Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. The LAF uses its Facebook fan page and Twitter profile as a way to directly connect with cancer survivors on a personal basis and animate the community.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The mission of the National Society of Black Engineers is “to increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.” The organization now boasts over 790 chapters worldwide. View this post on Instagram. They have programs like the R.I.S.E.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Rami Rabby is famous in the American blind community as the first blind foreign service officer working for the US State Department. The pilot said it was a regulation of the local aviation regulator (unclear if he meant Hong Kong or China). Gradually, more and more folks came onto the plane.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org. 28) Home T :: thehomet.com.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

Many of the publishers do provide us with permissions do not have global rights, and limit the availability of these books to certain jurisdictions • We first launched international Bookshare in India and have more than 1000 members there, as well as permissions agreements with more than ten publishers in India • We have recently concluded agreements (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed many years ago in China. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. The practices are intended to balance the energies of any given space to assure health and good fortune for people inhabiting it.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

The newest addition to the Smithsonian cadre, its collections feature powerful moments in African American history, culture, and community and is a must-see. And even though Bao Bao is now back in China , her brother and parents (also Giant Pandas) are still the Zoo's main attraction here in DC. The National Zoo.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2012

Adam De Rose, Interfaith Worker Justice Blog Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) advances the rights of workers by engaging diverse faith communities into action, from grassroots organizing to shaping policy at the local, state and national levels. It specializes in adoption from China, Taiwan and Haiti. Click away!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

These stories come from all over the world such as US, China, Russia, Japan, etc. These tasks span across 3 main areas in children’s lives, such as at Home, in School and within Communities. ” To help young children understand, we tell international folk stories to illustrate our ten values.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Add : Community management, big data, mobile apps or social media… Mix in : hackathons, social media surgeries, workshops, panel discussions or social minglers… Our amazing volunteers have put together a delicious menu of events for you this month. Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America. Random House Mondadori is the first Spanish publisher to partner with us and its support of the Bookshare community sends a great signal to the other Spanish publishers we have approached.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

The UAE are in an incredible state of construction: I don't know of many places on earth (other than China) where so much has been built so fast. The resemblance to Los Angeles was striking: this is another community created in a desert land that tends to haze and smog (lacking rain, I guess).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

We received more than 600 submissions from 35+ countries, including mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for the first time. This is an example of a community using video to capture the inspiration inherent in its nonprofit mission. Lastly, thanks to everyone on the Community Engagement team at TechSoup for their support.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Today marks the second annual GivingT uesday , and i n the same way that retail stores take part in Black Friday, we are excited to see the nonprofit community to come together for # GivingTuesday. PEC has partnered with local supermarkets to drive food donations and has directed the Philadelphia community to their donation site s.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Net2Local is a project of TechSoup Global that invites activists, techies, nonprofits and the social good community together to meet monthly in 50 cities around the world. Beijing, China. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Content Marketing - Share Content, Get Noticed & Engage Your Community. Newest Net2Local Groups. Event Reports.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We leave that to China, Ghana, and other countries. Here are my modified seven criteria: 1) How would the technology affect dynamics of organizations, friends, family and community? 2) Would it help us live and/or work in more stable circles, and strengthen my community? We don’t see or interact with e-waste.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community. They’re the new Santa Claus, offering #nptech gifts year-round!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

According to their site: "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001, disregarding international criticism of China's human rights record. Both the IOC and the Chinese have argued that the Games will "improve human rights in China" and therefore Tibet.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Art that has personal meaning for your community is also a safe bet. Corporate sponsorship package Your nonprofit may have strong relationships with corporate partners in your community, whether they’re small businesses, large corporations, or anything in between.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

This is the essence of leadership Keys to Practicing Values Recognizing and mobilizing all of the community''s assets. I see leadership to build community from bottom up. Rachael''s path to Catchafire As a child in China, early exposure to poverty was very influential. Be: who am I as a leader? You have to be deliberate.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. ” Community Highlights. Fourteen Net2Local groups descended on their communities in full costume and delivered one-on-one training to local social benefit organizers. China, Cameroon, Uganda and Kenya.

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2010

That's the warning coming through the NTEN Discuss list this week when someone asked the list for advice about their domain, which someone from China emailed them they should "protect" by registering other like-domains through them. Robert Weiner has been documenting this type of SPAM and sharing with the community since 2008.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

UniversalGiving is making great impact on communities around the world, both in the work, funds or volunteer efforts contributed to individuals and groups via their platform, but also in effectively and passionately empowering donors and volunteers to contribute. maybe you want to join forces for a longer-term project for real impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

These are my notes for webinar about Nonprofits and Slideshare , a social site where community members share presentations, documents and pdfs. For a couple of years, I’ve been an avid member of the Slideshare community, sharing, browsing, and collaborating on content and watching how nonprofits use the platform. 8) Advocacy.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I hope you can take a moment to tell us how donations you've gotten through TechSoup have helped you serve your community. It first works with local community people to see what its children need and then tailors programs that are specific to that locale. Send it to community@techsoup.org. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. They contribute curriculum ideas, teaching, and even an interactive social network so that members of their virtual university community can participate in webinars, blogs, and peer-to-peer coaching.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

I've been a fan of an online community called Innocentive and a new announcement about how their program has successfully matched researchers with funders is a testament to the power of their online collaboration program. The two winning proposals were identified as coming from a scientist in China, and a research fellow in Germany. "These

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2010

China, India, and most of Europe combined -- but another thing entirely to show it. XKCD has finally updated its Map of Online Communities , showing the size of Facebook relative to its smaller brethren. Your organization is awash in data, but (while we hate to be the ones to break the news) nobody wants one more boring spreadsheet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. He has used the money to purchase and distribute bottled water, fruit and other healthy snacks to those in need in his community.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The closest competitor is Alfresco; my read was that, while Alfresco looks like a good product, KnowledgeTree is more committed to the open source community and ideals, has better documentation; active development and they're easy to reach. There seems to be a unique human desire to drive to the absurd when it comes to cataloging.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

And I hadn’t noticed the imagery at first, but when you look at it here you can see, [image] clearly the contrast that they’re creating is around skin tone where Kendra’s opponent has very light skin, rosy skin, “Kodak China Girl skin” as its described, and Kendra’s skin is darkened and she looks very shadowy.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The Gobi Desert in China (the windiest desert on earth). It will create a sense of community safety and empower people living in an area without electricity." The Sahara Desert in Egypt (the hottest desert on earth). The Namib Desert in Namibia (has the highest sand dunes on earth).

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

To my mind, social networking is the most important development in fundraising since the advent of direct mail campaigns and phonathons and holds the promise of transforming organizations by making them more responsive to the needs and interests of the community. Was there anything in the latest Giving USA report that surprised you?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Naira Bonilla will show you how to connect with diverse communities and create strong relationships using WhatsApp, the #1 messaging app in the world. We are here to talk about using WhatsApp to increase engagement with multicultural communities. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Naira, I got 2:00 Eastern. Naira: Yeah. Naira: Okay.

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

Above the clattering of China plates covered with hot stuffed chicken and long grain rice were conversations rich in stories, pursuits, and initiatives around the world. What the international development community should focus on is turning an eye towards helping the people to help themselves. How can the end goals be achieved?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. See the map here.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. He has used the money to purchase and distribute bottled water, fruit and other healthy snacks to those in need in his community.

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