Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

David also says that he was interested in the idea of person-to-person giving - and had written about it on his blog here where he talks about the book If the World Were a Village and how it brings global issues down to local level. If your gift is global you may need some personable intermediaries. But once you???ve

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008. This was probably the book that moved me the most in 2008. What are some your favorite do-good books from 2008? books 2008 activist nonprofit tools, it was about how Web 2.0 tools can, and are changing our world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

One trillion text messages sent globally in 2008. Priority #3: Purchase a smartphone and tablet for your communications and development staff. Texting is a tool still not mastered. 10 trillion sent by the end of 2011. Mobile phone owners sent an average of 678 texts a month.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

The dual shocks of COVID-19 and an oil price war have roiled global markets. Uncertainty is likely to continue as the dual shocks on the global economy are increasing the probability of recession. Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? We have to look at the financial markets.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Our Kids’ Climate is a global collaboration of 58 climate-parent groups from 23 countries, working together to engage parents, caretakers, and families in climate action. The letter reached an estimated 500 million people through global media. DT: What role has technology played in helping you globalize your movement?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. To this point, there has been a growing interest among the global Pencils of Promise constituency in Web3 (e.g., Understanding and catering to these needs are paramount. cryptocurrency) solutions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Challenge for the rest of 2008: I'm feeling a bit discouraged about what feels like a lack of progress in the situation. Challenge for rest of 2008: I only have 6 more interviews for 2008. My resolutions were to: 1.

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See3

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

The site and corresponding outreach campaign are designed to educate the American public about why US engagement in the world and the alleviation of global poverty is critical. The site includes lots of video (with more coming), quizzes on global development and extensive Q/A on a variety of global development topics.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 21, 2009

The Altimeter Blog has announced that they are releasing a new study on how the major brands, as identified by the 2008 BusinessWeek/Interbrand Best Global Brands ranking , use social media to get their message out.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all.". There has been a rising consensus that we need to transform our global energy system to reduce energy usage and to shift to less carbon intensive energy sources.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all." Global Energy Observatory ? See Thomas Friedman? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s s focused on an important problem ? s vision for GEO is ?to

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Technorati: State of the Blogosphere 2008: "Blogs are Pervasive and Part of Our Daily LivesThere have been a number of studies aimed at understanding the size of the Blogosphere, yielding widely disparate estimates of both the number of blogs and blog readership.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Read the entire report to learn more about global trends. World Giving Index Charities Aid Foundation looked at three different types of charitable behavior – giving money, giving time and helping a stranger and used the results to produce the “World Giving Index.&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Founded in 2008, the original TweetsGiving celebration was implemented by a small group of volunteers and it generated thousands of grateful tweets from around the globe. It’s an event to express the gratitude and the transformative power our thankfulness can have when we share it with one another.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

However, it became evident after the market crash in 2008 that many under-capitalized organizations were so financially fragile that they didn’t make it through. This thought has led nonprofits to shy away from building up their cash because it might weaken their position in grant applications.

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AFP Blog

MAY 20, 2011

Crowdsourcing put to good use in Africa | Madeleine Bunting | Global development | guardian.co.uk : "Back in 2008, a group of bloggers based in Kenya came up with an idea in response to the wave of ethnic violence sweeping the country in the wake of elections: Ushahidi – meaning testimony in Swahili – aimed to use crowdsourcing to track a fast-moving (..)

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Edwin Shneidman (left) at his home in Los Angeles, California with Maurizio Pompili, who was the recipient of the 2008 Shneidman Award. By this point, suicide was a global health issue, and the United Nations and World Health Organization had worked to establish guidelines for suicide prevention strategies.

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NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. Corporate Social Responsibility has been enacted on the local community level and all the way up to the global stage. According to stats from the RUN. conference of 2010 [1] the top thirty “ thon ” (i.e. The collective $133.9

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. Last year was a global discussion about free agents with remote colleagues in the Middle East. The final program is selected through a combination of an open submission and voting process.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

In this grantmaking area, too, The Fund was key to Bookshare’s global expansion and to our ability to better serve low-income users, in developing and developed countries alike. We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India.

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See3

JUNE 17, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.Fatherhood Involvement PSA | 0:35 Sony Pictures/Inside Job INSIDE JOB is the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and [.].

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Finally, if you're really into words, you should check out The Global Language Monitor , where you can learn that "obama" has entered the English language as a root, as in: obamacize, obamanomics, and (our favorite) obamarama. Design for Web2.0.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. Post Growth Institute : "Creating global prosperity without economic growth". Economists began to think of themselves as scientists, while in fact their discipline remained a branch of moral philosophy — as it largely does to this day.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The Twitter account was started with a focused goal of raising awareness about the release of the Global Climate Impacts in the United States report last June. They also tweet about real-time impacts, which usually is extreme weather and how that fits within the pattern of global warming. Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 .

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Regardless of next year’s topic for the September 22nd celebrations, digital inclusion remains a core barrier to truly celebrating the web globally. In 2008, OneWebDay organizers documented volunteer-driven events in 34 different cities across the world. Get Involved. Perform an Internet Health Check. About OneWebDay.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

For the last four years, OneWebDay has attracted a global network of partner organizations and individual activists committed to broadening the public’s awareness of Internet and Web issues while deepening a culture of participation in building a Web that works for everyone. What’s OneWebDay.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2011

I first encountered Shawn back in 2008 during the annual Blog Action Day. That year, the focus was on global poverty. Today, I got a called from a reporter from a newspaper who wanted to know how I first connected with Shawn. I wrote a post about his work, describing his work as a free agent. Here’s the post.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

She founded the nonprofit Sustainable South Bronx , was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and today leads the Majora Carter Group , an economic consulting firm she formed in 2008 to bring her approach to underserved communities across the country.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. Post Growth Institute : "Creating global prosperity without economic growth". Economists began to think of themselves as scientists, while in fact their discipline remained a branch of moral philosophy — as it largely does to this day.".

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. org and others. What is Blog Action Day? This year’s topic is water.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis. The forces of globalization and the emergence of the millennial in the workforce are forcing every organization, including Guardian, to re-think how we hire and reskill our existing workforces. It’s not just what we see in companies and new technologies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

In April 2008, 1KG More registered as a company and aimed to operate as a social enterprise model. When I followed up with KK, I found out the story had originated on with an article on the Global Links Initiative entitled Voluntourism - A New Kind of Holiday. Now 1KG More has five full-time staff and a stable group of volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

” Next up was an armchair discussion with Lela Janah, Founder and CEO of Samasource with Noah Wintroub, Global Head of Internet and Digital Media at JP Morgan. Lela talked about how and why sound founded this enterprise in 2008 and their programs that are disrupting poverty. Books Research Studies'

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Kimberly Wilson , Tranquil Space Foundation ( I interviewed Kimberly in November 2009 ) Lisa Rose Starner, Burdock and Rose Megan Webb, Oakland Animal Services Organizers of S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Astronaut Ron Garan How can you not read a book that starts out, " I have wanted to write this book since returning to Earth from my first space mission in 2008 "? To help create a global movement -- a movement of inhabitants of planet Earth who are willing to set aside their differences and work together toward our common goals. "I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do. I just uploaded a screen of John Haydon dong some good!

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