Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

Braille books saved her from isolation and she became an insatiable reader. However, she soon encountered the frustrating “accessible book famine” because very few books available were available in Braille. Sophia and her family were left confused and concerned about her future in the classroom. Data is now a core resource.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The Global Literacy team, led by VP & General Manager Betsy Beaumon, just celebrated our latest major milestones: serving 300,000 members, the majority of whom are American students with disabilities, and offering 250,000 accessible books on the virtual shelves of our library. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the Blackbaud Institute’s incredible npExpert free e-book, The Great Reset: Moving Into the New Normal with Intention , Dr. Una Osili opens with some key findings from the last year of fundraising data compiled by the Lilly School of Philanthropy. Most notable is that in a recent survey of nonprofit organizations, 80.5%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. I’ve said this many times, but if I was running a nonprofit today, I would sign up for this service and put together an advisory group of data nerds to help with my data and measurement needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” But a British outfit called Pro Bono Economics is giving away its services. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. “A big U.K.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether you’re a nonprofit trying to raise funds or a business looking to expand its corporate philanthropy programs, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know about corporate giving. Some companies will aid students by paying for their tuition, books, living expenses, food, and other associated costs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I was delighted when Ron Schultz invited me to collaborate with him on his latest book Creating Good Work – The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy. I look forward to continuing the conversation the book has opened. Converting and delivering these accessible books was expensive and time consuming.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2013

Join Derrick Feldmann, co-author of the new book Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement , to discuss how Millennials are transforming philanthropy and engagement with social issues. How Millennials participate in various service programming from micro-volunteering to leadership programming.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

By providing students with funds for school supplies, coats, eye care, class trips, test fees, and athletic gear, InvestED has encouraged over 16,500 youngsters to stay in school in the state of Washington. million books per year. It has grown into an organization that meets the needs of over 1,500 student athletes annually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

Yesterday, at the Points of Light annual Conference on Volunteering and Service I attended a session called “ It’s About Science! Adam Grant gave an engaging presentation about his research on givers, summarizing a few of the big ideas in his book “ Give and Take.” Networks Philanthropy Research Studies'

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Who thinks social service organizations should fly under the same banner as those that organize the public for political change? My favorite historian, Peter Dobkin Hall , wrote a defining essay in one of his books that describes the "invention" of the nonprofit sector in the United States. Look at it this way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I worked with the Foundation Center to develop an online course about how nonprofits can leverage professional networks for learning and in service of strategy. I continue to hone and improve my instructional practice and share tips with these many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training.

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Bloomerang

MAY 20, 2021

Well, I met this young professional who worked at a big professional services firm as a consultant. Interested in philanthropy. . Important side note : He mentioned that we was interested in philanthropy and so I took his word for it. Young people are weighed down by student loans and don’t give generously. .

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Book Sale Book sales offer a literary haven for bookworms. Supporters can browse through a wide selection of donated books and make purchases, with proceeds going toward the nonprofit’s initiatives. These events offer a perfect blend of entertainment, socialization, and philanthropy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2011

This is a question our faculty, staff, and student team asks frequently in our quest to meet our Center's mission to help build the capacity of the social sector for those who lead, manage, and support nonprofits. Our Center's AZGates web-based knowledge platform is a free service that links grantmakers and grantseekers.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

When two bonds are put together, they can be redeemed for goods and services in local businesses. The most surprising group to create, share and promote original content is middle and high school students. It's up to the players to find one another and that's where the game shines.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

She’s over at Blue Sky Philanthropy, helps a lot of organizations raise money. It was getting in the way of me booking those face-to-face meetings that I loved so much. . She wrote a great book called “My Stroke of Insight.” So I want to share an example I love sharing with my students. .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

She’s over at Blue Sky Philanthropy, helps a lot of organizations raise money. It was getting in the way of me booking those face-to-face meetings that I loved so much. . She wrote a great book called “My Stroke of Insight.” So I want to share an example I love sharing with my students. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

According to the Corporation for National and Community Service , volunteering also has health benefits. Autumn 1999)" There are so many resources available to help you give time, money, skills and stuff, it could probably fill a phone book. Things: Find a Goodwill or public library near you to donate clothes and books.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

And we’re oftentimes picking up the slack services government should be providing. In his book, The Happiness Advantage , Harvard happiness researcher, Shawn Achor, notes that your happiness affects others. Customer service — meaning donor care — will be more important in 2021 than ever before. With little by way of resources.

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