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Benetech Statistician Megan Price talks to local ASA chapter

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Megan Price I recently had the opportunity to present several of HRP’s projects to the local San Francisco chapter of the American Statistical Association (SFASA). Specifically, I presented the audience with the following questions: Were acts of genocide committed against the Mayan people in Guatemala?

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Nonprofit Harnesses Tech to Plant Tens of Thousands of Trees

Tech Soup

In San Francisco, it took a small group of motivated people to come together to create a nonprofit. Starting with a Small Budget, FUF Plants Nearly Half San Francisco's Street Trees. The group eventually even worked with the city to create San Francisco's first ever Urban Forest Plan.

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Why Community Climate Action is Critical to Global Action

Saleforce Nonprofit

First up were our co-hosts from Arctic Basecamp, who had set up camp in front of Hotel Schatzalp, with a big tent for presentations and several smaller tents for sleeping—a tradition now in its fifth year. In 2021, the Davos Codes Climate Action Lab went global and virtual, with labs popping up in San Francisco, Tokyo, and Bangalore.

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Social Media for Nonprofits Launches Its Second Series of Global Conferences

Tech Soup

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? San Francisco, CA – September TBA.

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Online Community Meetup Recap: Engaging Voters with Social Media

Tech Soup

Two weeks before the 2011 San Francisco municipal elections, mayoral candidate David Chiu. They created a campaign video spoofing the new film “ Moneyball ,” which the Huffington Post San Francisco called “the most entertaining campaign commercial yet. Chiu crushed this one out of the park."

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. New Orleans, Louisiana: The Mother of All Meetups Returns to Present the Power of the Presentation. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Taking First Steps With Social Media: California Child Care Resource & Referral Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a mini-workshop at the Director's Institute for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Sacramento. My co-presenter was the talented Bryce Skolfield , Director of Communications and Public Policy at the Children's Council of San Francisco.