Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. The Migel Medal, often called the highest honor in the blindness field, is awarded annually to one or two individuals whose careers exemplify exceptional accomplishments in the field.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 29, 2014

Student seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential from over 40 campuses across the country attend workshops, hear from national leaders and provide the host community with opportunities to learn from student case studies. It is not easy to pull this together for the national organization or the local campus.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. National LGBTQ Task Force / Washington, DC / 475. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. Jan 24 -27. Feb 11 - 14.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Elizabeth Nielsen — Director of Interactive Marketing, Feeding America Liz Nielsen co-leads Feeding America''s national direct marketing program — including digital media, email/web fundraising, direct mail and telemarketing. Liz serves on the committee for Education and Conference Development for the DMANF Advisory Board.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The Arizona State University’s Certified Nonprofit Professional credential through the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (formerly American Humanics) is responsible for students who graduate, not crawling but running to their internships and first professional positions in local and national organizations. walk on water perhaps.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

I was reminded of this because of the American Bar Assocation's National Celebration of Pro Bono last week. It is a nonprofit online network connecting organizations in need of legal assistance with lawyers and also law students. If your charity needs legal services it’s actually reasonably easy to find free pro bono help.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Impact National Conference / Amherst, MA / Less than $200. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / Chicago, IL / Not available. Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Karin Pritikin, who I met in Chicago in June and works for  Health & Medicine Policy Research Group , reached out to me to share some of the "hallway conversations" taking place in her organization about movements and social media.     The depression was raging.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2016

According to a study released this fall by the National Philanthropic Trust , the assets held in these charitable funds increased almost 24% last year to a whopping $70.7 This was the topic of the Gurin Forum, a 90-minute session hosted by The Giving Institute and the Giving USA Foundation this past November in Chicago. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Over the next six years additional 826 centers opened in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Michigan and Boston under the umbrella of 826 National. Teachers were struggling to keep students reading and writing at grade level. Each winner received a prize of $100,000 and was granted, "a wish to change the world."

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

I want to highlight a blog that I've been reading for a while, the Tutor Mentor Connection blog written by Daniel Bassill out of Chicago, Illinois. This is the neighborhood that shocked the nation in 1992 when 7-year old Dandrell Davis was shot and killed while walking to school.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

2016 Alliance National Conference. 2016 Alliance National Conference. Take full advantage of the best national peer network by attending the 2016 Alliance National Conference. Association of Advancement Services Professionals (AASP) / Chicago, IL / $400. Nonprofit Best Practices / Chicago, IL / Less than $700.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On October 20, a young woman named Kate will move into Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and live there for a month. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. That will come later. Music videos. Museum staffers.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Attend If You’re: A marketing scholar, academic, or doctoral student To Register: [link] AFP DFW Philanthropy in Action Conference Dallas, TX June 6-7, 2024 This year’s Philanthropy in Action Conference is one-and-a-half days full of learning and networking. Get there early for the free 2024 Junior Scholar Workshop, happening June 4-6.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. Create collaborative, student-authored resources. Chicago Crime Maps; Another googlemap mashup with crime statistics.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Because it was my first time meeting the students, part of the half hour was spent getting to know each other. I highly recommend volunteering with young people, whether they are as little as a kindergartner, or as old as a college student. Today, 826 has chapters in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Michigan, and Boston.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

National Partnership for Women & Families. Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. Top Nonprofit Website: National Partnership for Women and Families. Mustard Seed Communities. Project Open Hand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

After she left Mexico she worked with refugee communities in Philadelphia and did research on migrant youth at a research center in Chicago. She has also worked with SOS Racisme, the national immigrant rights organization in Paris, France. Tell me about FIRM. A listing of these groups is also available on our website.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. Betty and six of her high school English students founded an organization called the Girl Child Network. And, their weapon is poetry. At each step, I have been learning.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 18, 2007

With just nine days until the BlogHer Conference in Chicago, where I'll be moderating the panel, "Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Raising Money," I thought I'd search around for nonprofit and activist women bloggers in the Chicago area. They recently posted about the Chicago Tribune article, "Behind Bars, But Still Girls".

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