Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The Forgotten Roots of Capacity Development in the Movement for Ownership and Empowerment. Our practice emerged (and it truly emerged – our parent organization Counterpart International developed its theory of change after over 50 years of working in communities around the world) and was grounded in community led development.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How do you build a movement for institutional change? We've see this model succeed at the MAH and at other community-centered organizations around the world. We see OF/BY/FOR ALL as an adaptable playbook for community change. The model we landed on was movement building. The model we landed on was movement building.

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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. Winning Combinations.

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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. The goal is change cultural norms that tell women to be humble and not to speak out – and it ultimately holds them back.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

I believe in the power of books to change the world. Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

They offer specialized programs that focus on women and girls, and the increasing number of refugees who are displaced by the effects of climate change. Their model of empowerment amplifies the voices of refugee communities, allowing them to act as their own champions. Asylum Access.

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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? Create a written plan.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Share logic models to increase dialogue and understand the theories and assumptions that underlie programs and investment decisions. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative. Develop indicators to include learning as part of PM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2010

Last week’s case study about how the Students for Free Tibet vets participation generated some great responses and advice in the comments from Wendy Harman , Red Cross and Stacey Monk , Epic Change, both veterans of online fundraising and voting contests. Are the sponsors and competition model in alignment with our personal values?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens &# that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? The report describes three possible scenarios in detail and analyzes the impact for social change an philanthropy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Starting out, my main focus was recruiting community members to become change makers and role models in children’s lives—also known as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. That means in one day’s work, I took part in changing 34 lives. At BBBS, my work has consistently been about engaging and empowering others.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. The organization focuses particularly on women and students in rural areas. Children and Education.

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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? People don't need empowerment to make a difference; they need vehicles for action.

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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.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Over the last ten years, the MLK Scholars Program has brought together partners from across the social, public and private sectors to enact positive change in the Boston community. Knowing that they would not be able to create long-term impact alone, the MLK Scholars Program was born. How did these groups come together?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

To that end, I’ve compiled a list of funders who spend their time and grantmaking resources on assisting women-led movements to advance meaningful change. Their unique model of local fundraising and local giving through their chapters engages thousands of women across North America to give generously in support of their mission.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

To that end, I’ve compiled a list of funders who spend their time and grantmaking resources on assisting women-led movements to advance meaningful change. Their unique model of local fundraising and local giving through their chapters engages thousands of women across North America to give generously in support of their mission.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

could potentially employ data towards triggering social change, great. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. ” Jeremy Heimans, Purpose, Australia, while he argued that micro payments are a better funding model than plain charity, for social change. On the core.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

They wanted to help museums and galleries across the UK make significant, sustained changes in the ways they engage community partners and visitors as participants in their work. In its first five years, Our Museum yielded real change at twelve diverse UK organizations. Most major change doesn't happen when things are going well.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Enter the Nonprofit Common Data Model (CDM) , originally stewarded by Microsoft as a founding creator and ongoing community sponsor. There will need to be challenging discussions regarding ownership, when and how this kind of endeavor changes and grows, and what this means for existing (or founding) participants.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

To further reach their goals, SAP is going beyond their traditional giving model to make an impact through technology — an idea that makes them a great partner with TechSoup. movement, a world of 7 billion has implications for sustainability, urbanization, access to health services, and youth empowerment. Tech for Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I used this an opportunity to reflect on my experience as a free agent over the years and while the tools have changed, the principles effectively using social media to fundraising for a cause have not. And while the small nonprofit, The Sharing Foundation , benefited from the prize money, there were also other benefits.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. Often, organizations adopt a service model that is strictly needs-based. While needs are important, this service model can be demeaning and disempowering. No money changed hands.

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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. Program Design.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For example, AI can accelerate low-code development by helping you build a workflow or an app just by using natural language, or it can generate content from data using large language models like GPT-4.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. It's the same thing in a development context.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. As the needs and goals of your organization change, so too will your BI strategy. You need IT folks who understand how data is structured, what queries are possible, how data modeling works. I want to eat statistics for dinner. Mashups make me want to sing!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social Change Behind the FireWall submitted by Holly Ross Successful nonprofits using social media are masters of social change behind the firewall. Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Helps people get tasks done: Digital platforms can be a toolkit that help users get things done by providing assets like models, datasets, ir even templates . Images of Empowerment. Images of Empowerment was created in 2015 and was extended in 2018. A starting point for change.”. Grand Challenges Awards Repository.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Too often, we go for the Nymbler model, both in terms of how we deal with content and the kind of interactions we provide. You select your vehicle, your eating habits, your power usage, linearly, and you have to go through the whole process again if you want to change a parameter.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model. Do they really have that entrepreneurial spirit that's going to create change?" We look at companies that are doing good.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. Second, Empowerment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

The way that World of Good has really gone about this is, we have done it in a two-part model. So the pricing models are all based on commodity pricing. In handmade items, you don't have that same kind of model; you don't buy and sell a bushel of embroidered skirts. It doesn't work that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

All of which deeply resonated with my own thinking, writing, and doing about small actions for social change. Employ empowerment marketing. It doesn’t require that you change people’s behavior and social practices. What campaigns have you seen that use this model? Tell your story. Act, then think.

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