Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. What if you’re a U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Several challenges can be unique to senior volunteers. However, the benefits senior volunteers bring to an organization are also important to consider. 6 Utilizing senior volunteers provides benefits to both the organization and the volunteers. Some seniors may be unfamiliar with or resistant to newer technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

But when he gets excited about activity that could benefit the nonprofit technology sector, I listen. What do you think of the Campus Party model? Note from Beth: My colleague, Daniel Ben-Horin, from TechSoup Global has been in the nonprofit technology for decades. He has seen it all. And like Bar Camps , people hack.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Given the increasing challenge of obtaining grants, future focused NGOs in Kenya should find ways to incorporate individual giving as part of their fundraising strategy. Other challenges for NGOs receiving payments include security, trust and misuse of funds. 63% donate to crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

2013 Challenge. The 2013 Challenge was a breakthrough year for global participation in interactive events and workshops. 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Winners. 2012 Challenge. 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge Winners. 2011 Challenge. 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge Winners.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

in 2013 compared to 2012. Large organizations fared better from overall giving while small orgs benefitted the most from online giving. Online giving on #GivingTuesday in 2013 was up 90%, compared to 2012. increase from 2012. According to the report, overall giving grew 4.9% increase in online giving.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

in 2013 compared to 2012 (You can take a look at the review I did of their 2012 study). Large organizations fared better from overall giving while small orgs benefitted the most from online giving. Online giving on #GivingTuesday in 2013 was up 90%, compared to 2012. increase from 2012. increase in online giving.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Imagine the benefit to society when we go from solving less than five percent of a social problem to most of it, while using less money! First, it was written broadly enough to encourage bold ideas that challenged the status quo in the accessibility field. However, I don’t want to understate the challenges we face. In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2012

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights.Camera.Help. asked social benefit organizations for their best photos and videos and in return shared a month’s worth of educational events. Recaps of all the webinars and tweet chats, including those from last year’s challenge, are available on the TechSoup.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The first GivingTuesday took place in 2012, and since then it’s grown into a global movement. Your fundraising goal should be reasonable and reachable, while still presenting enough of a challenge that donors will rise to the occasion to help meet it. Get familiar with the big day. Decide on a fundraising goal.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

They are the geniuses behind SF0 , Ghosts of a Chance , and Journey to the End of the Night --games that encourage people to see their city or a museum in a new way through a series of unusual rules and challenges. A Challenge to Overcome Every game has a central challenge or mission. I encourage any team to try this.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. billion in benefits for families and communities after spending $231 million on their advocacy. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. The groups in our study produced $26.6

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This global event, which takes place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (this Tuesday, December 3 rd ) was created in 2012 as a day encouraging people to give back, a much-needed call to generosity and giving at the exact time of year where Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season often demands that we do the opposite.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2017

In a 2012 report, the National Chamber Foundation cited that Millennials have approximately “$200 billion of direct purchasing power and $500 billion of indirect spending.” National Chamber Foundation, 2012). Kylander, 2012). 2012, Spring). Nonprofit organizations can do this through the following means. Experience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2017

In a 2012 report, the National Chamber Foundation cited that Millennials have approximately “$200 billion of direct purchasing power and $500 billion of indirect spending.” National Chamber Foundation, 2012). Kylander, 2012). 2012, Spring). Nonprofit organizations can do this through the following means. Experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. At the 2012 GEO conference, I learned about a Big Experiment for Learning in Public undertaken by the Packard Foundation, together with TCC Group and Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2012

Rather than cover the tired topics of typical nonprofit conferences like reaching donors or polishing mission statements, Masaoka's convention will challenge mainstream policies and look at policy decisions yet to come. Date and Time : Thursday, September 13, 2012. Mitchell, assemblymember of California’s 47th. to 4:30 p.m.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Program outcomes are defined as the expected and/or actual benefits that program participants will receive. In December 2012 Charity Navigator released the concept note for CN 3.0 – their next version of Charity Navigator. Some organizations gather data such as program expenditures, customer satisfaction or program outputs (e.g.,

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2012

Fundraising remains challenging but hopefully the worst is behind us, and nonprofits will continue to see positive growth in 2012,” according to Chuck Longfield, Blackbaud’s chief scientist. Most economists agree that is when the recession began. “Total U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Data from the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 2012 only 8.8% We also know that braille materials must be far more available to braille readers of all ages in order to realize their full benefits. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

There is a lot of speculation about what has been causing the challenges that fundraising is facing in the United States. While giving related to Hurricane Sandy may boost total fundraising in 2012 it is unlikely to change fundraising results for most nonprofits. What Is Not Happening. Are people giving less because of the economy?

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Qgiv

MARCH 9, 2022

For example, a 2012 article published by American Health and Drug Benefits found that stable housing contributes significantly to better health outcomes and less utilization of the healthcare system. That leads to a lighter load on the system, which reduces healthcare costs for everyone accessing healthcare locally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It also has benefits to students themselves who can use the data to customize their participation in the class. The State of Learning Analytics in 2012: A Review and Future Challenges. The report offers examples of learning anlaytics in higher education as well as a curated list of articles to get up to speed.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Intrinsic impact refers to those benefits of the arts that enrich or transform participants (McCarthy et al., We all have very lofty words in our mission statements, but how do you know your work is being “provocative”, “challenging” or “innovative”? Measuring the intrinsic benefits of arts attendance. How do you measure that?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When it comes to compliance with state laws, online fundraising initiatives have created a regulatory challenge for nonprofits everywhere. The conversation within your organization starts with you, but it ends by benefiting all, and soon you will realize that compliance is a very achievable goal.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

When it comes to compliance with state laws, online fundraising initiatives have created a regulatory challenge for nonprofits everywhere. The conversation within your organization starts with you, but it ends by benefiting all, and soon you will realize that compliance is a very achievable goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. But we better draw the lines around our “network” pretty widely and make sure that everyone is engaged and involved, especially the people that we are all trying to “benefit.” Thanks, GEO.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

Recent trends in philanthropic giving indicate that the new generation of donors has a high interest in ensuring that their donations generate outcomes (Flandez, 2012). At the same time, nonprofits should be aware of the challenges and limitations to this emergent form of funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Kathy Reich also shared with us how they learned engaging the “public” creates some energy and excitement and benefits for others, but their target audience for participation is actually “first tier stakeholders,” starting with grantees.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2012

The answer lies, in part, in the general economic outlook for nonprofits: NFF’s 2012 State of the Sector survey showed that demand for services is markedly up , while the funding to meet these needs has not kept pace. While 12% said they increased employee benefits, just as many (11%) had to cut benefits.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September; we've now had several months to consider the findings and talk to some of you about what you think. " We'll continue our exploration of our 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey results and what to do next. This post is the first of a series.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In 2012, TechSoup Global, in collaboration with our partners around the world, conducted a survey of nonprofits, charities, NGOs, and social benefit organizations around the globe. We wanted to better understand the current state of their technology infrastructure and their future plans for adopting cloud technologies. Read the Report.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

Bill Gates sees measurement as the path to follow to meet and overcome that challenge: Given how tight budgets are around the world, governments are rightfully demanding effectiveness in the programs they pay for. To address these demands, we need better measurement tools to determine which approaches work and which do not.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

This happened over and over until, in November 2012, I was finally "done," and I left the San Diego Futures Foundation ( SDFF ). Having spent 12 years working with nonprofits and focusing on technology, I realized that my knowledge and experience could probably benefit others.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Will you rise to the challenge? If you have a good idea, the potential to change lives and the ability to create your app, starting today, November 5, 2012 through February 28, 2013, your app has the opportunity to make it to the top for up to US$15,000 in prizes. That's what we're talking about.

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