Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

When it comes to nonprofit board development, “I don’t have time,” “We don’t have the resources,” “How can I possibly think about strengthening the board when I’m worried about how we are going to deliver programs and meet payroll?” I work long days and don’t always have time to exercise.” I don’t have time.” “We

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

In eLearning, we are at the very start of the hype curve with distributed ledgers: we can imagine the technology solving one of our recurring problems. When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. This past year, U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Web Huddle – The only other one I can find that at this time offers the possibility of sharing a Linux desktop. Problem is, I’m not a nonprofit organization. We chose Persony because it had one of the simplest interfaces and had a one-time fee. Nonprofits are charged much lower rates (see comment below.)

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

At the same time, nonprofits should be aware of the challenges and limitations to this emergent form of funding. Though the practice is decades old, the term was only coined in 2008, making it a relatively new field of study. Big Donors Losing Faith In Charity To Solve Problems. Segedin, A. 2016, June 6). 2015, January 23).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City. The event is part of the September 11-12 Service Nation Summit , a gathering of 600 leaders from a variety of sectors convening to discuss the role that citizen service and volunteering can play in solving the nation's problems.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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See3

JANUARY 24, 2008

David Carr in the New York Times suggests that The Wire is placing too much of the blame for the failures in the newsroom on the management staff that has to make them. He suggests that the show should spend more time looking at the structural issues that are the root cause of the problem.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2011

Numbers from more recent studies, like the 2008 Report on Charitable Confidence by the Brookings Institution, show that public confidence in the sector has risen somewhat since then, but is still disturbingly low—and projected to stay that way. It is called "Is giving the greatest moral challenge of our time?"

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JANUARY 9, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2018

Aid programs may be necessary to benefit the individuals currently in poverty, but it does not provide a lasting solution (Dees, 2008). Scharmer (2008) accuses these failures to the blind “deeper dimension of leadership and transformational change” (Scharmer, 2008). Executive Forum, Winter 2008, 52-59. It is essential.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. Part 1: It's What You Want In 2002, I was finishing a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at WPI, a hands-on, technical university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Every time a kid said, "I never knew science could be like this!" I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Aashika, the founder and executive director, starting learning about and looking for ways to support the community of survivors when she was studying Anthropology and Political Science at University of California, Berkeley: “When I was in college, I learned of a labor/sex trafficking case right across from my dorm.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

There's just one problem. Their four central points may sound familiar: Stories are universal. The institutional version raised more than 4 times as much from almost twice as many donors. But sadly, by the time she returned to shore from her journey, she had lost an incredible 107 pounds and her cub was gone."

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

1stfans is one answer to a universal question: "How do we create a membership to serve visitors who already have a positive relationship with the museum but have not chosen to purchase traditional memberships?" We announced 1stfans on December 5, 2008, and since then have had 272 1stfans from 15 states and 9 countries on 4 continents.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. Turns out that part of the problem was that many nonprofits didnt understand functional expense accounting or reporting rules.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization. He took a psychology degree from the University of Chicago in 1969 and became a reporter and columnist for the Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix. Ashoka is concerned.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. As you dive deep into the world of storytelling and connecting with donors, we also want you to have a great time and feel inspired when you leave. on the heels of an historic election, at a time of significant change in the sector and the country. 11/10/2016.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

But what can you do about a problem that seems so overwhelming? On April 15, 2008 I talked with Janessa Goldbeck, the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, about what we can all do about genocide. I came into it when I was a junior at Northwestern University, and I was living in New York at that time.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Today's challenging economic times mean a lot of nonprofits are looking for new ways to raise money. Start by evaluating whether you are committing a comparable amount of resources -- people, time, and planning -- to your online initiatives. Myth #4: Technology is not the problem. Thon Morse, Kimbia.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

The series featured stories of 12 social entrepreneurs including Martin Fisher and Nick Moon, the co-Founders of KickStart (which was called ApproTEC at the time of the series). What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation on July 2, 2008. Martin Fisher: The problem we're trying to solve is global poverty.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

"I think about how many times I didn't like the color of my skin, because I didn't see myself in any art. Utne Reader named Favianna one of their 2008, 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World , and she recently received a Sisters of Fire Award from the Women of Color Resource Center. We really want you to come."

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JULY 19, 2022

Eventually, as time passed, the reality was more of a “K” shaped recovery. We have seen this before in 2008-9 and even just a couple of years ago. During times of recession, people tend to seek higher education as a way to gain new skills and improve their future job prospects. Education Enrollment Numbers Go Up.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. Of course, this incredible film was produced in a short amount of time, without a lot of budget to do outreach. I had to beg to drive him to the airport to even get any time with him, because he had no idea who I was.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

In 2008, the Packard Foundation invited Voices for Utah Children to participate in the Narrative Project , which was designed to change the conversation around children’s. At that time, we only had about 100 Twitter followers – many of them local businesses trying to get us to follow them – and 175 Facebook fans. better way.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Want to earn some money in your spare time by ferrying food or riders around town? 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. Want to share your extra room with a traveler and make a few bucks?

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Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

At the same time, I had been writing a lot on new communication technologies such as satellites, digital media, cell phones, and so on. 2008 is the year in which all the new technologies, techniques, concepts, innovations of so-called new media are being tried. In 1996 a friend and I did a study of presidential campaign websites.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

At the same time, I had been writing a lot on new communication technologies such as satellites, digital media, cell phones, and so on. 2008 is the year in which all the new technologies, techniques, concepts, innovations of so-called new media are being tried. In 1996 a friend and I did a study of presidential campaign websites.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

It's long, but I hope you'll take time during your coffee or lunch break to read, or listen to her inspiring words. I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. I am always a big believer in that.

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See3

DECEMBER 19, 2007

No problem. an unnamed University of Florida student said in a video that captured the attention of college-age men and women across the country. Time passes. 19 Mar 2008 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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