Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

That panel, titled Activism in a Digital First World, focused on creating a sustainable future and was moderated by Salesforce.org’s Chief Engagement Officer Cristina Jones. Marie is an active volunteer with the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, her daughter’s high school, and board member of SF Basque Cultural Center.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Challenge for the rest of 2008: I'm feeling a bit discouraged about what feels like a lack of progress in the situation. Challenge for rest of 2008: I only have 6 more interviews for 2008. My resolutions were to: 1.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Since 2008, extensive research and conversations have revealed the state of women in nonprofit careers. An active community volunteer, Peggy has served on 33 community Boards and countless committees. A nationally noted consultant and trainer, Peggy has worked with more than 700 nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

"[S]top thinking about how crazy the times are, and start thinking about what the crazy times demand."-- Seth Godin A couple weeks ago blogger Latoya Peterson posted her 2008 Activist Resolutions on Racialicious. What are your 2008 Activist Resolutions? I really liked this idea so thought I'd post my own: 1.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Care2

JUNE 25, 2011

“ Women also volunteer much more than men do. Thirty-two percent of women, compared to just 25 percent of men, volunteer across every state, age group and education level,&# said Jocelyn Harmon. According to a Pew study, in 2008 women comprised 53% of social networking site users.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. But, clearly, the campaigns have made social media a central strategy in their Donor, Volunteer and Voter mobilization efforts. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. For the first time in U.S. Tools you can Use.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

All over the world, people who care about the future of the Web are joining together to organize events and activities in their towns, growing the OWD network from the grassroots up. In 2008, OneWebDay organizers documented volunteer-driven events in 34 different cities across the world. What’s OneWebDay. Share Your Story.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Hunger Action Month was established by Feeding America in 2008 as part of a nationwide, month-long campaign to raise awareness of hunger in our country and promote ways for individuals everywhere to get involved with the effort to fight it. CROS Ministries successfully met the needs of their community when they were needed the most.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Last week, I sent an email to our current members, thanking them for being part of NTEN in 2008 and reminding them about early renewal. It made me think back on 2008 and how much NTEN has grown -- in community and activity -- over the past year.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 29, 2011

It provides an overview of the size and scope of philanthropic activities in our state, based on 2008 IRS data. Total grants made by all Arizona-based grantmaking entities (including corporate foundations) in 2008 amounted to a bit more than $653 million, with 72% ($470 million) going to Arizona nonprofits. How's our blogging?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

When you compare that to only one trillion text messages sent in 2008, it’s clear that text messaging is growing faster than any other Web-based communication method out there today, and yet it is a tool almost entirely untapped by the nonprofit sector. 1) Mobile-optimized petitions sent via group text messaging.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. They have also been very active on Facebook and Twitter along with a few entries on the Jumo blog. Will millions of people sign-up, actively participate, and help drive change?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. These volunteers will be the everyday heroes who help us coordinate food distribution for families left economically vulnerable.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Share your story (about how you got online, what your first online engagement or activity was, etc.) Sign up for a Mozilla Service Week Volunteer Opportunity. In 2008, OneWebDay organizers documented volunteer-driven events in 34 different cities across the world. what or how would need to change to get them there?

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

One of PresenTense's core activities is the Global Summer Institute , held in Jerusalem. Each fellow is guided by a personal volunteer, mentor, and a coach, who are professionals in different fields. They used Google docs to help share documents with the volunteers worldwide as they worked on the magazine.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In 2008, OneWebDay organizers documented volunteer-driven events in 34 different cities across the world. Tags: Accessible Technology Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide Online Activism Recycled & Refurbished Computers Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 This year events are happening in over 50 cities in 20 countries!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?" A couple months ago, the ASU Lodestar Center released its 2010 report on Arizona Giving & Volunteering. The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Crowdrise is an innovative, crowd-sourcing community of volunteers and fundraisers that are answering the call to service, raising money for charity, and having the most fun in the world while doing it.&#. Essentially it allows you to support a cause through your activity on Tiwtter (and soon to come Facebook).

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

While it may be obvious that programmatic strategy – decisions that affect your coworkers, your volunteers, or your organization's mission – shouldn't be based on "snap judgments", it's incredibly hard to make the human mind work any other way. AddThis, Facebook Activity Widget, etc.) Sometimes we've led trends. The results so far?

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AFP Blog

JUNE 5, 2008

San Luis Obispo County’s website | 06/05/2008 | Nonprofit Strategies: Why nonprofit groups need to be online: "Nonprofit groups are exhorted regularly to increase their online presence.Staff and volunteers are already stretched with current activities and might be resistant to adding technology to the workload.After all, even technology that enhances (..)

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. Ze was really hands-on with everyone, giving hugs, taking photos, jumping in to do activities with participants.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

You can also use ZIP code to restrict or show events near a constituent’s area and show nearby volunteering opportunities. Offline activities. If you track event attendees or volunteers, follow up online by sending a thank you email with pictures of the event. In 2008, CAFB distributed more than 17 million pounds of food.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The notion of a community is really tricky because every web page is a latent community, waiting to be activated. On the day of the 2008 US elections, the Obama campaign was able to assign trimmed down telecalling lists to volunteers by ticking off the names of the people who had already voted. What About You?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

1] (In 2008, 26% of adults used an SNS.) This is significantly higher than the 65% of Americans that belonged to at least one voluntary group in 2008." Again, it seems likely that the current economic conditions at least in part explain the higher rates of volunteering. What explains this trend? Oh, did I find Bob?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Andy then started PCs for People as a volunteer-based charity to fix up old computers and get them to low-income people who could really use them. In 2008, volunteer Casey Sorensen became PCs for People's first executive director. The organization is now the help desk for over 30,000 active computers across the US.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This is an obvious choice: when you're actively building something, it makes sense to have an expert on building involved. years at DoSomething.org, he oversaw the complete overhaul of the site (cms, architecture, skin, etc) in 2008, landing a People's Choice Webby Award in the Youth in 2009 and nomination in 2010. During his 4.5

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2020

I first heard Penelope Burk speak at the International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals in 2008. That means, above all others, leadership volunteers and Chief Executive Officers. You need to continually build trust and loyalty with donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. They have also been very active on Facebook and Twitter along with a few entries on the Jumo blog. Will millions of people sign-up, actively participate, and help drive change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

There's a lot happening this week in the nonprofit and social media space, particularly related to encouraging generosity, giving, and volunteering using social media tools. There was also a session announcing the " All for Good ," an application that makes it easy for people to give back to their communities through volunteering.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy. In fact, the bar for activism is higher. Action takes time.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

One of the secrets to engaging board members in activities that they may be nervous about is to thoughtfully celebrate successes whenever they take place. It reinforces how important those activities are, and creates pride of ownership and positive peer pressure within your board’s culture. Celebrate success. governance'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Shel tells the story of the holiday season 2008, when the city of Toronto Transit Authority canceled its New Year's eve free-ride transportation due to budget pressures. The corporation mitigates the impact of its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Here's the topline results: There is extensive experimentation with social media in the nonprofit sector, but only half (51%) surveyed are active users. In both cases, the results show that social technologies are not delivering much in terms of fundraising or attracting volunteers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

This is not so far on the heels of the acquisition of Get Active by Convio. Instead, they will have to rely on consultants, or unfortunately volunteers. Blackbaud has done other acquisitions in the past. And, I’m sure there are more to come. There basically are three types of software acquisitions that companies make.

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