EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Founded by the United Nations , WHD advocates for the "safety and security of humanitarian aid workers, and for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises.". Get Involved | Twitter | Facebook. Oxfam America. Oxfam America envisions a world without poverty. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2023

The devastating wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui has displaced thousands of people and destroyed beloved homes, businesses, and landmarks in the historic town of Lahaina. They’re working with local healthcare facilities and coordinating emergency shipments of vital supplies from medicine to hygiene kits.

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APRIL 14, 2022

Website or event page so people can find it. You can use a Facebook event, Eventbrite or a simple campaign site like splashthat. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Provide water station stops and set up a picnic at the end for people that raise money. Bike-a-Thon.

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See3

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

If you missed your opportunity to donate to a nonprofit on Facebook during “America’s Giving Challenge&# , which raised more than $1 million from more than 50,000 donations in 3 weeks, you now have another chance to give on Facebook. Tags: foundation fundraising facebook social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

2: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal17. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? The article goes on to quote Jean Case "Philanthropy shouldn't be defined as a bunch of rich people writing checks," she told the New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year. Check it out: Click for our full Give to the Max Day 2012 results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Central and South America. Africa and Middle East. Europe and UK.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 People who benefit from spreading your idea, not people who need to own it."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Join your local NetSquared group. No local group? Denver, CO: Beyond Facebook and Twitter: Storytelling Through Social Media. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Empowering People with Technology. Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. September 2.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Effective storytelling means nonprofits can reach more people, touch more hearts, and create bigger impact. TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Central and South America. Here at TechSoup, we're big on stories.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"2009 saw a proliferation of online charity events, competitions, and “friendraisers&# that spilled across Twitter (Twitter) and Facebook (Facebook) and filled email inboxes everywhere with more requests for money than any Nigerian prince could ever hope to make. " Check it out!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. Central and South America. North America. Looking for inspiration? September 23.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I've been participating in service days where I can share my technology skills with local organization. Mozilla is reaching out to geeks far and wide to give a helping hand to nonprofit organizations and people all over the world to experience the joy of using the Web! More information here.

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Givinga

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Each of these examples uses a unique tactic to engage employees and increase impact on the local, national, or international community. The campaign donated a meal’s worth of money to food banks every time someone liked their Facebook page, combining philanthropy with social media marketing and brand awareness.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

and have a reason to hang out with other cool people! The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Additionally, Microsoft recently announced its YouthSpark initiative, which aims to create opportunities for 300 million young people over the next three years. These apps encourage young people to get involved in civic and political issues. Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

Founded just four years ago, C3 has used the power of art to touch the lives of more than 250,000 people, while also teaching about the importance of getting creative about the issue of waste in America. Works with local businesses, helping businesses donate old materials to local middle schools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

3: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal16. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. That a local organization is more deserving than a national one? On paper, it seemed simple enough. Nice dream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

We found out about BIKERSCAP when the organization's CEO, Greg Reaster , posted on our Facebook page "TechSoup has made all we do here at BIKERSCAP possible. After that Reaster began putting ads in the local paper soliciting for computers. Computers and money do come to BIKERSCAP by local businesses and residents.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Guests received haircuts while employees from a local Target store painted and updated the Shelter’s three-room common area. Local business owners worked with people recovering from substance abuse on local recycling and beautification projects. The company was able to fund over 3,500 meals through Feeding America.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

Twitter's technical staff was only 10 percent women, and Facebook and Yahoo's was at 15 percent. Additionally, there are more open jobs today in America — and the majority of them are in information technology. I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. That a local organization is more deserving than a national one? On paper, it seemed simple enough. Nice dream.

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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. Facebook Live and YouTube Live are free options that your participants will be used to. Bringing people together + raising money for a great cause = a win-win to us!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. After that we hope lots of people will contribute content to it. Technology for Good Report.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2011

In this case, parents with kids dealing with substance abuse, local media, medical professionals and law enforcement. Frank who works with the Partnership for a Drug-Free America in Arizona. “Many, many people would rather volunteer a little bit of time for a worthy cause than donate money,&# said Grant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. We even localized and mixed up our energizers and icebreakers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. While the challenges were focused mainly on local or statewide issues, they came up with solutions that could be adopted for national issues as well.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We also started to notice just how many elders and families are affected by food insecurity: more than 34 million people in the United States alone. It doesn’t take a ton of education or even a degree to help people. The conventional culture in America generates a lot of inefficiencies and wasted resources, both tangible and abstract.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

They whisk people away from their everyday lives and connect them with ideas that can revolutionize how they think. Many of the issues they champion have taken a backseat in people’s minds this year, as our nation’s attention has been captured by one shocking event after another. Stories are windows into new worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Key partnerships with TheUpTake.org , Mall of America , Razoo and Padilla Speer Beardsley have been critical to our success. We strengthen this collective movement by providing webinars , live training at local and regional conferences, a social media planning guide , and nonprofit tools throughout the year. Relationships with donors.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

"Understand that a movement means that people gotta do something. When TV personality Glenn Beck proclaimed in 2009 on the "Fox & Friends" morning show that President Obama was a racist with a "deep-seated hatred for white people," many people were understandably up-in-arms. Additional Resources.

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