NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Maryanne Dersch specializes in helping nonprofit leaders increase their influence and be the change agents they have always wanted to be without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy. She is leading a movement to change “nonprofit” to “human investment company” to accurately reflect the contributions of the sector.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How do you build a movement for institutional change? We see OF/BY/FOR ALL as an adaptable playbook for community change. We plan to fuel a distributed Change Network of organizations growing OF/BY/FOR ALL together. Change Network organizations will make specific pledges to become of, by, and for new communities.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change. For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. Philanthropy for change, not charity.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" Read more online and buy your own copy today. Kids with no food in the fridge.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Art and Media. The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. Children and Education.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I used this an opportunity to reflect on my experience as a free agent over the years and while the tools have changed, the principles effectively using social media to fundraising for a cause have not. And while the small nonprofit, The Sharing Foundation , benefited from the prize money, there were also other benefits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

To that end, I’ve compiled a list of funders who spend their time and grantmaking resources on assisting women-led movements to advance meaningful change. Each year, Mama Cash supports over 100 women’s, girls’, trans and intersex rights groups that are working to change the world. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NPTECH Punk June 19, 2008 Beth, of course, suggested this , and I’m jumping on her bandwagon. I realized, in being introduced to Edupunk , that I have been doing it for, oh, almost 20 years now.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

To that end, I’ve compiled a list of funders who spend their time and grantmaking resources on assisting women-led movements to advance meaningful change. Each year, Mama Cash supports over 100 women’s, girls’, trans and intersex rights groups that are working to change the world. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

While the traditional case study is tidy, packaged, and finished – the living case study is open to input, questions, reflections and most of all empowerment of peers. Erika Croxton from Grist and Daniela Aceves from Roots of Change agreed to each share a living case study. Building Networks of Partners. A/B Testing.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2020

In reimagining these events, we must take care to harness the feelings of empowerment, of recognition, and of community that are so cherished about non-competitive events, not only on “event day”, but all season long. In reimagining their fun run/walk, staff recently announced changes to their annual campaign.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

They wanted to help museums and galleries across the UK make significant, sustained changes in the ways they engage community partners and visitors as participants in their work. In its first five years, Our Museum yielded real change at twelve diverse UK organizations. Most major change doesn't happen when things are going well.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Winning 3 rd place overall is Water School based out of Vancouver Canada, for their story “the solar solution that is changing the world.” We've seen the potential for simple, community empowerment focused solutions to have a tremendous impact on some of the world's most pressing health and sustainability issues.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. Subjects to Change was born.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I feel lucky to be a small part of that change. That said, there are a couple big things I got wrong in the book - or at least, that I''ve changed my perspective on since writing it. Over the past four years, I''ve been running a small regional art and history museum in Santa Cruz, CA. Empowerment? and "why?" to "how?".

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

engagejoe : Hmm…What about ‘using webby tools 2 organize ppl for impact on an array of issues, w/the goal of creating real world change?’ rootwork : @annanten To me the goal should be change, not growing one’s base. do they in themselves create behavioral change too. realize_ink : Q1.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

So here''s the story of how we are trying to take another approach at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, through a group called C3. Our topics are broad, including Creative Spaces, Youth Empowerment, and Economic Opportunity. Youth Advisory vs.) as opposed to an intercultural approach. I struggle with both these options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social Change Behind the FireWall submitted by Holly Ross Successful nonprofits using social media are masters of social change behind the firewall. Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

Through projects focused on communication and education, youth empowerment, direct action, research, and material science, we create success stories that set new standards and provide the roadmaps for others to follow. It’s also a reminder of how capable we are of change, and how wrong it is to rush back to the “normal” we knew.

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Maldives Environment Collaboration Life 52

Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. It is clear that this “village” is changing the world. Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. They can create the change makers.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Paul Orselli made a thoughtful and challenging comment, saying: many data visualization art pieces, albeit elegant, seem to be inherently "push" technologies. You select your vehicle, your eating habits, your power usage, linearly, and you have to go through the whole process again if you want to change a parameter.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Amongst these, the change in political climate in recent years has negatively affected how government bodies engage and work with civil society organizations. In addition to their relatively traditional offerings of training, legal advice, and grant management, STGM and TechSoup Turkey will focus on supporting digital empowerment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Technology Support as Teaching April 24, 2007 I’ve been thinking a lot about technology support lately. Second, Empowerment. Really a lot.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

So you want to change the world, and you know that using images and other visual content is an excellent way to convince people to support your cause. " An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. What will get the audience to reconsider or change their minds?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

So you want to change the world, and you know that using images and other visual content is an excellent way to convince people to support your cause. " An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. What will get the audience to reconsider or change their minds?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 2, 2018

All of the year’s art, events and goings-on are being sorted into “best of” lists on various blogs. MeToo was meant to be a movement that provides “empowerment through empathy” to survivors of sexual abuse, assault, exploitation and harassment, especially those in underprivileged communities. It’s happening again.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment. Also, expect the unexpected: substitute teachers, sick children, field trips, special assemblies, and half days can all change the way you thought your day as a volunteer was going to go at a moment's notice. Be flexible.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Many of them had almost nothing by way of material resources, but they had imagination, and if you have imagination, you can, it turns out, light the dark with all kinds of creative arts. Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing.

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Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 are about empowerment of individuals, and connecting people to each other by the content that they create, or are interested in. is a big enough topic that it really lends itself to a series.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

We were starting to build small circles within the local communities that are all doing really magnificent work in order to create change. Not only are the kids getting educated, but they're also being introduced into their cultural arts again. CCF has managed to take 450 children out of the dump, and into these facilities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations that are creating positive change. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes.

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