Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Using TechSoup products or educational resources to stay GREEN ? Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Check out our Green Technology Page. Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge").

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Million Budget In small organizations like mine, more often than not, the Executive Director or senior leadership of the organization also wears the technology leader hat, accidental or not. But I do have to do my homework and make smaller, strategic technology decisions. Focus first on process, not technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. We also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

This morning Peggy Duvette and Angus Parker from WiserEarth spent some time at the Foundation sharing their experiences in building successful online communities of action and networks of networks on the WiserEarth online platform. WiserEarth is more than a "green" online social network for individuals, although you join as an individual.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2015

Want to dispose of your old technology AND do some good for the world? The proclamation honors "non-profits like InterConnection [that] are bridging the digital divide by giving refurbished computers and technology to low-income families and other nonprofits." One is for consumers interested in donating laptops and phones.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2013

About the Presenters: Jeanette Russell – Organizing Director, Salsa Labs Nonprofit leader Jeanette Russell brings nearly 20 years of nonprofit experience to her role as organizing director for Salsa Labs. He organizes the coalition’s internal structure and work plan and also leads the coalition’s online action team.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. We are delighted to honor TechSoup member Braided River as a winner of our 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest. Learn More About Our Green Tech Winners. Challenges. Images: Braided River. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. We are delighted to honor TechSoup member Braided River as a winner of our 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest. Learn More About Our Green Tech Winners. Challenges. Our first-place winner was Boulder Food Rescue.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

This Challenge encourages innovations with mobile technologies in human rights investigations and advocacy. Convio and Social Actions worked together to launch the Change the Web Challenge. Check out all the members, former and current, collaborating in this discussion about prioritorizing technology at nonprofits.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Much has changed with regard to fundraising and “friendraising” during the 12 years I have been a professional fundraiser, the most obvious being the use of technology. How do you determine which technology, or set of technologies, will be best suited to your organization? of People Taking Action. Send a box (total).

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Remember September 11th: Be of Service Tuesday's Children: WE Volunteer Charity of the Month And 1 new post up on the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship blog (GCCE) : How Independent Bookstores Are Using Twitter The 15th episode of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact is up (I'm the show's host).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The audience is able to take notes on numbers and try and gauge their organization’s success, but it’s more difficult to make those data points actionable or to provide insight that people can leverage. The goal of this session was to provide the data but also provide analysis and insight that would help organizations take action when needed.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 13, 2008

They did this by creating a Cause and a Fan Page for the org, and by forming a relationship with an ecology oriented game on Facebook, (lil) Green Patch. Six months later the (lil) Green Patch application is one of the most popular on Facebook, with of 6 million users! Me - How did (lil) Green Patch come about?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2018

I arrived as the freshly-minted director of prospect research. My job, as the director of research, was to use the modeling results for prospecting—but also to sell them to the directors of development in the schools and colleges. Take those lists to the director of development in each department.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

guest posts from from Joe Solomon - Founder and Executive Director of Social Actions. There is a revolution brewing in the nonprofit technology community - it's a movement to change the world by changing the web. The movement is being led by Social Actions' Change the Web Challenge - which is proudly sponsored by Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

DeeDee is also part of the team that brings Personal Information Technology Workshops to university campuses around the country, sharing tips about how to take advantage of the web. Yet, quite contrast to another view of mine, Cambodia is not in a very need of BLOG or modern Technology while more than half of the nation???s

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2009

Largest Online Social Action Community of 10 Million "Do Gooders" Adds Fundraising and Advocacy Experts Allyson Kapin and Stephen O’Keefe, Who Bring Decades of Experience at Helping Nonprofits Succeed Redwood City, Calif. to maximize their outreach. Reporters can subscribe to the RSS feed. About Care2.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 21, 2021

With the future of our planet at stake, there’s no greater urgency for innovative partnerships and creative solutions than around the topic for the final episode of season one: climate action. So creating a platform like this can amplify that action.”. By now, we all know that July was the hottest month in recorded human history.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

Technology and digital trends move quickly, but there are a few fundamentals that every nonprofit needs to know. This book will reveal what the data tells us about modern donors and their giving habits , as well as a step-by-step playbook of actions you can take right now to improve your current fundraising tactics. . Take action.

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Care2

OCTOBER 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) The polls close at midnight on Halloween.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

Usually, nonprofits hire an executive director who helps develop different fundraising event ideas and handle the budget for various fundraisers. The executive director manages the big picture ideas and assigns roles and responsibilities to other staff and volunteers. Placing auction item displays. Preparing refreshments.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

To equip you with knowledge and actionable advice, Ekin Sisli, Director of Systems Engineering at Flipcause, is sharing what all nonprofits need to know about cybersecurity. Ekin Sisli is the Director of Systems Engineering at Flipcause. Keep in mind, hackers can buy security certificates, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. m a product of the Great Lakes and have a degree in technical writing from Michigan Technological University.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. We do that by coordinating training, technology, and advocacy support. The problem that we are addressing is a great one.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

When David explained that each of the Holocaust Museum’s myriad comment boards, blogs, and online forums is moderated by a staff member, the audience turned a little green. Better yet, some of that sniffing can be appended by friendly actions that require little more than a keyboard and an interest in talking with others about your museum.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way? But it’s a journal about technology and social change ! About 70% of traditional, non-gold, peer-reviewed journals are green.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And I started my whole company in support of founders, CEOs, executive directors that are out there. I use CEO, executive director, and founder interchangeably. Each board member had a give of 500, a give of 5,000 and if it was in the green for that quarter, that meant they were on track. ” Because I have worn your hat.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With technology improving, virtual and hybrid events rising in popularity, and new event ideas coming to fruition, it can be hard to determine the best fundraising event that aligns with your audience, goals, and overall mission. Board fundraisers – Your nonprofit board of directors is the governing body of your organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The bottom line is that, despite how technological and automated organizations have become, at their core they remain a collection of human energies that are merely being applied in an organized environment," explains Shaner. The book came out earlier this month. Its joined my Top 10 leadership books list!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Tonight, I attended a live panel discussion on the question of whether Technology is Really Good for Human Rights, or not. We’ve seen potential for those unsympathetic to the cause to use the technology too – a bit of an arms race created. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

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) The Twitter community likes to be engaged.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. I am a co-founder of Global Exchange, which was founded by myself and two other people, Medea Benjamin, my wife, and Kirsten Moller who has been the Executive Director of Global Exchange since we started in 1988.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

The speakers were Alli Chagi-Starr, who is the Co-Founder of Art in Action ; Ilyse Hogue, the Campaign Director for MoveOn.org ; Melinda Kramer, the Founder and Director of Women's Earth Alliance ; and Reem Rahim, the Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Numi Tea.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

When I went to see Van Jones speak for the first time at the Green Festival in November 2002 about, "Green Jobs, Not Packed Jails," people in the States were just starting to lift their heads up from a year of fear and despair after September 11th. Our question is, will this green wave lift all boats? How do we make sure?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

We'll be taking with arts activist Alli Chagi-Starr, the Cultural Arts Director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ' Reclaim the Future Program. Alli is also the co-founder of Art and Revolution, and founder of Art in Action , Dancers without Borders, and the Radical Performance Fest.

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