Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In some instances, you might need a longer amount of time to do this exercise, but the way this was facilitated with 50 people was highly productive and efficient. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise. There are usually two aspects of this.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Never fear, the incredible tech planners are here to help! Julie Elmore, library director, Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library (Indiana). Julie Elmore is the library director of the Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library in Indiana and its only full-time employee. Our guests for this webinar were.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Trans*H4ck is based in San Francisco, but has held events in Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. well, that's a different story. This location-based apps helps users find LGBT-friendly healthcare providers, mental health specialists, and providers that specialize in transgender health in San Francisco.

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JANUARY 24, 2007

Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. Reem talks about how the company balances the triple bottom line of profits, people and planet. Reem: Sustainability can range, you know, when people talk about triple bottom line, you're talking about profits, people and planet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

One undeniable trend is that people are increasingly attracted to images and videos and much less interested in unadorned text. They also help demonstrate the human impact of nonprofits' and libraries' work. But can you get in trouble by posting images of people without their consent? You can indeed. You can indeed.

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JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

The Portland Hotel Society provides housing and advocacy for the "hardest to house": people with mental illness, physical disabilities, HIV/AIDS, a record of criminal activity, and drug addiction. For example, I live in Oakland, CA where according to an August 2008 Oakland Tribune article , 17.6%

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We’re looking to get a 100 people to conduct an “ Internet Health Check ” and host a Web help desk , and at least 50 people to host a social media seminar ! Find an organization that needs help or create your own event. Get on out there and make a difference! 22nd, including a number of events in San Francisco.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2017

Over helps you create custom wallpapers for your phone. Isn't it amazing that you can now create things like this on your iPhone or Android, when not too long ago this was only for graphic designers or people that knew how to use Adobe Creative Cloud? Also, the social element allows you to share your creations with other people.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

When most people think about reporting in the Learning Industry, they think about ROI justification. However, the outcome I chose to focus on was staring me in the face this entire time. Reasonably, one of the strongest value offerings for a Learning Management System (LMS) is its reporting capabilities.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? These events bring together app developers with people from the nonprofit world to present new ideas and improve on social good projects already in use. Crowdfunding Help.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2009

No photos have been submitted yet, but six people have submitted stories (see some of them below). I hope you'll share your Have Fun Do Good stories (: i helped to start a neighborhood party that now happens every 6 weeks at a different neighbor's house each time. I am a Iron Soul. We really have fun doing it too.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 31, 2011

I was joined by Lori Fogarty (ED of the Oakland Museum of California), Adam Lerner (ED and Chief Animator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver), and Beck Tench (Director for Innovation and Digital Engagement at the Museum of Life and Science). Risk-takers and space-makers are different kinds of leaders.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. I feel like the book came out of my background of not only studying agriculture, but of being aware of the different women's issues out there. It would be a lot of people. What's next on the trail?

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JANUARY 25, 2007

Well, Chris Waters of the Nomad Cafe in Oakland not only thought about it, he made it happen. When the WorldChanging SF bloggers had their first face-to-face meeting there, I asked Chris if he would do an e-interview with me about how he started the cafe, what makes it green and how other people can start their own green cafes.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Dining for Women Mission: "Dining for Women empowers women living in extreme poverty by funding programs fostering good health, education, and economic self-sufficiency and cultivates educational dinner circles inspiring individuals to make a difference through the power of collective giving." People's Grocery blog, Brahm's Blog.

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DECEMBER 5, 2008

When you're on your death bed looking back on your life, what will you remember most, the stuff you received as gifts, or the time you spent with the people you care about? Although many of the ideas on the lists help people in need, or have a light impact on the planet, most of the ideas are objects to purchase.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

Members of our AAPI communities are terrified, hurting, and frustrated at the threat of physical violence, with countless elders violently attacked and murdered in the past year and Georgia’s recent mass shooting where eight people were killed, six of whom were Asian women. Photo Credit: Aaron Molo. We see you and we hear you.

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. I don't know if people know what peak oil is, but it is basically just the phenomenon that refers to petroleum depletion. That's something that a few people in our organization are working towards.

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MAY 10, 2006

SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. We just recently moved to downtown Oakland, and we talk about ourselves as a school to build a movement. We work with a lot of young organizers as well as elder organizers, and we have about seven different programs to speak to that fusion. I feel like I was really born into it.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

"The people I see who are successful in bringing their vision to fruition are people who have a clear vision. They are receptive to how their vision is going to manifest." --Jennifer Lee, Artizen Coaching Many of you have big visions for a better world and want to make a difference in 2009. Pick a place to start from.

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JULY 31, 2009

Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us It's needed in a couple different ways. It's not fun for some people. Why is this needed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

24th and that Michael Stein was one of the co-hosts, I assumed (wrongly) that it was Michael Stein , Internet Strategist from Oakland, CA. I view mistakes as opportunities, so I took this chance to do an interview with Michael Stein (east) and perhaps help avoid any name confusion (at least on my part). and Nonprofits on Oct.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

This session will get beyond the trendy obsession with social networks and help participants better understand the dynamics and metrics of successful networks. Gear and software for people with disabilities is usually provided through charity or from medical supply companies. Do they make a difference? With snacks!

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DECEMBER 14, 2006

I know that his ideas are not the only solution to ending poverty, but when you learn about what a difference a $10 bednet can make, it sure sounds reasonable. I met Bryant, who created all the recipes for the book, just last week at a fundraiser for the Oakland-based food justice nonprofit, People's Grocery.

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APRIL 25, 2008

"I think that people have long associated feminism with older white women and the idea of bringing that back to women of color, and bringing it back to young women of color and asking them what it means is an exciting time for me." The baby boomers are retiring and young people are kind of coming up into that movement.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

"What I notice is that the people who are taking part in this, what is common amongst us all, is that we all count our blessings. She is looking for personal stories about the healing power of giving from people who have completed the Challenge. I work with a medicine woman from Oakland. A week later 120 people had signed up.

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JULY 13, 2008

It's not just like, "Hey, make less trash, the trash guy did it," but find where meaning is for you, and believe that you can make a difference if you learn about yourself." -Ari AD: I learned a lot of different things. What question do I wish people asked me? "That's the big take home. It was literally that simple.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2008

She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? The secondary goal is to provide better free, or fair information to people in these countries.

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APRIL 24, 2007

What difference does a cup of Fair Trade coffee make? Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo: Why should people buy Fair Trade products like coffee and chocolate?

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JUNE 22, 2006

One of the things I've enjoyed the most about interviewing people for this podcast is seeing the similarities and connections that arise between people. Ari and Eric are really wonderful people--they catered our wedding and Ari married us. I hope that you enjoy their interview. a clearer picture of what we're doing now.

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MARCH 9, 2007

The three Bay Area municipalities, along with Oakland and San Francisco (who haven't placed their orders yet) have all signed-on to be part of Plug-In Bay Area, an initiative to put more plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road. BB: How can people who are listening get involved? What's going on?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2014

Thursday, September 18 th in Oakland. It is useful to know the difference between the two versions. One of our Edinburgh, Scotland roadshow attendees told us: “A significant benefit of the day, which I had not expected was being able to meet and speak to people from other small charities. Register here. Register here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 3, 2012

I gave this sermon this morning at First Congregational Church of Oakland. . We secrete a couple of different compounds: Adrenaline, and Cortisol, both designed to make physiological changes in our body so that we have resources available to us to keep us alive. Like most people, I never liked my fear. Fear of what?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

But I think I may have found something: Silk is a free-for-nonprofits online tool that helps you create interactive data visualizations of your work, just by uploading a spreadsheet. Data visualization can help you create equally compelling demonstrations of your organization's work and impact for funders and donors. What Is Silk?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It took a long time actually, it took about five more years of holding it inside, and I bet a lot of people in the audience might have experienced that feeling - of just holding onto something that you think could be very transformational, but you are too afraid to take that step. It had hit India. Or, you have to grow to a demand.

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