Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Make sure there are lots of activities going on throughout the night, from live music performances and dancing exhibitions all around town; these types of activities will ensure that everyone stays entertained throughout the event. Festivals of Trees fundraisers are held in country clubs, community centers, libraries, schools or churches.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. This combination of technical ability, neutrality, and fierce belief in freedom of expression is undervalued in society and by many existing library systems. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You can work with your local nurseries and local parks to provide a place for the trees to be planted. Ask local women-owned businesses to help sponsor the event and offer a place on the panel for them to talk about running their businesses. Encourage participants to take advantage of your local public library and get reading!

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

We even have fun channels like “Travel” and “Music” where employees can post non-work related content. We put BOCs on the calendar about once a month and talk about anything new in our lives like things going on with our families, our workout routines, new music we love, an awesome movie we saw, etc. Build a community outside of work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2008

It’s a cross-platform music player based upon the Mozilla framework. account, is showing me a picture search based on the artist I’m playing, as well as showing me a list of all of the concerts happening in the Bay Area by artists in my library. Songbird screen. I’ve known about Songbird for a long time.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Consider featuring traditional music, dance, theater, or martial arts groups from the community. Try to get calendar listings and stories placed with mainstream news sources. Community bulletin boards at libraries, colleges, and coffee shops are great outreach channels. Use multilingual messaging where appropriate.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

More to eat: Mintwood Place (Columbia Heights). Songbyrd may seem like a coffee place, but it brings a lot more to the table, including a robust live music and event calendar. Are you and your fellow conference-goers looking for a place to blow off some steam? More official landmarks: Library of Congress (Capitol Hill).

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. She is looking for intriguing stories of nonprofits and libraries doing good work to write up. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand. A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. She is looking for intriguing stories of nonprofits and libraries doing good work to write up. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Luckily, there are some great Internet safety resources that are specific for healthcare organizations , libraries , seniors , kids , and small offices (like the ones that most nonprofits have). It is a noncommercial site that has ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. There is a lot to it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

In a recent email, she described her newest project: In years past, our gratitude has been invested in changemakers from the US, Tanzania and Nepal to build classrooms, a library, a children’s technology lab, a temporary home for disabled veterans, and more.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Their web-based professional-grade service for creating and sharing presentations online is available to eligible nonprofits and public libraries through TechSoup. The first place winner will receive a $10,000 donation from. problem with emotional music, moody colors and images, and an overall. The music is a fantastic hook and.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. It’s a place that provides educational and recreational services for autistic kids and also some adults.

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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. " Waukesha Public Library. An increasing number of public libraries are discovering TechSoup donations, but few are maxing them out like Waukesha Public Library in Wisconsin.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. Find a venue to host the party and use “betting” on the horses to make donations to your cause, or adding a zero to your preferred horse’s number to place a bet on that horse (e.g #3 It can be stressful to find a fun place to take Mom to celebrate her awesomeness.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. Michael Hoffman. See3 Communications , Founder & CEO.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S. Dear Museum 2.0-ers, We are uniquely situated to be these venues.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. It’s a place that provides educational and recreational services for autistic kids and also some adults.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. These can be formatted as zoom backgrounds, sharable tiles/images/memes online, a Facebook cover image, or something small they can place in their electronic signature. Throw in beer and pizza and music and it can be fun.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

Many of my favorite museums, libraries, and zoos are customer-centered places. There were displays about the terror of motorcycle accidents, the freedoms public transportation affords, and the ways vehicles can enable people to enjoy places that are otherwise inaccessible to them. They care about visitor comfort.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Many VoIP plans include traditional features like three-way calling and caller ID, as well as features exclusive to these services: voicemails in your email inbox (and by phone), options to forward calls to other phone numbers (including your mobile phone), and the ability to place and receive calls anywhere over the Internet. Music on hold.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I'm fascinated by these places because of their ability to attract diverse audiences to idiosyncratic experiences, and I'm curious how they stay afloat. One of my favorite places for a long time now. Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). Skill-sharing free schools. Community science workshops.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. Coming up with a fundraiser that kids will be excited to participate in without placing any additional burdens on pandemic-exhausted parents can be a tricky balancing act.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses? Which lead me to think about the idea of open sourcing OpenSocial apps. It seems to me that many organizations are going to have very similar needs in terms of kinds of applications. Anyone interested?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Many VoIP plans include traditional features like three-way calling and caller ID, as well as features exclusive to these services: voicemails in your email inbox (and by phone), options to forward calls to other phone numbers (including your mobile phone), and even the ability to place and receive calls anywhere over the Internet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

It’s not just that it doesn’t look like Photoshop (you can check out gimpshop – it has a Photoshop UI on top of the GIMP libraries.) I would say if there is one really major complaint about GIMP, and it’s one that I harbor, is that the UI, well, leaves much to be desired.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. It offers classes in art, tailoring, mechanics, carpentry, masonry, technology, dentistry, nursing, electrical, and music, among other subjects. Our Local Impact Map.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

Furthermore, one of the things that actually one of my colleagues did that had to change was music and other sounds playing on a website designed for some of our clients; they could not easily locate the place to turn this music off and it disabled them from using a screen reader. " - from Tom Dekker via email. Next Steps?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

There was funky music. We always walk into these places and wonder: how is it that museums get designed without worrying about what it’s like to be a visitor walking in the door and wanting a bathroom, or a cup of coffee, or a seat? There are very few places to sit, and visitors are clinging to the few benches that are there.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Virtual: Online auctions are a category in and of themselves, allowing attendees to view items remotely using live streaming or images while they place online bids. Live Music Battles Live music battles make for great events because you can find a lot of excellent musical talent who want to get their names out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. follow up here ) A pilot project the Library of Congress is undertaking with Flickr , the enormously popular photo-sharing site that has been a Web 2.0 Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections. Launched in Jan. innovator.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. I’ll be doing a fair bit of experimentation with Derby (’cause I’m curious.) It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. I’ll be doing a fair bit of experimentation with Derby (’cause I’m curious.) It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

American Jazz Museum Platinum – Cultural Websites Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films, and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room, and Gem Theater.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information about their journey, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2007

We tried on clothes, listened to new music, and threw pennies in the fountain. It’s ironic, when you think about the great pains that museums and libraries go to to create spaces that are “teen-positive,” that malls attract kids effortlessly with fluorescent lights and lousy music. What does this place have for me?”

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