Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 16, 2010

So we’re especially proud to announce the launch of Miradi version 3, the enhanced version of our user-friendly environmental conservation software. Miradi gives conservation planners cutting edge tools to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2013

We choose opportunities based on the ever-changing tides of the internet. It’s more of a syndication model than a direct-to-consumer model. We call these fellow conservation comrades our “ distributed network.” We identify opportunities for our distributed online campaigning network through our daily Big Listening.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For over a century, Audubon has worked to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. Star Wars: Force for Change. Tweet us your favorite nonprofit costumes at @EveryActionHQ - you could win some ghoulishly great gear!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 13, 2008

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a 501(c)3 organization that works in the U.S. Jonathon - No, the Conservancy was not involved with the creation of (Lil) Green Patch. Me - Can you explain the business model of the application? The Conservancy is in no way involved with the ongoing maintenance nor development of (Lil) Green Patch.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

Alexis Bonnell is the former Chief Innovation Officer of USAID, where she had the privilege of working with thousands of innovators, inside and outside of USAID who are changing the world and helping millions of people become self-reliant. What’s your theory of change? Does the project support our theory of change?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Changing Our World, Inc. Made of a team of dedicated impact consultants, Changing Our World, Inc. focuses on building collectives and community for social change. The firm is especially committed to working with partners involved in performing arts, the environment and conservation, education, and women. Website: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Six years ago, I helped organized a protest and online petition to ask Apple to change their online donation policy for nonprofits. So basically “normal credit card fees apply” is the typical model. They ignored us, despite getting thousands of signatures and lots of media attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

My Ocean , is a niche social network of more than 9000 divers and this guest post by Darren Barefoot describes some powerful outcomes for ocean conservation by bringing together several strategies: niche social network, crowdsourced data mapping, and deep engagement. Darren Barefoot is the co-founder of Capulet. Data Engagement'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2008

Dank Apps (creators of the popular Lotto app ) has launched a new series of Social Change applications that allow Facebook users to raise money for a cause through advertising revenue. The first three are: Stop Climate Change supports the Nature Conservancy. and puts it on steroids.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Changing Our World, Inc. Made of a team of dedicated impact consultants, Changing Our World, Inc. focuses on building collectives and community for social change. The firm is especially committed to working with partners involved in performing arts, the environment and conservation, education, and women. Website: [link].

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

For organizations with other funding priorities, check out these specific areas: Education , Arts & Culture , Environmental Conservation , and Youth Programs. Caring for Colorado works with communities to catalyze and accelerate change to improve the lives and health of Colorado’s children, youth, and families.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

For organizations with other funding priorities, check out these specific areas: Education , Arts & Culture , Environmental Conservation , and Youth Programs. Caring for Colorado works with communities to catalyze and accelerate change to improve the lives and health of Colorado’s children, youth, and families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What investments can the Brainerd Foundation make over the next five years to help build an effective infrastructure of advocacy that builds power for conservation that will endure beyond the foundation’s sunset? How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3. Ownerless Campaigns & Engaging Millennials : Jessy Tolkan, Here Now.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Framework for Producing Transformative Change Two key concepts from the book really stuck with me. The first is their core concept of equilibrium change. The primary goal in the Valley is massive change, because when you’re a for-profit that magnitude usually yields massive profits. The authors present a two-by-two matrix.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

I spent Saturday in beautiful Monterey, ocean pounding outside the window of a conference room, where about 40 museum folks were pondering a question more elusive than the origin of the waves: can museums change the world? The Congo Gorilla Forest , is a special exhibition produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I opened up one of Fundwriter’s appeal models ( Appeal – Human Impact ) and entered information as if Fundwriter.ai Step 1: Choose a Fundwriter model. Fundwriter is trained by veteran nonprofit professionals and fundraisers to follow proven writing models that work again and again. was the nonprofit. Fundwriter.ai

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

In this series, the Blackbaud Institute shares stories of organizations that are focusing on resilience, weathering these many changes while still positioning themselves for future growth. We ground ourselves in our mission of creating adventure, conveying knowledge, conserving nature, and serving community.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. She explained that the publishing industry changed drastically around 2008 during the economic recession. It's a very changing landscape." Challenges. We started as a nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. She explained that the publishing industry changed drastically around 2008 during the economic recession. It's a very changing landscape." Challenges. We started as a nonprofit.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The Latin American delegates in Medellin reimagined change on a level beyond what I've experienced in other places. I'm generalizing grossly here, but for the most part, I find European museums to be conservative. Even the conference itself was a model of social bridging. They were more committed. They were doing the work.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

In order to make the most of this style of corporate philanthropy, nonprofits need to change the way they look at the support they can receive from companies. The World Wildlife Fund has helped Coca-Cola develop models and create a framework to evaluate tradeoffs between conserving biodiversity and minimizing costs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

In a comment I suggested that crowdsourcing for visioning purposes was reminiscent of the use of OD (organizational development) principles and methods often found in large-scale organizational or system change initiatives. Their mental models began with these fundamental assumptions during their education and their first jobs.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Technology is dramatically changing the way we work and live our lives, and the social good community needs to account for this digital transformation that demands increased transparency and also opens new doors. If you’re just starting this process, consider the creation of a logic model. Know your audience .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

program of the Nature Conservancy bringing the total donated to $33,600 and 16,000 members or an average of $2.00 According to Jonathan Colman, (Lil) Green Patch's most recent donation just occurred this past week, but they've been donating $6-$10k a month to Nature Conservancy Cause since January, 2008. Not very impressive at all."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

Points of Light Institute’s primary mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. We believe that civic engagement is a vital part of a healthy democracy and therefore promote and support volunteerism in the broadest sense. 3. Do you have a model for a ladder engagement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. Even more inspiring was to learn more about the work that PopTech Fellows are doing to change the world. Otherwise, attitudes don't change. Social Media Skepticism is Healthy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Since 1997, the Packard Foundation has awarded 1,392 “organizational effectiveness” grants to an array of groups, most of which have annual operating budgets of $1 to $10 million, and operate in the human services, environmental conservation, population, and arts fields. In a vacuum, it can be marginal.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

It’s an interesting model that blends the kind of action triggered approach to donation that HelpAttack! Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up. Score one for team collaboration!

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

It’s an interesting model that blends the kind of action triggered approach to donation that HelpAttack! Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up. Score one for team collaboration!

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2015

Now" is not an easy business model to chase--especially for institutions rooted in permanence. Now" requires major changes to how we work and what we offer. They didn't speak to the thrilling drumbeat of change at the heart of innovation. The solution is in focusing on changing form more than content. Digital or analog.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

They also change the sidebar CTA to be relevant to the topic of their posts: Which then takes visitors to a simple landing page to capture lead information for their mobile text campaigns: What are the results? Conservation International makes a point to include an email opt-in within the body of every blog post. Kickoff Labs.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

But even as we do so, we're thinking about it in terms of changing and supporting how culture and learning happens in the County, not just at or via our programs. I know my museum is very far from these goals--we're still just laying the groundwork to be able to provide consistent cultural services to the community.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 4, 2012

Museums have been grappling with this question for years ( here's a 2007 roundup of such projects ), most aggressively in zoos and natural history museums where staff hope to inspire conservation and in history/concept museums that focus on civic engagement and activism. No small task for a museum exhibition. age/gender unknown).

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With more than a million members supporting its work to protect natural environments in 70 countries and territories, The Nature Conservancy benefits from having a single merchant services provider across all their applications. “It It helps us reconcile,” said Cynthia Nair, membership systems project manager. “It

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

And in doing so, of course, we move forward our nonprofit conservation mission of keeping good stuff out of landfills. BB: Can you give an example or tell a success story of how Freecycle has created positive change? That's the beauty of it, and that's why our motto is "Changing the world one gift at a time."

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2009

In 2006, John Falk and Beverly Sheppard, seasoned museum researchers and practitioners, released a co-authored book entitled Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. It’s indicative of the ways the museum world to me is a very conservative world. They provide services.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Back in February there was a great deal of discussion and debate on the role of tax-deductions in charitable giving around proposed changes in the tax code. This type of data is one of the many benefits of providing our nonprofit clients software and service through the SaaS model. Author: Tad Druart. One final thought and question.

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