Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

Many nonprofits don’t consider blogging either because they think they need to blog everyday and that it would be too time consuming, or they have no idea what to blog about. Share breaking news. Timely, relevant breaking news is basis of a good social media campaign. Post calls to action. Highlight press coverage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Then, I look for local charities on the ground, many times there is a local community foundation that is stepping up. This article in the New York Times provides some good advice. Given the devastation on the ground in Puerto Rico, it is going to take a long time to get back to “normal,” if at all.

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Non Profit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Then in July, just weeks after that last CCDH report, the organization received a letter from X Corp threatening to sue the group and accusing it of making “a series of troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally, and its digital advertising business specifically,” as first reported by the New York Times.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

It’s the perfect time to relax, get away, and kick back to enjoy some good books from Candid’s free nonprofit eBook collection. We have several quick reads that will give your skills a boost—with minimal time and effort: Nonprofit Quick Guides by Joanne Oppelt and Linda Lysakowski. Don’t have time to read a book cover to cover?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. Authenticity is the validation of the nonprofit’s work and legitimacy by a third party — what is sometimes referred to as “social proof.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good. State of AI in 2018 Report: The AI NOW Institute , which is affiliated with New York University and is home to respected AI researchers with Google and Microsoft, released a report describing the state of AI in 2018 that highlights some worrying trends.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Many of us feel time-crunched. Now sometimes, "I don''t have enough time," can really mean, "I''m exhausted and need more sleep," or "I''m afraid," or "I don''t want to fail," or "I don''t want to have to make a decision and focus on one project." But when time is truly the issue, we have two choices: 1.

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

An article from the New York Times warns “Precautions remain especially important as new variants of the virus emerge. They increased their ROI by 8 times. Time: If you’re like many of us, you never had to consider time zones before as all your attendees were local.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. I think this is fair to say we have leading minds on both sides of the issue.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2021

I would see him several times a year, at a workshop, gala, for a drink or a meeting in his office. To enter Vartan’s office was to travel back to a time when the sheer mass of books in a room made the walls vibrate with the power of knowledge and ideas. He was so many things to so many people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Read time: 6 minutes. Video-first platforms like YouTube have provided auto-captioning for quite some time now, while Tiktok launched it in April of this year and Instagram is testing functionality in Stories. Or if you’re linking out to an article, double-check that the website it’s hosted on has accessibility features included. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Over the weekend, I braved the holiday crowds and spent some time putting my hands on the recommended mobile phones at Best Buy the same place where I purchased my iPhone a year ago. My Best Buy Recommendation Sheet. I also learned about Creedo Mobile , a socially responsible mobile provider.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Last week, the New York Times ran an article exploring a segment of the nonprofit/social impact sector that the author saw as a small minority of organizations, but one I care deeply about: those that plan to go out of business. Read the full article. ].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times, for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

Involving beneficiaries can save organizations money on projects by utilizing untapped beneficiary talent, according to an article from Public Administration and Development. Obstacle 2: “We have no time.”. The time has come for nonprofit leaders to shift from their idea of making their beneficiaries into partners and make it happen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 29, 2013

This week's New York Times Magazine will feature the article, Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead? The article explores the work of Adam Grant, a Wharton professor, and author of the forthcoming, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success. According to the article, "The most successful givers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Facebook’s AI monitoring lead to contacting emergency responders an average of about 10 times a day to check on someone and that number does not include wellness checks that originate from people who report suspected suicidal behavior online. Woven is a new tool that addresses the problem of email coordination to find a meeting time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

If gaming and a higher purpose doesn’t work in curbing your addiction, then maybe try adding apps on your phone that can enrich your life versus wasting time. I just learned about turning my phone to grayscale because the brightly colored icons give your brain a shiny reward every time we open up our phone.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2019

January 11, 2019; New York Times. For example, a 2016 article in Inc. That caps the firm’s return at three times its investment.”. “ Zebras ,” Benno Hansen. In 2018, VC capital nationally raised $99.5 A number of “unicorn” companies—that is, companies with values over $1 billion—have emerged through this process.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Google has emerged as one of the most influential and powerful organizations of our time. They’re more likely to sign up for a newsletter, read an article, or purchase merchandise after engaging with your site. These action-based keywords will attract people who are looking to use their time to make a difference. Impressions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

A round-up of articles and posts that caught my eye recently: Environment/Green Time to Bring Back New York's Oysters by Kieran Mulvaney on Discovery News Los Angeles Adopts Meatless Mondays by Ali Berman on Ecorazzi Food My Go-To Kale Salad by Angela on Oh She Glows Do-Gooding A New Day to Build Community: Give Time on Giving Tuesday by Shari Ilsen (..)

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

Last week''s New York Times special section on museums featured a lead article by David Gelles on Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons. In the article, David discussed ways that several large art museums are working to attract major donors and board members in their 30s and 40s.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. The site currently has 1.6

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 28, 2015

The answer is a resounding ‘yes,’ which should be good news to nonprofit organizations concerned about recent news articles portraying the declining fortunes in walkathons and other popular team-building events. Look at the data over time. Think of retention in a longer time span of three or five years.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

According to a recent New York Times article, Relax! "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." ~ Pablo Picasso Do you think you get more done if you focus, nose-to-the-grindstone, or if you take lots of breaks?

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

This blog post originally appeared as an article on the Nonprofit Times’ website. Read the full article here. I definitely see more nonprofits here than in previous years,” said Brian Robick, director of IT and online communications, senior policy strategist at the ACLU of Washington , who is attending SXSW for the sixth time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Note from Beth: Last June at the New York City book party for the Networked Nonprofit , Stephanie Strom, New York Times, moderated a discussion on the themes in the book. This post is adapted from an opinion article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy , where Vince is a regular columnist.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2012

Watching this video, I can't help but think about one of the top emailed and viewed New York Times stories today, The 'Busy' Trap. For this fourth and final week, I'm sharing a video of a sea turtle swimming in Hawaii. Maybe we all need to take a lesson from the sea turtle, and slow down.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2021

Over the past year, my family text-chain has remained peppered with warnings and articles about the dangers of being Asian American today. To interpret the current philanthropic response to anti-Asian hate, it is helpful to first understand philanthropic funding for AAPI communities over time. These experiences are all too common.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 18, 2009

If I have time to cook dinner, I know that my day is just the right amount of busy. Although neither my husband and I are vegans (I was one a long time ago), I still like vegan cookbooks. Finding time to go grocery shopping and cook can be tough. A few things I do to find time and motivation to cook are: 1.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2014

He writes about business, sales and leadership and typically ends his articles with a moral of the story. Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive was a groundbreaking New York Times #1 best seller for 54 weeks. I''m a big fan of best-selling author Harvey Mackay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I met with a very senior nonprofit leader last week in New York who explicitly asked us to talk more about what we're thinking. Benetech's chief scientist, Dr. Patrick Ball, has spent time there working on the scientific challenges of our work studying large scale human rights violations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2013

My colleagues and I have analyzed thousands of news articles and hundreds of brands , all to understand why some make the most emailed list or get more word of mouth. Those six principles are the basis of my new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On , and the first principle is Social Currency. Virality isn’t luck. A recipe.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Eastern time at 866-447-7559 to answer questions. You have until November 21, 2017, to enroll in this service, but the New York Times offers a weak recommendation for the credit monitoring service. Have a Look at This Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Article. You can cancel the fraud alerts at any time.

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