Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2009

Over the past month, I had the privilege of being the Forum One Project Manager for a fun, open-source web application development contest: the Apps for America 2: Data.gov Challenge. But now, we need your help. You can help. Thank you for helping. Between now and September 7, the public will vote for their favorite app.

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VisionLink

MARCH 13, 2014

"Between 1970 and 2009, undergraduate enrollment in the United States more than doubled, while the completion rate has been virtually unchanged. We’ve made progress in giving students from all backgrounds access to college – but we haven’t finished the all-important job of helping them achieve a degree.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2011

Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. As a result, online revenue originating from direct mail integration increased from 12% to 28% from 2009 to 2010!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

It's easy: go to our Facebook Fan Page and give thanks to a fellow NTENer who has helped or inspired you, or maybe just makes you laugh (in a good way)! Thank you, Joe, for being a member of NTEN! > > It's NTEN Give Thanks Day! You can read all about it in Holly's post here , but really you should just get involved! ntenthanks ;).

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 It's essential that they hear from us.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

These individuals were selected to apply their unique perspectives into the judging process and help determine this year’s Social Innovation Winners. Oxfam America. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Looking at overhead alone is a poor way to measure a nonprofit organization’s overall performance (Letter to the Donors of America, 2014). Below are six practices, three internal and three external, that a nonprofit can implement to help alleviate the burden of the Overhead Myth. Stanford Social Innovation Review, (Fall 2009), 49-53.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Wireless Innovation Project Winners - "The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the winners of its Wireless Innovation Project, a new initiative that identifies and funds unique innovations using wireless related technology offering the best potential to address critical social issues around the world.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You can get some help with finding the nonprofit-tech proposed sessions from Beth Kanter's handy list. Voting's open till Monday! The Rhode Island 501 Tech Club is launching!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

John Carnell, from BullyingUK or @johncarnell on Twitter, is helping organizations share their twitter experiences with each other in this interview series. The biking community in Toronto and many other places around North America and the world is a dedicated community, plugged in to news and engagement for, with, and about biking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. Throughout the summer, we worked hard to provide organizations with ample information about how the new site works, what would feel different and how to get help.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

percent in 2009. percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated. And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels. and México.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. The goal was to increase the number of attendees and help grow the conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Are you a nonprofit that could benefit from some techie help? Check out the Mozilla Service Week, taking place September 14-21, and sign up to participate - whether you want to help, or want to get some help! - Are you a techie who could donate some skills? " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

I’ll hear comments like, “Hey Anthony, why doesn’t Tech Impact have a Pinterest page?” “Wouldn’t it be great if Tech Impact had a Tumblr on bad nonprofit technology?” “Why aren’t we using Instagram for pictures of the nonprofits we’ve helped?”. Which audience will help you raise the most money? I hear you. I hear all of it.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2009

Today is Blog for Choice Day 2009 , an event organized by NARAL Pro-Choice America. So personally, my top pro-choice hope is that NARAL Pro-Choice America is able to use Convio's suite of tools to effectively empower their constituents to make their voices heard to decision makers on issues of choice in 2009.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

at 3:56 pm Great America Networks Conferencing has a WebConferencing tool called QuickVisuals that lets you share your desktop, PowerPoint, video files, webcam from a PC/Mac/Linux platform easily. Be Helpful. Other thing is that I noticed that they seemed to recently get certified by Skype… for both their PC and Mac versions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Being able to have your stakeholders engage with you – through social channels or otherwise, is what can help you win their hearts and minds, and eventually their donations. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. So far, the Give to the Max Day events in 2009 and 2010 have raised $14 million and $10 million respectively, more than in any other community. It’s the ability to initiate and nurture these relationships that has helped us succeed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In 2009, she was recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and today she gives back through the Global Give Back Circle website “ Hey Sister, Get Clued Up ” and attends the American University in Dubai. Peter Shiras joined us from another great youth organization, the International Youth Foundation (IYF).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 26, 2019

Federal, state and local governments increasingly depend on Social Service nonprofit organizations and, because of that dependency, have been willing to help fund them. Organizations can share the fundraising costs, as well as leveraging each organization’s strengths to help make a larger impact in the communities for which they operate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Mozilla is reaching out to geeks far and wide to give a helping hand to nonprofit organizations and people all over the world to experience the joy of using the Web! Create your own opportunity: Reach out to a local school, organization or people near you to find out what sort of technology help they need.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

The truth is that Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, began in 2009 and so too did the genesis crypto culture. Jargon jargon everywhere, but not a drop to drink … Becoming familiar with the commonly used language in the crypto community may help with communication designed to reach that audience.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Simon Moloney, NPower Network & Conifer Analytics and Rebecca Willett, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, joined me on the panel discussion. With all the new technology out there, nonprofit organizations have more ways than ever to reach donors online.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. The goal was to increase the number of attendees and help grow the conference.

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NTEN

MARCH 9, 2009

3/12/2009). Tactics for Finding More Online Donors, Members and Advocates : When Organic List Building Tactics Aren’t Enough (3/16/2009). Storytelling via Email (3/26/2009). Evaluating your Email Marketing Efforts for Success (4/2/2009). > Register Now for the Webinar Series: Step Up Your Email Marketing!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

These local giving days focus more a community approach and help nonprofits build capacity in fundraising on all channels, while also promoting the idea of a Giving Day in the local community or geographic area. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Second, we're co-sponsoring and helping plan the eDemocracy2 Camp in DC on Sunday, April 19 (one day before the 2009 Politics Online Conference). Third, we're participating in the Apps for America Contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. This is a free event. This is a free event. Wish us luck!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2009

"It's been said that our true calling in life is where our heart's greatest gladness meets the world's deepest need." --First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Nine months later, the Edward M. Service is just a little something extra - the icing on the cake, but not part of the cake itself."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2009

This week's posts were: 5 Tips to Help You Find Time to Volunteer and Do Good with Ladies Home Journal. 16 & 17, 2009 Wild Apricot's 100 Online Tools for Non-Profits Smart-phone app lets you do good deeds in your spare time in The Christian Science Monitor. World The National Parks: America's Best Idea , a film by Ken Burns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. Our Give to the Max Day Livestream webcast from the Mall of America saw 1,693 unique viewers over the course of the day. Social media strategy payoff. Multiple answers were acceptable).

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. " Frontline social workers are finding that this repository of data has put them in touch with colleagues' expertise and helped them improve their work. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Despite the positive increases from 2010, the above numbers demonstrate that in most areas, there is still significant room for improvement for many nonprofits across America. The ASU Lodestar Center can help! Below are a few examples to help you get started. Does your nonprofit need board governance assistance? Sources: 1.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

Grant Howe brings more than 16 years of experience to his role as VP of research & development for Sage North America's Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas. Sage currently helps more than 32,000 unique not-for-profit organizations in the U.S.

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