Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

As Arianna Huffington points out in her book, Sleep Revolution , and in this recent interview, getting enough sleep and less stress leads to better workplace performance. This healthy habit sets the stage for you to incorporate other self-care routines that we describe in our book. Charge elsewhere and wake up recharged.”

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Arrange an in-person tour, invite someone to lunch or coffee, or connect at a donor appreciation event. Neon CRM Workflow Automation Recipe Book Learn More Use These Donor Engagement Strategies to Reach More Supporters Connecting with donors in an increasingly noisy world is a big goal. Connecting with donors face to face.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

I enjoyed getting a chance to tour around the the southern part of the island with Mike Terlaje (U of Guam CEDDERS) and Chuck Hitchcock of CAST(pictured above) on my final afternoon there (and even squeezed in half an hour of snorkeling), and seeing Spanish ruins, waterfalls, and bay after spectacular bay.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If you provide opportunities for children, show children getting opportunities they might not otherwise have. For a video tour of your food pantry, try something like, “Neighbors get food along with a smile from volunteers.”. If you are an animal rescue, show an animal getting rescued.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Since TOMS launched in 2006, over 1,000,000 pairs of shoes have been given to children in more than 20 countries. He used his best-selling books T hree Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools to promote the cause of his organization. These books have given him a large and intense fan base.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. " The library contains thousands of published records, books, manuscripts, periodicals, and microfilms about the Northern Neck region of Virginia. Celebrating a Region Rich with History.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Younger children or those looking for a slightly less messy way to join in on the fun will enjoy using paints, paintbrushes, glue, glitter, and other craft supplies for non-carving decoration method. Try gathering some Halloween decor and finding tickets for a haunted historical tour for a few coveted holiday-themed gift baskets.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Learn how Summit Assistance Dogs and Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation ran massively successful virtual fundraising events : Tip: Schedule a demo with our team on how you can quickly start a campaign site for your virtual fundraising event. Learn how by booking a demo here. Recurring Giving Blitz.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library’s collection. My focus is on how children learn science. It is an app for iphone that started as a way for way-finding but is more: it has personalized tours, it has games, etc. Learning Science by Design.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2009

When it comes to museums, recommendation systems are a natural solution for the problem of the customized tour. There are many lovely example of museums providing quirky tours based on particular interests. For example, The Tate Modern offers a set of pamphlets featuring different tours of the museum based on emotional mood.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Children will sleep tonight, because you cared ” makes a much better opener for a thoughtful thank you. Like volunteering, joining a committee, coming on a tour, attending an event, signing a petition or sharing something with their friends. Don’t make these folks the ‘step-children’ of your donor acknowledgment program.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Book Sale Book sales offer a literary haven for bookworms. Supporters can browse through a wide selection of donated books and make purchases, with proceeds going toward the nonprofit’s initiatives. In this image, children enjoy a trunk or treat Halloween event.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Between high-altitude hijinks, run-ins with wildlife, and very long days of hiking, I finished John Falk's new book, Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience. I might not go to a children's museum for a recharge, nor would I necessarily see myself as a good facilitator if I dragged my friends through a crowded mega-museum.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

Maybe your food bank is working on a special program to send meals home with students over a holiday break, for children who might not have any other way to get food when school is closed. There is an old but wonderful and still-relevant book called, “The Millionaire Next Door,” which shows how wealthy people live.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library's collection. My focus is on how children learn science. It is an app for iphone that started as a way for way-finding but is more: it has personalized tours, it has games, etc.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

The Odditoreum is a temporary gallery for the summer school holiday in which the Powerhouse is displaying eighteen very odd objects alongside fanciful (and fictitious) labels written by children's book author Shaun Tan, schoolchildren, and visitors. I enjoyed listening to it (virtually, not at the museum).

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

On the opening day someone wrote ‘About time we had a curator’ in the comments book and I was gutted – I thought the idea had failed. I was particularly pleased to see young children persuading their parents and grandparents to participate. However, by the end of the first week it was clear that the majority of our audience was hooked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

The photo above is of my children, Harry and Sara, who were both adopted from Cambodia. When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. My children will meet her for the first time. For those of you who are new, let me share why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

Unfortunately, with the monsoon season in full swing, we were delayed so we could not tour that project. When he discovered that the library had no books and with school just starting, Rajen arranged for a donation to supplement what the director had purchased with her own salary. Rajen is also looking at other needs for the home.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

One of their programs is the Reality Tours, where they bring groups of individuals to regions to look at the social justice issues and other pressing issues, that really color the experience and the culture of a place. Britt: Are there any books, movies or websites that inspire you, or that you can recommend?

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JUNE 9, 2021

For instance, if your organization is dedicated to children battling cancer, you might also send costumes to the kids in need. “A Restaurant tour – Take your supporters on a food adventure with a restaurant tour fundraising event! Separate the books by genre or type so that it is easier for donors to peruse.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2008

There was a self-aggregating group who toured an art exhibition. The curator at the meeting earlier this week who ended up touring an exhibition with strangers did so because of a shared moment with another person who was looking "behind the exhibit" at the same time as him. conversation that followed.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Author of two books, one just came out last February. And I wrote two books which are also like my other two children. She and Allison Fine are coming out with our newest books all about AI and charity. We couldn’t do tours. Oh, this is a really good one, the 360 degree virtual tour. Learn more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

I got involved in some of the anti-globalization work at that time and my group, Art and Revolution, was doing a lot of education and outreach through dance and giant puppets and theater and doing a lot of tours to mobilize people to come to Seattle. Is it children and literature? That's just the reality. Alli: A great question.

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