the Good Life course she is co-teaching at Green Mountain College in VT.

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Giving Brain Kiva Volunteer 40

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The “Ghosts of a Chance” alternate reality game (ARG) ran from July 18 until October 25, 2008 and was a collaboration between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and CityMystery. Fortunately, over the course of the six requests, fourteen people participated to create a total of thirty-three artifacts. The game website is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The ultimate metric for success is that network becomes self-sustaining – and, of course, has helped changed policies to make their states more child friendly in terms health care. Of course, we are “redder” than most states – our governor and 80 percent of our legislature are Republicans. It’s also hard to change the.

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Children Voice Social Media Utah 106

Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

2008 is the year in which all the new technologies, techniques, concepts, innovations of so-called new media are being tried. New media of course isnt; freshmen at my university have never known a world without the Internet, e-mail or cell phones. What was the most surprising thing you learned from writing this book?

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Saudi Arabia Online 28

Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

2008 is the year in which all the new technologies, techniques, concepts, innovations of so-called new media are being tried. New media of course isnt; freshmen at my university have never known a world without the Internet, e-mail or cell phones. What was the most surprising thing you learned from writing this book?

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Saudi Arabia Journal 28