Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2012

This month's issue of the Juicy Blogging eNews features an article about taking a blogging break, and announces five blogging workshops I'll be teaching this spring.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

See any other good articles or blog post with a good analysis and advice? Do I want to give my friends the ability to share my location with others? These questions (and others) prompted a discussion about privacy concerns. Scroll to “things others share&#. Disable “friends can check me into places.&#.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 5, 2008

The San Francisco Chronicle published an article about everywun.com , a new click-to-give site. The article makes this sound like a new idea, but The Hunger Site (and their later projects for breast cancer, children’s health, literacy, rain forest protection, and animal rescue) has been doing this since 1999.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

You can read more about it how it works from Steve Blank in this HBR article and the app Strategyzer. Here are the simple rules for nonprofit marketers as explained in this article in Social Media Today : Start with a hypothesis. ” More about testing images on Facebook, see this useful article. Cultural nuances abound.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2011

And TechSoup's Learning Center has more than 500 how-to articles and webinars on technology topics created especially for nonprofits and libraries. And if you'd like to take it offline, and live in the San Francisco Bay Area, come by one of our monthly San Francisco Online Community Meetup events.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2014

In-person Events 10/14 SFTech4Good (San Francisco, CA): Cause Funding: Indiegogo + Cause Funder: Geek Club Books, Autism Story Apps 10/15 NCTech4Good (Triangle Region, NC): Does Your Donation Page Need Work? We''d love to hear from you - please share articles about your ideas, tools, best practices, case examples, and more.'

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Prior to her work in research, she managed the Salesforce.org blog and oversaw the editing and publication of 250+ articles per year as well as e-books on AI for social good and more. When she’s not managing marketing content, you can find her teaching or taking yoga classes around the San Francisco bay area.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Central and South America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Harold Jarche (Click for Original Article). On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. Recently, Robin highlighted an article by Jarche titled, “ Ask What Value You Can Add ” on Social Media Today.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2007

Two good articles recently covered the Guatemala secret police archive project that we are supporting. Guatemala struggles to find war crimes justice was in the San Francisco Chronicle, and captures the personal side of this work. Many people want to know what happened to those who disappeared in Guatemala's civil war.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

I had to accommodate the six-hour time difference between Rio de Janeiro and San Francisco by adjusting my workday so that I could be on call during San Francisco work hours. I had quite a bit of experience being managed by remote staff at TechSoup, but this was my first time managing someone remotely myself.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

In a recent article Kutash wrote for The Center for Effective Philanthropy , he talked about how he believes transparency should be utilized by foundations, and how the Peter Kiewit Foundation is working towards being more transparent. Look for transparency. Customer service is key.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2019

For example, a 2016 article in Inc. A number of foundations have begun to back to the Zebra movement (and related organizations such as Brown and Black Founders , based in San Francisco.) Some famous ones include Facebook, Google, and Uber. But for every unicorn, countless others grow too fast, burn through the money, and die.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

The COO of 99designs, a design firm based in Australia and San Francisco, guest blogged about web design for Connecting Up, TechSoup's Australia and New Zealand partner. The Greenbelt Alliance, a nonprofit in the San Francisco Bay Area, shared 10 lessons learned from its major website overhaul.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2017

He is an educator and consultant who's worked exclusively with nonprofits for over 25 years providing advice, teaching seminars, and writing articles. John is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University. This blog post was originally published on John Kenyon's blog. spanhidden.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

A collection of blog posts and articles that caught my eye this week. December 8 (San Francisco): The Power of Women Leading from the Heart with Nina Simons * What posts, articles and events inspired you this week? Photo by me. Share Tweet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 20, 2005

Nice article in the San Francisco Chronicle on our Harry Potter scanning project, entitled Books ripped up, fed to online library for the blind. Hundreds of Bookshare.org members have downloaded the book already, while I'm waiting for my wife to finish the print copy my daughter read first!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

h/t Robert Scoble ) This aggregate data shows exactly when and how many people in the San Francisco were bolted awake by the recent Napa Valley earthquake. When I tweeted this graphic and link to the article, a Twitter discussion ensued. Capture the Ocean (@CapturetheOcean) August 26, 2014.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I was recently quoted in a Common Ground article that I thought you might enjoy, Maverick 101 by E.B. You can read the Common Ground articles online, or find a free printed copy of the magazine in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Los Angeles or Seattle.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

What’s the use of being in San Francisco if you can’t check out some cutting edge tech conferences now and then? He estimated that half the developers were hobbyists, and half were people with start-up ventures who came to San Francisco looking for seed funding. Wikipedia article on smartglasses.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

Orphan works article in the San Francisco Bay Guardian News. A recent article mentions why Benetech is concerned about orphan works: obscure works are hard to find the copyright owner, and it costs to much to hassle with. I'll be speaking out more on copyright issues in the coming months.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Five years ago, the city of Portland, Oregon followed the precedent set by San Francisco and Chicago when it opened its data to developers. According to the Open Data Institute, open data saved Canada $3.2 Here in the U.S., local governments are using open data to improve their services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Note from Beth: Earlier this month, I posted shared an article mentioning a warning from Facebook to Page Admin s: Your organic reach will decline. I asked fans if they thought paid reach will become a standard part of their strategy. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, who spends way less time on social media than she does.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

He is an educator and consultant who's worked exclusively with nonprofits for over 25 years providing advice, teaching seminars, and writing articles. John is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University. This blog post was originally published on John Kenyon's blog.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2010

This month's Online Community Meetup here at TechSoup's San Francisco headquarters featured Charles Baker, strategy and community development manager at Meetup.com. She blogs about social media and communications at carriewriterblog.com , and her portfolio and other links can be viewed at carriefreelance.com.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Like this article? There is a comparable Senate Bill which is not discussed in this blog post. iii Performance bonds are typically used in construction projects and may be accompanied by bid or payment bonds as well. iv [link]. v Rothschild, S. Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Through this initiative, we are supporting a group of dynamic, next-generation leaders in the social justice field in the San Francisco Bay Area as they retool their organizations for greater impact. The Bay Area, after all, is renowned as a cradle of innovation – both for technology and social movements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles. Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. Here are even more blog posts, articles, and event recaps to get you started: Facebook uses an algorithm called EdgeRank to determine the makeup of each user's news feed.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

Here in TechSoup’s San Francisco office, we use audio conferencing every day to talk with people working remotely, in the Bay Area, plus staff based in New York or Seattle, and often London or Poland. We also have a great article on figuring out which web conferencing tools may be right for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Amit, a member of the San Francisco tech community, has leukemia. The community is rallying and hopes you’ll join the registry, tweet and forward this article to your friends to help Amit, and others, find a match. One email to David Cush, the CEO of Virgin America and he graciously agreed to help out. swabacheek.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus challenged other Gay Choruses around the country! Almost every development professional I spoken with in the last week or so has told me they have been asked for an ice bucket challenge by a board member or their boss. So, if you are looking for some good reads, I suggest these articles: 1.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Ghaffari laid out a hypothetical situation: Imagine a homeless shelter funded through two contracts, one from HUD and the other from the City of San Francisco. The importance of accurate reporting was also emphasized by Ann Goggins Gregory, COO of Habitat for Humanity, Greater San Francisco. For example, Ms.

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APRIL 7, 2015

RSVP and take part in the game-changing conversation about the biggest shift in labor since the Industrial Revolution, in person in San Francisco or follow the action with #WorkShift2020. Vanco Payment Solutions ''s article, " Finding the Payoff in Nonprofits ," is featured in the April edition of Digital Transitions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Though the numbers aren't in, it must be likely be higher in 2008 as this article by David Cay Johnston in the New York Times points out. According to the Food Research and Action Center , more than 36 million people lived in households in America struggling against hunger in 2007. Hunger isn't just a problem in America.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2012

Ironically, as I was flying earlier this month there was a big article in the Airline magazine about the “philanthropy web” in Seattle—mostly rooted in , yes, you guessed it, former (and a few current) Microsoft employees. I wait impatiently like a kid on Christmas to see who’s coming out on top.

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MAY 11, 2012

The original Encore Fellowships program in California pairs former corporate professionals with clinics and consortia in the Central Valley and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Like this article? Volunteerism research: A review essay, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 41, 176-212. Get another!

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