NTEN

MARCH 8, 2010

Working with a virtual team. Openness and FOSS (free and open source software) are really perfect fits for nonprofits who share the values of collaboration, community, empowerment, and sharing. Working with people from afar is not the same as being in-person, so developing practices that are effective in team management is a must.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2012

It was the power of people sharing the stories with one another that actually brought it to some sort of critical mass where mainstream media then took attention. After that, even after the mainstream media attention, it wasn't like, "Oh, and then it really went crazy." It continued on the same trajectory.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. For volunteers, it enables skills development, and improves wellbeing by connecting their work with their purpose. By working closely with communities, they can increase the capacity and ability to not just imagine a better world, but build it.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Breast Cancer Awareness Month serves as an annual reminder of the importance of early detection and preventative care for breast cancer, as well as an acknowledgement of breast cancer patients, survivors, and researchers who do important work searching for a cure for the disease. Final thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

I presented a master class on The Networked Nonprofit as pre-conference session, a mini-workshop on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , and a plenary session on engaging donors moderated by Macelo Jambeiro, a talented digital strategist that works for an agency called Alder & Lang and previously with Change.org. Empowerment. Aspiration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

Their studies, work with technology, and their lives have been disrupted. I’ve been committed to working on technology capacity building for organizations serving Women and Girls empowerment. We work closely with our private sector partners to provide tools, products, advisors and resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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Open Guatemala Tips Training 70

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These programs help your staff members develop skills that can be applied at your organization for more efficient processes and a productive work environment. . A culture of learning encourages staff members to remain engaged and pay attention to new opportunities. One such way is through professional development programs. .

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

The chatter is everywhere, and it can be challenging for organizations, especially those that tend to have fewer technical resources on staff, to know how these new tools might help (or hinder) their work. Stories like these sound almost like magic, but they represent a lot of hard work! Consider the following questions. LEARN MORE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

All this adds up to the why it is even more important to pay attention to Crowdsourcing platforms, social media, and rating sites can serve as useful feedback channels for nonprofits. We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

The following list of rules, I created for my own organization to help the decision makers understand a little clearer how to be more than a town crier getting lost in the traffic noise and make Twitter work better for us, our time investment, and our cause. Robin’s 10 Twitter Rules for Non Profits. Follow Back. Twitter is social.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 18, 2009

Empowerment of niches communities and small businesses – It used to be that only in a city someone could find others with a shared interest in an area outside of popular culture. People must also work harder to maintain their status since noteriety often lasts no more than a day and attention spans are brief.

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

3 steps for engaging in "empowerment marketing," including identifying your organizational values, telling the truth and being interesting. In this webinar you will learn: What the story wars are and why you need to join the fray! The 5 deadly sins of marketing and how to avoid them. How to create your own Story Strategy Map.

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Story Colorado Congo Storytelling 62

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

World leaders and technology firms should be paying attention to their solutions—and backing them up. A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. The women I work with every day are ready. The future of our world depends on it.

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Digital Empowerment Argentina Literacy 20

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

If you give them tools for taking more control of their lives, they will pay you back in attention, support and even hard cash. Empowerment is unconditional. People make technology work. Getting people’s attention means offering them something valuable. As the amount of work grows, so does the number of workers.

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Social Empowerment Conversation Skills 147

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Compasspoint as part of my continuing work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Compasspoint as part of my continuing work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

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Social Media Mobile Professional Conference 101

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Here are just a few examples of the extraordinary work these organizations are doing this month and every month. Even if your organization isn't involved in this issue, these organizations' work offer great examples of how a theme month or day can bring attention to your mission. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Our team was quite impressed with the quality of photos and videos submitted, and all the hard work that was put into each. First up are our awards selected by our panel of judges , hard-working digital storytelling experts who flexed their skills to pick strong stories to receive award donations from our sponsors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Policymakers do not pay attention to messaging that comes through social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. NStreet Village : N Street Village is a community of empowerment and recovery for homeless and low-income women in Washington, D.C.

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Washington Training Train Giving 97

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. As time has gone on, my attention has shifted from the tactic of participation to the outcome of building community. Right now, we're working hard to empower Latino residents to see themselves in our museum.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Solutions Privilege: How privilege shapes the expectations of solutions, and why it’s bad for our work addressing systemic injustice. As Foundations Reimagine Themselves, They Should Give Attention to DEI in Operations. What if pizza shops were funded like human service nonprofits? Do we know best what others need?

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2016

The relational dynamics with your friends at work will go through redefinition. They are more ‘with the times’ and can relate to using technology that can make work easier and more efficient.” While in college work at becoming a first-class noticer. My advice is to accept the inevitability of both. What makes you believe this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. We are working very closely with V.S.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

So how can nonprofits utilize mobile phones for their work? For those nonprofits working on political engagement issues/activism - When media bans were put in place at the end of Musharraf’s rule in Pakistan SMSall , or as its founder Umar Saif, says “Twitter for SMS,” or “Twitter for. serve the public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Blogs can help you work faster. Rather than crossing your fingers that a reporter will cover a story about your work, blogs can help you create your own coverage. Can having a blog benefit your organization?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

creativegreeniu : The 350 campaign is one of the best uses of social media I’ve experienced and it worked on a worldwide basis. creativegreeniu : and why the 350 campaign worked is because it effectively reached a diverse demographic & moved them to action on a complex goal. cian : Big up to @350 ’s work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. It is far less work to slap together a powerpoint presentation and prepare the content.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

This " Demo Spotlight " highlighted six upcoming games to present their work in front of a stellar jury: Frank Lantz of Zynga New York and NYU, Ken Perlin of the Games for Learning Institute , and Connie Yowell from the MacArthur Foundation. SOS_SLAVES. Include "embedded assessment" (tracking hits, how long a player is on the site, etc).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Flickr Photo: bredgar If you're a frequent reader of this blog, you know that if I could do it all over again, I would have paid more attention in math class. I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. As with anything, the biggest challenges in doing BI right are going to be those pesky people you work with.

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Business Gartner Data NTEN 54

Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" I firmly believe that all people have something meaningful to contribute to our communities, cultural work, and society at large--including youth. He works with kids who rarely show up to school.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

They decide with their feet, attention, dollars, and participation. The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. The program works because it is teen-centered, not museum-centered. My answer: neither. Or different people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. We work with about 60,000 refugees from across the continent. Can you talk about how that works, and what the pros and cons of that process are?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and girls around the world, which threatens the gains made in the past decades in advancing women’s economic empowerment, health, rights, and safety. Overnight, educational opportunities disappeared — as did the right to play sports, work, and hold office. About the Author.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Salesforce, when used for program management, helps move away from siloed data and duplication of work. To help affiliates work together more easily, common data models ensure everyone is reporting data back to the central office in the same way, and tools like Tableau CRM allow for data visualisation and insights. About the Author.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

In less than a year, this organization and its dynamic founder, Angelica Ross, have gotten lots of attention for their work to bring more transgender people into the workforce. Then there are people who need the work but don’t have the skills. " Angelica Ross on Empowerment. Why TransTech's Mission Matters.

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People Empowerment Chicago National 36

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. We also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work. We do it in a number of ways.

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