Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. Being geeks, we thought of ways to address this challenge with technology.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Here’s a story of my own about that. Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

Making media together is another way to teach your children about various causes. This ended up being a collaboration because Harry had to go to bed and I didn't want him to miss story time -- so I finished the narration. Sina helps makes school uniforms that the Foundation provides to over 1,000 street children in Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools. HART for Animals.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

Magic is part of the Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses , a Florida charity that visits more than 35,000 adults and children each year with its team of tiny horses. The organization visits hospitals, hospice programs, and children who have experienced traumatic events. Tell a Story. She will see each message."

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JULY 24, 2012

Let’s assume you plan to start an educational program to help children with literacy. We'd love to hear your stories! When you prepare your budget, include technology-related expenses that you will incur to carry out the project. If you stop there, you’re missing an opportunity. Please share in the comments below.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Pamela began by homeschooling her own children, and then transitioning into a leadership role in the charter schools of northern Ohio. population. Inspiring Optimism Through Results.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Although the community couldn't visit their usual haunts on techsoup.org, they could still keep up with TechSoup online. TechSoup Sweat Equity. Of the school, TechSoup special programs administrator Stephen Brown says, "The whole place is physically and educationally a laboratory.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Sometimes a story begins on a whim and a spark. While there, McDonald noticed that many classrooms had only a stack of books to share between hundreds of children. “It How These Entrepreneurs Got Their Start. She [McDonald] ended up finding her purpose.”. Her purpose would be discovered while visiting classrooms.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Examples from Haiti.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

" Of her favorite charitable interests, she says simply, "Anything dealing with children pulls at my heart strings." He loves organizations that promote literacy and that introduce kids to stories and storytelling. " Outside of TechSoup, Khadijah loves finding new Bay Area restaurants and street festivals.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

It's one of the great untold stories of nonprofit enterprise. It's the story of one person, founder Yvette Marrin, working with a disabled little girl and achieving major breakthroughs using a computer. The Largest Minority in the World. People with disabilities are one of the largest minorities in the U.S. Touch the Future.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

One corporate chief executive offered extensive in-kind support for our digital literacy enterprises that provide the disabled access to talking books and teach reading to teenagers and adults who are not yet literate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

It takes time, but does show results as the comments on the original Mashable post seem to indicate: Two years ago The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada established a presence on Facebook and incorporated guidelines for our Chapters to establish their local groups. I used a cli.gs link [link] so I could track traffic to the link.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

The Cause: Room To Read a not-for-profit organization that transforms the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy. I got some of the back story form Julio Vasconcellos , VP for Business Development, for the Experience Project which operates TwitCause. "I x (Total Retweets).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? I have a story that you have to hear.'"

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But it’s not just about aesthetics; your design should have a purpose and tell a story. Images, videos, and infographics are your allies in creating a compelling story. Design elements should work together to guide your visitors through your campaign’s story – all the way to your donation form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Her organization is a storytelling organization, so the goal is to get people to share and tell their stories. A Different Kind of Story. Have also worked a lot in video because stories need a visual medium. How do increase internet literacy with communities? Use this to communicate with your children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. the ability to follow the flow of stories and information. Some argue that young people acquire these key skills by interacting with popular culture. others toward a common goal. Judgment ???

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You can either host constituents who share stories related to your cause and your nonprofit’s work, or you can provide a stage for local storytellers to share narratives, myths, or personal tales. In this image, children enjoy a trunk or treat Halloween event. Storytelling Night There are two ways to put on a storytelling night.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service. If the experience of those children is not positive, then is it really a celebration?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Do they have children? If they are families with children, seek out events with activities for kids. If your organization promotes literacy, partner with a bookstore. So, think about images that will tell the story all by themselves: A volunteer dishing up a plate of hot food. And the best way to do that is with stories.

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MARCH 5, 2021

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

The Women’s Center of Tarrant County has a name problem, as we serve women, men and children…about 82,000 a year. We are Rape Crisis and Victim Services, Employment (80% placement rate for women and men), Adult Literacy, general counseling for women and families, legal clinic…and on and on. It also means we must change the YWCA story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2008

If we win, we can help many children like Mon Channy have a better life. Mon Chany's Story. Frequently, children in very poor families work in order to bolster the family???s s Khmer Literacy School has provided huge opportunity. For most children in Cambodia this is a story that is all too common.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

The arts are a wonderful way to make a difference in the world because they are fun, engaging, and oftentimes help you to tell stories, all key elements to attracting and keeping people involved in a cause. Participant Media "Participant believes that a good story well told can truly make a difference in how one sees the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

A month ago I listened to Christine Karumba, the Country Director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tell Honorata's story on the Voices on Genocide Prevention podcast. There she found her five children who had survived by the kindness of strangers. Reunited, she began to rebuild their life."

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. Women and their children are disproportionately victims of outside violence as well.

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