Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

We use technology today to help hundreds of thousands of students with disabilities succeed in school, as well as help human rights activists around the world document abuses and seek justice. As one of our partners from an LGBT group in Uganda noted last year, “If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

I just attended two days of meetings in Washington DC on the first year of the DIAGRAM Center , held at the Office of Special Education Programs in the Department of Education. The goal is to be able to gain access to the same learning a sighted student would get from that diagram.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2018

Some universities are working to collect more thank-you letters from students, while others are starting to share video acknowledgements with donors. Profiles can be shared with students to help them write the most personalized acknowledgment. Note here: we are not asking the student to just write a simple thank-you note.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2022

For example, you can use DLRS when you want to display the sum of paid payments related to an Opportunity, or count the number of student applications or current board members at your organization. She now gives back to the community by volunteering in the UX research and Marketing areas of the DLRS project. . Contribute to DLRS Today.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The objective of this second phase was to develop UVM’s use of the Salesforce platform for their Office of the Vice President of Research (OVPR) and to UVM Extension , an outreach unit helping to improve the quality of life of Vermonters through research-based educational programs and practical information. Written by Blake Becker.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

It’s all too easy for group projects to bury teams in mountains of emails and file versions that hold you back from what you’re really trying to get done. By making sure all your work, important documents, and communications stay in one central place – easy to search, and easier to access. Who Is Podio for?

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2022

They can also establish restrictions on where funds can be pulled from and accurately document those withdrawals for reporting. While restricted fund sub-ledgers can help any 501(c)(3) arm of a larger organization, this accounting structure is common in healthcare and education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. CityOptions The best idea we received last year for a new project is getting underway! This is a huge legal victory!

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. CA: Today, there are many grant writing courses and educational resources available.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

How has participating with the Commons program helped this project? Getting fresh eyes on the project at every Community Sprint event helps us develop something that can be really useful for the community, not just what we want to build. This organization does home visits to check in on the students. DV: I agree.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

After three days of exploring ideas, gathering feedback on projects and concepts, and thinking critically amongst nonprofit peers, the Idea Accelerator gave participants the chance to switch gears and think about how to put their ideas into action. Supported by teammates Zenzel Lewis, CSRA EOA Inc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). I’m honored and happy to be contributing blog posts there. Nonprofits have become intimately familiar with Content Management Systems (CMS).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. ” Its newest innovation is to provide cloud-based document storage for the homeless.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. The submitted projects were shared in a project gallery on the Community Boost_r website where the public could vote on their favorite project. Ttaram aims to improve education in Kosovo.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Catchafire : Time-sensitive requests for short-term projects in our active, virtual volunteer pool can assist with items such as email marke ting setup to spread awareness about health and safety, consultation on remote best practices, and much more. offers virtual volunteers opportunities to help with two main projects , ?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Another project was creating an easily accessible map of Hawaii's farmer's markets. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Leonard Library.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also continued my position as Adjunct Professor teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education. The work I’m doing for the Emerging Leaders Playbook this to help train other trainers is fantastic opportunity to reflect, remember, and document facilitation processes and techniques.

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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

If voting habits are inferred, either your sleuthing capabilities are very strong, or the answer was found elsewhere (outside the scope of this document). And what is their documented up-time? Blog Commencement. The first Presidential Debate of 2016 occurred this week, and people on both sides are fired up about it. How is it cooled?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

TechSoup's annual storytelling campaign was created to help nonprofits and social good organizations communicate differently, to build community, and to educate on how to tell powerful and effective stories for a global audience. But how can stories touch hearts and minds if they go unnoticed and unheard?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Dig out that camcorder 'cause Quantum Shift TV has launched a video contest with social impact for students in the U.S. Student teams will work on social or environmental projects of their choice and document their progress in a series of two short videos. contest video online education youth service learning

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Every once in a while I come across a project I wish I could have included in The Participatory Museum. You can read a full report on the exhibition process, including lots of quotes from the young curators, staff, and educators involved, here [pdf]. They decided to ask children, and the project was born. it's a Secret! ,

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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. Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Philadelphia, PA/ $410. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250. Nonprofit Management.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

They were there for project brainstorming. Temple Contemporary makes strange objects and gorgeous documentation. It encourages process-driven performances and art projects. It encourages process-driven performances and art projects. One of TUPAC's current questions is about the state of art education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. Most of work projects are capacity building and training other trainers. Year in Review. My Three Words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

If you read the reviews (most of which were quite positive,) the people who liked it were looking at the real functionality (it could edit their documents, it could surf the web, read email, etc.) So, if students and Grandma can use Linux, can nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2007

In a couple of days, video bloggers Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson will be in Cambodia doing some work with Project Hope International to help them document the work they're doing to rehabilitate people involved in human trafficking. The t-shirts were delivered to the students in May - here's a blog post about it. Click To Play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I've worked with other groups - small business, higher education, librarians, educators, and others, but never all mixed up. I wondered whether there was a social networking version of that project today. Nonetheless, there is a nonprofit perspective and my instructional materials and experience speak to that audience.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Cloud for Good is seeking experienced technology professionals to lead Salesforce.com implementation projects with nonprofit organizations or higher education institutions. Successful candidates will be highly experienced in deploying Salesforce solutions and ideally have nonprofit or higher education industry experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

AND, Leng Sopharath is only one of 16 college students the Sharing Foundation is supporting. In addition, the Sharing Foundation is sponsoring 40 high school students and provides an English program in the Roteang Village School for over 500 kids. In the meantime, enjoy the thank you video! Alexandra Samuel and Robb Cottingham.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

As a partnering component, the students will conduct a baseball clinic with the area youth in order to build relationships and connect them with this new church. Students and group leaders attending these mission trips fundraise to cover their travel costs by asking friends and family for financial support. Make It Personal.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. I was recently discussing this project with an audience research specialist, Peter Linett, who is working on a related project to encourage experimentation and risk-taking in museum practice.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Philanthropy and knowledge work have a long history, from demonstration projects to evaluation to the encouragement of learning communities and grantee learning networks. Sometimes, I was involved in documenting housing mortgage lending discrimination. Knowledge processes always start with some explicit or underlying questions.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Our members are researchers, parent/family educators, college faculty, students, therapists, counselors, and more. Jason Samuels is a technology manager with experience managing projects, budgets and vendor relations. They are wonderful people doing amazing work in the world, and they don’t get paid nearly enough for it.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Say your donor is very interested in early childhood education. to give private tutoring to elementary school students is much better. Instead, you should be providing other engagement opportunities such as volunteering experiences, event invites, and involvement in special projects. Asking them for $7,000 is one thing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

TechSoup's Virtual Office space was pretty busy last night, hosting an earlier mixed reality event in Cambridge and SL , featuring Pathfinder Linden , head of educational activities for SL. The next event I attended was a poster session at the New Media Consortium where you view project posters in the virtual world.

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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. Or suppose you were leading a program to educate young people about violent behavior in dating relationships. Your first blog could even document your learnings and reflections about Web.20! Hiring people.

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