Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2009

Working from this premise, this travel documentary project seeks to answer the question: How is global social change made where media, technology and creative people meet? How do artists, entrepreneurs and other ‘creatives’ support themselves doing the work they do? We operate best together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The initiative brings together an array of existing, new and enhanced global programs and partnerships that connect young people with better education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. NFTE and four other youth nonprofits will receive new funding from Microsoft to enhance existing youth programs or start new initiatives.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

2012 Stacey Edgar, Founder, Global Girlfriend listen 2011 Gabriela Masala, Founder, One Love Alliance listen Robert Wolfe, Co-Founder, Crowdrise listen Aneesha Raghunathan, Founder, Hope Line Fashions listen Rachel Cohen, Founder and Executive Director, Hand2Paw listen Kathy LeMay, Founder, Raising Change. Happy listening!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

For comparison’s sake — Apple’s Ping had 2,000 artists two months out of the gate.)&# I’ve been playing around with the new social platform this morning and wanted to share some of my early reactions. (So Here’s the screen shot for the TechSoup Global page on Jumo. Transparency. Is it to take action – online?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do. What is the path that brought you to this work?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Marisa Handler, Author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

I talked with Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way , this month for the Arts and Healing Network's podcast: The Artist's Way Every Day: A Chat with author, Julia Cameron I have 3 new posts up on the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship blog: Social Media Resources and Inspiration for Independent Filmmakers Kickstarter: Funding Platform (..)

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

” Ashoka’s Changemakers uses an online “open source” approach to build communities of people interested in finding solutions to challenging global problems. Use a predictive market to tap a global audience of experts to develop projections for likely problems – such as where the next pandemic will occur.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 13, 2009

10 Marketing Realities Nonprofits Need to Accept to Succeed on Kivi’s Nonprofit Communications Blog Making sense of Webinars on the WiserEarth Blog Global Fund for Women has a new blog! August 19 New Organizing Institute Webinar: Moving from online operations to online campaigning with Michael Silberman, of EchoDitto.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Adobe Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) foundation created and funded by Adobe to drive social change and improve the communities in which Adobe employees live and work. students with a global audience. By doing this, they can direct funding and people to the areas they’re trying to improve.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2011

For those of you not familiar with Games for Change , we are the leading global advocate for making and supporting games for social impact. We are less than two weeks away from registration closing on the 8th Annual Games for Change Festival. Each year, we host a festival to celebrate, promote, and share what our community is doing.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. New Venture Fund. Vermont Women’s Fund. Global Fund for Women. The Moriah Fund. Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples. Wallace Global Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

There’s these kids sitting at the other lunch tables in our global cafeteria. They’re jocks, geeks, artists, musicians and cheerleaders…and we need their help. But I think it’s also the road to really fully becoming global.” How can we ensure truly revolutionary, “punk rock” ideas get found, selected & funded?

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. New Venture Fund. Vermont Women’s Fund. Global Fund for Women. The Moriah Fund. Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples. Wallace Global Fund.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Marisa Handler, author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

It follows the lives, loves and very bad ideas of a group of struggling artists in Pittsburgh. Here's how and why from Justin: When Michael Bailey decided to try a group donation experiment. This morning, I noticed via Twitter that Beth needed another $57 to meet her $4,000 goal. The blog is here ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Listen Read Abby Rosenheck (now Jaramillo), Founder and Executive Director, Urban Sprouts Listen Read Ilyse Hogue, Global Finance Campaign Director, Rainforest Action Network. (Mei-ying is now the Operations Director for the Asian Pacific Environmental Network). Scotland Youth Program in West Oakland. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Their partner orgs include Amnesty International , Artists for Amnesty International , Equal Access , Fund for East Timor , Global Security Institute , PeaceJam and the Tibetan Students Project. Either way, the design and focus of the site are lovely. I joined the handful of people who have signed up to be members.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. Crowdfunding involves a large number of people funding a program, project, or cause. Crowdfunding and Generational Giving.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. Although our world still has tremendous challenges, I think more people, especially young people, realize the importance of being engaged in their communities on a local, national or global level.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Auctions and raffles are a fantastic approach to sell things that get a lot of attention and generate significant donations for your cause, but using the latest in online software, there’s no reason you can’t simply set up an online shopping page to raise funds as well. 10) Hybrid concerts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. Internal social media coordination, organization and planning.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Its funding has skyrocketed as major foundations and technology companies have made multi-million dollar grants and investments in its growth. Learning is increasingly global and fluid and the fact that cross-institutional initiatives such as the Google Art Project and Europeana are rare, points to how much work still needs to be done.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

When exploring your own professional development, I encourage you to think outside the box when it comes to identifying opportunities as well as ways to fund your experience. I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

When exploring your own professional development, I encourage you to think outside the box when it comes to identifying opportunities as well as ways to fund your experience. I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2015

After publishing this post about Save the Children’s Crowd Funding Campaign – where I mentioned the Dalai Lama Foundation’s successful campaign , I noticed this tweet in my stream from Brian Rusch the former deputy director for the DLF : Woohoo! ” Pulling together a campaign team is really critical to success. .”

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Along with her work as an aquatic biologist, her book, Silent Spring , is largely credited for advancing the global environmental movement worldwide , inspiring the rise of ecofeminism and many feminist scientists. Fund their work! You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that. Rosalind Franklin. Sheroes in the Arts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I'm an artist and an institution builder. The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

Larry and Toby Milstein threw a virtual gala, aptly named “Zoomtopia,” which benefited the World Health Organization ’s COVID-19 Response Fund and the International Medical Corps. And for an extra high-touch, incentivize sponsors by including thanks in direct mail programming brochures.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. If you don’t know Funding for Good, their principal, Mandy Pearce, has been on our webinar series many, many times over the last few years, recommended Marie as her top expert. You may be saying, “What do donors want to fund?”

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Larry and Toby Milstein threw a virtual gala, aptly named “Zoomtopia,” which benefited the World Health Organization ’s COVID-19 Response Fund and the International Medical Corps. And for an extra high-touch, incentivize sponsors by including thanks in direct mail programming brochures.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

So while “AI” has been with us for some time, even in our everyday lives, those last technologies have spurred something of an AI renaissance, a global tech upheaval, infinite Twitter musings, and hyperbolic press stories — depending, of course, on who you ask. What do these new AI tools do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

Are there foundations funded initiatives or other efforts to encourage learning from failure in the nonprofit sector? Global Giving’s Honest Loser Award. 6. Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Fund. Are there nonprofits that have a culture of placing Little Bets or affordable losses and learning from them?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

He followed up by launching another company helping startups find funding, write business plans, etc. He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Here is an example of an artistic program or creative process undertaken as a crowd and it isn't a cheap publicity stunt. TechSoup Global has been one of the leaders experimenting with type of model through its Challenges. TechSoup Global has been one of the leaders experimenting with type of model through its Challenges.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. There are resources, information, training, and funding available in plenty. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program. There are solutions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Cristi Hegranes Executive Director and Founder, Global Press Institute. GPI (formerly the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World) uses journalism as a development tool to educate, employ and empower women, who produce high-quality local news coverage that elevates global awareness and ignites social change.

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