Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Washington, DC: Top Five Tips - Leveraging Technology for Social Good. Toronto, Canada: Social Media Surgery: Hands on social media advice & help. Washington, DC: Nonprofit Generator - Accessing ideas for social benefit technology apps. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

But, by eventually following Donna’s advice and talking to the Office of Special Education Programs in DC, we discovered the funding and the way forward for Bookshare to begin to realize its potential. Washington? Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” Thank you, George and Donna, for helping us make real our dreams of service!

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

There’s been a lot of recent activity coming out of Washington, DC … it’s a good time for an update. Our best advice, however, is for every nonprofit to invest in its own capacity to learn more about its donors and prospective donors, to capture that data, and to keep it clean and current.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I'd worked at a DC nonprofit the summer after my junior year that focused on policy work, but that wasn't a fit for me either. A couple months before graduation I went to my religion professor's office hours to ask for advice. My advice: 1. What advice do you have for aspiring organizers? Follow your curiosity.

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Care2

JUNE 10, 2010

DC Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) a 10 day festival in Washington, DC focused on technology, innovation and all things digital capital kicks of June 11 th. There’s even a probono consulting lounge where nonprofits can ask experts for advice on every topic under the sun. NW, Washington DC 20001 Time : 1:00PM to 2:00PM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2010

Since this was my first ustream event, I reached out to my network for some advice. From here, we are embarking on a series of private and public events in San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York City to launch the book. unconference on Friday morning in Washington, DC. The BlogTalkRadio show will feature calls from you!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. He resides in the DC-Metro area. If you’re ready to improve your member relations and show your supporters how much they mean to you, our strategies will get you on the right path.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. He resides in the DC-Metro area. If you’re ready to improve your member relations and show your supporters how much they mean to you, our strategies will get you on the right path.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 14, 2009

The guide features 12 real-life strategies organizations are using right now to succeed during the downturn, in addition to tons of great tactical advice, creative samples and other resources. As <a href="[link] target="_blank">Deborah Elizabeth Finn</a> explains, "constituents from any district in the U.S.

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Care2

DECEMBER 17, 2009

This book offers practical advice on how nonprofits of any size can green their own organization, even on a limited budget. Location: Care2 Offices - Washington DC 1100 15th St. NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005. Come on out and meet editors Ted Hart, Adrienne D. Date: January 13th, 2010 at 5:30pm.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Organization: Women for Women International.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Whether your event is hybrid offline/online event or virtual, one way to think through a strategy for events is a simple: Before, During, and After. I queried nonprofit colleagues, asking for their best advice. You can also use storify to curate tweets, photos, videos, resources, and links during the event.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

> DC 501 Tech Club. This week, they've been tackling both community work space options in the DC area, plus they got all geeky and talked about infrastructure options: 1 or 2 IS DB for your team? If you know what that means, and you work in DC, you should join the group here. > NTEN Members LinkedIn Group.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Washington, DC: Web Trends: Wordpress & Beyond. Vancouver, Canada: Social Media Surgery: Hands on social media advice & help. Denver, CO: Before You Hit Send: Email Marketing, Planning, and Strategy. Adelaide, Australia: Mixing online with offline - building communities that take action. Wednesday, September 18.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2010

I stumbled across this post this week, and I'm glad I did: The Nonprofit Dashboard , where Barbara Talisman gives great advice about building and using a dashboard effectively to track goals and outcomes at your organization. She also provides a link to a sample dashboard one nonprofit is using. Thanks, Barbara! Thanks for updating us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

What advice do you have for others? I interviewed Arlene to learn more about they’re measuring their Twitter campaign and what they’re learning. Good opportunities to experiment often emerge through our cause partnerships, since we are compelled to find an activation that supports both unique brands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Two of favorite nonprofit BlogHers, Michele Martin (of the Bamboo Project ), and Rosetta Thurman(of Perspectives from the Pipeline ) are interested in piloting one-day free retreat for about 15 women on a Saturday in the Washington, DC area. The only cost to participants would be for food, and potentially meeting space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

I spoke to a group of nonprofit in Seattle a few weeks ago at Pyramid Communications who found the advice for taking incremental steps towards improvement very useful. The model was also used for advanced practitioners as a benchmarking framework at Social Media Week in DC last week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

My next remote apperance is at Blackbaud Conference on October 20-21st in Washington, DC as part of the keynote to be delivered live by Allison. What advice do you have for remote presenting? It was great to get this feedback during the presentation and helped make it more effective. Talk about multi-tasking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I was in Washington, DC where I did a session on social media strategy for a convening of Packard Grantees. Jeremiah Owyang has a terrific post with some advice on how to do this. I was in Washington, DC where I did a session on social media strategy for a convening of Packard Grantees. Photo by Justin Benttinen.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Washington, DC: NetSquared Meetup. Vancouver, Canada: Social Media Surgery: Hands on social media advice & help. Denver, CO: Before You Hit Send: Email Marketing, Planning, and Strategy. Adelaide, Australia: Social Media September. Adidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Wednesday, September 18.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

I first worked for the Shakespeare Theater here in DC and then moved to the Human Rights Campaign for almost 12 years before arriving at EveryAction. At the end of the day the best piece of advice I can give is that it isn’t always about how much mail you’re sending, but who you’re targeting and how. How has the industry evolved?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2015

She was inspired to create her project in 2012 when she met a man named Juan in a Soup Kitchen in Washington, DC. Her advice for other Gen Z social entrepreneurs? “ Find what you are most passionate about and make an impact to change the world it for the better, it doesn’t matter how old you are, making a difference has no age limit.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Check out your local camera shop for rentals and expert advice. Dawn is a freelancer for BC/DC Ideas and Brian writes for the volunteer storytelling blog Amplifying Good. You don’t have to buy a thing to film your video on a DSLR. Renting means you can get an expensive piece of equipment for a fraction of the price.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and how to take this blog to the next level. That was one of the reasons that lead me to the streamline goal and as part of that a blog redesign. I need get rid of clutter, revise, and re-organize. There's not enough hours in the day. Here's what it looks like: Concepts. Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

I keep thinking of the advice offered by Charlene Li on whether investing in social media at some level is a yes or not question. Meanwhile across town in DC, there was another nonprofit social media gathering taking place at Google Headquarters, there were also presentations and discussion on social media ROI. It's an either/or.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

The Denver/Boulder area also abounds in tech start ups so it almost seemed mandatory that there be a nonprofit tech group here as well." - Amy Quinn, Tech4Good Denver What advice would you give to a new Tech Club leader? "I Plus, the peer-to-peer opportunity present in a Tech club is really appealing. There are a million ways to help.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Their Service Grant Program makes grants of professional consulting services, delivered pro bono by a team of business professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to help nonprofits in the Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington DC metro areas. You might try your state's nonprofit association.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. Getting to Know and Cultivating Free Agents: Here’s my best advice on this. I don’t often get a chance to listen and learn. That was the gift of attending Nonprofit 2.0 A big thank you conference organizers!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Where they’re from (this happens often in DC as my city is a spot tourists love to visit!) EG for CC: If you had advice to share for a new Convio admin, what would it be? One thing I love doing is talking to people I don’t know. I just can’t help myself. I want to know where they got their shoes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity group will meet in Washington, DC on April 4 at 1:00 PM ( check agenda ) to share experiences, tips, and ideas about how Flickr can be used to support nonprofits and their programs. Amy Gahran's Advice on Using Flickr Photos As Source Material. Screencast: Using Flickr As A Resource for Presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

" He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. "Don't forget the real world" contains such a superior, pejorative tone. I.e. "Hey, idiot, get your head out of the digital sand and pay attention to things that matter." Educate about your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

If you are reading this roundup, and you haven't registered for NTC in Washington, DC, go do it now and while you're at it, register for Penguin Day too. Andy Roberts has a good roundup of advice for encouraging participation on wikis, yet another new kind of online community. Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC. Yikes, there are no rules.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

In June, I will start full-time at the social marketing firm based in Washington, DC where I've been completing a fellowship, working on the client team representing the National Institute on Drug Abuse. What practical advice would you offer a nonprofit just dipping their toes in the social media waters?

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Washington, DC: May NTEN Happy Hour: Google Grant + Google Analytics = Better Results, Nonprofit Grant for Free Advertising. Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery: Hands-on Advice and Help. Victoria, British Columbia: Branding As a Nonprofit: Putting Your Brand to Work for You. Friday, May 13, 2016. Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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