sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Here’s how Team Diabetes created improvements based on the lessons learned from the donor journey map. The lifestyle model is working: BikeMS is the largest fundraising cycling series in the world and, as the largest revenue stream for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, has raised $1.5 It could be tips and tricks via email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. He went on to become Benetech’s Vice President of Human Rights and led our human rights work for nine years. Photo credits: Rom Srinivasan and Patrick Ball.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

That’s right, all month long, our members are sharing take aways, case studies, and best practices that they have learned from their work. It takes more than trainings to put technology to work for your cause, it also takes a supportive community. Knowledge sharing is one of our community’s greatest strengths.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits need to work less as isolated institutions and more as networks. At Monitor Institute we are interested in “emerging practices” in the social sector—including new more networked ways of working. Like many nonprofits working in more networked ways, KaBOOM!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Lessons Learned About Resilient Networks from Super Storm Sandy by Pat Brandes, Executive Director, the Barr Foundation. First, no trains, buses, or planes moved to or from New York City. But even if my parents could drive (they can’t), and even if they had anyone nearby to drive them (they didn’t), traffic lights weren’t working.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Influence the decision makers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Now, years later, as I work with nonprofits who are primarily interested in Facebook and Twitter, there is part of me that mourns the loss of MySpace being used by the nonprofits. An important lesson, yes? I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The Future of MySpace?

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

Since we launched our donation program in 2002, TechSoup has saved nonprofits and libraries in the United States and around the world over $3 billion dollars in IT expenses. The whole team here at TechSoup continues to work each day to help organizations like yours put more of your hard-earned dollars toward helping your communities.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The John H Reagan Soul Train Drumline replaced our espresso shots with beats – How else should you set the tone for a conference dedicated to world-changers and philanthropic visionaries? Here are a some of lessons from day 1, thanks to some of #bbcon ‘s biggest fans: Embrace the Change. Mobile phones. A small act.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Email List Growth Honorable Mention: HSUS - Humane Society of the United States Winner: National Relief Charities Changed from brochure to interactive website, multi-facteed file building strategy and acquired over 1000 new names per month and have converted about 1% to donors in 6 weeks. 2 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

If you're inspired after listening to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or reading the edited transcript below, take a browse through FORGE's gallery of projects created by refugee social entrepreneurs. ** Kjerstin Erickson: FORGE is an international nonprofit organization that works with refugee communities in Africa.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. We place ourselves in the social justice work here in the Bay Area as a training center. We focus on political education and organizer skills trainings, and we definitely think it is critical to see the fusion of those two things. I feel like I was really born into it.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It’s impossible to showcase all our talent in one post, so we’re starting a blog series to introduce major work areas and show what happens behind the scenes. It’s my pleasure to introduce and highlight the extraordinary work of our team. First up is our talented Tech team! I’m Doug Stumberger, Interim CTO. What we do. Meet the team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

As part of this deep dive, I’ve been getting lots of inspiration from the start up and innovation movements here in Silicon Valley (and elsewhere), especially the work of Peter Sims – Little Bets. The ideas and techniques in Lean Start Up movement also work for nonprofits and what some are calling “ Lean Impact.”

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2018

According to a recent piece in The Atlantic (“ Has Climate Change Intensified 2017’s Western Wildfires? ”), the total area burned in the western United States over the last 33 years was double the size it would have been without any human-caused warming. Lessons can be learned from all different types of disasters.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences and forums, informal trainings, and more that will be taking place all over the world, focusing on essential topics like: Nonprofit management. You'll learn to embrace technology and find out how to put it to work for your institution. Fundraising. Donor relations.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

So if you have to leave early, or maybe you get interrupted, or you’re working from home and a toddler barges in, which may happen to me here in a minute, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff to you later on this afternoon. So just be on the lookout for an email from me with all those goodies. . And the third thing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Our conversation began with Rebecca describing how Nest works. They were poor already, and he couldn't find work, so that left her the primary breadwinner for all of their children, and because she was living with his family, which is traditional in their society, also for his unwed siblings and parents. How did you end up doing this?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Work matching gifts into your events. If you’re keeping good records about your donors in your donor management software, you’ll know where your donors work. You could find out who works at a company with an established matching gift program by: Investigating the company’s website. Work matching gifts into your events.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As a Program Associate for the Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP), I train and support human rights advocates who use Benetech’s free and open source Martus program to securely document human rights violations. It is vital to the work of human rights investigations, and it serves many purposes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

In my most recent interview for the Big Vision Podcast , I talked with Andre Carothers, the Executive Director and Co-founder of the Rockwood Leadership Program about the Program's work, and nonprofit leadership trends. where I used to work, and one trainer. You can read a transcript of the interview below.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Instacart, for example, sometimes bundles multiple orders from different addresses but only pays for the work of one order. What’s not to like?

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

Nonprofit funding is vital in addressing discrimination against historically marginalized groups (the central principle of affirmative action), even as funders fail to prioritize this work in a way that is proportional to other giving. Reality 2: Commitments for this work were likely more performative than constructive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

She has been passionate about the issue of immigrant rights since 2002, when she worked at Casa del Migrantes in Tijuana, Mexico, a shelter for immigrants and deportees. While there she lived and worked with immigrants from throughout the US and Central America, and they shared their experiences. Tell me about FIRM.

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