Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do. With $250, you can make room for a student in a classroom.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

As always, I’m delighted to share the latest Benetech highlights as we work on these ambitious 10X dreams! Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

It’s an event to express the gratitude and the transformative power our thankfulness can have when we share it with one another. This year, TweetsGiving becomes Epic Thanks to indicate the broader impact of the event.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Mulligan tackles in, Hire Purpose , education, training, the classroom, the workplace and workers. This week, she also shared her following insights with me: Deanna Mulligan Question: What did you see happening in companies that convinced you this was a book you wanted to write? It is the entire world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts has enabled GlassLab to develop SimCityEDU, a game-based classroom tool that uses the beloved SimCity franchise to engage students in real-world challenges. You can register here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Foundation Center and TechSoup Global have announced a new strategic alliance ! As our newest collaboration takes shape, we’re exploring new opportunities to co-host events and share our content with the aim of expanding knowledge and insights with wider audiences in the social-benefit sector. About Our Alliance.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. This particular bench resides in a classroom in a small school in Moshi. Local problems, local solutions.

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

When building your event marketing strategy, keep in mind that there are several advantages to hosting an online component at your physical event, including: Greater reach by tapping into potentially global markets. Accessibility options by allowing corporate attendees to use online meeting and online technology to participate.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

In light of that trend and all the recent travel upheaval due to COVID – 19, with increasing restrictions being placed on companies and their global workforce, we wanted to address creative alternatives to traditional volunteer events. . Global Volunteer Programs. There’s an app for that! United Nations : The UN runs a?virtual

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

When building your event marketing strategy, keep in mind that there are several advantages to hosting an online component at your physical event, including: Greater reach by tapping into potentially global markets. Accessibility options by allowing corporate attendees to use online meeting and online technology to participate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Mulligan tackles in, Hire Purpose , education, training, the classroom, the workplace and workers. Recently, she also shared these insights with me: Deanna Mulligan Question: What did you see happening in companies that convinced you this was a book you wanted to write? It’s not just what we see in companies and new technologies.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. People donate to a shared cause in honor of that for which they are most grateful.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. 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. Educational Assistance and Training Programs. Wish You Well Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. It was always peer learning – I’d share about the technology and they’d teach me about their work.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

By Edward Granger-Happ, Global CIO, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Share your technology experiences and frustrations. Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. 4) Share an application with an organization in your sector. Can't answer what you don't know?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. Want to share the story of how tech donations through TechSoup have helped your organization better serve your mission?

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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. Net2Local organizers plan events because they have skills to share, want to give back and want to make the world a better place. Newest Net2Local Groups. Wednesday, December 11.

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See3

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This year, See3 is playing an active role in Tweetsgiving 2009 , a global celebration that seeks to change the world through the power of gratitude. Last year, Tweetsgiving raised $10,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Their voter registration app can be added to any Facebook Page and allows people to connect via Facebook to register to vote and share with their friends. You can also create a special reading list, locate books in your local library, and share what you're reading with friends over social media. School and Job Preparedness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Global issues like poverty are extremely complex and seem huge. m just a guy who - like a lot of people - was always concerned about important issues like global poverty but wasn???t In the classroom, I got to hear a lot of theories as to why poverty exists - but that actually made things seem more confusing. It doesn???t

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. Want to share. By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

Interestingly enough, the entry has the following tags and sums up our global confusion about what mentoring is. As you might expect, I have some opinions to share about what it is or isn't. An opportunity to share ideas and receive expert feedback. Regardless of the issues with the entry, I do like the definition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. Together we can do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Transmedia storytelling is storytelling by a number of decentralized authors who share and create content for distribution across multiple forms of media. How do you encourage stakeholders to co-create and share their content? Lina offers a concise definition of Transmedia Storytelling , a concept and term coined by Henry Jenkins.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. What makes this program unique is how it is making connections on a global scale across their large international workforce. Share your experience in the comments. How are you working with millennials?

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Gyrus

JUNE 21, 2018

Reach , which is a measure of vendors’ ability to compete on a global scale. Reach can have one of three values: national , international , or global. Also, highly personalized learning environments with individual development plans, competencies, licenses, and certifications are available.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Among others, the International Youth Foundation identified these troubling global trends. Microsoft programs that share the common objective of supporting and. the Classroom, DreamSpark, Imagine Cup, and BizSpark. There are new skills and experiences. required for jobs, but our collective approach to educating and.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. While this advice is more appropriate for the classroom, Vicky Davis shares how she manages the back channel. How can we use them as a test of how things are going at the conference?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Nairobi, Kenya: Mobile Solar Computer Classroom Project in Kenya.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. possibly related classroom projects??? from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world. Competitions, Awards, and Recognition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable ?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

With more than 50+ breakout sessions, roundtable discussions, short talks, and plenaries on the program agenda, there’s sure to be knowledge-sharing, career-building, networking, and solutions that you can take home with you. Fundraising & Grants / #PEAK2019 / @peakgrantmaking. Fundraising & Grants. Talks go deep and connect dots.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

You can even pull this off in multiple long-distance locations where several smaller groups gather in-person and combine to share their experience virtually with other group locations via livestream and watch party event software features. You can also take photos and share videos on social media to make this more of a community event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. Dr. Mizuko Ito made the point that digital learning is happening primarily outside fo the classroom and in more of a social and play context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Grantees - like Global Kids - found the right group to fund. Each funder gave an overview gave an overview of their program.

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