ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

He describes social capital as “those features of social organization, such as trust, norms and networks that can improve the efficiency of society by facilitating coordinated actions.” Nonprofit organizations can benefit from this working model as it can be a useful tool in achieving a participatory culture.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Longtime readers know that I'm a big fan of Dining for Women , an organization that facilitates "potlucks for a purpose." I interviewed Marsha for the Big Vision Podcast in 2007 and again in 2010 , and have mentioned Dining for Women's work many times here on Have Fun, Do Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

I’ve been using Feedly since 2008, when Kevin Gamble from the Extension community mentioned it during an online workshop that I facilitated. .” This isn’t the first time the nonprofit community has been screwed by using free tools own by corporations. If so what are they?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I’ve been doing this work for more than 10 years now, full time for about seven of those years. I got to be a geek, and feel like I was really making a difference in the workings of organizations, and, hopefully, in people’s lives. Although it certainly could be argued that would have just involved different demons.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

As one of those monolingual American types, I’m learning a huge amount about what it takes to create open content in different languages. at 2:31 pm There was an effort by some folks from Debian (not officially Debian) to work on a distro for Bhutan which uses a language similar to Tibetan. It is actually pretty mind-boggling.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

This past Saturday at the SHINE09 unconferance , David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , Drew Mackie and I facilitated a version of what was called the Social Collaboration Game. If you were there , I would love to hear your thoughts as well; and if you weren’t , well, read David’s post about how it all works and join the conversation!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

When I think back on my time with ASU Lodestar Center's Public Allies Arizona program, many different memories and candid moments pop into my mind. We take pay cuts, put ourselves out there, and take risks — all to make a difference. Yet I think that that's the real beauty and power of this work. The work that we do matters.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

In 2010, Mr. Masson came up with a brilliant idea: to establish an innovative project that catered to the needs of dyslexic children. Fill-in color maps, text recognition, and interactive math and science programs help the students improve their schoolwork by approaching assignments in different ways.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Fund development involves facilitating and negotiating optimal relationships that support the growth of assets. Executives believe that board members are useful in “opening doors” and identifying wealthy individuals who may be interested in working with the organization. Volume 39, pages 536-546, 2010. Fund Development.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

For the organization, it is a means of ensuring staff and volunteers are knowledgeable, making them exceptional ambassadors for the organization in and outside of work. New to workshop planning and facilitation? " Arrange for staff and/or volunteers from different parts of your organization to swap roles for a day. Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. What are the lessons learned from Free Agents about working with nonprofits? Check out his illustration of the panel).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Their " backpacking with a purpose" program strives to cultivate consciousness while providing real services that directly benefit the communities they work with around the globe. In 2010, 75 volunteers participated. Fundraising is mandatory for all who wish to participate in the program. Each was required to raise a minimum of $1,000.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Data Theft Creates Notification Nightmare for BlueCross" (March 1, 2010, CIO.com). The BlueCross' original breach occurred in October 2009, but five months, $7 million and 110,000 work hours later, they are still dealing with the issue. Wanted: Defense Against Online Bank Fraud" (February 8, 2010, Wall Street Journal).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I’ve basically switched to using my Mac mini for just about everything except the bit of systems admin and coding I do, because it’s just so much easier to set up things on Linux for that type of work. And, of course, there are plenty of peripherals that don’t work with Macs.) And, of course, always, for developers.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

I get excited about a lot of things in my work at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. This 2010 TED talk is a good introduction if you haven't experienced his work before. To celebrate political differences. Ze's work can feel silly or strange. Ze's work has always gone beyond the digital.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

They raise funds and awareness in the United States for the lifesaving work that more than 6,000 staffers of Geneva-based UNHCR undertake for refugees around the world, 24/7. million refugees worldwide, this is pretty important work… and did I mention lifesaving? Given that there are more than 43.3 Why important?

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

we are looking at the current field of social video - what is working. Is It Different from Digital Storytelling? What Is the Difference Between Connecting and Collaborating Through Social Video? involves working together on a common goal and there are numerous. Ahead of our July 20 episode of Nonprofits Live.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. But almost ALL of those opportunities are facilitated by people. Since 2010 I have seen, again and again and again, how valuable human facilitation is to the participatory process.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy. Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. Mark Horvath - Mark’s work with invisiblepeople.tv Diverse Goals.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

The design and feel of the place was different than any science center I''d ever experienced. I came on in 2010 to start the statewide nonprofit network. Where it didn''t work, no local support stepped up. We''re really different from traditional science centers in our funding model. I knew I could learn a lot from it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I was working in financial services and my role was in the Managing Director’s office, which enabled me to gain an overview of running a large organisation. We wanted to equip users with the tools to choose organizations and projects that matched their criteria or decision set, and to facilitate that, we needed to be inclusive.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Scott Anderson from ClientTrack , a software solution aimed at increasing the impact of social benefit organizations and their work by “integrating people, processes, and technology.&# You can learn more about Scott and the work ClientTrack is doing in the interview below.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This allows your organization to discover some of the most valuable assets as you work to educate your team on the opportunity. Plus, the facilitators encourage viewer interaction, often incorporating Q&A sessions in their presentations. Let’s dive in!

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Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

As a Certified B Corporation , we strive to hold ourselves to the highest standard of social and environmental performance for business, motivate other companies to do the same, and celebrate those who are working to create positive social change. Really, claiming the number one spot? Ben & Jerry’s. Levi Strauss.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Witesman and Heiss (2016) define collaboration: ‘‘when different nonprofit organizations work together to address problems through joint effort, resources, and decision-making and share ownership of the final product or service’’ (Witesman, Heiss, 2016, p. References.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

We’ve passed through Baltimore – which reminds me of a project I did once, way back when, to work with a group of mostly small and medium-sized organizations on technology planning. I also saw the conference with some different, post-seminary eyes. This was in the solidly web 1.0 In what ways have they not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Last week I was in Pittsburgh for 2010 GEO National Conference, " Unleashing Philanthropy's Potential: Smarter Grantmaking for Better Results." This format is different from the traditional conference model of panels and speeches because participants get an opportunity to have a conversation about the topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Engagement in the network provides a bigger benefit than to the individual member, the networks can work on finding solutions to big social issues. A social impact network is different than a coalition or alliance – where the agenda and actions are controlled. LSF’s Lessons Learned.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

Fortunately, soup kitchens don’t work alone in addressing hunger. Of course, collaboration is tough work. It quickly became clear that creating mutually agreeable security and transparency protocols would be our single most important piece of work for the project.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. You’re not Angry Birds or Facebook. Yes, I get that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. Providers have many different ways of handling that challenge.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. EWF International provides professionally facilitated peer advisory groups for women business owners and executives. Shake it up and do something different.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Kathleen McLean (Independent Exhibitions), Dan Spock (Minnesota History Center), and Kris Morrissey (University of Washington) all shared thought-provoking and useful insights on visitor participation in museums, but Mark Allen and Emily Lacy brought down the house with their bluegrass rendering of the Machine Project and its engaging, quirky work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2011

Note from Beth: I’m working on the sequel to the Networked Nonprofit – it is a book about using measurement to prove and improve results with the Measurement Goddess KD Paine. (Her recent book, Measuring What Matters , is a must read.). Source: Altimeter. Content Curation. Optimization for Mobile Platforms. Next Steps.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

It simply doesn't work to stay in your silo, and to grab hold of your mission statement and work alone. There is something really exciting about looking at every juncture for how we can work together, and pool our knowledge and our ability to open doors. You have three programs that work in three different areas.

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