Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Governments in developing countries are thinking seriously about how to provide quality secondary education, noted Gallucci and Roy, yet less known are which interventions are economical and will increase demand, access, and retention. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

Services that were once provided primarily by the government have slowly shifted to the nonprofit sector to reduce government spending. One CEO of a local behavioral health and human service organization found value in program evaluation measures in his organization where there was no prior initiative to evaluate programs.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . Philanthropy plays a crucial role in helping communities prepare for and respond to global disasters and supports the long-term recovery that individuals and communities face after disasters. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Even in the U.S.,

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 4, 2021

In 2020, we helped close to 900 members gain cell phone access through referrals to the government-supported Lifeline Assistance program. Technology played a crucial role in enabling the homebound vaccination program. Read more about how tech is powering vaccine management and distribution for children and countries across the world.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. The answer could be “both.”

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

GOLD – Government Website. Gold – Government Website. Our solution, developed in Drupal 9 and optimized for use across devices, gives all users (candidates, scholars, faculty representatives, and staff) individual dashboards that are customized to their specific user roles and tasks. Washington State Wine Commission.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Qgiv

MARCH 5, 2024

The diverse amounts of nonprofits play a vital role in addressing societal needs and helping their communities. An NGO is a type of nonprofit organized at the local, national, or international level that works independently of any government involvement. What is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization)?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Terri has over 30 years of success in higher education, politics, international affairs, and nonprofits, including roles as Provost at Menlo College, Vice Provost at University of Texas at Austin, and positions on numerous boards. How Leadership, Vulnerability, Brand Building, and Fighting Racism Co-Exist with Doyin Richards.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Grant funds from foundations, government entities, and corporations help nonprofits diversify their income streams. Keep in mind when you’re writing your grant proposal that small details can play a big role in final decisions, especially when competing against many other grant applications. Detailed organizational budget.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. They have children, they’re doing all of this. You are worth it.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2017

The perception that this is a problem “over there” allows us to overlook the very real data about gender inequality including, but not limited to, the continuing and disturbing statistics on: violence against women, the gender pay gap, and the under-representation of women in leadership roles in governments and companies globally.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Timberland doesn’t only connect its purpose with day-to-day roles, but to broader issues impacting the people who make its products. IBM connects purpose-driven innovation to the market through its Smarter Cities challenge, which invites governments to submit thorny environmental, social, or infrastructural challenges.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Luckily for us, governance consultant Tom Okarma has written a terrific guest post for us this week on exactly this topic. For most agencies, everyone understands each person’s role and how they fit together to form one collaborative, well-oiled machine. So can the local community. governance'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 24, 2011

And so, the first insight for me was the role of adults with learning disabilities in their own rights struggle. I would not expect the parents of blind children to drive the rights struggle for blind people, but I had taken the role of parents as the prime movers in the LD movement for given.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Starting out, my main focus was recruiting community members to become change makers and role models in children’s lives—also known as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. This work has entailed cultivating partnerships with school districts, city governments, community groups and nonprofits serving at-risk youth.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

You’ll assign each team member a clear role in the process and outline the tasks they will complete that support your overarching goals. Assign each team member an individual role that they’re responsible for. In addition to assigning team member roles, you can also automate certain processes to free up more staff time.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A Board treasurer is often the hardest role to fill, so focus on this position first. Your local United Way or similar organization may have a bank of qualified people seeking Board roles, saving you some time and work to find the right person. This can be an interim solution while you test your program to see if it takes off.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

Perhaps politics has played a role and you need to develop a plan that doesn’t involve government funding. For example, if your target is mothers with small children, visit groups where they are meeting, perhaps as a speaker, to get the word out about your organization. Is the nonprofit facing a specific challenge?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What’s our role? If organizations are a part of the solution, a part of the process, what does that role really look like? Instead of asking what’s our role, let’s look at what the opportunity is. Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. There’s no limit to either.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response. We discussed the challenges and opportunities around codifying an online request code, what role mobile must play, the needs for increased capacity and public education.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

Center for Nonprofits In my role at the N.C. Let’s assume you plan to start an educational program to help children with literacy. Businesses often offer a discount on their products for nonprofits and government agencies. [Editor's note: The following is an article from NTEN:Change.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

In January, as part of a series of place-making workshops facilitated by the Project for Public Spaces , we worked with a local dad to coordinate a workshop explicitly for kids (full writeup here ). Children are easy to applaud, and easy to ignore. Kids frequently suffer from tokenism. Here's a synopsis: Participation 1.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Matt has served in roles focused on the strategic application of technology across a broad spectrum of industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, high-speed discrete manufacturing, and capital markets. governments, foundations) can put out an “ask” for a specific outcome (e.g.

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Measure Impact Chicago Metrics 96

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2018

State and local income and property taxes are now limited to a $10,000 deduction. Limited deductions of state and local income and property taxes. State and local income and property taxes are now capped to a $10,000 deduction for those who itemize. This provides clear evidence that the estate tax encourages charitable giving.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. " Alec Ross, Senior Adviser to US Secretary of State, speaking on Open Governance. disaster).

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Activities Active Activism Review 47

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

In terms of socioeconomic status, the results show that higher levels of education and self reported positive health significantly increased seniors’ chance of formal volunteering; however, age, gender, income level, employment status, and having children had no effect. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 39, 272-286. Pugliese, J.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

She was a pioneer of the Eagles Care program, which partners the Eagles with local nonprofits to make a lasting difference in the Philadelphia community. Paul is also a children’s book author who collaborates with his twin brother and NY Times #1 Best-Selling Author/Illustrator, Peter H.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 26, 2021

At a local level, we see health inequities that exist across provinces, states, counties, and even neighborhoods. Protecting Nearly Half the World’s Children Through Vaccination. And each organization plays a critical role in helping the life-saving vaccines reach those who might not have access to receiving it otherwise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2012

It’s crucial to giving them the ability to make choices about their lives: when a woman has access to reproductive health care, she can make choices about her body and her future – not just about having children but also about staying in school, starting a business, or perhaps pursuing a role in local government.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. Many of our trainees and journalists in Nepal do have children.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In an article titled "Where Lying Was Business as Usual," Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. And success goes to those who play it best. Too often, schools turn diligence into drudgery.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The key is to keep it concise while ensuring that every activity throughout the year plays a role in achieving this overarching objective. Engage in strategic partnerships, like teaming up with a local business for sponsorships or collaborating on workplace volunteering initiatives.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

They were normal kids, except they lived in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood of Chicago, where the role models and life experiences were anything but what normal kids in most parts of America grow up with. The ways to take action are as endless as the numbers of children in need.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

At one financial services outlet a nonprofit profit financial counseling service was competing for space and attention with both a for-profit provider and the government service. I also did not count any of the direct mail we received as some of what I get is because of my role and not representative of a “normal household.”

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