Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2016

When I encounter 501(c)(3) organizations that would be suited well to engage in online advocacy but don’t currently have programs set up, I tend to hear the same story, “We don’t want to engage in advocacy because we don’t want to risk losing our 501(c)(3) status.” Often, engaging in advocacy means a connection to public funding.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. In short, the board’s duty is to deal with the policies and the “big issues.”

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Your lede (the first few lines, usually up to the first call to action) is the most important part of your message. They do not keep a carefully curated and constantly shifting mental list of which United States Senator is actually the worst. Is the call to action clear? Does this sound or look like a policy briefing?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education. Review and update the organization’s policies and practices to ensure that they are fair and inclusive for all members of the community. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S.

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

That’s why every July in the United States, it’s important to observe Disability Pride Month! Take action While we celebrate Disability Pride Month and the strides we’ve made in breaking the stigma around disabilities and increasing accessibility, it’s important to know that there is still a long way to go.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. Choose a board of directors A nonprofit’s board of directors is a governing body typically made up of unpaid volunteers who set policies, determine strategic priorities, and provide oversight. There are over 1.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways. In time, it may become a platform for immigrant communities to help ACLU-NC drive momentous legal and policy victories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

My favorite historian, Peter Dobkin Hall , wrote a defining essay in one of his books that describes the "invention" of the nonprofit sector in the United States. However, as part of a sector they have an advocacy voice in policy circles. So, sector is important for policy advocacy. Look at it this way.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

That worries me, because I don’t think I’ve heard about a groundswell of demand for changing Chafee in the United States, other than when one textbook publisher's representatives get up in public and sound like banking executives from five years ago (if the government would just stop regulating us, we'd take care of everything).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

Nonprofits make up 10% of the workforce, making them the third-largest workforce in the United States. That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. People needed that data distilled into something digestible and actionable. Nonprofit work is essential in this country.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks for sharing. All rights reserved.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. They are as good as what we have in the United States today, with some parts that are even better.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) April 27 , 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 5.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Mobile-savvy nonprofits inspired many of us with their interesting apps, from PETA’s mobile advocacy center to the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s collaborative BOOM app (in concert with Nike) to the Central Park Conservancy’s Insider’s Guide to the Park. No exceptions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

We want to remove all excuses and impediments to individual action, because such actions--collectively--do make a difference -- Not On Our Watch. Once again, our counterterrorism policy brings more terror. And when Congress presses the president to act on a foreign policy issue, the president responds. Keep It Simple 2.

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sgEngage

APRIL 22, 2021

In the United States, the 60s and 70s saw a wave of increased activism and protesting- from the Anti-War movement, Civil Rights movement, Mexican-American movement, American-Indian movement, and more. Earth Day was no exception to the trend of using protesting and collective action to voice concerns and enact change.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

The research also looked at the kinds of actions — internal and external — that nonprofit organizations might undertake if external issues that impact overhead exacerbate. Three in ten respondents indicated it would be “significant,” while 34 percent felt if would have some impact.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Has this happened to anyone else??

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

One axis represents nature of action: direct or indirect. They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. They then place social entrepreneurs in the direct action and systems change box. and Osberg, Sally R.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

but I couldn't find an extensive list of twenty-something bloggers who focus on nonprofits, social change, and social action. She covers nonprofit technology, social actions, and social change. Johanna Bates , a gen y and nonprofit techie, who works with a health care advocacy nonprofit, has recently take up blogging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

These simple actions can be potentially life-changing, and they are all made possible by ads posted at the top of Google Search results. Driving in-person actions such as adopting an animal . In this article, we will focus on eligibility in the United States. . A call to action. To be eligible: .

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

We’ve committed to a list of actions as a company that we are continually expanding and improving upon. The Conscious Kid —The Conscious Kid is an education, research, and policy organization that supports families and educators in taking action to disrupt racism, inequity and bias. Attend Events . The Color of Law.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Second is to develop some action-oriented strategies to recruit and retain and engage diverse board members in fundraising activity broadly. I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. It’s how my brain works.

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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. Forum One worked with NRDC this year to redesign their website.

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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. Forum One worked with NRDC this year to redesign their website.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

We are currently in the first phase of implementation with a group of three Community Action Agencies in Massachusetts. Instead, they recognized that a common intake process among all the agencies would benefit policy advocacy and decision-making on a state level. ABCD) ( [link] ).

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The mission of IMPACT is to connect, educate, and mobilize college students, nonprofit professionals, and educators to strengthen their communities through service, action, and advocacy. Join us for the premier annual gathering of foundation leaders in the United States. MCON is about turning interest into action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

If you had some example of how a person or a small group's action could make a difference, that would be great. I think that that is a really tangible example of the power of an individual to take something into their own hands and say: this is morally wrong, this is something I have to take action on, and I am going to figure out how.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. We do that by coordinating training, technology, and advocacy support. We also have some upcoming advocacy delegations, which are a part of our Sacred Earth Advocacy Network.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

And the workforce is steadily growing: in the United States, the number of platform workers increased by 34 percent in 2021, one out of three workers has become defined as a temporary or freelance worker, and so-called “independent contractors” are expected to be the majority of the workforce in the near future.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

From just one look, you can see how Project Open Hand’s site engages their audience, but let’s layout just a few reasons we love the design of this colorful, beautiful site: Strong calls-to-action. Emphasized calls-to-action. The prominent “Take Action” button catches the eye immediately. Nonprofit Website Overview.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2017

Now more than ever, our work will help to ensure that gaps created by government action or inaction do not serve to harm our most vulnerable populations. And we remain strongly against policies that discriminate against groups of people based on categories like ethnicity, ancestry, or religion. Net neutrality advocacy.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) We need a policy for a multi-site organization!

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Yet, for the most part, Instacart offers no injury or death benefits, and workers are forced to rely on crowdfunding to cover their medical costs.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) said Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation.

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