Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Why DonorsChoose.org is a Fundraising Game Changer: Charles Best started Donorschoose.org in 2000 out of his own frustrations of being a teacher in the Bronx who didn’t have the supplies he needed to teach effectively. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 27, 2006

According to the author's web site, moniquemangorains.com , the region where Monique and Kris worked has the fewest physicians and nursing persons per capita, and 1 in 12 women are at risk of dying in childbirth or pregnancy. To read an interview with the author, check out Jen Lemen's blog. midwife mali women Peace Corps friendship

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. PeacePlayers International is a nonprofit organization that uses basketball to unite and educate children and their communities in conflict and post-conflict areas. Beth Kanter posted about this a couple weeks ago.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

In contrast, the Current Population Survey is a government-sponsored telephone survey that interviewed 57,000 households in 2008. The typical case is that an adult respondent answers for his or her spouse, as well as children aged 15 or older. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? This simple prompt turned 2.4

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. And now to the interview. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. And now to the interview. How did they do it?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? So let me navigate around that. Well, thank you so much.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Everyone has heard of the Make-A-Wish Foundation —the romantic nature of granting sick children their wishes can touch even the coldest of hearts. You’ll find plenty of pictures of children whose dreams have come true thanks to this nonprofit. With this information, you serve Facebook ads to people who visit your site.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Steve also happens to be the fiancé of Mei-ying Ho, who I interviewed last month. You can also find transcripts of past interviews on that blog as well.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers. We do a lot of work with teens in the summertime.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children''s job prospects as adults. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?" If you can teach science, how can you be stupid?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children's job prospects as adults. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?" If you can teach science, how can you be stupid?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I started off in Camden, Maine to teach at the PopTech Fellows program, New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts for a session with arts marketers , and finally to Washington, DC to attend a briefing at the White House and to keynote the last BlogPotomac conference. Flickr Photo by Ghbrett.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2011

I interviewed a few students and included their perspectives, and the theme of their responses was that the ASB trips are not effective for short-term impact, but they do great things to inspire people to further service. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? That’s a really good question for her to ask. All You Need is Love.

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MAY 13, 2009

I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. Please note that there is a graphic description of what one women endured, but the rest of the interview is very uplifting--I promise! edited transcript below).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I had an opportunity to interview Paola for the Big Vision Podcast, and wanted to share the transcript with you. I went to 15 countries on five continents, and interviewed and photographed 129 women. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe.

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JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. You just have to keep planting and just got to hope that other people will come along after you to water those seeds and to know that the trees our for our children's children. Is it children and literature?

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