Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

The unique challenge for nonprofits—especially those that rely on in-person support—will be providing virtual opportunities to their supporters to adapt to this new environment. We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address? The answer could be “both.”

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Nonprofit Files Policy Software 81

Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Between 2006 and 2009, TechSoup hosted open challenges to identify and provide support for innovative projects that harnessed these and other technologies for social good. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Netsquared Challenge Tech Nepal 36

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

Working with a partner, 2Dialog , we have been co-hosting a webinar series “Drive Your Fundraising Success with Strategy, Smart Technology and Better Data” The message of the program centers on the need to align strategy, tech and data. Based on informal discussions with webinar attendees, the problem seems clear.

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Data Technology Fundraising Database 148

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

AI is developing faster than our regulatory system is prepared to handle and threatens to consolidate power in the tech companies and oppressive governments that deploy AI while making society vulnerable to AI biases, surveillance, and other dysfunctions.

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Social Beginner Seattle Hunger 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. The problem is that they just aren’t engaged around global health. Four decades ago, San Francisco was the epicenter of the AIDS crisis.

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Storytelling Zambia San Francisco Global 52

Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge. How can people fight back? Through technology! Šta se može uraditi?

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Serbia Herzegovina Bosnia Oakland 52

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

To learn more about the Fund, I attended a panel called Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Engage people who are closest to the problem. Barriers to entry: The government prescribes a lot of requirements (i.e.

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National Challenge Work Social 40

Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Interestingly, the hackathons varied in terms of their activities and the challenges. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. One interesting challenge was creating a database of bicycle rack locations throughout the islands.

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San Francisco National Honolulu Global 55

Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

They see the information about a gala event that your organization is hosting at the local aquarium. If your audience has questions about your organization, they should be able to reach you without a problem. If your website has poor navigation, that means it will be challenging for your audience to find engagement opportunities.

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Websites Nonprofit Audience Mobile 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It is all about the data, but data is playing a huge role in civic engagement strategies and if people or nonprofits lack the skills to use it for civic engagement goals, that poses a problem. And community organizations can use data to illuminate the challenges they face. To create change, data must lead to action.

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Data Literacy Boston Charlotte 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. Stay tuned for a blog post about it.

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Results Seattle Evaluation Michigan 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Last month, during the Nonprofit Technology Conference plenary session on placing little bets and learning from failure , we issued a challenge to 1,000 nonprofits in the audience. We took all the necessary steps to become an official 501c3 and we made little changes to the event in the first year we hosted it.

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Contest Omaha Government Grant 93

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. Expect that you’ll find bugs or problems, or even things that aren’t bad but just ways to be even better, only after you’ve invited your community in. Tip #1: Set the stage.

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Tips FAQ Howto Netsquared 114

Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. Digital citizenship: In the final stage, communities can use these tools and knowledge to work with governments and affect policy.

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Digital Community Haiti Netsquared 36

Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs.

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District of Columbia Herzegovina Serbia Library 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Flickr Photo Jakob Montrasio.

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United States Seattle Attitude Fund 104

.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. While AI does involve logic and problem-solving, it does not think. It calculates.

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Language Problem Knowledge System 221

Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). We are excited to host our national movement gathering in the Capital. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Finance / @southwestfdns. Jan 25 - 27.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Flickr Photo by Mburpee.

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Internet API Taxonomy Conference 102

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

By hosting a volunteer program, your organization can enable students, city officials, business owners, and other community members to get involved with a cause that aligns with their values and helps people in need, strengthening community ties in your area. Host info sessions for potential volunteers.

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Cloud data security and privacy challenges were cited by 27% of respondents as a significant barrier to cloud adoption. How Big Is the Cloud Data Security Problem? OnLive , a popular cloud-hosted gaming service, recently filed for bankruptcy. Federal Government shutting down Megaupload for their illegal download activities.

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Business Amazon Disaster NGO 67

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Grants that are Hyper Issue-Focused with Holistic Approaches to Problem Solving. Funders are now investing more into targeted programs, with a holistic approach to solving problems with the intention of having social return on that investment. Technology has supported and helped grow this effort.

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Foundation Trend Collaboration Grant 37

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Million Ton Problem. The scope of the problem makes efforts to organize and strengthen the electronics refurbishment industry in Europe a pretty big deal. The conference is hosted by the Regional and European Co-Operative for Social Industry ( RECOSI ). In 2012, EU countries discarded 10.9 million tons of electronic waste.

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Europe Green Burkina Faso Ireland 53

Forum One

MAY 27, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 5, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

JUNE 24, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

JULY 9, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

MAY 1, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

APRIL 9, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

MARCH 10, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

MAY 5, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

JANUARY 30, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

JANUARY 11, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52