NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

If knowledge is power, your strategy is the catalyst that allows for dynamic change within the donor experience. Culture focuses on empowerment, excellence, and gratitude to help define your organization’s interactions with donors. Empowerment is hard to define, but when it’s not present in an organization, it shines brightly.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The prize honors social innovators under age 40 who “show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in advancing positive social change” and awards $100,000 to each prize winner split in half between the winner and the organization they are supporting. Celebrating Silo-Breakers and Fortress-Razers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US. I am honored to be working with Wake International on their Tech2Empower Program in Cusco, Peru.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

This day was intended to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. At the ages of 12-13, these girls, who came from nothing, are going to school and teaching themselves to use technology to improve themselves and change their communities. March 8th is International Women’s Day.

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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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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: US.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: US.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and girls around the world, which threatens the gains made in the past decades in advancing women’s economic empowerment, health, rights, and safety. The post Break the Bias: Changing the Game for Girls & Women appeared first on Salesforce.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance. If you are having an office celebration or having an interesting event, share it with a twit pic. Make sure you have scheduled time on your calendar so you can re-evaluate, make changes and incorporate what you hear.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Empowerment for our participants comes from connecting to an inner wisdom that is often kept hidden from public view, but is a place of extraordinary innate strength and well being. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal. Tell us what you are doing to make positive change in your community.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. Subjects to Change was born. Subjects to Change isn't rooted in our collection, exhibitions, or existing museum programs. No money changed hands. It's easy to give up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 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. organizational change, and technology. Make It Fun, Celebrate.

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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!?" FoodWhat empowers teens to change their lives through farming and food justice.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

I called up Jeanette Morelan from WCK to talk about food as an agent for change and some of their recent work around the world. Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day, is celebrated on June 19th, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans, and often also a celebration of African-American culture. They help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. . Attend Events

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. It also means we must change the YWCA story.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

What can people do to change that? There is raising awareness, saying, "This is an issue that you are not keeping in mind when you are creating policy," but, then, what is necessary to make that change? And certainly, folks have always been welcome to be part of our celebrations and our policy work.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 23, 2023

Are they young activists passionate about climate change or experienced professionals with a heart for community development? For example, if your nonprofit focuses on youth empowerment, platforms like Instagram and Snapchat might be more effective than LinkedIn.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. That seems to represent the indomitability of the spirit of these women for whom singing is a real celebration, on the one hand, and they told me, on the other hand, it helps them forget their troubles, which are huge.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. This year they're celebrating 30 years of serving the region. Congratulations on celebrating MECA's 30th anniversary!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. We travel because we think it’s the most effective way to spread social change. We travel because it‘s the best use of our time in finding the partnerships, insights, and the money our teams need to create more social change. Why do I do it? Why do my peers do it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations that are creating positive change. I think there is a challenge for all of us in our movements to change the world, to keep going and to stay inspired when we are confronted with so much misery and so many travesties and so.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact. KR: Well, I think people like yourself who work in the media, and who are journalists and who blog, can do a great job of telling the story of why investing in women is such a remarkable way of making change in the world.

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