Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. HRP team members presented papers at academic conferences, published articles in academic journals, and offered many public talks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

You can learn more about a charity by visiting its website, requesting information and studying its annual report. Mandy Fricke is the community manager for Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Like this article? Do your research. Check out the organization's mission statement and the makeup of its board of directors.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

There are a few ways to go about attracting new visitors to your website, the challenge of finding that new audience, can in many ways be broken into two pieces: identifying and attracting & serving). Are there specific business or government groups that might be interested in the work you’re doing? Identifying New Audiences.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Insights on Government Funding. Since government is a major funder of rural programs, it's useful to know that a clear trend in government funding is interagency collaborations. More government grants are looking for collaborations among multiple organizations that are able to address an issue from different angles.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 2, 2011

Given the recent substantial cutbacks in state government support for many nonprofits, I believe the sector needs to get very creative about expanding revenue sources. Governments would issue bonds to investors interested in supporting social change but also in receiving some return on their investment. Like this article?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

That's why government, the private sector, and nonprofits have all been increasingly adopting telework. The University of Wisconsin also has some useful language in its telecommuting policy and guidelines (PDF). We've compiled some resources to help organizations better manage teleworkers. Benefits of Telework.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Many microgiving websites make it outrageously simple to donate, and with mobile giving on the rise, we can definitely expect an increase in the number of smaller donations. Join leaders from nonprofit, government, and business organizations to find out! Like this article? Click here to check out Leo’s profile.) For inspiration.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2011

So, I was immediately interested when a link to an article, titled " Good Intentions vs. Good Results ," popped up on my Twitter feed. The article is actually a blog post published last week on Sean Stannard-Stocktons Tactical Philanthropy Blog. I just saw another interesting article that is loosely related to this topic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

According to their website, they get state money to provide services to adults and children with developmental disabilities. million in government grants , although Ill guess that those were probably really contracts. The website resolves to a similar organization called Lets Bring them Home , headquartered in Arkansas.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In 2016, doing traditional search engine optimization on our websites will be good for fundraising — just like it was 10 years ago. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June to expand the Universal Lifeline program to include broadband, following a public comment period. Communications and Marketing.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

While not a new concept or strategy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs are on the rise. Here’s a timeline with links to articles about significant events over the last century that helped form our current context: . Read more about the history of Earth Day here. . .

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Forum One

APRIL 4, 2006

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. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Forum One

APRIL 4, 2006

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. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2015

So what does this mean for nonprofits whose websites don't have security certificates installed to allow for a secure HTTPS connection? Then why did some tech sites go as far as likening Mozilla to an Internet mob boss, " strong-arming websites " and " holding features hostage "?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Update your website. Is your donation form easily accessible on your website, or do your donors have to dig around your different pages to find it? Update your website. Research shows that 75% of young donors are turned off by out-of-date websites. Improve your existing donation form. Use consistent branding.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 26, 2017

The truth is if you don’t show up on the first page of search results, then are you’re missing out on a lot of views to your website. Build relationships with industry websites. Because 47% of all traffic to the top nonprofit websites come from organic search. Go more in-depth on a topic mentioned in the article.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Vote with your pound; support environmentally aware companies and boycott those that treat the planet irresponsibly, such as those in this Ethical Consumer article.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Data theft, cyberattacks, and government surveillance are a growing fact of digital life, and it looks like 2015 will only be more of the same. The New York Times also recently came out with an article on Reinventing the Internet to Make It Safer. Nonprofits can participate by making all the pages on their websites https:// pages.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

There’s all kinds of good stuff on our website. So diving in here, “Forbes” published an article pretty recently that revealed some interesting trends that we’re seeing and shifts in these giving tendencies. A government can’t just come in and decide to print more like the U.S.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Vote with your pound; support environmentally aware companies and boycott those that treat the planet irresponsibly, such as those in this Ethical Consumer article.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Centers for Disease Control and the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute. In one day, more than 20 students from 6 universities and five AIDS organizations hit the streets with only cellphone video cameras to produce 8 short video messages to encourage youth to be tested for HIV. Cool Factor : Government Goes Mobile.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

UNC School of Government. As the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Social Media for Social Good infographic illustrates, several grassroots and nonprofit campaigns have effectively harnessed social media in the pursuit of their objectives. Like this article? posted by Logan Harper , Community Manager. Get another!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So if you are curious about that, or maybe you’re shopping before the end of the year, check out our website there’s all kinds of great resources. David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift. That’s what Bloomerang is.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

There’s all kinds of good stuff on our website. So diving in here, “Forbes” published an article pretty recently that revealed some interesting trends that we’re seeing and shifts in these giving tendencies. A government can’t just come in and decide to print more like the U.S. government might decide to print more U.S.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

I have a master's degree from Drexel University in Information Systems and saw most of my classmates go to major corporations. TechSoup: What's one (or more) favorite nonprofit tech resource you like (blogs, forum, website)? Sam Chenkin: I’ve been with Tech Impact a long time – a little over 6 years.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

If like me you’re interested in this, check out the Greener IT Challenge , an informational website that gets to the heart of the matter and allows you to get a certificate in knowing what green IT is all about. It provides some insight on why our discarded electronic devices are a problem everywhere.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So check that out if you’re interested, maybe you’re shopping for a new solution before the end of the year, you can go to our website. So it’s not doing the same of what you’re doing already in your social media, on your newsletters, on your website, on other type of digital communication. Have you seen that?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Panelists include: Susan Pointer, Google’s Director of Public Policy & Government Relations. The question is how can we make it a force for good?

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. Editors’ note: This article is from the Summer 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “Owning Our Economy, Owning Our Future. ”. “KAINJI” BY KOMI OLAFIMIHAN/WWW.KOMIOLAF.COM.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

After taking degrees at UCLA and Tel Aviv University and completing a tour of duty with the Israeli Army, Keyes became coordinator for democracy programs under famed Soviet dissident and Israeli minister Natan Sharansky. It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time.

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Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

In 1996 a friend and I did a study of presidential campaign websites. New media of course isnt; freshmen at my university have never known a world without the Internet, e-mail or cell phones. Receive monthly updates 1 Comment | by Share Article in Online Advocacy , Trends Reader Comments (1) Thanks for the great interview.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

In 1996 a friend and I did a study of presidential campaign websites. New media of course isnt; freshmen at my university have never known a world without the Internet, e-mail or cell phones. Receive monthly updates 1 Comment | by Share Article in Online Advocacy , Trends Reader Comments (1) Thanks for the great interview.

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