Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 4, 2022

Check out how these organizations are using VolunteerHub to streamline volunteer registration: Holocaust Museum Houston. Just like the registration process, if it is too challenging to see events and opportunities they will move on. Your organization can retain more volunteers by making this process simple for them.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Houston Food Bank. With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact. The work of religious organizations often operates on several planes at once — a challenge for any organization and its messaging. Tags: challenge marketing awards competition taglines. Filling lives.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

“Our volunteers, docents, and donors are instrumental in the success of the museum and its programs,” said Madelyn Strubelt, Director of Visitor and Volunteer Services for Holocaust Museum Houston. Why Volunteer Management Software. We had no clue who or how many people would come out and volunteer on any given day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

For example, this post by the Houston Food Bank tags and shows appreciation for their sponsor , CVS Health. It will likely still be a challenge, but one that seasoned fundraisers and executive staff will embrace. Your sponsors and partners will take notice which helps reinforce their commitment to your organization.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Houston, Texas: Netsquared Houston: Tech Knowledge-y Show and Tell. Houston, Texas: Netsquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group/Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Research Triangle, North Carolina: The Internet of Things: You Only Live Twice? Thursday, August 17, 2017.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Come ready to interact, discuss and be challenged to think differently about how technology enables world changing impact. He is an accidental tourist in Texas and lives in The Woodlands, just north of Houston, with his wife and two young boys. Moderator: Frank Barry – Blackbaud. He loves bacon. Carl Sagan is his homeboy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Diversity and inclusion remain one of the top nine challenges facing the charitable sector as reported by a survey of more than 1,000 diverse individuals, but disabled people are often left out of the inclusion conversation altogether.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group and Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. O'Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. Thursday, September 21, 2017.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital Storytelling Challenge. NetSquared organizers were jazzed by the Digital Storytelling Challenge. Houston, TX: How Can We Use the City of Houston's Open Data to Do More Good? New Groups. In April we launched or re-launched groups in the following cities : Naples, FL. Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2014

Relationships are formed, projects are started, and we feel less alone in what can sometimes be a challenging job. Houston, TX: Help a Houston NonProfit and Come Brainstorm Fundraising Solutions! NetSquared’s core objective is to get nonprofit techies and activists together in the same room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The goal of the research was to understand how CEOs think about challenges of the future, the extent to which foundations are prepared for that future, and what more we need to do to meet the challenges ahead. So, what answers did foundation CEOs give?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

-Cami Walker, Founder, 29 Day Giving Challenge The 29 Day Giving Challenge is a global giving movement where participants give away one thing each day for 29 days. I wrote about my experience with the Giving Challenge last spring in the post, 29 Day Giving Challenge Takeaway: Compassion is Hardest to Give.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! Houston, TX: Come Share Your Hottest Summer Mobile Apps at the June NET2Houston Meet-Up. That’s why NetSquared Twin Cities is co-hosting a happy hour this week for nonprofits and technology folk in Minneapolis-St. Event Reports. New Orleans, LA: MiniBar 2013.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Our goal is to help each other solve our tech challenges, find a tribe of people who share our passions, and have a ridiculously good time while we’re at it! Houston, TX: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Newest Net2Local Groups. Washington, DC: NetSquared DC Happy Hour.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Get answers to your tech challenges at a NetSquared meetup (see list below). Houston ’s NetSquared group summarizes Crafty social marketing tactics that work. Join our global tweet chat on September 18 to discover the latest in social media best practices. Want a taste of a social media surgery before you commit to attending?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

Employee engagement efforts are one of the leading challenges and opportunities facing companies today. In our work to advance corporate social change leadership at Points of Light, we have the opportunity to listen to the ambitions and challenges of engagement leaders inside of companies.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2016

Launched in April 2016, Refugee Mobile will conduct an evidence-based pilot study in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin to demonstrate the theory of change. We also want to provide a platform that can be expanded both geographically and to other challenged populations. In the end, our goal is to help modernize the U.S.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2010

Aimee Roundtree, Assistant Professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, where she teaches courses in medical and science writing, hypermedia and technology, web publishing and accessibility, visual design, and technical communication. Challenges. What challenges or findings have you found in your health care setting?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Faith in Practice won an Honorable Mention in the Digital Storytelling Online Challenge for their Flickr story submission. I work full - time with Faith In Practice (FIP), a nonprofit organization out of Houston, Texas that does medical mission work in Guatemala. What organization do you work for and where are you located?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In 1984, the Houston Oilers drafted me as a top safety during the NFL draft. Question: How do we overcome obstacles and challenges we encounter? The number one skill you need to overcome challenges in life is commitment. The only thing that matters is that you stay outside your comfort zone and you keep challenging homeostasis.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2016

Victoria, British Columbia: Resolving the Design and Content Challenge: Automated and Curated Newsletters. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Paul, Minnesota: Print and Digital Newsletters | MCN Communications Round Table. Monday, January 11, 2016. Tuesday, January 12, 2016.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Relationships are formed, projects are started and we feel less alone in what can sometimes be a challenging job. Houston, TX: A NonProfit Technologist’s­ Guide to CyberSecurity and Data Protection. NetSquared’s core objective is to get nonprofit techies and activists together in the same room. Monday, June 9.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Once videos were complete, they were posted as home page material, and a communique to local press in Houston was sent. We got great coverage on the series of worker stories in the Houston janitors campaign. Hundreds and hundreds of views of videos we told relatively few people about. They're familiar with it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Tyson Foods' Hunger Relief project got involved and issued a social media challenge: they would donate 100 pounds of protein for every comment received on their blog post about the HAM-up, up to a 35,000-pound truck load. Our food bank is also assisting the Houston food bank.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

In 1984, the Houston Oilers drafted me as a top safety during the NFL draft. Question: How do we overcome obstacles and challenges we encounter? The number one skill you need to overcome challenges in life is commitment. The only thing that matters is that you stay outside your comfort zone and you keep challenging homeostasis.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2017

Another distinct challenge for nonprofits is that, though they aren’t profit-driven, they still need to run efficiently. Cherrice Browne of Houston, TX based nonprofit The R.O.C.K. This 360 degree reporting also means that you can be more transparent with your donors and leadership. Lower cost; higher ROI.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2012

Gene has lead a team of very high capability and high integrity individuals who challenge each other everyday but also support each other through thick and thin. Sara summed it up so well her post yesterday of what an exceptional executive TEAM Gene has put together here at Convio. It has been a pleasure to be a part of something so special.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

No one said collaborating is easy, and a whole section of the Collaboration Prize application is dedicated to “challenges along the way.&# Congratulations to the 8 Finalists and best wishes to all nonprofits doing this challenging work. Richmond, Virginia Graduate! However, we still have much to learn. Check it out!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In 1984, the Houston Oilers drafted me as a top safety during the NFL draft. Question: How do we overcome obstacles and challenges we encounter? The number one skill you need to overcome challenges in life is commitment. The only thing that matters is that you stay outside your comfort zone and you keep challenging homeostasis.

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Neon CRM

MAY 30, 2023

Preservation Houston , for example, used spreadsheets to track memberships, process donations, manage events, and communicate with their supporters. If you’re looking for a way to simplify their membership management processes like the team at Preservation Houston did, you have several options.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2008

In Houston. Not only does the activity support local artists, it challenges how outsiders and insiders engage with each other and share knowledge in a conference setting. She was really excited about the opportunity to perform in a museum space (at the MFA Houston). Are you headed to Houston?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. All of this real-world experience is grounded in rigorous research and is taught by successful marketers who face your same challenges. You’ll be joined by hundreds of association CEOs, VPs, and directors who face the same challenges as you, and are ready to share their ideas.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 31, 2011

Last week, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums in Houston, I was honored to chair a fabulous panel on empowering museum staff to take creative risks ( slides here ). At first, she was excited, but it took time and trust for her to really believe her supervisors and start to pursue challenging goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Come for some quick presentations from some of the hottest tech non-profits and a discussion about the perks, achievements and challenges you can look forward to. We will talk about the challenges, best methods, & incentives for creating your own superhero extension! Plus Ed Schipul has a list of panels from folks in Houston.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’m originally from Houston. I’m like, “Oh, you’re based in Houston. I’d really love to know if there is a challenge in giving. I’m Julie Ordonez, like Steven said, and I have been a major gifts officer. I’m based in Los Angeles. This is me talking. Okay, anybody like that? Call people.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

Over 100 museum practitioners have participated in the IFTF Massive Multiplayer Online Forecasting game Superstruct, exploring how society and museums can adapt to challenges that may face us ten years from now.

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