Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

ANEESH CHOPRA Aneesh Paul Chopra joined the Obama Administration this Spring as the nation's first chief technology officer. LINKS [link] [link] [link] VIVEK KUNDRA Vivek Kundra is the nation's first Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO). Here's some background on these three key White House staffers.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

50CAN is an organization that drives the creation of stronger, more equitable schools in every state and community within its national network. That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. As a national organization, it has just over 4,700 local clubs in nearly every community across the country.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. This was also a decade of prosperity and success for many in the nation towards the turn of the century. This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

She has been featured in The Washington Post, CURRENTS magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and other industry publications. She served as an executive director of an affordable housing nonprofit for more than ten years and has provided communications and board leadership for more than six nonprofit agencies. Royce Brooks.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

This post is by guest blogger Ritu Sharma, who is the executive director of Social Media for Nonprofits. But how exactly can nonprofits use it and other platforms to raise money, grow their base of supporters, change policy, and recruit volunteers and board members? Washington, DC – October TBA.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. April 13 Join STAND, Amnesty International, GI-Net, and Save Darfur on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a rally at the White House on the Global Day for Darfur.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 28, 2008

I'm really looking forward to moderating our Web Executive Seminar tomorrow morning October 29 at the National Press Club in Washington. It's called Online Video for Policy Impact. Thanks to the Washington Post for including it in their Face Time listing). A smart group from diverse organizations is coming.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

By Jocelyn Harmon, Director of Nonprofit Services, Care2 Unless you've been living under a barrel, you know the demographics of the U.S. Last spring the Urban Institute and the Racial Diversity Collaborative released a study called Measuring Racial-Ethnic Diversity in the Baltimore-Washington Region's Nonprofit Sector. are changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Preparation Conference where policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators discussed how to use connection technologies to advance sustainable development in advance of the June USRIO2.o Kriss is the founding Executive Director for the Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at Stanford. Today, everything is connected.

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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. DMA / Washington, DC / Not available. Impact National Conference / Amherst, MA / Less than $200. Join us in Washington, D.C., Alliance Management Institute.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

One year later, April 26-27, 2010, more than 260 people from over 60 countries gathered in Washington, DC for an unprecedented two-day Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by President Obama and the U.S. " A key message was that better relations derive from shared business opportunities. Departments of Commerce and State.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The cloud security technical session presenter was Donny Shimamoto, who is the founder and managing director of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies. The Washington Post also got hacked in August, exposing 1.2 The event was a chance for me to become further informed on the scary part of cloud computing: security. million user IDs. availability.

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

is intended for all women interested in better policies for women, families and society. Of course, I will be there too and moderating a panel on Everything You Wanted to Know About Tech But Were Afraid to Ask along with Judith Freeman, Executive Director of the New Organizing Institute and Liza Sabater, Blog Editor at Culture Kitchen.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). org, a Networked Nonprofit.

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Right now, AVODAH has houses in New York, Washington and Chicago. I am on the national Board of Directors of AVODAH and yesterday, in an all-day meeting in New York, we decided to greenlight the expansion to New Orleans. But we all felt that in running a national service program we could not avoid addressing New Orleans.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). Also our network of informal national chapters are hosted in WordPress.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. 2016 Alliance National Conference. Oct 19 - 20. 10/19/2017.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Attend If You’re: Interested in using technology to make the world a better place To Register: [link] *Allegiance Group, Pursuant, & GivingDNA will be attending Nonprofit Fundraisers Symposium Washington, D.C. Speakers include industry leaders like university presidents, nonprofit consulting firms, and advancement leaders.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

Marlow’s study sheds even more light on the Washington Post article that said Facebook Causes are not raising much money for nonprofits. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. Those with smaller networks follow even fewer,” the article mentioned. What does this mean? Take a look at the stats below.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Also in the running and campaigning hard are (in alphabetical order) Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Citizens for Global Solutions, Faithful Security; Genocide Intervention Network; Global Green USA; National Religious Campaign Against Torture; and Women’s Action for New Directions. What’s in your peace platform?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

Elizabeth Merritt is the director of the Center for the Future of Museums , a new project of the American Association of Museums (AAM). Dr. McGonigal’s CFM lecture on “Gaming the Future of Museums” (given at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. 2, 2008) will be offered as a free webcast on Jan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

There is always a conundrum in measuring social change movements as well as networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children. National demographics of key platforms, like Twitter and Facebook, reflect the demographic makeup of the nation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 12, 2011

This thought is not original; it is outlined in a recent policy paper by Peter Levine of the Jonathan M. To summarize: Strategy 1: Infuse in the infrastructure of national and community service programs the requirement that participants learn civic communication skills. and James L. These are those who will lead us in the next decades.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. They shared stories from their experience there, and talked about how they are trying to do development and social change work differently.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

On April 15, 2008 I talked with Janessa Goldbeck, the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, about what we can all do about genocide. Janessa Goldbeck: My name is Janessa Goldbeck and I am the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network. His campaign was successful. This was in 2006.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Peter Campbell is the CIO at Legal Services Corporation in Washington DC. It is a large nonprofit and the largest funder of legal aid for low-income Americans in the nation.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

5 As for Uber and Lyft, these companies maintain policies that reward workers for low ride- cancellation rates—policies that are so tightly enforced, drivers are pressured to continue their rides even in the face of verbal abuse or physical assault.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

” , Rob Pierson, Online Communications Director for Congressman Mike Honda and soon to be New Media Director for the House Democratic Caucus, said that sending enewsletters to your online list is the best bang for your buck when you have limited time and resources. We need a policy for a multi-site organization!

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

In my most recent interview for the Big Vision Podcast , I talked with Andre Carothers, the Executive Director and Co-founder of the Rockwood Leadership Program about the Program's work, and nonprofit leadership trends. Andre Carothers : Hi, I am Andre Carothers, I am the Executive Director of the Rockwood Leadership Program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

Second - the Administration is correct to say that we have real enemies, that our battle against radical Islamist terrorism will not be altered overnight, that stability in the Middle East must be part of our strategy to defeat terrorism, that military power is a key part of our national security, that our strategy cannot be poll driven.

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