Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

There’s a global book famine afflicting people with disabilities. I have good news: For $5 million a year, we can build a global library that provides tens of millions of people around the world who are blind, low vision, or dyslexic free access to books that will work for them. This one does. We have the technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

Blockchain for Impact: Blockchain Revolution Global Event Wrap-Up – Guest Post . For background on blockchain and why it matters for nonprofits and NGOs, this Thrive Global article, Blockchain Positive Impact: Social Enterprise and Nonprofits , provides use cases and a brief technology overview.). (For By Amy Neumann.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Launching the Latest Nonprofit Trends Report: How We Designed a Global Study. To help you move your mission forward. This tool helps nonprofits understand where they are on their digital journey. At Salesforce.org, Juliet translates industry trends and shares how Salesforce can help nonprofits power their missions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2022

Established in 2020 as an independent entity, the WHO Foundation complements and strengthens the work of WHO and its global network of partners by mobilizing new funding from diverse sources—including philanthropists, corporate entities, and the public—to power WHO’s mission. Setting up a Secure, Yet Flexible Platform.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

These are exciting times for everyone who’s been working to meet the accessibility imperative, as we are witnessing global movements that will increase accessible publishing and create new and better opportunities for people with disabilities. In my talk, I highlighted three global movements towards increasing accessible publishing.

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Candid

JUNE 4, 2021

As more than ten thousand people a day continue to die from COVID-19 around the world, a report from the Rockefeller Foundation calls for urgent action and proposes financing models for ensuring equitable global access to vaccines. No one is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is safe, and that means being vaccinated.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. For example, Dawn shared how her organization offers nonprofits practical resources and tools to help to get started.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Read on to learn how Feeding America and The Global FoodBanking Network have recently stewarded their corporate donors on social media. Feeding America and Subaru.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. What are ways of helping farmers get more money from their work?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Ukrainian crisis, climate change, health, and cybersecurity were just some of the topics discussed at this year’s NetHope global summit. Because when you look around at today’s crises — whether that’s the recent floods in Pakistan or providing meals to children during the pandemic — you see nonprofits helping, solving, and rebuilding.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

This in-depth roundtable discussion focused on how these organizations have navigated the tectonic technological terrain created by the global pandemic, and what life will, or should, look like for nonprofits post-pandemic. The pandemic helped us to accelerate our technology innovation and receive buy-in from our people.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But while it may seem tempting to toss your organization’s own time and money into that pool, what does it mean to build an app? As a reader of this, you’re probably in a decision phase around how to build out your nonprofit’s mobile strategy towards impact. Globally, there were roughly 197 billion app downloads in 2017 ( Statista ).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Lionheart Astro helps nonprofit, educational, and philanthropic organizations reach their full potential. When you’re working to make the world a better place, it helps to have a champion — but not just any champion. Lionheart Astro helps nonprofit, educational, and philanthropic organizations reach their full potential.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

As social distancing left those of us non-banana bread bakers searching for entertainment, podcasts came to the rescue even more — with a 42% increase in listens globally. . With so many forward-thinking members on the platform, there is also ample opportunity for networking, finding mentors to help guide your strategy, and even fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

. —– I truly believe that in all communications, information sharing, marketing and even community building there is a natural balancing between more-and-more-global and more-and-more-local. Global use of social media is also a great way to amplify voices, ideas, and stories. Don’t forget the global context!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Your CPS should not be confused with a mission or vision statement.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Celia Astheimer, a CRM Consultant at Tech Impact, helps nonprofits find sustainable solutions for managing their growing supporter database. This type of information is crucial to know and will help you make more personalized appeals or connections. Analyzing the analytics from a CRM can help you identify trends and gaps in your data.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Why Global Scale. Movement building is something I’m very passionate about, and I think we can truly make lasting social impact if more organizations, campaigns, and changemakers operated in a movement focused way, instead of investing resources and capacity into one-time efforts. Global Scale Discussion Group.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Your CPS should not be confused with a mission or vision statement.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

As readers of this blog know, I often mention the idea of “movement building.&# Scale is incredibly important to creating movements, and we are all still learning how we scale our work to a global level. Introducing the Global Scale wiki! Visit the Global Scale wiki to dive in today: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. That’s when the movement building can begin. Focusing on those areas where your goals overlap enables you to create a common ground, share a purpose; and that’s where you can build a movement. How does movement building really look? What’s our role?

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The Trust Barometer 2021 Global Report reports that businesses are now the only institution trusted by the public, not nonprofits. well, and build public trust in the process. Nonprofit leaders can help by guiding donors to focus on long-term outcomes rather than short-term metrics. Illustration generated by DALL·E.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

During similar global crises, humanity responded with generosity, donating money or time to help others. We all wanted to cry, show our pain, and offer a way to help. . Imagine a dollar transforming itself into justice or help, instantly and magically. Consider how your mission can help this critical connection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

In the digital age, where information travels rapidly and online interactions shape public perception, nonprofits that prioritize their online presence build trust, attract support, and foster long-term engagement. Transparency builds credibility and reassures donors that their contributions make a meaningful difference.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Global Scale project has had a slow start. Bonnie and I saw a need for a shared space to pool questions, ideas, lessons learned and examples from the work of many organizations, campaigns, and even community groups were doing to try to scale success, especially across geographic boarders, to help create a better world.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

There are so many resources out there that hopefully this list will help filter and curate for you! Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Twitter Resources. Twitter’s 5-year numbers.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2024

Beyond making us less competitive in the global economy, growing wealth inequality puts our democracy at risk; in a nation of “haves” and “have nots,” elite interests are completely removed from the needs of regular people. Community land trusts are growing in popularity as a way to help increase homeownership and reduce the cost of housing.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. There are also more and more opportunities emerging for people to coordinate global conversations that happen at the same time, instead of disconnected over time (still tied together via hashtag). Build a landing pad. What do those # mean?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

is the founder of Data Viz for Nonprofits , a design consultancy that delivers high-quality visualizations that help organizations to quickly grasp their data, improve their work, and show their impact. The example below uses just two eye-catching visuals to tell a simple yet startling story about global carbon emissions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

11) Global Goods Partners :: globalgoodspartners.org. Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. 13) Helping Rhinos Shop :: helpingrhinos.org/shop.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 9, 2022

Habitat for Humanity partners with communities all over the globe to help build homes, with the vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Globally, Habitat for Humanity has worked in more than 70 countries and helped more than 39 million people with improved living conditions since 1976. The Challenge.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

My current job title includes the term “Community Builder” and I get asked nearly every day just what that means: how do you build community? where is the community you want to build? I want to take a break from all the hard work building community (does that get a wink?) Community building” is about a lot of things.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2020

As large donors tighten their spending, you may be wondering how to get charity donations during a global pandemic. If your fundraising strategy already incorporates small donors, you can benefit from the people who still want to help but may only be able to donate in smaller amounts. Why are small donations important?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 16, 2005

The WSIS conference is going on, human rights activists are getting beaten up, and we're talking about how information technology can help build a better world. I gave my talk here on Tuesday, entitled: Building a Global Library for People with Print Disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Giving Days organized by local communities are being adopted by many more communities than ever before and a stronger understanding how these efforts can help build the capacity of nonprofits to embrace social media and online giving, engage more donors, and raise awareness of charity giving. It’s a huge group: two billion worldwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I spent the last two days at the TechSoup Global Summit getting inspiration overload about social media, networks, social network mapping, networks of networks, global peer learning, building a sector, nonprofit technology, and many other ideas I’m passionate about. Designing for Serendipity.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

TechSoup's annual storytelling campaign was created to help nonprofits and social good organizations communicate differently, to build community, and to educate on how to tell powerful and effective stories for a global audience. We were blown away by the global participation in this year's campaign. spanhidden.

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