Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

Refugees International ’s website, there are currently over 65 million people across the world who are displaced by war, conflict and persecution, and tens of millions more who have been displaced by climate events and natural disasters. Refugees International was founded in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Many people all over the world face different challenges and problems. These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills. This is why volunteerism has played such a major role throughout history.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

It heart breaking to read and see photos of the human crisis in Katmandu (and historic national landmarks in rubble ) and on Everest, but even more to read accounts of the great challenges facing aid workers to reach the rural areas. As the need for donations continues, the public attention starts to wane, so does donor interest.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 2, 2022

For impact-driven organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs of America , an organization devoted to helping young people achieve their full potential, close community connections mean they are facing society’s biggest challenges head-on. – Lorraine Orr, Chief Operating Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of America .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 21, 2013

Nonprofit Finance Fund’s (NFF) 2013 State of the Sector survey explored a variety of financial and management challenges facing organizations across the country. Particularly in the last several years, in the wake of the financial crisis, organizations have struggled with a variety of challenges related to government support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

.” Many consumers may find it difficult to find the useful and accessible information — and when you consider that there are 30 billion health related google searches a year, it can be a challenge not to get overwhelmed or go down the wrong path. Carrie Martin Munk, The ALS Association.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Communities of practice often include practitioners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors – all actively developing shared resources, best practices, and tools to solve some of society’s toughest challenges.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2016

" But following through on these plans can be difficult because life is unpredictable and complicated. Our live, in-person events are hosted by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Kitchener, Ontario: Disaster Recovery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

An example of impact-driven fundraising gifts are hand-sewn scarves from a family who started a local business as a result of your donor’s micro-finance loan or a personal letter from a child who you sponsored for her education. Getting started with crowdfunding is easy, but doing it right can be a challenge. Additional Best Practices.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

Games structure participation in vital civic actions like voting, budgeting, advocacy, movement-building, solving major challenges, and simulations for disaster preparedness. (BS). ARIS is used for designing local, geolocative games at Global Kids connected to libraries and schools to talk about the history and issues in their.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Recently we set up an office in Second Life, on the Nonprofit Commons Plush island, and we just purchased our own island in Second Life. It turned into a day-long event that was live-streamed, with food donated by local merchants, and it attracted news coverage. Docublogger video. Statesman blog.). It was a timely delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer. million challenge videos. Since GoFundMe is an open platform where people can solicit support for life events of any kind users have found plenty of uses for it – like supporting charitable causes. So is giving money.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

It is a challenging and exciting at the same time." How would you organization cope with a natural disaster? Every local news station showed up. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

All of this real-world experience is grounded in rigorous research and is taught by successful marketers who face your same challenges. and discover how to reach your audiences more directly through social and digital media, while still landing placements through the national press or your local newspapers and broadcast stations.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Like their meteorological namesakes, data clouds can be life sustaining, or they can rain down havoc on your business, wash away your profits, and leave you in a state of emergency. Let’s take a closer look at “the cloud” so that you are better prepared to deal with today’s technology challenges. To maintain?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2017

Department of Housing and Urban Development dropped the bombshell of defunding all but one nonprofit transitional housing provider for homeless families in Maricopa County, Arizona, the local nonprofit, private and government organizations began to scramble (Polletta, 2016). References: Grudinschi, D., Kaljunen, L., Hokkanen, T., Hallikas, J.,

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

Holidayheroes.org , a local Chicago nonprofit whose mission is to provide joy and entertainment to children who are seriously ill, created a Double Good virtual fundraiser. We love this example from Americares , a leader in disaster recovery and preparation within the United States. Virtual Challenges. Use the Roundup App.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

A place that truly sees these initiatives as part of their mission to serve their local community. That’s why we’re not in Second Life. #1, We look at the equation and say maybe Second Life isn’t the right fit for us. Do you ever run into institutional challenges for being so honest? Is there such a place? Not really.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 28, 2010

His learnings come from experiences that span an education in electronics and telecommunications, multi-cultural professional engagements in software development and communications, a business administration student life in pretty Paris and experiments in implementing technological solutions for social challenges.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’d never experienced New Orleans, Louisiana (or NOLA as the locals call it), but I thought I knew it well. They’ve seen poverty and tragedy in their city, experienced natural disasters and man-made neglect. Which made for a happier life. The nonprofit lesson: Organizations deal with tough challenges every day.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

You could look at their past giving, their philanthropic interests and tendencies like whether they support local agencies or only give to organizations with a national profile. We would invite local industry leaders in relevant areas to attend a business fair followed by a reception in which these leaders get to meet presenting students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

One, the key issue facing activists who wish for real social change is the mismatch between the scale of our problems (global) and the natural scale of our sociality (local). Marc VanBree talks about it from his experience as a free agent raising money for disaster relief in Nashville. I will make two main points in this post.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2022

That would be a disaster! Other missions are more challenging. I know how challenging it is to build support for a mission that doesn’t involve children, animals, or people we are used to seeing in vulnerable situations. One of our clients serves single Moms who are trying to climb out of poverty and create a better life.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

That would be a disaster! Other missions can be more challenging. Name recognition: If you work for the YWCA, Habitat for Humanity, Red Cross, or a local organization with deep roots in the community, your organization’s name recognition is very likely an asset in itself. And this exercise will help you uncover that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

Examples of numbered lists include, “Five Reasons Why Conserving Wildlife is Important,” “Ten Simple Ways to Serve Your Local Community,” “Nine Powerful Stats about Domestic Violence in America,” and “Six Reasons Why You Should Read to Your Children.”

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 31, 2022

A major event like a war or a natural disaster can pull support away from many organizations, as people give to unsettling, immediate needs. Challenge your Board. A Board challenge can be effective when your organization is in a funding pinch, because Board members are ultimately responsible for the nonprofit’s success.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

And I know some of my clients are very local. They do very local work, and it’s only the small local foundations that are interested, at least initially, in funding them. Now, some of you are probably like, “Oh, that sounds like a disaster.” ” But it can also be a good thing. Definitely be honest.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

The use of end of year giving challenges has proven to be very successful for a number of organizations. A few words of advice and caution about these challenge campaigns: Don’t forget to follow-up with donors about the final results. Today is the last day of the __ Challenge: Thanks for your support! Today is the day.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

But if Twitter and other social networks actually provide us this kind of life-force-like sensitivity to each other now, is that good, or bad? Because even though I may hope that we’ll never face something like 9/11 again, I know that communities face intense, desperate challenges far too often.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The last few days have been equal parts terrifying, challenging, and complicated. That’s why we empower local leaders to build a strong movement for equality that secures critical grassroots wins at every level. NRDC works to safeguard the earth - its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.

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