Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. But, it isn’t just about learning new techniques.

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DipJar

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Since 1986, Make-A-Wish ® Iowa has been providing moments of joy and glimmers of hope for families coping with critical illnesses. While COVID has changed the nature of wishes in recent years, the opportunity to look forward to something – and to remember happy times – has remained unchanged. She saved the day!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Budgeting for Change Capita l (internal): Change capital is money that nonprofit organizations put aside each fiscal year so that they have a reserve of money when they want to invest in new initiatives. This will not only educate funders, but it will also help lower “overhead” costs that were previously not allocated correctly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Her latest video questions the efficacy of microfinance, a sacred cow in social change and philanthropic sectors. Unapproachable, off limits issues can’t be changed because we refuse to talk about it. Conversation is the natural, driving force of social change. In order for change to happen, people need to talk about it first.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The Big Changes the Cloud Brings Changes Culture. A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. Increases Pace and Decreases Cost of Change. Need to change the way you engage donors or implement A/B testing?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The Big Changes the Cloud Brings Changes Culture. A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. Increases Pace and Decreases Cost of Change. Need to change the way you engage donors or implement A/B testing?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 13, 2007

As Nick points out, one of the industry-shaking implications is that the capital barrier to competing in the software field is beginning to change. Traditionally this was a field that did not demand a backbreaking investment from a start-up, but that may be changing. Another implication is the energy footprint of computer use.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It felt to me like coming out of the closet when I began talking about spiritual practice with my activist friends"--Marisa Handler The more I write about organizations and individuals who are creating social change, the more I realize that to create true change, we need to change our inner world and our outer world.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 14, 2007

PRESS RELEASEFoundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their Impact: "Foundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their ImpactCase studies highlight foundations using real-time feedback to refine or change course BOSTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Annie E. million from predatory lenders for Des Moines, Iowa families.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

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." There's a study done in Iowa. Boy, it just took off from the get-go. I wanted to keep stuff out of the landfills.

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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. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Each year, Mama Cash supports over 100 women’s, girls’, trans and intersex rights groups that are working to change the world.

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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. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Each year, Mama Cash supports over 100 women’s, girls’, trans and intersex rights groups that are working to change the world.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Affect is a new community event highlighting the diversity of work and design behind social change. Convene with thought leaders in social change from around the world. Fast track your path to impact and join a movement of others passionate about changing the world. State/Local. Affect Conf / Portland, OR / Less than $200.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Arab Spring changed the way many of us think about civil society, specifically the role of technology in driving social movements. Occupy Wall Street was another recent example of how stories can drive awareness and change. I was lucky enough to be part of the team that won marriage equality in Iowa in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

It also means we must change the YWCA story. We are no longer the ‘doers’ but ‘connectors’ who catalyze change by listening to our members, and connecting them to the resources they need to accomplish their goals. Women’s Center of Tarrant County , Susan Fine. This has completely impacted the operations of our day-to-day.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? I wrote a few suggestions for how to figure out how you want to create change in my post, How Can You Make An Impact? Its main purpose is to help people really get engaged on the ground in social change.

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Forum One

JANUARY 3, 2008

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The session with the most tweets ( 398) was The Networked Nonprofit: Using Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change. Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa and North Dakota all represented with 1 attendee per state. . We think this is a testament to the speakers knowing their material. We're looking at you Beth Kanter & Allison Fine.).

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See3

DECEMBER 17, 2007

I received an email just now from the Iowa State Director of the Obama campaign. In his email he tells me that they have opened up their budgets and now I can sponsor a specific aspect of their Iowa campaign. Tens of thousands of personal letters and emails poured in from across the country to our Iowa Precinct Captains and volunteers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

And I spoke to a sergeant from Iowa who had lost one of his legs but was working vigorously to get accustomed to his prosthetic leg so he could return to Iraq as soon as he could. If you offer any criticism or even mention that we should take a second look at our strategy and change our approach, you're branded cut-and-run.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While we didn’t endorse any candidates in the primaries or general presidential election, starting in Iowa in the summer of 2015 all the way through to Election Day, we worked to elevate the issue of early childhood education in the U.S. and child survival around the globe with the presidential candidates.

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