Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2012

She has worked in training and education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WebJunction, the Public Library Association, the Northeast Kansas Library System, and more. Learn more about e-reader teaching tips during TechSoup's free 30-minute webinar. Keeping up with e-reader technology can feel overwhelming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. He suggests these goals: 1.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

My last stop in New Delhi was to visit the American India Foundation, which is the largest Silicon Valley/India foundation. To my delight, the Akshay Pratishthan school had a focus on teaching students with disabilities: roughly half the students had disabilities and were mainstreamed with students without disabilities.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

The fund is being administrated by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Founding donors to the fund include Google Fiber , the Illig Family Foundation, Sprint , Global Prairie , Polsinelli Law , and J.E. The fund will rely on local nonprofits to figure what the right solutions are for this specific region.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

All of these factors ring especially true for volunteers who spend many hours sitting through board meetings on behalf of a nonprofit. Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical. Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Listening for Nonprofits in a Digital World View more presentations from kanter. As many of you know who read this blog, I am an early adopter of social media and set up my listening post 5 years ago to scan for people, trends, and ideas related to social media and nonprofits. Our session covered: Why listening offers value.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Today marks the second annual GivingT uesday , and i n the same way that retail stores take part in Black Friday, we are excited to see the nonprofit community to come together for # GivingTuesday. Fundraising philanthropy social media foundations tsfundraising giving tuesday' million books per year.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

See these examples of what nonprofits can do with Box. Foundations can streamline funding development and partnerships by creating a grant submission and approval process with Box. To learn more, read Box's summary of how nonprofits can use its services. Nonprofit Success Stories. How Does It Work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Source: Pratham Books.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] 1] In the past few decades, the nonprofit workforce has become increasingly professionalized.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. Since 2003, the nonprofit has saved more than 6,000 animals, and the project is growing fast. " The Kosch-Westerman Foundation. HART for Animals. " Braided River.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Coming up with fresh fundraising ideas for nonprofits isn’t always easy. To make it easy, here’s a list of 75 fundraising ideas for nonprofits. Traditional Fundraising Ideas We’ve labeled the following 17 fundraising ideas for nonprofits as traditional because they’re staples when it comes to fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

MacArthur Foundation. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. National Science Foundation. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Seeing more inquiries of small nonprofit academic research entities. It is also no small feat to get traditional foundation board to agree to fund game initiatives.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2006

While surfing for some more BlogHers to add to the Nonprofit and NGO BlogHer blogroll, I came across the REAL hot 100: See How Hot Smart Can Be. Rachel can teach you how to make biodiesel, how to convert your car to run on straight vegetable oil, and how to fix your car too. Yas(min) Ahmed, 25, Chicago, IL What makes her REALLY hot?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

On behalf of our nonprofit organization, Benetech, and the thousands of similarly situated social enterprises in the United States, we are writing to support this rejection. Unfortunately, there are literally hundreds of nonprofit social enterprises operating in all of these areas.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. 100 Women Charitable Foundation. Chicago Foundation for Women. The California Wellness Foundation. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Patrina Foundation. Boulware Foundation.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. 100 Women Charitable Foundation. Chicago Foundation for Women. The California Wellness Foundation. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Patrina Foundation. Boulware Foundation.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Besides keeping people safe during the pandemic, virtual volunteering also allows nonprofits to: Reach a more geographically far-flung audience. Virtual advocacy opportunities — Teach volunteers to be strong advocates for your cause. Volunteers play an important role in any nonprofit organization. Why is that?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

one of my favorite things about our guests is she’s been in her shoes, right, she’s been an ED, she’s been not just a consultant but also has worked for and with nonprofits directly, which is great, over two decades. Every business, whether it be for-profit or nonprofit business, is usually created for purpose.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2012

Barry Joseph of Global Kids recently came to visit the Nonprofit Commons to discuss the potential of gaming for social change. And organizations like Global Kids, Gamestar Mechanic , Games for Change , and the AMD Foundation have been leading the way. Global Kids' Online Leadership Program. " The Playing 4 Peace Challenge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally. Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women.

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