Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

It pertains to anything from your local grocery store to the Internet. For instance, if your website focuses heavily on images or graphics, simply not including captions or alternative text can drive away supporters or donors with a visual impairment or slow internet speed. Increase mobile usability.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the top platforms you can leverage to get the word out about your business, including: Your Website Social Media Mobile App A well-designed marketing plan can give your business the fuel it needs to bring attention to its services, products, events, campaigns, and more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To mitigate the impacts of this pandemic on girls and secure a better future, we’ve found that supporting locally-led initiatives works best. Profound Change Starts With Local Partners. The initiative currently supports 57 Education Champions in eight countries with the greatest need. with radio-based education during the pandemic.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Ask your local donut maker to donate a portion of their proceeds on June 7 to your cause, or ask a favorite hot dog shack to give special coupons for a free or discounted frank to the folks that donate to you in a given time period. Bike-a-Thon.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

Adding an alternative registration option to your current event registration can help your event remain inclusive of those people who prefer to avoid large public gatherings. This can be as easy as using your mobile phone and broadcasting your live event festivities over Facebook Live or another social media outlet.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Set up an online store and tap your local artisans for goods to sell for a virtual craft fair.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

You see, I am a female in my late 20’s-early 30’s, living in an urban area, vegetarian, eco-conscious, middle class, and have been actively seeking plant based alternatives to milk that taste good and are kinder to animals and the planet. Giving Preferences: Who prefers to give via mobile wallet, check, recurring online donation, cash, etc?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

With a hybrid approach, local guests can get the in-person auction experience, while you can provide an online experience for guests who aren’t located near you or wish to attend without leaving the comfort of their own homes. Make your website mobile-friendly. There are many benefits to hosting an auction online. Test your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. However, while in Asia I got to watch CNN Asia and the BBC and read the local press. WWF Mobile. By early December I was anxious, angry, and hopeless.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

After I attended Catalyzing the Sharing Economy conference (the sharing economy is defined as the use of networked, mobile, information technology to share goods and services), I shared a post with some notes and ideas about why I think it is the next generation of networked social change. Alternative Currency Donations.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

A pioneer in biojet fuels, Alaska Airlines partnered with Neste to lay the groundwork for industry-wide adoption of renewable fuel options, such as forest residuals , made from the stumps and branches leftover after a timber harvest, and a cleaner alternative to traditional jet fuel.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

This new philanthropic service is free for nonprofits and invites you to host local tours so guests can sign up and get to know your cause. As a nonprofit organization, you host an activity that immerses travelers (and passionate locals) in your cause. One hundred percent of what guests pay goes directly to your organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

I hope that in the future we don’t have to turn to a back up/alternative, but I’d love to hear your thoughts about the use of CoverItLive this time! What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? But for now local is still something I use a map and a tank of gas to determine the limits of.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

As an alternative, voters can always use our 50 state map to find their state’s official poll finder tool or the phone number for their local election office. 45 states have online registration lookup tools, and calling your local election office is always an option (again, use our 50 state map to get links and numbers).

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Tie your mission and what you’re doing with their donations locally. There are many ways to ensure loyalty program touchpoints are relevant, timely, and personalized with segmentation, tiered offers, branded messaging, and mobile-ready applications. Here’s an example Great things are happening.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

How to incentivize volunteerism At its core, volunteerism is the engagement and mobilization of groups of people to support others or fight for a worthwhile cause. Offering virtual volunteer opportunities helps many nonprofit organizations connect with new audiences and grow their reach beyond their local communities.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 23, 2023

Consider showcasing a particular small business’s offerings by filling a basket with their products, such as a craft-themed basket highlighting an art supply store or a home improvement basket of items from a locally owned hardware store. For hybrid or virtual auctions , take photos of each basket to upload to your mobile bidding platform.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

To make sure school supplies aren’t out of reach for any student, they created the Free Teacher Market to help “Erase the Need” for local students. If you’re running an auction, make sure your participants are able to bid from a mobile app … or their computer, if they choose. Allow Alternative Payment Methods. Print materials.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 4, 2007

A cogent vision could mobilize some substantial resources. I've decided to work on this, not as an alternative to the enabling environment goals but to complete them. My focus will be on commitments to creating local content and delivering fundamental access to technology and content.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

asking the user for permission, like Geolocation) or coming up with new alternatives to ensure this." "The Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator determines the value of library services in Topeka and Shawnee County based on per capita spending of local and state funding.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

If you have top-level landing pages and want to encourage users to interact more with them instead of the pages below, a standard basic menu may be a better alternative. It may be difficult for low-mobility users to access the deeper levels of a megamenu. Instead, it serves to group content. The content may feel stale to users.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? They reached to these communities through the NetSquared Warsaw groups, tech- and startup-focused meetups, and through local universities such as the Warsaw University of Technology. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Freedom Fone leverages audio as a mobile function using IVR, a technology that allows a system to detect voice and keyboard input. At Radio Maria, the broadcasters relied on the large number of existing listeners to promote and explain the service, including the specific local numbers to call. Listen to the jingle here.) .

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

55% of gamers are now playing on their handheld mobile devices. (JD). Macon Money is one example of a game that creates an alternative currency for real world exchanges in the physical world, similar to economic stimulus. (BS). For the full list of strategic lessons learned in our last Nonprofits Live session, visit the Amoration blog.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

On October 1, Brighter Tomorrows held a Candlelight Vigil at a local police department. On October 3, it held a Purple Paw Project festival at a local park. By providing mobile advocacy, we are able to take our services to locations that are convenient for the people we serve. Image 1: Alternatives to Violence.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

Since then, we’ve been hard at work bringing together the wide range of tech, tools, and services we all offer, including case management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and fundraising and engagement, as well as some functionality from our friends at Mobilize. Activate supporters with Mobilize. Mobilize is here to stay.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2015

Local agencies and community organizations also participate in Caring Partners' network of support for these at-risk youth. Staying Connected While Mobile. When they learned that Cisco was ending support for WebOffice , they looked for an alternative. The Benefits of Planning and Training.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

Focusing in on Local Issues. Concrn , based in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, channels compassionate care for alternate intervention when a resident determines there is a mental health crisis that may not need 911 intervention. Open Data San Francisco. Connect with OpenDataSF on Twitter @DataSF and check out its blog.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Building local chapters. Along the way Boaz met with inventors, entrepreneurs and government leaders and told the story of alternative, sustainable transportation in an interesting way. Another alternative is to ask people to fund your hotel stays or donate their points in various hotel reward programs.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Get to know the alternative and “emerging” news outlets and most influential bloggers (known as “influencers”) in your area. Look for online community news outlets like Patch.com that allow individuals to submit local news stories for posting. Variations went to other informal news outlets.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

For example, if a nonprofit was running a corporate grant program with a local business, they’d want to be able to track volunteer hours specifically related to that grant. For example, imagine Bob the veterinarian has now logged his first five hours providing vaccinations for pets at a mobile clinic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

I shared the video on my personal profile and it prompted quite a heated discussion in the comments between my colleagues. The controversy on my Facebook wall boiled down to those who felt the emotional pull of the story and those who had an alternative view. And where is the local community in all of this?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The iPad's release next month is best considered as another milestone in the phenomenal expansion of mobile computing. Millions more are already using Google's Android mobile operating system and, additionally, a Google tablet prototype was unveiled recently. Smartphone sales are soaring , with 54.5

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. This alternative to cloud computing consists of all the computers that are already around us, connected in to a distributed network of devices through smart routers.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

Olutosin has created an alternative: a women-only center that allows Nigerian women to connect online safely and freely. At World Pulse we trust that local women community leaders will reveal the way forward. It’s time to take a closer look at how we can boost the feminine digital revolution—a revolution that is already underway.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2015

Open is the alternative to the traditional methods of controlling intellectual property and authority with a focus on delivering the broadest possible access and encouraging reuse. In case you missed the event, here’s a recap of two of the top trends to watch this year: Open Museums and Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Here's some inspiring stories, tips and resources: Some Inspirational Stories Last week I wrote the Columbus Foundation's recently launhced Match Day 2.0 , a giving stimulus plan created to matching gifts to PowerPhilanthropy organizations and raise $1 million in 48 hours to support local needs in their community.

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