sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

This blog post draws on our own experiences at Candid as well as recent conversations with several funders. Central to Candid’s approach to data protection, and to that of the funders I spoke with, are concerns about the risks to people (versus risks to property or organizational reputation, for example).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

Fred Dust -- Author of Making Conversation: Seven Elements of Meaningful Communication “There’s been a surprisingly joyful outcome of 2020—quite simply, leaders are seeing those they lead as humans. The converse is also true. For example, not all employees will want to return to a 40-hour office job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

It is an array of technology that includes: robots, chat bots, artificial intelligence, machine learning, conversational interfaces, smart devices, drones, self-driving cars and others which are increasingly becoming the interface between organizations and humans. The Age of Automation has arrived.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Change the conversation from vanity metrics to validated learning. Funder Support for Relationships. Fortunately, we are seeing concrete examples of what can happen when funders recognize relationships as having a place at the theory-of-change table—when funders support strengthening relationships where they are weak … or absent.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. The moderator was Stephan Sonnenberg , Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law at the Stanford Law School.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

He quickly found me on LinkedIn, Facebook, and my blog. Last week, I had a conversation with a respected colleague and we were musing about the difference between a 20 something who lives online and a soon to be 51-year old who lives online and how our wired fundraising tactics might differ. It's the law of average. I am Khmer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2014

In an earlier blog post , I shared a framework from Jeremiah Owyang that describes the different sub-sectors of this economy – from sharing homes to sharing food to crowdfunding. For starters, what examples of the share economy have you seen in the nonprofit sector? ” #2014SHARE — Peers (@peers) May 13, 2014.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Great example of digital storytelling and community engagement. It is a conversation and it is an archive.

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Qgiv

MAY 21, 2021

Check out this example from Bear Creek Regional Park: Potential sponsors saw a summary of the perks associated with each sponsorship package, then see the full description when they click on individual item. Small-ticket items are awesome add-ons for event registrants—they can easily add a sticker or extra shirt (like the example below!)

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

For local governments that rely on Twitter for law enforcement alerts, public transportation updates, and to hear directly from residents about service requests, this has been especially problematic. There is also a lack of moderation, a rise in hate speech , and concerns about how data is handled.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

federal law supports braille instruction. As we have explained in other Beneblog and Bookshare blog posts, these are exciting times for everyone who has been working to meet the imperative to provide people with print disabilities equal access to published information. Accordingly, U.S.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Most of the hypothetical situations or examples we’ll explore will be focused around event committee recruitment and those more complex volunteer roles. As far as the partnership conversation referenced above, this is a terrific way to help your volunteers understand exactly what it means to be in the volunteer role they’ve agreed to fill.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Most of us can think of examples of this from our own lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It’s become abundantly clear over the past year – through both successes and mis-steps –that the human rights implications of new technologies that requires thinking by companies and advocates, sometimes together and sometimes vigorously independently (as for example with the rich variety of autonomous media projects).

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

And that’s another question that I get, I’m not, you know, by any means an expert in, in business and an expert in this kind of law. Let me put that aspect of it aside for the rest of this particular conversation and what I’d like to hear from you, our suggestions. I also don’t think they need to be split up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

As David Witzel observed during our conversation, "A problem-solving network is the only way we scale rapidly and effect change with limited resources." For example, they have a Climate Corps program. The Fellows are blogging about their experience and learnings on The Innovation Exchange blog.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Delany, who heads up the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) online department, says that one tactic he uses to repurpose NWLC content in an engaging way is to share compelling stats from their policy factsheets. For example, in 1995 the New York Times had over 1.1 Your content needs to be engaging to stand out. Here’s why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. Based on the day of presentations and discussion, it looks like Microsoft’s gives us a stellar example of a CSR program that is at the intersection of the company’s business and social interests.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Her blog, Susie's Blog - Winning hearts and minds over to FOSS (Free Open Source Software) is an excellent example of how professionals in the nonprofit technology field use blogging for professional development. Is it an organizational blog or personal blog? Susie has a great sense of humor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Bethany Deines and Betsy Woods Last month, shortly after Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith was published, there was discussion on nonprofit blogs about how to apply some of the principles to a nonprofit context. Frank Barry chimed in with a follow up post illustrating trust agent characteristics with nonprofit examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

In this sound bite culture, social justice organizations must carve out nuanced positions on complex social issues, from racial and gender equity to immigration reform. In time, it may become a platform for immigrant communities to help ACLU-NC drive momentous legal and policy victories.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Other Examples: An Adopt-a-Family campaign for families in need Movember: growing a beard for charity in November. Excert from Fiver’s Toolkit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

There are no official rules, although there is some great advice in the O'Reilly Twitter Book on this topic for corporate examples. The example above is from Lisa Goddard who is the marketing director at the Capital Area Food Bank. Take a look at Ellen Miller from the Sunlight Foundation as an example. Here's an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Photo Source: Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog. Perhaps create a special web site and discuss the results on Twitter or your blog ? I remember blogging about it when I first noticed it in November, 2007. Jim Spadaccini from Ideum Blog noted that dashboards are not new, in fact, there's a book about Dashboard Design.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You halt the conversation and break away from your loved ones. According to web UX-pert Tommy Walker, optimizing your microcopy doesn’t just remove challenges, it encourages a massive uptick in conversions. A few examples: “Save and Continue” buttons when filling out forms. What to Avoid when writing microcopy. Being Boring.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Often times the community’s ideas or needs are shared in ways that require translation, of sorts—someone that can bridge the community and organization, listening to the conversations and identifying the opportunities for the organization. What’s the foundation of CDSI? That’s the sweet spot where you can count on focusing CDSI energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2008

" Anything can be measured in a way that is superior to not measuring it at all " - Gilbs Law. He gives an example of quantifying love (tongue and check). Would love some examples or perhaps this is the exercise I give to participants. That lead me to Tom Gilb, an engineer and measurement guru.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

In part one of this post, I discussed the first steps the National Women’s Law Center took when we initially received our Google Grant, and some of the challenges we faced getting started. and had a CTR was 2.17% and a conversion rate of 4.40%. They were maxing out their allocated daily budgets of around $30.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! I'm creating a powerpiont for the Webinar and an accompanying wikispace, but wanted to put out this blog post for any feedback.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

For example, when we brainstormed for additional keywords for our women and poverty campaign, we added terms like “poverty level” and “poverty line” to our existing collection of keywords (“low income women,” “poverty in america,” etc.) and had a CTR was 2.17% and a conversion rate of 4.40%.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

At the same time, employees began expressing reservations about the use of AI in the HR context; for example, 71% oppose the use of AI to make hiring decisions, and 41% are worried about AI reviewing job applications. So, what is the future of DEI in the workplace? Take action : Consider reviewing the scope of your DEI efforts for inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

ve ever read a post, blog entry or article in a major publication that suggested we were pushing towards divorcing ourselves from reality and physicality, and moving entirely into these immersive virtual spaces. For example, I get more out of remote attendance in Second Life that via an IRC chat line. t think I???ve D) is to going.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. Nonviolent resistance to unjust laws eventually influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Having courageous conversations about race and injustice isn’t easy. Ask and Listen.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

For example, while we recognize the challenge of people still being in—and expressing—a pivot/unprecedented/back to normal state of mind, we won’t be rehashing that one this year. Hopefully this list of words to avoid is a good conversation starter. The post Words to Avoid—2023 Edition appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2021

Also, it is against federal law to send bulk, unsolicited emails. Share a blog post. Write a compelling, meaty blog entry on your organization’s website and include a strong image and, of course, an invitation to sign up for your email list with a link. Make it a point to regularly post to your organization’s blog.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2023

It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. Nonviolent resistance to unjust laws eventually influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ask and Listen Having courageous conversations about race and injustice isn’t easy.

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