Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2010

As Amy explains in her post, local NetSquared chapters have been quickly springing up all over the world: there might even be one in your city. Offline, we take things local! NetSquared Local groups are monthly events that take place in a growing number of cities around the world (right now there are nearly 70!).

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Neon CRM

MAY 23, 2023

Whether you’re looking to contact your congressional representatives or donate to a local nonprofit, here are four groups you’ll love (plus a resource for finding tons more). You can connect with a local chapter— take a look at their chapter directory to find the one nearest you.

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2022

The digital storytelling approach powerfully illustrates all that NRDC has accomplished—from landmark legislation to practical changes that benefit the environment and local communities every day—to inspire audiences to support its work into the future and continue to grow its impact. Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation.

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EveryAction

JULY 11, 2016

The event's impressive keynote speaker lineup is also worth noting: the Chief Marketing Officer from the Human Rights Campaign, the one-and-only Beth Kanter, the Senior VP of Brand at the National Geographic Society, and the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer from the UN Foundation. Bridge to Integrated Marketing + Fundraising.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

While a global nonprofit today, the founding chapter was in Arizona. . The family worked with the local department of public safety to make him a police officer for a day. Today, there are 59 chapters across the United States and 30 more around the world. The first wish , in 1980, was that of a young boy with leukemia.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

The digital storytelling approach powerfully illustrates all that NRDC has accomplished—from landmark legislation to practical changes that benefit the environment and local communities every day—to inspire audiences to support its work into the future and continue to grow its impact. The Vilcek Foundation.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2021

The digital storytelling approach illustrates all that NRDC has accomplished—from landmark legislation to practical changes that benefit the environment and local communities every day—to inspire audiences to support its work into the future and continue to grow its impact. The Vilcek Foundation. National Air & Space Museum.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The digital storytelling approach powerfully illustrates all that NRDC has accomplished—from landmark legislation to practical changes that benefit the environment and local communities every day—to inspire audiences to support its work into the future and continue to grow its impact. The Vilcek Foundation. NTI Nuclear Security Index.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

with support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human , has been serializing chapters from his book on Medium. Allison Fine and I have been looking at artificial intelligence, nonprofits, and philanthropy. Read more about the methodology and findings here and download the full paper here.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The digital storytelling approach powerfully illustrates all that NRDC has accomplished—from landmark legislation to practical changes that benefit the environment and local communities every day—to inspire audiences to support its work into the future and continue to grow its impact. Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. From GiveMN Case Study - Click for Case Study. This learning approach has two ways to capture knowledge.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2016

While this is wonderful news for nonprofits and foundations, these organizations still face a significant challenge: how to be the donor’s choice amid a wealth of giving options. And they’re asking questions such as, ‘Should I support the global animal welfare organization or the local animal shelter?’ Donors have more than 1.5

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2016

While this is wonderful news for nonprofits and foundations, these organizations still face a significant challenge: how to be the donor’s choice amid a wealth of giving options. And they’re asking questions such as, ‘Should I support the global animal welfare organization or the local animal shelter?’ Donors have more than 1.5

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Candid

MAY 24, 2021

Play Yellow and CMN Hospitals are using this technology to strategically engage and empower supporters at every level through golf, including member hospitals and hospital foundations, corporate partners, community organizations, and passionate individual donors. Register now.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Because Scott is not using a foundation, she is not required to release grant-specific data. The $126 million grant, to Easterseals, is an outlier in size and structure—it actually represents an aggregation of grants to a set of individual Easterseals chapters. billion to 384 nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. The post was also published on the Knight Foundation blog here. The campaigns were treated as works in progress.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. CA: One of the best things that happened to me while volunteering for the local art museum is they funded my travel to Los Angeles and my tuition to take the week-long grant writing training bootcamp hosted by The Grantsmanship Center. I recommend Candid highly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Almost five years ago to the day, I was lucky enough to meet Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor while I was Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. The offers chapters on how to design and build a network, including a special chapter for funders as well as a rich selection of resources.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

The Denver Foundation’s 2021 Strategic Framework The Denver Foundation is a community nonprofit foundation committed to strengthening the Metro Denver area. The Pennsylvania and Delaware Chapter released a strategic plan for 2022-2024 that illustrates how the chapter will take local actions to support the overarching mission.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Redwood City, CA / $350. State/Local.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

I have also been involved with the Day of Service , the annual conference event where techies give back to the local community for the past decade, along with my colleague Cheryl Hanback who ran the first one. This year we have over 100 volunteers to install a wireless network or work with local nonprofits on strategy consults.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I love the chapter on “The Symptoms of Information Obesity” where he shares a persona based on his wife, Rosalyn Lemieux , that illustrates how too much information can warp our sense of time and other ways it can be toxic to our lives. To encourage consumption of local information. 11-12: Email. 4-5: Email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

A study ( [link] ) funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation has found “when digital games were compared to other instruction conditions without digital games, there was a moderate to strong effect in favor of digital games in terms of broad cognitive competencies.”. Around Gender.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350. State/Local.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2010

Today, I taught a workshop in Santa Cruz hosted by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz and supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The lucky winner was Lorraine from the local chapter of the Red Cross. Here are a few upcoming book launch events over the next two weeks: June 17, 2010.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2019

Attend local networking events . Sign up for email newsletters from local chapters of industry associations to get notified when an event is going on in your area. Many of the networking events are free (or very low cost) and give you a great opportunity to connect with other social good professionals in your area.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Jennifer Anderson is the executive director of Trellis for Tomorrow, a nonprofit that works to build resilience and compassion in local communities through food justice and environmental sustainability efforts. Jennifer Anderson. Executive Director, Trellis for Tomorrow. Isabella Gonzalez Potter. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Find the first installment of this series, Developing a Grant Project here , the second installment, Researching government funders here , and the third installment on researching foundations here. Finding the right funders that match your mission, your specific project, and your geographic locale is quite an art. Information Today.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

The three powerhouses, Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and Better Business Bureau, that foundations, philanthropists, and donors use to seek out information and ratings about nonprofits released an open letter to the nonprofit and foundation world yesterday. Do they offer job training and housing assistance for people in transition?

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

You may have attended your local Tech Club , as an attendee, speaker, or organizer. NTEN 501 Tech Clubs are informal, local groups that meet regularly in many cities. These meetings allow people interested in nonprofit technology to meet local colleagues, develop professional support networks, and talk shop in a relaxed setting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Owyoung also explains that as a leader you’ll need courage as a necessary foundation to drive success in DEIB. You can also encourage your team to volunteer in their local communities with organizations serving underrepresented groups to both learn and make a difference. DEIB begins but doesn’t end with hiring.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

With 54 chapters on college campuses across the country, volunteer leaders handle everything from development, recruitment, marketing, training, and programming of their camp. As you can imagine, with 54 chapters at campuses across the country it’s not easy maintaining a unified message. Pretty cool, right?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Society, Arizona Chapter. For example, there is a local nonprofit whose sole mission is to bring together other nonprofit health agencies. Brandee started her journey in the nonprofit community with an internship at the Make-A-Wish Foundation and served in the Arthritis Foundation’s programs department after graduation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2011

Organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area should check out the Craigslist Foundation's 8th Annual Boot Camp on Thursday, June 2, at the University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay campus. You can read an excerpt of Elliot's chapter, A Cooperative Approach to Web Design , in the TechSoup Learning Center.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries. Hosting a fundraising event?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Alice, a development director at a local, mid-sized arts nonprofit, had paid access to NOZA, but she "didn’t have the time" to do any prospect research. Visit www.NOZAsearch.com and sign up for a free foundation account to search foundation grant records. Prospect Research Success Story.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

We’ll hear from our new chapters about how they are assembling like-minded people in their communities to get together and talk about how to make social change. That’s what chapters and what this annual Summit provide. We’ll hear exciting ideas here in New Orleans. I think the experience of the last year has changed that view.

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