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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. now is the time to give them access. But that’s not always what brings them to you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

That requires that organizations are able to spend as much time on the mission as possible. It also requires the ability to connect, to share, to communicate – in real time. We heard that from Africa, India and Latin America. And the cloud helps that. Training, you know, is something everyone needs. And it’s hard.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2004

One of the issues I was exploring on my trip to Africa was the expansion of the use of our Martus software there. When we started working on Martus four years ago, we didn't look too closely at Africa. Times have changed dramatically. And, of course, there are many human rights and social justice issues in Africa.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

Entering into a rigorous, time-intensive pay for success contract is likely a better plan if a program is not brand new. Harvard University Press. Program Management in this context refers to the risk a nonprofit is willing to take to scale a program within the bounds of a pay for success contract. Vera Institute. and Phoenix, Arizona.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2017

Now is the time to pull some strings and try and get them to come. And the more likely it is that the press will be there, and that it will ultimately be a high-class event that raises a lot of money for your cause. Image 1 : Africa Studio / Shutterstock. Image 2 : Moskwa / Shutterstock. Image 3: Helen Cartwright. spanhidden.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

I've been in Boston this week, and had the opportunity to visit WGBH/NCAM (nation's leading captioning group for the disabled), National Braille Press, as well as folks at BU, MIT and Harvard. Normally I like to talk to students, but the timing at the beginning of the academic year was not ideal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

When they launched their staff as champion strategy, they had to make the case that it was worth the investment of their time. Over time, using Twitter has become more an organizational cultural norm. Many tweets lead to press calls.”. Daniel Bekele , Africa Director. Kenneth Roth , Executive Director.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. If you want to see the data historically, be sure to visit the site and press “Play&# on the map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As Geoff Livingston further notes on Social Media Club blog : "The time to for action is now, and in a year when many of us are suffering financial hardship, we can still make a difference. Just Africa. With your help, we can draw desperately-needed political attention to the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Darfur Voices. GI-NET's Blog.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. At the time of writing, nearly 1300 reports had been placed via SMS, and reports are still coming in. Fundraising.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Strange News. Yes that's right. Microsoft has placed an Office 365.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Just as blogging is now becoming mainstream, but was ahead of the curve three or four years ago (and several Bloggers , are now seen as influencials (and members of the Press (sorta) - if they have a wide enough audience). I sent an IM to Jonathan Fanton about an African intitiated Virtual Africa portal to Second Life (see next post!).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

It’s time to develop a BYOD (bring your own device) strategy for your office if you don’t already have one. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. Big picure time. The mainstream IT press was alive with the topic. I envision a time when all garbage is e-waste.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Here’s the press release: W.K. America’s Giving Challenge offers a tremendous opportunity to raise funds and awareness for nonprofit organizations at a time when the communities we care about, including children and families, have never been in greater need of their services,” said Anne Mosle, vice president for programs at the W.K.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

When citizens write letters and press their agendas in a coordinated way, Congress responds. And when Congress presses the president to act on a foreign policy issue, the president responds. The book is also filled with stories of citizen activists making a difference. So refreshing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

This post traces the evolution of social networking sites from the 80's to present time, although missing a few major early players. Here's here write up on word press. " Gates Foundation also announced grants to programs aimed at helping small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia. Her selection criteria.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? Official press release here. Nonprofit Times covers it here. Ambassadors in Africa - An Interview with Kim Lowery, Kabissa. Blackbaud, Inc. Just the Write Click!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. Britt Bravo: Why is it important to have women citizen journalists in developing countries at this time? I have a story that you have to hear.'" What is it that motivated you to create this program now?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system. " to pursue your grassroots agenda in Africa.

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

So, you would think that the most pressing skill to build is in revenue generation, like fundraising , government grants, or fee-for-service programs. You’re being practical at a time when practicality counts. No doubt that’s high on the list, but something comes first—marketing. You’re not. Your mission is why your nonprofit exists.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

As you dive deep into the world of storytelling and connecting with donors, we also want you to have a great time and feel inspired when you leave. on the heels of an historic election, at a time of significant change in the sector and the country. South Africa / $250. South Africa. AIDF Africa Summit. 11/10/2016.

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MAY 6, 2021

Rather than a single moment in time, ESG was born out of actions in the business community over several decades that culminated into our modern understanding of ESG today. This quote, taken from the TIME article “ Behind the Anti-War Protests that Swept America in 1968 ”, is a good example of that. . “

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

For example, some of our women in Africa and India are interested in taking the ideas and the best practices that came out of this training into their regions. So we saw a need, and we really spent time looking at that need, looking at what else was out there, and what the niche was.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. Almost never do they receive healthcare benefits or vacation time and oftentimes, have to work in incredibly oppressive environments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

The series featured stories of 12 social entrepreneurs including Martin Fisher and Nick Moon, the co-Founders of KickStart (which was called ApproTEC at the time of the series). KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Monday rolls around, and you find yourself posting yet another press release to your nonprofit website’s blog. You scroll through your blog roll and see post after post with long text blocks and little else. Explore Tectonic Video’s roundup of top nonprofit videos for inspiration when creating your videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Note from Beth: Ashoka's Twitter account was placed on the Twitter Suggested List about the same time as my account. Tom Dawkins, who is responsible for Ashoka Tweets, offered to write a guest post reflecting on some best practices for using Twitter. We wanted to continue to play this role on Twitter.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Arab Spring also demonstrated that storytelling doesn’t need a big budget or tons of editing time to be effective. For example, World Press Photo put together this powerful series on life in North Africa, giving an inside perspective not found in headlines, soundbites, or protest clips.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

If you look around the world at some of the most pressing environmental challenges, you see women on the front lines of those challenges. What we heard was that our colleagues in Africa really needed support around water. The Global Peers will be reporting out on the successes of the women in communities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Based on the an analysis of previous fundraising campaigns (see " Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With Twitter "), the first time I heard about Twestival I knew it signaled something different. This happened on a short-time frame too. Administration skills. Multi-task.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. The IT press has been covering lots new developments lately in paying by mobile phone. Digital Wallets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’ve spent some time taking a look at various reports, studies, and International organizations and the use of networks and social media. Every time I have taught a social media and digital communications strategy over the past decade, I always include useful research studies about the who and how people are using these tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

m also a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Burkina Faso, West Africa), and am even now preparing to move from Washington, DC to Seattle immediately following a two-month fellowship in Australia. Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. Stop: Hammer-Time! You've experimented with quite a few Web 2.0/Social

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Candid

JUNE 21, 2022

For example, vaccination rates in parts of Africa are barely a few percent, while most EU countries’ rates range from 80-90%. Inna Pidluska, Executive Director for the International Renaissance Foundation , shared that the typical three-hour trip from Kyiv to Barcelona had this time taken over 30 hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2006

Nancy White posted about the Blog Mentoring in Africa project , run by Ore Somolu and Sokari Ekine that she found from reading Joitske's blog. WOZA stand out as a group of women who, through non-violent peaceful action, give a public face and press-friendly words to the experience that weighs on all women in our country??????

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

We’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. Probably, we would have ran into each other a dozen times right now at conferences. The last time we actually went to anything I think, it was the 2019 Boston Pride parade, always a favorite of ours and our family. Peace Corps in Senegal in West Africa.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Read time: 6 minutes. From January to March of 2020, articles focused on food insecurity received scant engagement on Facebook and only broke through during natural disasters, such as flooding and locust swarms in East Africa, that affected food insecurity on a regional scale. The reopening of schools and its impact on food insecurity.

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