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MAY 4, 2021

Are there other opportunities, including self-paced online programs, you could provide to educate volunteers about your organization’s issue and create pathways for your most motivated volunteers to grow into leadership roles? Other issues to consider: How should volunteers report an accident or injury? What about working off site?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I've been behind on my reading and blogging due to craziness at work and issues that needed to be attended to with children (don't ask). I didn't see that practically a week ago, Nancy White, tagged me with the NGO/NPO Memo. I am wondering whether or not I'm supposed to tag a few folks too? Technorati Tags: ngomeme

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues. Two gems shared by a participant was this leader board of healthcare tags and this twitter tool that lets you look up your legislator’s Twitter handle by zip code.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums? Why the uniformity?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Get a signed release for anyone in your video and if privacy is an issue, find a way to shoot video that doesn’t reveal faces. If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. When you send several emails out in a short period of time, you may lose subscribers or even get tagged as a spammer.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

No other platform offers the same huge global reach for promoting awareness of important, yet suppressed, issues. Make-A-Wish has become a household name in recent years with its unique goal of fulfilling the wishes of ill and vulnerable children, from visiting Disneyland to meeting celebrities. Make-A-Wish’s YouTube Channel.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

You’re probably asking for an amount that’s a stretch for you and it’s going to bring up all kinds of personal issues for you, especially if you have a negative mindset around money or wealthy people. Many will say their children are their proudest accomplishment. If you’re new to major donor work, you know what I mean.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2010

Together as a group we can make The Networked Nonprofit a best seller AND help kids in Cambodia! In addition, the guiding principles in the book will help your nonprofit transform itself into a networked nonprofit that can address many pressing social change issues. Tags: Housekeeping Networked Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. Our connection to Kenya remains strong; we are also the guardians for one of the children from that orphanage, @sammyikua , who now studies in Maine.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

Social Actions is “an open source database of actions people can take on any issue. Universal Giving has made a direct and significant impact on our ability to provide the gift of sports to thousands of children living in poverty around the world! Connect & Learn more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Last week, we had the final session of the “ Social Media Lab ,&# a social media peer group training with a small group of grantees from the Children, Families, Communities Program , that was launched a few months ago. PreSchool California was able to connect initially with journalists covering their issue.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2008

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. just after sending in the message about the issue, he let me know they were aware of the problem and were working on it 2.

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Forum One

APRIL 17, 2010

They help us discuss tough and pressing issues. Along these lines, I wanted to share our latest example of an online professional network that has been developed for the Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives program: the Healthy Newborn Network. They help feature and comment on the best resources and expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Photo by Media Fury Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks first published in 1979. This interactive webinar experience will begin with a plenary session providing an overview of social media strategy, organizational adoption issues, capacity, metrics, and strategy execution. Tags: wearemedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2009

Foodbanks, soup kitchens, and many other nonprofits that address the hunger issue are being hit by a triple whammy. It is designed to make it easy for people to do something meaningful in the short-term and create a dialogue about solving the root issues. This will provide 140,000 meals for children in Austin. Minds at Work.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It cites the Save the Children and Utah Food Bank breaches as especially costly examples of weak security measures. Look for features like: It should be easy to locate, simple to use, and facilitate various methods of payment without issue. Worse still, these scandals caused long-term damage to these organizations’ reputations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It’s advice most often dispensed to discourage children from squandering their birthday money, but it is perhaps just as appropriate in this context. Tags: Guest Post. Almost a third of nonprofits have had to lay off staff because of lost grants, and one in five has had to reduce services , but what can we do about it?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Heading Tags. Image Alt Tag. This is because the closer your keyword is to the title tag the more weight it carries with search engines. You won’t always be able to include your keyword at the beginning of the title, but at the very least you should include it within the <title> tag. SEO Friendly URL.

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Tags: community buzz nten member. (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. Finally, answers! And a green solution!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Warning: This video creates some graphic and powerful images that may not be suitable for younger children. If you don't have a camera or if you're not comfortable creating video content, there are other ways to raise awareness about this important issue. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

I can't share the specifics because of copyright issues, but it was informative to hear the lawyer's perspective and it has prompted some important insights for me. C) Avoid "Friending" your boss and any of his/her teenage children, nieces, or nephews. it's a management issue. Tags: policy. I know, I'm being frivolous.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The arrival of the Internet in the mid-1990s plus advancing communication technology means children of the current generation are growing up as native users of the Internet, email, text and instant messaging, blogging, tweeting, gaming and a host of other cyber vehicles. But there is still the issue of income.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. Jumpstart for Young Children. Tags: Games. Note from Beth: I've been tracking the games for change space for a few years, although not very deeply. Feeding America.

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Forum One

MARCH 6, 2009

Last week at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation a group of 23 folks who manage Global Health data met to talk about common issues and best practices. I was impressed (as were many others) by the degree of synergy and the similarity of the issues, given the diversity of the groups. Seattle Children's.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

Yes, there are people out there who have commitment issues. For families with school-age children, where do parents get their news about community opportunities? Can you make lanyard name tags that identify them as volunteers? It’s a frustrating scenario and all too common in the nonprofit sector.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Sandcastles make everyone happy; to use your imagination, to shape something with your hands, to build something as ambitious and fantastical as you want.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

From Tweets and Status Updates about Rape as a pre-existing condition to the slaughter of dolphins and whales to children dying from dirty drinking water , the injustice of it all is enough to drive most people into apathy and ignorant bliss. Tags: Uncategorized Facebook MySpace Twitter. But you are different.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

One of our favorite stories came about because Michelle Miles didn't have time to volunteer at her local hospital, the Arkansas Children's Hospital, due to her busy school and work schedule. In addition to individual activists, nonprofits themselves have also started causes to build communities of supporters around the issues they work on.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Sandcastles make everyone happy; to use your imagination, to shape something with your hands, to build something as ambitious and fantastical as you want.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

At the time, we were co-managing a prominent online network for economists, policy makers and researchers focused on the economic and policy issues surrounding the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, called the IAEN. Tags: Collaboration. with my colleague Jim Cashel, a Forum One founders.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We did some research around this issue and published a white paper detailing the case for integrating time-honored emergency response expertise with real-time social input. Working in a Baton Rouge shelter, he saw children looking for their parents, and parents looking for their children, yet matching them was difficult.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Tags: Online Fundraising Email Marketing Online Marketing. Learn how M&R has helped leading nonprofits like The Wilderness Society grow from 50,000 email subscribers to a highly-responsive list of over 300,000.

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See3

OCTOBER 30, 2009

“America’s Giving Challenge offers a tremendous opportunity to raise funds and awareness for nonprofit organizations at a time when the communities we care about, including children and families, have never been in greater need of their services,” said Anne Mosle, vice president for programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. “We About the W.K.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Children of the Lodz Ghetto ). Finally, some history museum staff members feel that they should not be dealing with contemporary social issues or that they are unable to facilitate dialogue on contentious topics. Children's Museums OPPORTUNITIES - Like science centers, children's museums are highly interactive and visitor-centered.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children. Unfortunately, they did not have releases for the children's pictures. Some other issues to consider are: misconduct by employees, amount of time spent on sites, and the appropriateness sites visited. So, is your organization prepared?

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

With voice, many solutions for issues like the “market price” problem can be human engineered, as that information is now only a phone call away to a trusted source in a bigger market. Tags: Data Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. Voice remains the killer app. The good news is that the math is finally starting to add up. .

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