Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Our longest-term donor, the Skoll Foundation , went so far as to introduce me to a DC-based advocacy firm. My reaction was that this kind of advocacy work was a luxury we couldn’t afford. We were elated and eager to get to work. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” I’d say, dodging the recommendations. I was wrong.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

Here is a snippet from Bill Gates: Of course, the work of our foundation is a world away from the making of steam engines. To address these demands, we need better measurement tools to determine which approaches work and which do not. The government is now working to develop better plans for the poorer performing regions.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

We are excited to announce that Forum One has been recognized as a 2022 Communicator Awards winner of 11 awards in seven different categories! The Communicator Awards honor excellence in innovation and creative work in marketing and communications. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Excellence – Website for Government. The Harry S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 22, 2021

Monique Dozier, vice president of institutional advancement at Morehouse, says that with the transition to Salesforce, the advancement office raised a record $107 million—an eight-fold increase over its levels from 2013 to 2018 and the highest total in Morehouse history. Vice President of Industry Solutions, Education Cloud, Salesforce.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2013

People cope with grief in different ways. In an age of connectedness and networks, grieving online is a new way of expressing grief and there are different stages as my colleague, Sarah Granger, who is working on a book in topic points out. Virtual Paddle Out: #Ocean Love Earl – July 3, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Now, in your 6th year, drum roll, tell us Give to the Max Day by the numbers : Total raised: $18,316,626.42 (7% increase over 2013). Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Total organizations: 5,544 (a 25% increase over 2013). Total donors: 62,607 (a 20% increase over 2013).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW). How does you deal with a mistake or failure in your work?

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 26, 2022

I have worked with other AMSs before, the one feature I love is the Express Pay URL. Sometimes timing works out perfectly. We worked with our friends at American Ceramics Society (ACerS) to build the right product. We worked with the customer to make sure it was an easy flow for a staff user and built to ease the workload.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 21, 2018

The 2012 State of the Work Report shows that “people of color make up 37 percent of program offices at foundations…21 percent of U.S. managerial/professional workforce, but only 10-17 percent of CEO and board leadership at foundations” (Ryan, 2012, p. Eventually, their protest worked and a deaf candidate was hired.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Beyond the news headlines, there are great stories of people who are making a positive difference for peace. This is why the PeaceTalks platform was created 10 years ago with the first ever Geneva PeaceTalks being held in 2013 at the United Nations. Showcase and amplify inspiring stories and what is working to build peace.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 8, 2020

My parents instilled in me a strong work ethic and a servant leader mindset from a young age. In my late 20s, after working for small and large companies and the government, I longed for a career with real purpose ? a career that would make a difference. Overhead dread set in with each grant or ask.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

Under pressure from multiple stakeholders, nonprofits tend to prioritize accountability to donors, foundations and governments over accountability to clients and the populations served by the organization (Ebrahim, 2003). 2014; Twersky et al., Sources: Benjamin, L. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 42(6), 1224-1244. Gopal, R., &

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. Long Live Strategy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Whether the model your foundation is using to help its grantees is a one-day master class or extended program, in the end, success is about having participants apply what they’ve learned and make these new skills an organizational habit. The tactics can include workshops , master classes , coaching , expert consultants or peer learning.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2014

Now that it's time to upgrade from Windows XP (it’s retires in early April 2014), you may well be wondering how much of your current software and hardware will work on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. I tested it on a classic Windows XP computer , a Dell Optiplex GX 280 from 2005 and it worked fine. We also have both Windows 8.1

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Despite this, less than half of employees know what their organization stands for and what makes it different. Any area of the company that would be directly impacted had a seat at the table, connecting purpose and strategy to the people working in the stores. “We Brands With Purpose Link Day-to-Day Work to a Shared Purpose.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries. Our story challenges get lots of attention.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 12, 2014

The things I compare the most are related to my work. The United States and Turkey are completely different when it comes to the nonprofit sector. In the United Sates, the nonprofit sector is not so different from the private sector in terms of professionalism and organizational structures.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S. and James L. million in 2009 to $687.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013. I use low tech tools first – paper, markers, sticky notes, and sticky dots. Participants spend time working together to draw their networks — people and organizations who are important to reaching their organization’s outcomes.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

If you already have the new Microsoft Office up-and-running on your organization's computers, you're probably aware of all the great new features that save you time and help you create more professional-looking work. You'll find a catalog of both free and paid apps that work with one or multiple programs in the core Office suite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I’m facilitating a Peer Learning Program for the Knight Foundation with community foundations that are hosting Giving Days using the Knight Foundation’s Giving Day Playbook. GuideStar USA (@GuideStarUSA) October 8, 2013. Carry your camera phone around and snap impromptu photos of your #nonprofit. Experiment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Few were available, and he had trouble with the ones that were: they’d often be in a format that didn’t work well with his voice recognition software. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion.

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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

APRIL 16, 2013

The plenary session was called “ Placing Little Bets: Failing Informatively for the Nonprofit Technology Sector,” and I was joined by smart folks – Brian Reich, Erin Shy, Megan Kashner, and Allie Burns who represent different points of view in our community – from funders, disrupters, software platform, and nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2017

At the Lupus Foundation of America , we’ve been active on Instagram since 2013, though until recently, it was not a central part of our organization’s social media strategy. We had no baseline data to help us determine what types of content would work best on Instagram , or what actions our followers could be encouraged to take.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’m honored to be part of the Schusterman Philanthropic Network and Jim Joseph Foundation for #NetTalks , a free, five-part webinar series for Jewish professionals who want to tap into the power and potential of alumni networks. Register here.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

A strong fundraising strategic plan starts with a solid foundational case statement. By doing so, you’ll avoid the extra time and energy required to redo this work and ensure your forward-facing messaging about your organization is consistent. Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The presentation is in the form of a network map – so you can tell that they already approach their social change work with a network lens. Un Foundation. The three-day conference was amazing (you can view the schedule here ). Teens As Free Agents. ” Philantroteens. Now that’s a powerful idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. I developed one for networked nonprofits and social media called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” Click to See Larger Version.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. If your nonprofit is lucky enough to find exceptional volunteers or interns, you should still consider paying them for their work, especially if they are recent college grads struggling to find a job. Multitasking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Case Foundation (@CaseFoundation) April 13, 2013. The Case Foundation offered to give away a Microsoft Surface and so we issued a call to nonprofits to submit their “Little Bets” stories. We started out with a task force that began to analyze what was working and not working in regard to the prior organization.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In 2012, New York's 92nd Street Y , in tandem with the UN Foundation , started #GivingTuesday as an event to be observed on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. It's an organizing principle that encourages the energy and creativity of people to work together for good. What is #GivingTuesday? Innovation and Creativity Wanted.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, the Wikimedia Foundation raised $37 million from more than 2.5 million donors through the foundations’ s online fundraising campaign. Wikipedia supports donations in more than 70 different currencies and 16 payment methods. Every year, Wikipedia runs a fundraising campaign to support its operations.

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Media Cause

MARCH 10, 2022

No matter what work you end up doing, even if it changes 15 times over the course of your career, those are the parts of you that will always be true. . MC worked with them as a pro-bono client back in 2015, and forged a super-strong connection with their exec director. I’m a social worker now, but a different kind!

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2013

He will discuss the research from the Millennial Impact Project, a research initiative of more than 10,000 Millennials conducted by his agency Achieve with support from the Case Foundation. In this webinar you''ll learn: How Millennials connect with causes - using social media and different peer methods to engage as volunteers and donor s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue! million in a day on #GivingTuesday 2013.

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