Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

million downloads of accessible books through its online library, to over 200,000 people with disabilities such as blindness and severe dyslexia. We don’t know if the student ever gets past Chapter 1. Second, Bookshare , a social enterprise operated by Benetech, last year processed requests for more than 1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

It is large space with a kitchen, library, and enough chairs and technology to accommodate an all-staff meeting including remote staff. There are no traditional offices with doors to close, but there are conference rooms with doors. They also have a large communal space that is used for socializing, staff meetings, learning, and events.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The Bay Area Chapter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network recently announced the winners of its 2010 Young Nonprofit Leader Awards , and TechSoup's own Kami Griffiths was one of the honorees. Check out the Surdna tag at TechSoup for Libraries for more information.). and various other training initiatives.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. They usually have local chapters. Big Book of Library Grant Money. Clubs and Organizations.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2013

There’s a chapter in the book called Emotional – in this chapter the authors share a study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to understand how people give to nonprofits. He closed with a story of a library and how a library took a bold approach to change the conversation.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2011

nonprofits and public libraries through TechSoup - is a company founded with a vision of. Industries and by helping to found two chapters of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). Learn more at www.betterworldtelecom.com and view the donation program for eligible nonprofits and public libraries.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

New York Public Library: Find the Future. In Find the Future, the New York Public Library pairs online and offline activity to get the audience to explore the library’s offerings by sending them on a scavenger hunt throughout the collection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I discovered the WWW Virtual Library in 1993 when there were only 200 servers on the Internet. What that meant was that the Library pointed to my dance links on the Arts Wire server. It also enabled the WWW Virtual Library to scale in terms of server capacity and allow for a distributed network of volunteer librarians.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. In my chapter on web design for Nonprofit Management 101 , I recommended W3Schools as a resource for HTML and CSS tutorials. Sharpen Your Website!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

We hear from young nonprofits and libraries all the time, and we know that making wise and affordable technology investments can play a vital part in building and growing an organization. Microsoft Office (admin fee: $24–$31) is the backbone of most nonprofit and library offices. Get Your Office Running. Manage Your Finances.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For example, the Leaderosity Learning Library by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has courses that utilize engaging learning elements such as text, video, images, and interactive features. For instance, let’s say you read a chapter of a book that is highly relevant to your organization’s mission statement.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Six weeks seems to give folks enough time to read the book, especially if it is a tough one, and to get it from the library, if they don't want to purchase it. Read a few pages/the first chapter of the book before you choose it. Meet every six weeks. Set up a freeconferencecall.com account. Create book selection guidelines.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

" Here at TechSoup, we're excited to see nonprofits and public libraries as well as our donor partners, Microsoft and Cisco, involved with TechHire. I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event. The Power of a Year.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. Symantec also has an abundance of other corporate social responsibility efforts going on as well.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2016

This month, I'm sharing a few chapters from my new book The Art of Relevance in advance of its release. This chapter appears midway through the book. To get into this chapter, imagine that your institution/program/art is a room. Or the promotores at the Waukegan Public Library sharing their offerings with Latino immigrants?

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

I often recommend you look to your local community for grant writing courses offered by community foundations and libraries and those available in the continuing education offices of universities and community colleges. GPA chapters are located across the United States. You might attend a few meetings as a guest, to see if you like it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Strengthening Nonprofits: Capacity Builder’s Resource Library. Chapter 16: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Nonprofit Organizations. Interview on Organizational Effectiveness at Devereux Applied Behavioral Health. Conducted October 27, 2017. National Resource Center. Identifying and Promoting Effective Practices. Exponent Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup."

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Classy

JUNE 17, 2021

Aaptiv : Virtual workouts have taken off this past year and Aaptiv has a massive library of virtual workout classes to keep fitness interesting. We have an employee-led ToastMasters chapter where folks can polish their public speaking skills. Physera: Physera provides virtual physical therapy, helping treat and prevent physical pain.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 21, 2016

By "mission-based institutions," I mean museums, libraries, theaters, parks, churches, synagogues, afterschool programs, informal science programs, zoos, aquaria, symphonies, historic sites, dance companies. The result is this book. WHAT'S IN IT The Art of Relevance is about how mission-based institutions can matter more to more people.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Sign up for DNL+ to receive ongoing support that includes website monitoring, strategic assistance, additional training sessions, and access to our library of educational resources. For larger nonprofits, especially those with multiple chapters, it can be challenging to manage all of your vendors, organize invoices, and automate payments.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2016

It's packed with practical theories, rags-to-relevance case studies, and inspiring stories from museums and libraries, theaters and parks, dance companies and orchestras, afterschool programs and activists, churches and synagogues. This month, I'll start sharing a few of the chapters as blog post sneak peeks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

As an example, let’s think about a community library. But when you look at it from the goal of ending homelessness, you see partnerships with those other shelters, as well as the job training centers, the food bank, and even the library. Lastly, we need to increase our capacity for change.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Last month, the radio show This American Life ran a fascinating episode called " Kid Politics ," which starts with a long segment about the Air Force One Discovery Center immersive experience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Could 5th graders handle a truly open simulation? Maybe, maybe not. It would be both exciting and confusing.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

A certified information privacy professional, she is active with the IAPP and the privacy and ecommerce committee of the Bay Area chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. She began her legal career at Thelen Reid and Priest in the intellectual property department and has worked for several software companies in the Bay Area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring, field trips, workshops, and in-schools programs -- all free of charge -- for children, classes, and schools with particular interests or particular needs. Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries and other educational infrastructure.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind. The two developed a system of fundraising that had never been seen before: setting a time limit on their campaign for constructing a new building in Washington D.C., Go big, or go home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Social Media for Non-Profits: Succeeding in a Social World Beeline Labs made this presentation to a United Way chapter in Boston: see especially the “10 Guiding Principles” and “Most Common Mistakes.” Can you add to this list of resources? Does your nonprofit have a social media how-to or a case study presentation to share?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

To avoid being repetitive by listing these best practices in each of the chapters dedicated to social networks, those universal best practices are: 1. If you want your nonprofit to be highly shared, retweeted, +1’d, repinned, and liked, then you absolutely must have photo-editing skills and a digital image library to work with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Finally, this comes from a library techie, but I'm sure that nonprofit techies might agree with the advice, " How To Keep Techies Happy " Marketing, Knowledge Management, and Evaluation Somehow there is a connection between these areas and David Wilcox puts his finger on it with his posts ( here , here , and here ).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2010

They suggested: For an exhibition of religious art, inviting monks or representatives of different religions to serve as a kind of "Human Library," offering their differing perspectives on the artworks. Read about the Human Library in chapter 3 of The Participatory Museum by searching that term here.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

There's still time to catch this opening happening tommorrow, January 10th: European Young Professionals (EYP) To Launch 2007 London Chapter Simultaneously. Unfortunately, the event got cancelled due a fire. The event took place today. in Real Life & Second Life

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

I am currently writing the first draft of the final chapter of the book, after which I will begin editing and reworking the text. I'm looking for people who are current, previous, or aspiring practitioners of audience engagement in museums, libraries, zoos, parks, alternative education facilities, and cultural institutions.

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