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NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Lever for Change has just hit a major milestone, reaching its goal of facilitating $1 billion in philanthropic grants by 2023, ahead of schedule. News/Stats/Studies
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Lever for Change has just hit a major milestone, reaching its goal of facilitating $1 billion in philanthropic grants by 2023, ahead of schedule. News/Stats/Studies
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 9, 2022
In Chicago, Habitat’s commitment is to local families to achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance through housing and development projects. Chicago starts to thaw out in April and people are thinking about getting outside,” he says. Organization Snapshot.
Qgiv
JANUARY 11, 2022
When the Chicago chapter of the Special Olympics launched their 2022 Polar Plunge fundraising campaign, they implemented a Fundraising Hub to track donations from multiple sources in a single location. How Special Olympics Chicago uses Qgiv’s Fundraising Hub feature. Who they are.
Neon CRM
JANUARY 23, 2020
Here’s a quick look at one of our newer clients, Chicago Jewish Day School. Chicago Jewish Day School (CJDS) is a multi-denominational, progressive Jewish day school that provides a standard of excellence in both Judaic and general studies.
NTEN
JANUARY 7, 2013
The YMCA of Metro Chicago is a big organization, with a $110 million budget and a physical infrastructure that includes 23 gyms, five camps and 14 community schools, all supported by nearly 600 full-t. A large metropolitan nonprofit paves the way for data-centric organizations with a dedicated team of data analysts.
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Dorri McWhorter, president and CEO of the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, joined host Rachel Hutchisson to discuss how she modernized the organization and is bringing it to new levels of success. Topics Discussed in This Episode: How Dorri modernized the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.
NTEN
AUGUST 31, 2011
The Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) is hosting its 12th annual SEA Summit in Chicago. If you’re in the Chicago area, don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and network with the best in the field. This four-day event, beginning October 30th, intends to harnesses the energy and collective voice of social enterprise. The Summit will offer expert advice, quality connections, and investor strategies.
See3
JANUARY 26, 2009
This past weekend, a group of progressive communicators from around the Midwest gathered in Chicago to kick-off PCN Midwest. The event was organized with the help of the national PCN organization and Chicago-based Community Media Workshop. I was thrilled to represent See3 at the event and get a chance to spend two days with the diverse and talented activists and organizers that gathered there. Below are some tips I shared with the participants about producing web video on a budget.
Have Fun - Do Good
JULY 18, 2007
With just nine days until the BlogHer Conference in Chicago, where I'll be moderating the panel, "Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Raising Money," I thought I'd search around for nonprofit and activist women bloggers in the Chicago area. Here's what I found: Chicago Books to Women in Prison , a volunteer collective that distributes free books to women in prisons across the country, has a blog as their front page. Photo Credit: Chicago Skyline from Navy Pier by Michelle.
NTEN
JANUARY 26, 2012
NTEN is excited to annouce the return of IT Roadmap to Chicago on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. IT Roadmap is a regional one-day technology event that features a conference program and an exposition hall with leading technology providers. >> >> Register for Free Today ! This one day conference and expo presents some of technology's most-followed analysts and innovative solution providers, all focused entirely on building the roadmap you need in crucial areas of enterprise IT. >>
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 8, 2010
Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. A typical Chicago Underground Library (CUL) volunteer meeting starts something like this: New volunteers arrive for orientation at 6:30pm, some a little late because they got lost in the 100-year old parish house where we occupy the lobby of a fringe theater company on the second floor.
See3
MARCH 4, 2016
In a special three-part series on diversity, See3 sat down with Chicago Regional Organization for Antiracism (ROAR) to understand how nonprofits, social causes and the providers that serve them, could become more inclusive and more representative of our changing population. Work Culture Chicago ROAR diversity inclusion organizational change Racism
See3
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Chicago was electrifying last week, and millions of people watched from home as Barack Obama gave his historic election night speech in Grant Park. Several members of the See3 team were there, in line and among the crowd of thousands, catching the night on camera. We asked people one simple question: “Why are you here tonight?&#. Watch what they said
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 12, 2008
Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. Paul Baker, Webitects; Kara Carell, 501 Tech Club Chicago/Interfaith Youth Core; Todd McMeen, CitizenPowered.org. What are the specific social networking sites in Chicago? I'm live blogging this panel from the Making Media Connections Conference. All live blogging disclaimers apply. You already know Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn et al???now
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 26, 2007
I should be in Chicago at the pre-conference sessions and the reception for BlogHer Contributing Editors right now. But, all flights out of RI and Boston on United were cancelled due to the above Thunderstorms. I was lucky that I snagged a 6:00 AM flight out tommorrow morning. Hopefully, I will arrive just in time for my panel session, although I hope I won't be too over caffeinated
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
The Chicago Maroon — Microsoft Partners with University Program for South Side Nonprofits : "Microsoft Corporation will provide technical help to South-Side non-profits in a recently announced partnership with the University of Chicago’s Community Programs Accelerator.
See3
JANUARY 22, 2009
I will be speaking today at Chicago Convergence at MGFest. This is a conference within a conference where speakers will be talking about “convergence&# the coming together of new media and old media with new models for distribution and monetization. Convergence isn’t all about technology. It’s also about the blurring of business models. It’s about the merging of content and distribution. It’s about connecting the for-profit world to social causes.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 8, 2007
I'm here in Chicago for a very brief trip on a panel about metrics and measurement for museums called "New Spaces, New Measures." " My slides and resources are here. I came across two more excellent resources on this evolving topic of social media metrics and wanted to quickly summarize before I add to the link list in the wiki.
AFP Blog
MARCH 8, 2011
Presenting afpmeet.org - AFP's New Conference Mobile Site for Chicago!: "AFP AFP is proud to announce afpmeet.org, the exclusive mobile site that will allow attendees to access everything they need to optimize their AFP 2011 Conference experience—right on their smartphone! The conference mobile site can be viewed across all smartphone browsers (iPhones, Blackberries, Droids, etc.), no matter the
See3
MARCH 11, 2016
In a special three-part series on diversity, See3 sat down with Chicago Regional Organization for Antiracism (ROAR) to understand how nonprofits, social causes and the providers that serve them, could become more inclusive and more representative of our changing population. Work Culture Chicago ROAR diversity inclusion organizational change Racism
Tech Soup Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2009
Lumity , a nonprofit organization serving the Chicago region for 25 years, "helps charitable organizations to more effectively fulfill their missions through technology, financial support services, and training." If your organization is based in the Chicago area, you may already be aware of Lumity and their work with other nonprofits in the region.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 13, 2022
New York City, Chicago, Seattle, and the surrounding areas to learn trends within development. Calling all development, marketing, and nonprofit tech enthusiasts! Join StratusLIVE and our guest speakers for the Future of Fundraising — an inspiring professional development event.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 30, 2008
in Chicago. As Britt notes in her blog post it seems like there is a group of readers who read both of our BlogHer Blogs, and our personal blogs, so she wanted to reach out and let you know that we'll be in Chicago the week after next and come say hi Hanging with Britt Bravo at NetSquared Conference Photo by Schipulites. For the past three years, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Britt Bravo at BlogHer and Netsquared. We rarely get any face time.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 22, 2022
When I stepped into the leadership role at Chicago Scholars more than a year ago, I began searching for other nonprofit leaders of color so we could share and learn from our common experiences in navigating the nonprofit landscape.
AFP Blog
MAY 28, 2013
High school students build electric car powered by social media - Chicago Tribune : High school students have turned a 1967 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia into an all-electric car that is powered by tweets, shares, posts and likes. Turning tweets into watts will take the at-risk students from Kansas City to Washington, D.C. to “drive change in education.” “We
NTEN
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
Chicago Museum of Industry Community Data Leadership Mark Mathyer nptech nten Strategy Fundraising Mark Mathyer. Development and Membership Services Manager. Museum of Science and Industry. The Museum of Science and Industry's membership program had a large gap where very few people were contributing. It was simply understood that "Nobody gives between $250 and $1,000."
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Join StratusLIVE and our lineup of expert speakers for a half-day learning and networking event in Chicago and Seattle this week. The world of fundraising is changing rapidly. With the demand for personalized, e-commerce-like donor experiences, and the need to have an 'always-on' approach to outreach, it can be difficult to keep up. You'll walk away with new tactics and fresh ideas to fuel your year-end-fundraising. Register today
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 26, 2008
Kris Prendergast just told me that the second meeting of the Chicago chapter formation group was attended by more than 100 people! I'm delighted to hear there's so much energy around social enterprise in my hometown (I grew up in the Chicago suburbs I recently took on the role of chairing the Social Enterprise Alliance, the main grassroots group representing social enterprises in the U.S. and Canada.
.orgSource
JUNE 22, 2021
Anyone who has spent time here in Chicago knows that the weather can turn from sunshine to flurries in the time it takes to stroll a block down the Mag Mile.
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2009
Chicago Philanthropy Examiner: Why social media works for nonprofits: "Thursday night, I, along with 100 plus people combined our virtual camaraderie to raise some real cash for charity. We attended Twestival, a fundraiser organized through the social networking site Twitter to benefit Charity: water. The organizers of Twestival originally set a goal of $500,000 but as interest spread, they. NPtech NPTwestival
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 25, 2008
I found the Chicago Symphony's Fan Page and the Charlie Vernon Fan Club group. I started my job at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra nearly three years ago, after an internship at a non-profit and a temporary stint at a PR agency dedicated to the arts. The prelude to this interview is a tale of networking weaving. A few months ago, I created a workshop called " Arts 2.0 " which was a strategic social media for arts organizations workshop.
Wild Apricot
JULY 21, 2021
Alyssa had no idea what she was getting into when she landed her first role as the Admin Coordinator at a small association in Chicago. While her duties seemed clear-cut in the job description, she quickly realized what a mess everything was on the. website-and-technology
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
‘DOONESBURY’ PULLED BECAUSE OF CHARITY: Trudeau responds to Chicago Tribune’s decision not to run DonorsChoose cartoon - Comic Riffs - The Washington Post : Last Friday, the Chicago Tribune chose — for the second time since last September — not to run a “Doonesbury” strip.
AFP Blog
JUNE 5, 2007
UIC working on making virtual chats a reality | Chicago Tribune: "In five or six years, you probably will be able to chat face-to-face with your favorite actor, musician or politician whenever you feel like it.The technology for such virtual, three-dimensional visits mostly exists or is being developed by video game companies. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are at work.
Connection Cafe
JULY 8, 2015
Cheryl Hughes, Chicago Community Trust’s On the Table initiative – getting people across Chicago together for dinner to have their voices heard and to collectively identify and drive opportunities for innovation. Nonprofit Management Blackbaud Chicago Community Trust good Levi MCON Millennial Impact Report nonprofit philanthropy Social Innovation SummitGood is a huge part of my world. Seriously. I think about good, the concept, all the time. I talk about good.
EveryAction
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Engage for Good / Chicago, IL / TBD. The Network for Social Work Management / Chicago, IL / TBD. It's finally here! If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! These conferences range in size, location, and topic. We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Nonprofit Management.
AFP Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
CHICAGO: Capital One, Common Impact, Points of Light, and Taproot Foundation Launch Online Tool to Increase Impact of Pro Bono Volunteer Services for Nonprofits Across the Nation | Business Wire | Rock Hill Herald Online : CHICAGO — Corporations across the U.S.
Donorbox
MAY 13, 2021
Chicago is the first place that comes to mind for most people when you mention Illinois. There is more to Illinois than Chicago. The state of Illinois has the sixth largest population in the United States, and that population is highly varied.
M+R
JULY 20, 2022
ANA Nonprofit Federation Summer Conference: August 8–10 in Chicago, IL. We’re presenting one session at ANA Chicago and have a few staff attending* to learn and hobnob. Read time: 1 minute.
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