Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

For example, California’s ceiling for a non-exempt employee is $49,920. Check out the The Exemption Test from University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources. Before we delve into how the new overtime law affects the nonprofit industry, know that not all states have the same guidelines. DID YOU KNOW?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. How do we get the history of the poor?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. So, here's my plea for examples and pointers. If you have an example or any insights, please leave a comment. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez). Carmen left me a follow up comment.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

You also found out who was required to be there like, for example, workers who dealt with physical goods and or those who had to treat patie nts. For example, if you relied on income from personally interacting with customers, such as ticketed events, shows, and stores, you had major adjustments. Take revenue generation as an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

And over the years, many other communities and states have copied the idea – for example Georgia Gives Back Day. In the end, credit goes to the thousands of people who care about Minnesota and showed some love on Give to the Max Day. Incentivize video creation and video sharing.

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

Autism Society of Minnesota’s Brunch @ Home virtual event + livestream. For example, North Texas Food Bank empowers hundreds of partners to crowdfund for them throughout the year. We don’t have any guarantee that in-person will be possible, and many of your audience may not feel comfortable being in person.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

Let’s check out some examples. One great example of an organization using groups effectively is the Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois. Minnesota Cosplayers is another example. It’s a great example of how groups can be used when there’s a lot of community knowledge. CauseVox (hey that’s us!) This is a public group.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

For example, if you work with an animal nonprofit and rescue stray animals off the street, you may sometimes take in animals in pretty awful shape. Check out this great example from Brother Wolf Animal Rescue! Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota does a great job with auction item reveals. Take viewers on a journey.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

Walker shares this example in an article in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. This example may not be a one-size-fits-all tool, but the Road Map includes vision, assessment, education, implementation and integration, and evaluation strategies. No matter the size and scale, it’s a start and the journey to DEI work is well on its way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

  It goes "Minnesota from"where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." " Earlier this week, I wrote about giveMN.org as an example of local and regional online giving initiatives.    However, Minnesota has set the bar pretty high!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

#TechFail #GenerosityWin on Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day: Understanding social media’s role in damage control and crisis communication Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice , a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The Parkinson’s Foundation is one example of a nonprofit that benefited from technology during a time of growth. Then 2020 happened and community needs spiked.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference (MCN). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Getting the Most Mileage from Annual Reports. Paul, Minnesota: QuickBooks Made Easy. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. Austin, Texas: GivBee | Product Spotlight. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Friday, October 14, 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Give to the Max in Minnesota Day. Here's three recent examples. GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage more Minnesotans to give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota. I've been noticing a social media spin on making charitable donations in your community, regional, or state. 1) GiveMN.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Optimizing Your Communications for Mobile | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Gearing Up for Give to the Max Day | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Phoenix, Arizona: Defining and Targeting Your Audience: Marketing for Nonprofits. Friday, August 11, 2017.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Tips and Tools to Doll Up Your Data | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Optimizing Your Communications for Mobile | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Thursday, July 6, 2017. Friday, July 07, 2017.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

These hotlines are also great resources if voters have trouble casting their ballots: 866-OUR-VOTE (687-8683) 888-VE-Y-VOTA (839-8682) Voter guides and sample ballots Nonpartisan voter guides can be found from your Secretary of State, League of Women Voters, major newspaper or a voter education partner in your state ( an example from Minnesota ).

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Care2

MARCH 19, 2012

Working with our new partners at MAP for Nonprofits , we surveyed 180 Minnesota human services organizations about the technologies they were using, and then followed up with 13 of them in detailed interviews. Our new research shows that they can. This week we released a free report detailing our findings.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

So when their day job employer, the Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM), decided to start using CauseVox for their peer-to-peer fundraising, Zephyr was all in. Zephyr James is not your average CauseVox user: they have a bit of an unfair advantage, because they wrote CauseVox education materials for years.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice , a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The Parkinson’s Foundation is one example of a nonprofit that benefited from technology during a time of growth. Then 2020 happened and community needs spiked.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

Minneapolis, Minnesota: NPtech Give and Take. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Maximizing Your Nonprofit AdWords. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Design for the Non-Designer | MCN Lunchtime Communications Group. HTML EXAMPLE Image: Social Media Surgery : Tannis Sullivan / CC BY-NC 2.0. --> spanhidden. Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For example, if you are taking a volunteer for your homeless shelter that offers overnight accommodations and food service, you want to familiarize that person with the food service program, since that’s where they will be serving. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Help Them Get to Know the Program. About Nonprofit.Courses.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Before I wind my way to my point, let me give a couple examples of how the words we use signal whether we are in with the cool kids or outside in the cold. A second example has stuck with me for 20 years since I saw Johnny Depp in the movie Donnie Brasco. The only counter-example I can think of is the band “4 Non Blondes.”

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

MAP for Nonprofits and Idealware collaborated on six months of research that began with a survey of 180 human service organizations in Minnesota. One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program. Have you done some creative problem-solving to with technology?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch: Fostering Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Your Communications. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch: Tips and Tools to Doll Up Your Data. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Friday, June 9, 2017. Saturday, June 10, 2017. Friday, July 7, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

In the free report, Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services , we share nine examples of what real world organizations are doing—and a framework for innovation you can use to emulate their results at your own nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: State Legislative Preview for Nonprofit Organizations. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: DIY Donor Management System Selection. Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Friday, January 6, 2017. Tuesday, January 10, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I always enjoy the opportunity to present on social fundraising because while the tools come and go, the principles for success don’t change. I illustrated each principle with examples of nonprofit social fundraising campaigns that highlight a particular practice.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Paul, Minnesota: QuickBooks Made Easy. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Usability Day of Events at U of M | World Usability Day. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. . ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Tuesday, November 1, 2016.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

The Autism Society of Minnesota hosted an interactive brunch livestream for their A Toast to AuSM event, holding virtual demonstrations from local chefs so that participants could follow along at home. In the example pictured, a young man chose to fundraiser instead of receiving gifts for his Bar Mitzvah. Holiday Fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Working with the Media | MCN Communications Roundtable. Saint Paul, Minnesota: How Audience Personas Help Determine Your Tools, Tech, and Strategy. HTML EXAMPLE Image: Social Media Surgery : Tannis Sullivan / CC BY-NC 2.0. --> spanhidden. Atlanta, Georgia: Visual Storytelling: Using Digital Media.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2017

The stupidest mistakes I make – sending an email to the wrong person, for example – happen when I am rushing to finish “just one more thing” before I go to bed. He could keep driving in the direction he was going and make excellent time, but he would never get to Minnesota, which was to the west. Slow down.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Creating an Analytics Dashboard. HTML EXAMPLE Image: NetSquared : Tannis Sullivan / CC BY-NC 2.0. --> spanhidden. Mississauga, Ontario: Coders Anonymous — For Hackers + Social Innovators. Friday, November 13, 2015. Saturday, November 14, 2015.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Social Media Breakfast MSP #80 — Back by Popular Demand, Case Studies! HTML EXAMPLE Image: Social Media Surgery : Tannis Sullivan / CC BY-NC 2.0. -->. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Thursday, July 9, 2015.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. For example, you could use a series of headlines from the local news such as this (again, fictional): June 9, 2017 — The Daily News: Shelter Takes in 87 Abandoned Dogs. My mother was from the area, but my father was from Missouri. My father, however, was the "tell me" father.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Event formats — for example, a lecture, a panel, a world cafe, or speed dating, and how keep them effective and manageable. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Digital Dumpster Fire: Tips to Handle Social and Online PR Problems ( Communications Networking Lunch). Or No, Everyone Is NOT Online. Covina, California: Monetization of Content.

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