Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

New Earth Foundation “seeks to fund innovative projects that enhance life on our planet and brighten the future, furthering peace.” . The Emeril Lagasse Foundation provides grants related to nutrition and culinary education, life skills development, childhood hunger, and arts education. Areas served: Worldwide. New Earth Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

This weekend was Podcamp Boston 2. I attended Saturday, but just like podcamp Boston 1 last year, I learned an incredible amount and met some extraordinary people. I met Boston area documentary filmmakers including Marie Agui Carter , Rhonda Moskowitz and Cheryl from Women in Film and Video New England. I met her through Jane.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2016

I've been traveling a lot recently, exploring the ideas behind The Art of Relevance with colleagues around the US. and an opportunity to join in on a virtual/real life meetup this Wednesday. It combines a real life meetup (in Boston) with a virtual Google hangout. Here are two artifacts of my travels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” They enjoy sharing their ideas and perspectives openly with others.

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Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 64

Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Boston, Massachusetts: Monthly Pitch Night | BostonSpeaks/Impact Hub Open Project Night. Boston, Massachusetts: Community Class — Intro to Design Thinking and Prototyping. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: A Frank Discussion of Technology Procurement for Nonprofits. Monday, June 5, 2017.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A relatively recent collaboration model that Common Impact is pioneering in partnership with Impact 2030 and SVP Boston is Skills for Cities. While Boston will be the first city to host this new program for cross-sector collaboration and volunteerism, the model will be scaled to support skilled service in cities around the world.

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Practice Develop Community Boston 22

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. For example, women who earn $23,509 or less gave an average of $540 per year to charity, while men in that income bracket with similar life circumstances (such as education and number of children) gave $281. You can check out the study here."

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Web Chicago Bookmarking Case Study 108

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Philanthropy Reconsidered: Private Initiatives – Public Good – Quality of Life. Race, Equity and Boston. Practical Ideas for Improving Equity and Inclusion at Nonprofits. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

BoardAssist

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Are you someone who has an idea and wants to act on it immediately….while Are they a former Boston Consulting Gropu consultant who later in life decided to start a nonprofit, in which case you can feel confident you’ll speak the same language? We have worked with Executive Directors who don’t check email more than that.

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FAQ Director Evaluation Boston 56

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

My friend Gabriela Masala sent me some more good giftie ideas: For the children on her list, she bought High in the Clouds a children's book by Sir Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Phillip Ardagh. The perfect gift for the man in your life whose legs you love! Subtly-in a way kids would still enjoy a story without lecture."

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. The Greater Boston Food Bank. If you haven’t already, submit your nomination application by May 11 for the opportunity to share how your team embraced new ideas, creative models, and the latest technologies to better serve the world at large. .

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I appreciated the acknowledgement that the life stage of a network dictates the importance of this. I was moved by the story for the Boston Youth Sports Initiative (LINK TO MY PREVIOUS BLOG POST) where once the funding ended, much of the effort halted.

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Roles Illinois Evaluation Boston 88

Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Trans*H4ck is based in San Francisco, but has held events in Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. LGBT MD was showcased at the most recent Caravan Studios Social Good Apps Breakfast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

And, viewing them gives you many ideas on how to create your own -- before you create, it is always a good idea to look at other work out there. He uses some music that a group has authorized for remix - yet another idea for music that you can use without breaking copyright laws. Here's the description from blip.tv

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Kishshana is a social-good matchmaker, non-profit consultant and your coveted insider on philanthropy, recruiting and retaining diverse talent and cultivating bright ideas for social good. She and her life partner have bequeathed their entire estate to charity. As founder and CEO of Kishshana & Co., Paul Reynolds. reynoldstlc.org.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Buck Foundation – "Once you get accepted, as long as you''re in school, they pay for your entire life. It took away the burden of thinking ''I just need to take care of my family.''" The professor''s questions Mike went to Boston College. Not KPIs, but your life goals" One of mine is to be a better son.

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San Francisco Ethiopia Nepal Life 59

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I believe that the museum blogosphere is still underdeveloped and there's lots of room for people to share their inspiration, experience, and ideas. When anyone asks me who's doing great work blending online and onsite experiences in museums, I send them to Beck Tench at the Museum of Life and Science. you get the idea.

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Museum Netherlands Denver Arts 46

Robert Weiner

AUGUST 8, 2012

Rodriguez at Boston University, and Kristi Worden at Augustana College. I have no idea what happened after that. These tales were provided by Barbara Esteve at Cedar Crest College, Roylene Gallas at the Little City Foundation, Don Martin at St. I’ve anonymized the tellers of the tales and the subjects.

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St. Louis Charity Donor New Hampshire 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Yet even despite these obstacles, on the night of the third day after the storm, I welcomed these two climate refugees into my home north of Boston. From there they traversed Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut, and then drove to Boston. How did it happen? A network of grandchildren was activated.

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Network Build Sierra Leone Hurricane 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. The networking was fabulous - meeting many new bloggers in the Boston area as well as seeing long-time blogher buddies and of course, Jory, Lisa, and Elisa. Participants shared some great ideas in the reflection forms and I will do a round up later this week.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 15, 2016

I’m packing my bags and counting down the days to AFP International in Boston. I’m a huge fan of Roger’s book, Retention Fundraising: The Art and Science of Keeping Your Donors for Life and excited for his session on “Rebels with Causes – Fundraising as a Driver of Social Change”. Roger Craver, Editor The Agitator. Steven Shattuck.

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Arts Classroom Boston Training 28

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

My story is more a case of "Getting Hired: It's What You Want, How Aggressive You Are, and What Ideas You Can Offer." I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. I've always had confidence that I can make the life that I want, and I credit them for empowering me with that perspective.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

It’s not just consulting work, but other varied happenings in my life as well. Warm regards from Deborah (a co-founder of [link] Deborah Elizabeth Finn Boston, Massachusetts, USA deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu [link] 2 Beth Kanter 08.01.07 at 9:37 pm I really enjoyed writing stuff for Lasa and the UK point of view.

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Open Source Massachusetts Consultant Tech 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

(Which reminds me of what was said by the 3rd Zen Patriarch – “The Great Way is not difficult for those with no preferences&# ) But it is all pretty unformed – how do I bring my deep commitment to spirituality (and, in fact, a commitment that is at the core of my life) to this work? He called on us to create something good.

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Technology Open Source Massachusetts Issue 100

Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2012

Today’s "Behind the Convio Admin Curtain" installment is full of juicy Convio best practices, and even a restaurant recommendation for stellar chocolate chip pancakes right outside Boston. EG for CC: Please share a few random (unrelated to Pathfinder and Convio) facts about yourself (a fave destination in Boston, perhaps?).

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Thinking about these two characteristics, here are some highly speculative ideas and questions: What is the most effective way to have lots of physical presence in the built environment? Is there a distributed layer to life (in the form of advertising) that is hackable for good? It's amazing how much impact simple signs can have.

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Museum Experiment Digital Podcast 20

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Check out Guy Kawasaki's Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job for more ideas. In her post, Using Social Media to Launch a Job Search , on The Life , Kathy Dodd says she is using Facebook Ads to promote herself as a DC Area marketing expert. Within two weeks she had a job. I'm sure that isn't the norm, but it can't hurt to ask, right?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Monumental Fundraising Conference is a two-day event where you will exchange innovative marketing and fundraising ideas, generate insightful solutions and think creatively to help you make the relationship with your donors even stronger. The Great Ideas Conference. The Great Ideas Conference. AFP / Boston, MA / Price varies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Here's a few ideas to help make charitable giving get on your calendar each month for 2009. Gradon Tripp, Boston Blogger, created a fundraiser to support Jane Doe Inc. There was so much support for the idea, that he started an entire fundraising organization fueled by social media to support Jane Doe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

A minute later I noticed Pistachio's tweet about flying Virgin America from Boston and Glenn Stratchan direct messaged me asking what seat I was in because he thought we might be on the same Virgin America flight. . The nodes on the edge can infuse the network with new ideas or energy if they brought into the fold.

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Analysis Social Network America Network 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

One of the best projects that illustrates the basic idea of Web2.0 - listening and conversation and stakeholders creating their own experience with your organization - comes from the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Most people are fascinated by the interior life of artists. The Boston Symphony has been doing ticket giveaway promotions.

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. The other brilliant idea was to use twitter and have kids report "What are you eating?" Some excellent ideas here. What worked? What didn't? So, I hope to follow up via email.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

The cookie-cutter phenomenon started in the 70s because people have seen Boston [Children’s Museum] and seen the Exploratorium and they want one in their neighborhood. So while there is the cookie-cutter, there are also chances for museums to take the basic idea and run somewhere else.

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Museum Puerto Rico Change Boston 20

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 12, 2010

Even in the development of this very project, the aspiration for thriving was clear — the enthusiasm of a very diverse circle of people focused on a simple idea: that the goal of evolving our behavior should be to thrive. How do you apply the idea of thrivability in practice – in your life, at your work, in your community?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

I’ve been impressed with her ability to connect people and powerful ideas. quality of life, self-reports, self-sufficiency) can be assessed based on system-wide information, and not simply a “snapshot” of services received in one location. A final example is Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. ABCD) ( [link] ).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 10, 2014

As Mitch Joel says in his post Life After Websites , ‘Facebook doesnt want to be one website or singular destination. In honor of the famous September launch of Boston Globe’s website, Lace Kruger shares 3 Responsive Design Trends I’m Digging and Which Nonprofits are Working Them Best.

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