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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

These community foundations are actively using the Giving Day Playbook to host Giving Days in their communities and it forms the backbone to peer exchanges. 12, Knight Foundation hosted a webinar for almost 200 community foundations, nonprofits, and others interested in hosting a Giving Day.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Why Haven’t Foundations Responded to the Newtown Shootings? Foundations need to develop a capacity to respond more quickly and aggressively to the great challenges of our day. Thomas Stehle. Guest Post by Vince Stehle. As a nation, we have seen mass shootings many times over the years. And this year seems no different.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The Foundation Center released a report that documents the usage of social media tools by foundation executives based on survey responses from 73 members of the Center’s Grantmaker Leadership Panel. This was so useful, I added it to my Social Media and Foundations wiki.

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MARCH 18, 2012

New recipes for capacity building for nonprofits and foundations – guest post by Annie Hernandez. While my original intent was to discuss evaluation and transition of specific capacity building grant programs, the conversation smartly expanded to discuss the future trends in capacity building for the sector and us as foundations.

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MAY 12, 2011

This week I attended Center for Effective Philanthropy’s conference “ Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact &# where I participated on a discussion panel about social media, foundations, and grantees. There were questions about social media policies as well as content and engagement strategies and handling mistakes.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

That’s exactly what the Latino Community Foundation did. Tell us briefly about the mission of the Latino Community Foundation (purpose, staffing/budget size, and fundraising history). The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) is the premier Latino fund in California. Foundation with 4 core staff members. Masha Chernyak.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

This is from a blog post by Luis Chabolla at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz. The Packard Foundation is hosting a Google Hangout and will be live from our headquarters. I had the change to work with his organizations and many other Packard grantees during my four years as Visiting Scholar.

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JULY 19, 2010

The summers here are much less humid than on the East Coast, but the real treat is having the Craigslist Foundation Annual Nonprofit Bootcamp practically in my backyard. The next one takes place on August 14th – I wouldn’t miss it.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

During my first week as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I had an opportunity to hear a presentation by the good folks at Surfrider Foundation about their online/offline activism. We used their story and the way they work in the first chapter of the book, The Networked Nonprofit , to introduce people to the concept.

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JUNE 20, 2009

As promised, I'm posting the slides from the session that Susan Gordon from Causes and I gave this afternoon at Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp Thanks! As promised, I'm posting the slides from the session that Susan Gordon from Causes and I gave this afternoon at Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp Thanks!

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The Nasscom Foundation in India is the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation. Nasscom Foundation is a partner of TechSoup Global and has an impressive technology product donation program called " BIGTech " Here's how they describe their mission and impact. I'll not only be speaking at the conference and CSR.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Leng Sopharath, Phon Vandy, and CHom Thavy - Sharing Foundation College Students. In 2006, the annual donation was a stretch for us … so we asked family, friends, and colleagues to donate to the Sharing Foundation in lieu of holiday or birthday gifts.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

This tweet was sent a Packard Foundation board meeting four years ago. The Packard Foundation is hosting a Google Hangout and will be live from our headquarters. By today’s standards, it isn’t earth shattering.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Today I attended an informative lunchtime presentation by Chad Nelsen who is the Environmental Director at the Surfrider Foundation where he has worked since 1998. If you search for surfrider foundation on Facebook , you will find several hundred groups/pages for the chapters - many using their own variation of the organization's logo.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

There are many adhoc Twitter hashtags where nonprofits, foundations, social entrepeneurs, and others are sharing resources or having conversations. In my initial analysis of mega list of 90 Foundations that Tweet , I did not look at hashtags. He observes that the hashtags are general, not unique.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

On Tuesday, September 29th, I'm participating in a social media tutorial hosted by the Case Foundation. It will be a live streamed event where folks can ask questions and get answers. Here's my guest post on their blog and the details. Meanwhile, I gotta go tidy up my office.

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JUNE 4, 2009

The 6th annual Craigslist Foundation's Nonprofit Boot Camp takes place on June 20th in Berkeley, CA. The day includes workshops, one-on-one coaching sessions, and keynotes by Arianna Huffington , Randi Zuckerberg and Craig Newmark. For years, I've been wanting to attend and this year, finally, I am!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Technology and Its Emerging Impact on Foundation Communications " is a new report that describes how philanthropy communications professionals are using social media. It was underwritten with the generous support of The California Endowment t, Edna McConnell Clark , and Robert Wood Johnson foundations. An Exploration of Web 2.0

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

He came up with wonderful to raise money for the Sharing Foundation - an online auction. All proceeds from the sale after costs (ebay + paypal fees) will be going to charity, split 50/50 between the Sharing Foundation and Beyond Blue. Duncan was able to raise $210 for the Sharing Foundation. It was a coveted piece of web 2.0

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MAY 16, 2007

Via Allison Fine The Case Foundation is looking for some folks to serve as external reviewers for the first part of its new grantmaking effort focused on igniting citizen-centered community work across the country. The Foundation has received some great applications from a number of people across the country.

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DECEMBER 15, 2007

She earns a monthly wage working for the Sharing Foundation 's Sewing Project, a vocational program run by the Foundation that trains young women so they can earn a sustainable living wage with a home-based sewing business or a better paying job in Cambodia???s s garment industry. Call To Action.

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OCTOBER 25, 2006

Since I'm on the board of the Sharing Foundation that works on development projects to support children in Cambodia and is part of the GlobalGiving community, I'm going to plug our education projects. I would so much like it to be the Sharing Foundation. You can read about them here as well as contribute.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

10 interviews later, we’ve wrapped up Season 1, which features a broad range of guests – from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to Comic Relief, DLA Piper, NoVo Foundation, Rockefeller and several brilliant philanthropists. Somebody who’s going to provide thinking and strategy.”

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OCTOBER 18, 2006

MacArthur Foundation will make a major announcement that will generate a greater understanding of the impact technology and digital media has on today's youth. MacArthur Foundation. What role do video games, cell phones and social networking websites play in the development of today's children? and Catherine T. The John D.

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JANUARY 8, 2008

She earns a monthly wage working for the sewing school and shop, a vocational program run by the Foundation that trains young women so they can earn a sustainable living wage. Sina helps makes school uniforms that the Foundation provides to over 1,000 street children in Cambodia. Chheng Srey Mom, 16, has completed grade 8.

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JUNE 13, 2007

MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton. Activities in virtual worlds already are supported by MacArthur and other foundations, but we have much to discover about the right role for philanthropy itself in virtual worlds. Photo Source: MacArthur Foundation Spotlight Blog. The details are here.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Last week, I had an opportunity to participate in a two-day workshop was designed for Packard Foundation grantees, from across the Foundation’s funding areas, who lead and manage networks or accomplish much of their work through networks. 8 Principles for Using Social Media Effectively View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter.

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JANUARY 18, 2007

Allison Fine has written an articulate rant about what she calls "outrageous behavior" by the Gates Foundation. This is the same part of the world where the Gates Foundation grants millions of dollars on vaccinations to immunize children against deadly diseases like polio and measles. Given the Foundation???s

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Panel at Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit Last month, at the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit in Seattle hosted by Microsoft, I moderated a roundtable, “Empower Employees with AI Productivity Tools,” with leaders from three nonprofits: Alex Duncan,, British Heart Foundation; Jon Townsend, National Trust; and Joel Ramjohn, Agape Source.

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MARCH 25, 2008

Just saw a press release from Yahoo, Google, and MySpace about OpenSocial Foundation. The OpenSocial Foundation will be an independent non-profit entity with a formal intellectual property and governance framework; related assets will be assigned to the new organization by July 1, 2008. A statement from Joe Kraus, Google???s

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FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Every time Dr. Hendrie travels back from Cambodia, we had a special briefing meeting for the Sharing Foundation volunteers and board members. The Sharing Foundation accomplishes so much! As many of you know, the Sharing Foundation won the Yahoo/Network for Good Charity Badge contest at the end of 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

All proceeds from the sale after costs (ebay + paypal fees) will be going to charity, split 50/50 between the Sharing Foundation and Beyond Blue. I had the pleasure of meeting Duncan at Gnomedex in August where I presented on Social Media for Social Good , raised some money for the Sharing Foundation! Thank you so much Duncan!

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NOVEMBER 6, 2006

I just set up a ChipIn page and widget (see above) to help raise money for an NGO, the Sharing Foundation that supports children in Cambodia. I'm on the board. One of its many programs is the college sponsorship program.

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JANUARY 6, 2008

These two young people are being sponsored for college by the Sharing Foundation's program). She was one of the 81 people -plus Chris Brogan who sent Leng Sopharath and Chomperoum to college. Michele was kind enough to blog about the America's Giving Challenge and add the widget to her blog!

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JANUARY 11, 2009

Cambodian youngster in the Sharing Foundation 's Education program practices her alphabet. In Roteang Village, where the Sharing Foundation has programs that help over 1,500 children each and every day, there was a birthday bash at the orphanage for the 70 plus children. Also, subscribe to the Sharing Foundation's email newsletter.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

We wrote a paper about Nonprofits and Machine Learning for NTEN and wrapping a research paper for the Gates Foundation on how these new technologies might scale generosity and the challenges. This year, I will do master classes in London, Croatia, and Poland.

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