Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

This post originally appeared on Arabella Advisors'' Greater Good blog as part of the series Impact 2014. For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the significance of advancing equity in philanthropic grantmaking and discuss actionable steps that donors, organizations, and social changemakers can take to make a meaningful impact. This can help identify best practices, leverage resources more effectively, and avoid duplication of efforts.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. For nonprofits, this moment presents an opportunity for a social media strategy “do-over.” Marginalized users and organizations have been impacted in multiple ways.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

You may think this is an odd beginning for a public policy blog, so please bear with me. And yes, public policy at the local, state, and federal levels can and will impact your ability to achieve your organization’s mission and day-to-day activities. Taking stock allows us to set new priorities and forge new paths.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. In this blog post, we will explore the concept of community leadership in foundations and discuss how they can support their grantees beyond the dollar.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Understanding the different types of nonprofits and their IRS classifications is crucial if you’re looking to make a positive impact in your community by starting a nonprofit. The diverse amounts of nonprofits play a vital role in addressing societal needs and helping their communities. What is a nonprofit organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. How do organizations create policies?

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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. What’s a Nonprofit? Let’s begin. Your Mission. Discuss that too.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 15, 2022

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you understand the power and potential of policy change. If you have a policy, thought-leadership, or government relations team, you know that true societal shifts and those monumental changes we want require advocacy. And advocacy requires, well, advocates. What could they do? .

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

As a nonprofit, you’re always looking for new ways to engage your supporters and donors. So how can nonprofits use this technology to their advantage? Generate Images for Blog Posts. Do you want to add visual interest to your blog posts? And with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), you can do just that!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

It can contribute to exchanges and interactions that are at the heart of nonprofit network building. In working with a nonprofit intermediary, we brought together a knowledge team that met monthly over the course of nine months. The post Data as Decision in Grantmaking first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. Internet Use Policy.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

My much-loved client, Community TechKnowledge , recently asked me to serve as the curator of their new guest blog. Since 2005, I've been murmuring that the future of blogging is not with individual blogs like mine, but with well-designed web sites that feature clusters of blogs by diverse authors who are focused on a coherent mission.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2016

A few months ago, the MAH board and staff started discussing whether and how to create a formal policy for advocacy activities. I blogged about it , and you offered several good pointers on what should be considered in constructing it. Want to go straight to the policy? Why create an advocacy policy?

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In July 2020, Candid published a blog post examining the many surveys inquiring about social sector organizations’ needs in light of COVID-19. This blog presents several common insights generated through these surveys. Many nonprofits have adjusted and kept operations going, even if at a limited level.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The only question: Is it a mere glitch or a natural extension of Apple’s policy that is generally indifferent to nonprofits and philanthropy?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In this blog post, we highlight a new section of the report, which offers specific, actionable takeaways for how donors can maximize their disaster-related giving. . Enable advocacy and community organizing efforts. Nonprofits need support to engage in activities that influence disaster-related policies.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Consider the evolution of nonprofit tech over the past year and a half. When the pandemic hit, you probably invested in video conferencing tools as your nonprofit’s team headed home to work safely. In addition, your nonprofit is focused on year-end giving from now through December. With that, let’s get started!

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

This blog post was originally published on 12/11/2021. Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. Technology That Maximizes Donor Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. Source: amazon.com via Beth on Pinterest.

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JULY 1, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: CharityEngine, a nonprofit technology provider. Growing your nonprofit is a big step towards improved outreach and mission fulfillment. It can also be intimidating as your nonprofit assesses what changes need to occur to accommodate your growth goals. Best Practices.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Whether you’re introducing a change in ownership, new staff, policy change, technical update, or something else, community members sometimes resist change.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The short answer: a good digital advocacy strategy helps an advocate win! A clear, practical digital strategy helps any advocacy organization or advocacy campaign understand what they need to do online and why. Nonprofit Marketing advocacy campaign digital strategy Social Media for Nonprofits'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post called “ Why the Nonprofit Work Ethic Is Outdated and Needs Change ,” about why nonprofit professionals need to pay attention to self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. (The Gabriela says that senior leaders at her nonprofit model self-care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

A champion is an individual that supports a nonprofit organization or cause. Nonprofit staff members, volunteers, and board members are some of your best champions. Many nonprofits have limited capacity and staff resources when it comes to implementing marketing and communications strategy, especially social media.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Nonprofit organizations are especially at risk of wading into unethical waters if the right cultural considerations are not made. Consider the line between advocacy and data manipulation, particularly as it relates to fundraising. Read it here.

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JUNE 13, 2023

million nonprofit boards in the U.S. When your nonprofit’s board does not accurately represent the community you serve, how can you have an accurate pulse on what your community needs? Your board’s diversity (or lack thereof) can impact your nonprofit in many ways. Nonprofits belong to communities, not board members.

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JULY 3, 2023

Learn how you can celebrate and what nonprofits to support this Disability Pride Month! This Disability Pride Month is a perfect time to let your elected officials know about accessibility problems in your community and policies that help and hurt the people with disabilities that they represent. Donate to support their mission here.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

For more thoughts on ledes, check out this blog post with 22 Email Ledes that Always Work!! Most of the time, you don’t need a policy briefing in order to make sense of the call to action. Does this sound or look like a policy briefing? Q: What if this was the first message I ever saw on this topic? Wonky language and jargon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. Feeding America’s strategic plan has a broad goal to mobilize the public in three outcomes areas: donations, public policy advocates and brand awareness and foster engagement.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

nonprofit sector is in many respects the envy of the world for its strength and diversity. " So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure. And it continues to grow in scale and complexity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Media Access and Policy.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

This blog post originally appeared as an article on the Nonprofit Times’ website. Now in its 6th year, the Lounge has become a hub for discussion and offers insight into core themes for nonprofits at SXSW, and the intersection of social good and technology. “In Read the full article here.

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

October 15th is Blog Action Day , an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and videocasters to post about the same issue on the same day. The Senate is debating a new Farm Bill, which will set policies that could either help small farmers at home and abroad-or keep them struggling.

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AFP Blog

JULY 2, 2009

Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center: "Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates?by by Ray Schultz, Child Advocacy 360This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference drew standing-room only crowds to sessions on social media.

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