NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

may prove to be a key resource for solving some of our most pressing real-world problems," according to game designer Jane McGonigal in The Wall Street Journal. WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: Find your inner animal. Why are games important? When we play, we. have a sense of urgent optimism. How are nonprofits using gaming right now?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Organizational updates can also include announcements of conferences or fund-raisers, staff changes, or any recent awards or accolades your nonprofit has received. Highlight Special Donors, Fund-Raisers, and Volunteers. Your supporters will probably help to share the news and provide valuable feedback.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Nominate them for an award. Of course, no MAM week is complete without giving away lots of prizes! Marty Dooley from the Center for Resource Solutions won one month of GuideStar''s Premium service, and Amy Bryant of Planned Parenthood received a free pass to Idealware Tactical Technology Planning on Demand. Not a member?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Grant funding can be a great way for a nonprofit to boost its revenue, with giving by corporations and foundations in the United States in 2013 amounting to $67 billion. While that may help to win grants from some funders, other funders will want to take a more in-depth look into the organization and the program before awarding funds.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

QuickBooks is a relational database, and as such it offers a few ways to flag (or relate) transactions such as invoices, cash receipts, bills, cash disbursements, and journal entries to Customer/Jobs (funding sources) and Classes (programs). Let's say that the XYZ Foundation awards your nonprofit a grant for 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Organizational updates can also include announcements of conferences or fund-raisers, staff changes, or any recent awards or accolades your nonprofit has received. Blogs are a great platform for highlighting donors, fund-raisers, volunteers, and other supporters through “of the month” posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

ChildFund International just rebranded from the Christian Children’s Fund last week as an effort to demonstrate a singular commitment to children’s welfare today and tomorrow (image: Faith Smiling by ChildFund, NZ ). Along with the new brand are new Twitter (@ childfund ), Facebook , blogging and YouTube efforts. receives.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The Lifeline Program is funded through the Universal Service Fund via contributions from telecom companies (and their customers). In addition to NTEN's fellowship project, NTEN's March 2015 edition of its quarterly journal, Change, is devoted largely to digital inclusion. Citizens Online.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The foundation plans to fund 20 plus projects with new ideas on how to increase participation in U.S. In the past, more than 20 grants have been awarded for each challenge. They won't fund overhead costs or administrative fees. and James L. And it's very easy to do an application. The Application Process Is Easy.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Resources Collaborative session notes Session presentations Session recordings Discussion forum Pictures Official photos , Trav Williams, Broken Banjo Photography Photobooth photos, Abila Headshot photos , Fluxx Blog Posts 3 Technology Tips from the Experts , Michael Chasnow, 1:1 Fund New Faces and Old Friends at 15NTC , Darryl Hopkins, Erika May McNichol, (..)

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2014

While Development will certainly maintain the direct responsibility for securing grants , there are several things that the Finance office can do to indirectly support those efforts and help your nonprofit survive and thrive: Distinguish Between “What’s Being Funded” and “Who’s Doing The Funding”. Sounds insultingly simple, right?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. Since then Ushahidi has won other awards, including the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions. Ushahidi got its start in early 2008.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Organizational updates can also include announcements of conferences or fund-raisers, staff changes, or any recent awards or accolades your nonprofit has received. Blogs are a great platform for highlighting donors, fund-raisers, volunteers, and other supporters through “of the month” posts.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pin athletic awards and trophies before putting them in your display case. Pin images of different kinds of military awards and metals. Each pin can recognize a servicemember who has earned the award with a link to their story. Pin things that your kindergarteners bring in for Show-and-Tell. Some of them are beautiful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The way The Fog will work, as Christopher Mims describes it in the Wall Street Journal , is that our smart devices will send software updates to one another, rather than routing them through the cloud, a bit like how peer-to-peer music and movie sharing is done via services like Bittorrent. Find out more on this new service here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. She was also awarded their annual Ida B. Wells prize for Bravery in Journalism. Last month I interviewed Cristi Hegranes, its Founder and President. The goals of the organization are three-fold.

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See3

JANUARY 24, 2008

The title of his post is “ If Real Journalism Fails as a Business, Should Government Step In. &# He wrote this because he heard Columbia University President Lee Bollinger mention the idea in a session at the World Economic Forum. Everyblock was actually funded by our very forward thinking friends at the Knight Foundation.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2021

For community and other foundations that engage in active fundraising, and any foundation that holds Donor Advised Funds and routinely accepts contributions, online giving is an ever-growing source of payments. Grant awards and disbursements. Grant awards are frequently tracked in the same system that houses the grant applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us Doing More With Less: How Not-for-Profits Leverage Technology for Change: They've won Webby Awards.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Twelve organizations focused on peace and human security are appealing to their constituents to vote early and often, in a bid to win the grand prize of a $100,000 grant from Ploughshares Fund. Every dollar “voted” is a tax-deductible donation to the group voted for, with nothing taken off the top by Ploughshares Fund.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: · Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, public relations, English, information management, information technology, and/or related field. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us Doing More With Less: How Not-for-Profits Leverage Technology for Change: They've won Webby Awards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Make sure to read through the FAQ and look at last year's winners to get a sense of what they are willing to fund. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us Doing More With Less: How Not-for-Profits Leverage Technology for Change: They've won Webby Awards.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

If your event is going to involve funding, it might be important to consider using additional sources to help you raise money. Image courtesy of Tatiana Lara) Post a Comment | by Share Article in Case Studies , Online Organizing , Social Networking Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. All rights reserved.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

As Swartz states in her blog, "This is a great opportunity for community-based nonprofits, or national organizations working on regional or local projects, to be funded to experiment with online communications innovations." Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2007

David Feltman, current Director of Direct Marketing at Barclays Global Investors and former nonprofit fundraising guru, said that that the core marketing principles hold true whether you are selling mutual funds or soliciting donations. However, there are a few areas where corporations are succeeding and nonprofits may want to consider: 1.)

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Post a Comment | by Share Article in Direct Marketing , Email Marketing , Integrated Marketing , Online Fundraising , Online Marketing Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. The topic was hot and near and dear to my heart – converting online activists/subscribers into donors. And the house was packed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

His definition: projects that are not well funded. Christine summarizes all the prizes and awards given to people at NTC, while ISIS writes about taking their grassroots tree on a plane and Gavin tells about his NTENie. is from Michael Gibbons who used leadership, passion, and resourcefulness as his criteria.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 02:57PM | by James OMalley Award-winning author Allison Fine chats at length about nonprofits use of social media, her book Momentum , and how the Connected Age technology links everyone to your organization. To create a new comment, use the form below. com , Inc.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

He has 20 years of management, public relations and media-development experience, including the production of TV and radio commercials and award-winning rich media websites. Funds received or tangible actions taken during or immediately following a campaign are other outcome measures. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

I’m very involved in the sector and understand that the average NPO needs a vendor/product that works, doesn’t waste funds, and, most importantly, doesnt create any additional work. This year’s best of class award went to VIA3 from [link] , followed by GoToMeeting and WebEx. 16 Santiago 04.16.09 Be Helpful.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Philip King: ROI or cost of funds raised. Post a Comment | by Share Article in Online Advocacy , Online Fundraising , Technology Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. The best spend as much time reading about Google, FaceBook, and Apple as they do reading the Chronicle of Philanthropy. All rights reserved.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Fund their work! Since beginning her career, the immensely talented Ava DuVernay has experienced some significant "firsts" - she was the first African American female director to receive a Golden Globe nomination and the first to have her film, Selma , nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture - but she's not finished yet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. Daniel has also taught journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Daniel has lots of awards. gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 5, 2010

Lend4Health is a non-profit organization that facilitates community-funded, interest-free micro-loans as a creative funding option for individuals and groups seeking optimal health. Currently, Lend4Health is facilitating loans for the "biomedical" treatment of children and adults with autism spectrum and related disorders.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

. —– “Tonight’s event is one of a series of events linked to Amnesty’s forthcoming Media Awards, which recognize excellence in UK human rights journalism. This year a new Sponsorship Fund will help smaller media outlets cover their cost of entry, opening up the awards to more blogs and less-mainstream sites.

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