Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. The State of Learning Analytics in 2012: A Review and Future Challenges. Learning and Knowledge Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

All that probably sounds pretty good. 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. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Dubbed "Model B+," it's the third model the organization has released to the public since Model A went on sale in 2012. If you want to analyze sensor readings, project to a specific type of display, or use it for something really scientific, the GPIO makes it possible. Creating sounds. Weather station.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

It sounded like an interesting and worthy project, and I figured I could set it up quickly and then return to technical project management and business development. This happened over and over until, in November 2012, I was finally "done," and I left the San Diego Futures Foundation ( SDFF ).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2013

If the NGO’s work is project oriented (for example, assembling and installing 25 new clean wood burning stoves in the homes of poor people and nothing more) then the answer is simple: “we paid for and installed 25 new stoves for needy families.” Why train people to fail? Seeds for a Future seems to already be creating a sustainable impact.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

In December of 2012, the rock musician Beck released his latest album, Song Reader. It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. These kinds of participatory projects can actually de-motivate because participants can''t possibly measure up to the display model.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

But we started imagining a person who could focus a bit on these collaborations and say--hey, let's turn those stories into a funny little book, or let's make sure the local radio station knows we're capturing people's bird sounds and get them in on it. That sounds a lot more like what we want to focus on at our museum than selling tickets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

Thousands of people were in the streets; people carrying political signs surrounded the statehouse, and inside the capital building itself, thunderous sounds of chanting and singing filled the halls and bounced off the marble. Now, fast forward to 2012. Dollars help make independent projects possible.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

PowerPoint 2010: Build slideshows and presentations with text effects, sound, and animation. Norton Internet Security 2012 takes your security one step further. You might also find yourself trying to make sense of files, photographs and project summaries from your public events. See our product descriptions for more details.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

I'm also making the 2011-2012 budget, getting to know our terrific staff and volunteers, and starting up a few small participatory projects to launch us into being a more community-driven institution. Unlike people with paid positions, you will have the opportunity to focus entirely on creating a killer project. Please help us.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

While informal involvement or input for a specific project is always useful, there''s also value to more sustained participation--and the relationships and accountability that comes with it. In 2012, we tried creating an intercultural community advisory board called C3 (Creative Community Committee). I struggle with both these options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This is the type of news sound byte you will typically see in Alumni magazines or that alums (or their parents) might share with your organizations. You want to celebrate their personal , social, or professional accomplishments. Use Nostalgia (old class photos) to Spark A Trip Down Memory Lane.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City. When did Giving Tuesday begin?

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

Check out the rest of this post to learn more about each of our Vega Award-winning projects. NMAAHC: Freedman’s Bureau Search Portal Silver – Cultural Websites In 2016 NMAAHC launched the Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project in the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

Freedman’s Bureau Search Portal (NMAAHC) Excellence – Website for Cultural Institutions In 2016 NMAAHC launched the Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project in the Smithsonian Transcription Center. million pages of documents in the Freedmen’s Bureau archive, the largest transcription project ever undertaken by the Smithsonian.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

They don’t have lots of extra time or staff to run projects and campaigns that aren’t going to pan out. I know you’ve seen the statistics online… In 2012, donors gave over $10 million to non-profits online on #GivingTuesday, an increase of over 53% from 2011 (see the infographic from MDG Advertising here ). You Won’t Raise A Lot.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This project took home six awards this year!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This project took home six awards this year!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

There is also your new classification compliments of the BRIDGE Project, and the first universal software for micro finance, another free cloud service. Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. ” Sounds pretty good. There’s some interesting news and plenty of free things this month.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2015

Each of the three weekend services is amplified with a contemporary Christian band, three large LCD multimedia screens that project words and images geared to each sermon, and computer-controlled lighting to create the right mood. It has task lists and milestones for each project and keeps team members informed of progress and completion.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

So with our capital campaigns, we’ve done over 80 campaign planning studies and for our clients that have been in campaigns, we’ve helped them raise over $200 million for their project. So now I’ll let Matt give a quick highlight to you and then we’ll get into the agenda. Matt: Thanks, Carlyn. And hello, everybody.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

So with our capital campaigns, we’ve done over 80 campaign planning studies and for our clients that have been in campaigns, we’ve helped them raise over $200 million for their project. So now I’ll let Matt give a quick highlight to you and then we’ll get into the agenda. Matt: Thanks, Carlyn. And hello, everybody. Matt: Yeah.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Just to name a few, we: We launched a new project which seeks to build a sustainable system—the first of its kind in the country—for holistically challenging individuals’ prolonged and unlawful immigration detention through both litigation and public advocacy. Okay, this all sounds great, but how do you find the right group?

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