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Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. For example, Pencils of Promise will be hosting, for the first time in two years, its PoP Gala on October 20 at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City.

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Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. e-Newsletter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

My role has been to gather up the use cases (specific examples of translation processes). That’s been a very interesting process, and we have been generating some good examples that will be really helpful in the process of figuring out what tools are present that can do what’s needed, and what gaps exist.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis. Reskilling is the clear solution.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Social Change Behind the Firewall. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2019

Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. with more than $3.7

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I have been experimenting with how to deliver “networked&# presentations and workshops. On the one hand, Deborah Finn is an example of “strong tie,&# a respected colleague that I’ve known for over ten years in the nonprofit technology community. Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. But the real story is much more complicated. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. The survey can help convince trustees who, for example, still object to the idea of making grants for general operating support.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis. Reskilling is the clear solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2007

In the presentation for this session, Doug Haslam used a screencapture of this blog post as an example of how a pr person can leave a comment to pitch a story on their client's behalf. (He Some bits from the survey: 88% of respondents plan to increase social media spending next year (no big surprise perhaps, but a commanding number).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. Her example is a marketing example, of course, and business oriented.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

How research or any type of findings are packaged and presented can impact how readily the knowledge is put into practice.". In order to enhance the transfer of knowledge, it is important that the messenger be seen as a credible expert on the information being presented. ". Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The afternoon featured six mini-workshops that drilled down in the use of the tools such as Facebook , Blogging , Storytelling , Listening , Twitter , and Social Media 101. (The

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

And even if they were, they might not integrate well (For example, I use three different Basecamp accounts – which don’t integrate with each other.) land are either using iCal, or integrating with Google Calendar (my present calendaring software). But, I have some to do lists I need to share, and others I don’t.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In previous Research Friday posts, I reviewed key findings from our annual Sector Survey on increased demand for social services and the cash crisis facing providers. At present, we’ve conducted one-on-one consulting engagements with over one-third of the state’s DV programs. Lessons learned from our work with agencies in the field.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. More than 3.5

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Even if Allan’s vision does become reality some time in the future, why rush to present your figures now. If they want to brag about an accomplishment (a certain number of page views or visitors to a particular campaign page, for example), that’s fine. It’s called leading by example, try it, you might like it.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. As the platform matures , we’ll get a better sense of the power and potential of this network that lets people find, connect, and support social change organizations and issues. So What and Who Cares.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

I've been following Christian Kreutz 's blog, CrissCrossed Blog , which explores social changes through communication and focuses on the impact, potential and challenges of using Web2.0 " I have heard of interesting examples using mobile phones getting RSS feeds from blogs. One example to publish comes from Africa - here and here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. The social capital market is the arena that allows investors to "do well by doing good."

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

They had short five minute presentations, which I think worked well. Presented a nice paradigm for to model/plan citizen engagement: from outreach. Maxine had some pragmatic suggestions from her work at DOD for agencies wanting to experiment and explore social media. Someone from CDC presented their ?2x10 to agreements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. Mapping Metrics to Social Media Strategy: This wiki will be retooled to go deeper in more specific metrics linked to strategy. I'm just one person.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008. students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Certainly history can provide plenty of examples of this type of civil withering. We can also find examples in which uncertainty brings out the best in people. Lucy will be on the NPR marketplace show to talk about this topic or read more from Lucy at the Huffington Post " Necessity is the mother of social innovation."

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Yet, for many purposes, refurbished equipment presents nonprofits, libraries, and lower-income families with a more affordable alternative to new equipment; one that will do nearly everything that new computers do. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide.

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