Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

The mission of the Lavelle Fund is to support programs that help people with visual impairments, including blindness, lead independent, productive lives. It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2023

The riots began after a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in Lower Manhattan, one of the few establishments that welcomed gay people as patrons in the 1950s and 1960s. Learning about the people that brought the movement to life and the reason why Pride Month exists will help you better understand the meaning of the month! QC Pride, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Construction of the statue had been completed the year before in France, but efforts to construct a pedestal in New York ground to a halt. Ironically, he had vetoed a bill that would have provided $50,000 for the pedestal as governor of New York. The committee in charge of fundraising was short on cash.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. Thankfully, this pandemic will likely inspire a new wave of national service. Now should be no different.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 16, 2009

Bookshare looks for publishers to partner with us to make books more available to people with disabilities. According to the company, they had a record 107 books on the New York Times bestseller list in 2008, with 35 of them ranked #1.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

The New York Times has a cool visualization of how people around the world spend their money. You know, back when people were still spending money. Wow, some people take this zombie thing a little too seriously. Pledge money to purchase online game tokens, which you can send to anybody.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

With a quick glance at a dashboard, they’ll know how many kids are in their club at any given time, what programs these young people are participating in, and the achievement in those programs,” Lorraine shared. On day one, we also hosted a group of 14 nonprofit executives at the Soho House in New York City.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Education was her way out, but when she signed up for graduate studies at New York University, she returned to live with her parents and became involved in and reacquainted with her neighborhood. She grew up in Hunts Point, a South Bronx neighborhood that for decades was plagued by poverty, violence and ecological degradation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. 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. Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. Chris Hughes.

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See3

MARCH 12, 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 Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. After working on a non-profit project supporting the fight to end global hunger, she earned her Masters in Gastronomy, uniting her love of food and culture with a passion for understanding the impacts of hunger and food insecurity on displaced people such as immigrants and refugees.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

In 2008, I found Ravelry. The people who make the yarn and the patterns are also members, and they can communicate with the folks who do their work and see and comment on their progress. After nearly well over a year of working together, we finally met in person for the first time this past January in New York City.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

This post is about the way people write the word nonprofit. But for some people, the way you write this word says something about you. So, as people were crossing out of Gilead, army checkpoints asked each person to pronounce the word shibboleth. Should be interesting, anyway. Or non-profit. Or sometimes I even see non profit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I believe that new models of aging and senior life will emerge from this wave, and can't wait to see what is created, which is why I loved stumbling upon The New York Times article, For Healthy Aging, A Late Act in the Footlights. In 2008, Tim was named an Ashoka Fellow.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008. VisionLink''s Role VisionLink customers are among those providing 2-1-1 services, from New York to Washington state, from Florida to Maine, and here in our own state of Colorado--and for many regional and metropolitan systems in between. With approximately 1.5

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2007

In order to be successful in the future, a nonprofit must truly look within and figure out what we stands for, what makes each of us different, what value we bring to society and why people should love us. To create a new comment, use the form below. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Why am I buying this? All rights reserved.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. You're probably most familiar with Norton (pictured left with Robert) from his roles in films like Fight Club , American History X and 25th Hour , but he's also a committed social and environmental activist.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The organization and challenge: After years of traditional fund-raising events, Catholic Charities CYO (CC) in San Francisco decided its approach was getting stale and that it needed to broaden its audience to include opportunities for young people. Red House@Your House offered an opportunity for young people to get involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

But many other people across America won't have that luxury. According to the Food Research and Action Center , more than 36 million people lived in households in America struggling against hunger in 2007. Later today, our family will sit down for a lovely Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings.

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2009

Internet traffic hit a record peak on Tuesday as millions of people around the world sought to watch and read about the inauguration of President Obama. The web isn’t quite ready to handle the traffic, but we are seeing video content bringing more people online and keeping them online for longer.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2009

Or that 34 million people in the United States live on a food stamp budget? Last year, 6 food bloggers and recipe developers tried to eat 3 meals on $3 per day during the 2008 San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Did you know that the average amount Californians have to spend on a day's meal with food stamps is $4?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

I'm interested in exploring how Changebloggers, people who want to use their blogs, podcasts and vlogs to change the world, can make a greater impact through longer online events, and face-to-face meetups. The 2008 DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge for public schools is happening this month. The theme for this year was poverty.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

It means different things to different people, but the most literal meaning is probably this: real-time systems push information from a publisher to a subscriber (be they a human reader or a machine consuming information) as soon as it’s available, without the subscriber having to ask if there’s anything new.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City. As you can imagine, I'm totally psyched, plus, I'm a total sucker for famous people, especially do-good celebrities. Check out the speaker list. I'll be blogging from both events. He was kind enough to smile and say hello.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Or I can create a widget and add it as my sidebar. Here's what it looks like: Concepts. Communication. More >> Tools. More >> Places. More >> Types. Organization. Information. More >> Year. More >> Tony started with a short list of nptech bloggers and a very beta design.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2008

60) Search « Nonprofit CRM Trends Plus How to Choose an eCRM | Main | New Research Findings: Advocacy Groups More Trusted » Wednesday Jun 18 2008 Care2 Welcomes Dana Weissman to Nonprofit Services Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 11:20AM | by Clinton OBrien We are very pleased to announce the newest member of the Care2 team: Dana Weissman.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” You can learn new ideas and share resources with people around the world. Logos don’t talk, people do. Kyra Gaunt.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Our campaign managers in the field have been experimenting with using SMS to reach target audiences to spread news and information, campaign messages, and news about campaign activities. SMS allows conservation campaigns to reach a bigger audience, especially of people who are harder to find in rural and expansive areas.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2009

Last fall, I had the opportunity to attend and cover the September 11th Presidential Forum on Service during the Service Nation conference in New York City. During the conference, Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Ted Kennedy, represented by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, announced that they were introducing the Serve America Act of 2008.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Brooks, "people who give money to charity are 43 percent more likely than nongivers to say they are very happy. According to a March 2008 New York Times article, Yes, Money Can Buy Happiness. According to the September 1999 New York Times article, Route to Creativity: Following Bliss or Dots?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

in the Spring of 2008 at an Innovations in Journalism conference, I thought, this is going to be big. was a 2008 Knight News Challenge Winner. David is a journalist turned entrepreneur who has written for Wired , Seed , Columbia Journalism Review and The New York Times. is and how it works: David Cohn: Spot.us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by DaveFishernc Charity Balls, Dinner Dances, Black Tie Charity Events, and other parties where people donate money to a charity to have fun together are nothing new. From an article in the New York Times dated April, 1896 about the Hackensack Hospital's Charity Ball) . Charity Ball 2.0

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2009

And I've been finding that my friends get really worked up about it -- it's clear the newspaper as it exists today has real meaning in people's lives. Even an old print junkie like me has quit subscribing to the New York Times , because if it doesn't see fit to charge for its content, I'd feel like a fool paying for it.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Today, Stephanie Strom, Philanthropy reporter for The New York Times did a nice article around data from the Convio system that shows, at least behaviorally, the year-end tax deadline makes a big difference in online giving volume and revenue. had more than 365 donations in 2008).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Over the next six years additional 826 centers opened in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Michigan and Boston under the umbrella of 826 National. This week Eggers is one of three recipients of the 2008 TED Prize during the TED Conference in Monterey, CA. Read through stories by people who have already started a project.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

With each action taken by advocates, there is the opportunity to virally spread the word about the action and, in turn, engage new contacts/advocates, building your database of people that you can communicate with at any time. New donors. New York City, New York, United States: Longman Books. [4]

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

Thanks to Alan Rosenblatt for hosting and Michael Bassik and Emily Williams from MSHC Partners and Daphne Schwab from The New York Times for presenting their takes on online branding. To create a new comment, use the form below. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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