Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Education was her way out, but when she signed up for graduate studies at New York University, she returned to live with her parents and became involved in and reacquainted with her neighborhood. She grew up in Hunts Point, a South Bronx neighborhood that for decades was plagued by poverty, violence and ecological degradation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 16, 2017

Technological progress is going to leave behind some people, perhaps even a lot of people, as it races ahead” (Brynjolfsson and McAfee, 10-11). If this happens, nonprofits will need to expand programs which provide a safety net for people in need. New York: W. Elon Musk doubles down on universal basic income.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Since 1970, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been working to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. The New York-based foundation also awards annual Vilcek Prizes to support innovators in these areas. NRDC’s “Fighting Polluters Since 1970”.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Finding out which people on your email list are on Facebook (without annoying them). Eric has an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University, an MA in Government and International Studies from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Political Science from the University of Wyoming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

On one end the social spectrum, we have the version best expressed in a New York Times op ed written by Thomas Friedman on the revolution occurring in Silicon Valley. If you don’t have an open environment inside your company or country, these new tools will blow you wide open. O is for options. C is still for collaboration.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2012

is a question I often hear people ask. I am a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at Arizona State University and work for the ASU Lodestar Center. Inequality is driving the immigration of many people from poor countries to richer countries. New York: Random House, 2009. In fact, though the U.S.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The film that lite the tinderbox of protests is disgusting and insulting to a people of Islamic faith and yes social media can accelerate protests and violent responses quickly (as it can accelerate social good.) “When people who were born and raised in dictatorships. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

The best part of working at NTEN is you: the great people in our community. I love working with really smart and talented people. I learn a lot from these people every day and am really excited that the board just got more amazing. That's no exception when it comes to our Board of Directors. Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $385. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

This ongoing study has been cited in hundreds of publications, including Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He is a regular contributor to Philanthropy News Digest and the Huffington Post IMPACT Channel. John Haydon. JohnHaydon.com. Tyler Riewer. charity: water.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. Donors, funders (including government funders), social enterprises, and others also have important roles to play. The Results Problem.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. Donors, funders (including government funders), social enterprises, and others also have important roles to play. The Results Problem.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

empower people to keep climbing toward the best version of themselves every. She is an expert in developing and teaching practical, ready-made tools that inspire people to take action. Today, Kristen helps organizations make a lasting, meaningful impact on people by creating environments in which they thrive. Kishshana Palmer.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

What's more, that represents only $215 million out of a total of $2.435 billion awarded to study and/or reform campaigns, elections, and voting systems; expand civic participation; research or upgrade government performance; and/or study the workings of the media and improve public access to media. Time for Other Heavy Hitters to Step Up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The conference, according to Jason Schultz , Co-Director of the Samuelson Clinic for Law , Technology and Public Policy, was designed as “a chance to address the ramifications of what happens when people write permanently to a giant network.”

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. He estimated that half the developers were hobbyists, and half were people with start-up ventures who came to San Francisco looking for seed funding.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In many cases, we are not dealing with unknowable or unsolvable mysteries of the online giving universe. Mobile is the New Normal. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. I know this because these same people have been talking about the death of all these things for the past 20 years.

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See3

JANUARY 24, 2008

In my hometown newspaper, The Baltimore Sun , budget cuts mean that serious news coverage declines, foreign bureaus close and a paper that was once a well-respected part of a thinking man’s daily diet is now just a mere shadow of itself. So the pothole and the PTA meeting are covered by the people it most impacts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

Reem talks about how the company balances the triple bottom line of profits, people and planet. Kennedy University. Just recently, we introduced flowering teas, which are hand-sewn tea leaves and flowers, and they blossom when steeped in hot water, so that has been a huge hit and people love them, and it's a very innovative product.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

We gather more than 800 board members, chief executives, staff, and nonprofit professionals for two days to discuss the newest thinking and best practices in nonprofit governance. TechNow connects you with the resources, information and people your nonprofit needs to succeed! Fast Company / New York, NY / $1,999.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I met her last year at KentPresents , a brand-new conference organized by the incredible duo of Ben and Donna Rosen. Janet is also a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), and she runs a satellite office of LIS there. Which are widespread? Which national-level public institutions (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

As Gina Neff, an associate professor and senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, said in the report, “Digital technology has been a godsend for care-givers, allowing people to coordinate their efforts to help during cancer treatment, when a newborn arrives, or during a health crisis.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Writer and author of New York Times best seller "Bad Feminist," modern-day feminist icon Roxane Gay is a force of nature. Want to see more women at the forefront of scientific discoveries?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

Which leads to the question of people: who is getting involved? I think a lot of museum people are waiting to see the result, how the whole exhibit cycle goes, before signing up to learn a new platform and engage resources in this way. But museum folks, no matter how much we want to collaborate, don't move quickly.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

You know, why is it that, when we talk to people about communications in their organization, we hear so many different things? There really isn’t a clear definition that is universally accepted in the sector. And one of the most important ways to advance that mission is to get on people’s radar and get them to take action.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

An estimated billion people carry water on their heads, so this is potentially transformative technology. In either case, both Wello and the The Hippo Water Roller Project are searching for creative ways to make these devices affordable to the people who need them now that the technology is ready. News flash. Digital Inclusion.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

More people will be using their own devices to do their work and giving their IT teams more headaches. Data theft, cyberattacks, and government surveillance are a growing fact of digital life, and it looks like 2015 will only be more of the same. " An example is an Uber and Goodwill partnership in New York.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . Being in thorough and honest relationships with people seems to work better in fundraising. Andy: So we’ll see if the poll works.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2011

People can smell when things are staged and actors are used. The most direct way to achieve authenticity is to use real people. After the success of their Earth Day video, Repower America invited people to participate again. star in a video with Alec Baldwin), people won’t do it unless you remove every obstacle possible.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. This excess CO2 isn’t even the main reason to give up plastic – most people ditch it because it doesn’t break down, and often gets washed into the ocean.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Nevertheless, we at BoardAssist have found that many young people do in fact want to make this commitment, often as a way to give back for the fortunate lifestyle they are able to lead. Not only do I feel lucky on a personal level to hang out with this fun, smart, diverse group of people each month, our organization has benefited immensely.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

UNC School of Government. As the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Social Media for Social Good infographic illustrates, several grassroots and nonprofit campaigns have effectively harnessed social media in the pursuit of their objectives. posted by Logan Harper , Community Manager.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And I’m a man of the people. So in other words, philanthropy is shifting from the middle-class boomers to people like Mark Zuckerberg. And when I started in fundraising 12 years ago, we talked a lot about how we could get millennials or in my case, it was young alumni to give back to our university where I was fundraising for.

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