Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Cloud for Good has launched Talent for Good , a large-scale talent apprenticeship program designed specifically to benefit the Salesforce ecosystem. This new program responds directly to the urgent need for ready-to-hire talent in the Salesforce ecosystem. Tal Frankfurt (TF): What makes a great apprenticeship program?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

To give you an example of how to do this, a recent client was having problems telling the story of the marine conservation program they were building. Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.”

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . Burkle Foundation.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Who they are: The Veterans Heritage Project’s mission is to connect students with veterans in order to honor their legacies and help develop future leaders, while bridging the gap between military and civilian life. What they did: Embed a Donation Form with Recurring Giving Options.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The University of Maryland (UMD) has joined forces with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to speed up the development of climate-smart engineering by integrating ??NOAA-produced NOAA-produced climate science into U.S. World Wildlife Fund.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Hispanic Heritage Foundation is an award-winning nonprofit that identifies, inspires, prepares and positions Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce to meet America’s priorities. Latino Victory is developing a pipeline of Latino leaders who will fight for the issues that matter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. SimCityEDU has been piloted by over 100 teachers and 3,000 students. Games provide tremendous opportunities for learning about real-world issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up. www.enteef.com.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2020

Based outside of Seattle, International Baccalaureate World School Annie Wright Schools, which includes day and boarding options, is embracing the same creativity they encourage in their students to navigate the path ahead. As they developed plans for the fall term, they have been offering virtual Town Hall events.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2016

Anne Kotleba Lecturer/ Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Last time we introduced Anne, a new lecturer in the School of Community Resources & Development and coordinator of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and the Certified Nonprofit Professional Credential. What events do you have planned this year?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

PowerMyLearning is a new, free online resource that has educational games, videos, and other activities for elementary, middle-school, and high school-aged students. The PowerMyLearning online resource launched just a few years ago and was developed by the New York-based educational nonprofit, Computers for Youth (CFY). How It Works.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

How can our existing successful programs reach ten times more people? One major step to improving security of sensitive information was the recent development and release of Mobile Martus. We want to see that students with disabilities have equal opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The weekend of September 17 th -18 th , the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Student Association (NLASA) held its annual retreat at R-C Scout Ranch in in Payson, AZ. 32 students attended to discuss and identify goals for the upcoming year, build community, and eat s’mores around the bonfire!

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Anne Kotleba Lecturer/ Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Anne Kotleba is our newest staff member, joining us as a lecturer in the School of Community Resources & Development and coordinator of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and the Certified Nonprofit Professional Credential. Meet Anne.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Curiosity got the better of me, and that’s how I met Bob Whicker, a K-12 Education Development Executive for Apple. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2012

As students return to school this and next month and buy their required reading books, principals, instructional coaches, department chairs, lead teachers, and teachers hopefully will have read this summer as their required reading Paul Bambrick-Santoyo’s new book, Leverage Leadership – A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools. “As

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 29, 2014

posted by Lyn McDonough , Program Coordinator Sr. Student seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential from over 40 campuses across the country attend workshops, hear from national leaders and provide the host community with opportunities to learn from student case studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I don’t set goals, but use the themes to guide the type of work I will take on, what I want to write about on my blog as well as my professional reading and professional development. The themes are less about exploring something new, but to commit to continuous learning and improvement.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. (Please visit the site to view this video).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’ll be talking about Gen Z donors and why nonprofits need to engage them in their fundraising and programs. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. It’s the reason we’re not in the Dark Ages anymore.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

The value proposition of museum grad programs is cloudy in my mind. But I have some big concerns about museums studies programs, namely: Standardizing the field limits the potential for radical change. So I see these programs as a threat, an encroachment of schoolishness on the willfully unschooled. We taught the same programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2013

In this guest post, CUNY lecturer and former manager of the Guggenheim Internship program Michelle Millar Fisher makes a passionate argument for the end of unpaid internships. There are certainly excellent programs that try to circumvent this stereotype, and there are stipends to be had in some museums, but they are far from the norm.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Growing your monthly giving program in particular fosters a reliable revenue stream that can carry your organization through challenging times. These programs give nonprofit supporters a way to spread out their giving over time, which can be easier on their finances than contributing a single larger gift.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. The GE Crotonville Center is the legendary example An easy "ask" for your local corporations is: can I get a donated seat in your classroom? Students are among the most technology savvy people I know. 9) Develop a partnered IT strategy.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. Feb 21 - 24.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 16, 2014

There’s probably a specific classroom you remember from those earlier days, and a teacher who left a huge impact on your life. After all, their organization was built to provide programs that help students in the classroom by providing resources and making education interesting. And PENCIL, Inc.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2013

I’m delighted to share with you today a wonderful success story from our Volunteer Program. UC Santa Cruz students who participated in our volunteer pilot project— proofreading textbooks for our Bookshare collection—have done a fantastic job proofreading over a short period of time three entire textbooks!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

This framework works like a charm, whether it is a one-hour webinar or 7 day intensive International training or college graduate course or year long peer learning program. Recently, I was on a call with colleagues to plan our NTC session on training , and co-presenter Cindy Leonard said to me, “You are using ADDIE !”

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an internationally recognized trainer who has developed and implemented effective sector capacity building programs that help organizations integrate social media, network building and relationship marketing best practices. It’s the reason we’re not in the Dark Ages anymore. They are not content to just sit and click.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Assistant director John Klima explained: "We get a ton of usage on our public PCs, and the RCI program is going to help us continue to provide this valuable service to our community." The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 30, 2023

In private and independent schools, three teams impact revenue: admissions, development, and finance. While net tuition revenue makes up the majority of a private or independent school’s revenue—typically 70 to 80%—most don’t charge what it actually costs to educate a student. Victory is a balanced budget.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. I had the opportunity to chat with executive director Lisa Hoitsma and marketing and development manager Carly McCoy about their recent website redesign. We had a non-logo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. In 1998, during the embryonic stages of the project, this focus turned to a concept called "Reverence for Life," a non-demonational philsophy of self-development which had taken root in Jamaica's prisons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers. I discovered that walking is an important part of my work process- it helps me think, it helps me develop professional relationships, and can help when I am leading trainings. I will continue to blog about walking as work and do workshops.

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