sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

Contributions range from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars—depending on the size of the recipient organization—while spanning a broad range of institutions and issue areas. It prioritizes new ways of approaching problems or issues—along with the financial health, stability, and sustainability of the organization.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Each step you take to maximize your impact creates a ripple that carries through to create global change. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals outline the most pressing and complex social issues facing the earth and offer a framework for ending world poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring peace and well-being for all its people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Do you have an idea for a world-changing project that could bloom with some seed money? The new Pollination Project is giving $1,000 seed grants to individual changemakers, every day, 365 days a year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 9, 2022

Chris says Habitat is helping address these issues, not only through physically building homes and neighborhoods, but by educating people and helping them navigate what can be an overwhelming and complicated process. The Challenge.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." Sources: ^ [1] " Financial Literacy for the Long Term ," Philanthropy Matters, Vol. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Benetech is tackling these issues on two fronts, thanks to the leadership of Enrique Piracés, who joined us last year from Human Rights Watch. But what about everybody else?

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Care2

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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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Maryanne Dersch specializes in helping nonprofit leaders increase their influence and be the change agents they have always wanted to be without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy. She is leading a movement to change “nonprofit” to “human investment company” to accurately reflect the contributions of the sector.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects. This rule change will give more than 18 million low-income Americans $9.25-a-month "Closing the digital divide will take more than one year and more than one policy change.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. With technology solutions, organizations were able to reach volunteers and clients who lived too far away or had other mobility issues. The changes in technology are more difficult for some of our older volunteers.”.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Monthly giving can change the game for your new, young, or small nonprofit! As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. As you see your monthly donor base grow, you’ll see your programs flourish and be able to change more lives.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Creating Change Conference. Creating Change Conference. Jan 23 -27.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Think about what changed for you, your nonprofit, and your constituencies. . Did your external messaging shift to embrace issues of diversity, inclusion, and systemic equality ? When their experience of the world changes, they adjust their behaviors accordingly. Next look at what you didn’t change from the BC period.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Nonprofit organizations dedicated to addressing natural resource issues on national forests and grasslands can apply for support to complete projects through three distinct grant programs. They help cities implement climate change mitigation and adaptation approaches grounded in equity. Areas served: US. Areas served: US.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

This September 3-6, NTEN will debut the Leading Change Summit. How do we measure social change? How do you think technology will change the way we make social change in 10 years? Data lcs Leadership leading change summit matt groch Strategy' Matt will show us how.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Building infrastructure, in-house expertise, and data literacy of all staff is critical to their success so they have invested. As I go around and give presentations on the ideas of “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World ,” with co-author KD Paine, I’m hearing a few repeated themes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Youth unemployment was a critical issue for the city at that time – an issue that aligned with John Hancock’s business goals of providing meaningful job opportunities to young people in the community as well as helping them to be better prepared to enter the workforce.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Now imagine if you could harness the talent, skill, vision, and drive of all the smart people you know to create massive change for good. " Some examples of social issues that you may want to explore include clean water, literacy, food security, and the environment. ke a look around you. We all know smart people.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

This is a multi-post series comprised of a transcript of the presentation from Nonprofit Changemakers:BEING THE CHANGE ; the entire video is embedded below. I have been working in the social change sector for over 30 years and have always been interested in how we can increase our scale and increase our impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Youth Connection, Part I: Field Building with University Students Moderated by Katie Salen (Parsons, the New School of Design) Description: Aside from creating "future leaders," let's talk about what University students are already contributing to social change gaming by creating a new kind of gaming environment. Gaming is literacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. For example, Martus can now be configured in less than 10 minutes by anyone with basic digital literacy skills. To do so, we definitely need your help. The Challenge ran for six weeks through December 5th.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

data literacy, device preferences)? What issues do they have? Example : Marketlinks , a USAID-supported platform that helps users consume and contribute online content along a spectrum of issues. Defining your needs and identifying past areas of success or opportunity provide a clearer direction to move forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Interested in games for learning and social change. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Issues: What is our assurance of quality of the game? "Drill and Skill" We're interested in assessing learning attitudes from games - How do you approach problem solving, feedback, and how does learner's attitude change?

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

A realistic agenda, focused on substantive issues. Your chair and ED must do a delicate dance around creating a decision-based agenda, one that keeps the meeting focused on discussion and voting around issues that require board verdicts. Of course, a client or member’s first-person account of change is also a terrific educational tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. Have you noticed a change in the way your memory works as Amber Case describes?

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

To truly capture donors’ interest, nonprofits today must rethink donor engagement with an eye to bringing their issue to the donor (instead of the other way around). Derrick's latest book, "Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change" was released in March 2016.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Did you know that defining the digital divide in different ways can actually change public perception of who's responsible for addressing the issue? " Changing the Terms of Discussion Changes the Solution. A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. suggests just that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

What do they think about your issue area? How are their preferences changing? How is the conversation around your organization, issue area, or program changing? Who are the influential voices in the social media space covering your issue area or topical domain? Social Listening Literacy Skills.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

Influential international economic players have also realized this, and the importance of the Internet to the economy, and have organized several meetings on these issues: The first e-g8 meeting in Paris was held this year. It is themed “Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms, and innovation.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Direct Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2008

What will you change? What do they think about your issue area? How are their preferences changing? How is the conversation around your organization, issue area, or program changing? Who are the influential voices in the social media space covering your issue area or topical domain? If so, what reader?

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

Throughout the conference, Amy and I wrote articles on a select group of sessions highlighting innovations at the intersection of nonprofit technology and social change. Activism That Drives Supporters How is it possible to establish meaningful relationships to create and mobilize for change in this noisy digital age? In the U.S.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Our Nonprofits Live interactive series is designed to address such questions and find solutions for the toughest organizational issues. Ken is currently working as the Worldview Literacy Project Manager at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. Many teams struggle with bringing the best and brightest together effectively to get more done.

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