Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Lisa Gansky’s presentation on The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing (learn more at [link] ) and the joint presentation from Bill Traynor and Audrey Jordan about Lawrence CommunityWorks, a project in Lawrence, Massachusetts that is rebuilding a profoundly shredded civic infrastructure. Audrey Jordan, a loaned exec of Annie E.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I presented an overview of the Networked Nonprofit framework and shared three stories of networked nonprofits , including The Story of Stuff , Surfrider Foundation , and Pratham Books. The participants were intrigued by the concept of Free Agents and the teams from Jordan and Lebanon discussed Free Agents in their countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. Lean on Your Staff. Use “Fill In” Time.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Michael Jordan definitely didn’t start out as a professional basketball player. One of our favorite lists of fundraising ideas from the Razoo Foundation includes some of the traditional media we’re talking about. Your fundraiser is going to be the best fundraiser that’s happened to your community. Besides being an awesome event?)

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

Since 1991, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) has invested more than $230M into a collection of programs seeking to make Jewish life and Jewish community more connected. Establishing a scalable data model to support rapid growth helped create a holistic understanding of HGF’s impact on communities.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

If you’re interested in new media and health care, you may want to register for their workshop: Evaluating Outcomes of New Media-based Public Health and Health Communication Programs! The CTK Foundation is asking you to nominate a “Hero with a Heart,” and give them a chance to win $5,000 – a simple thanks for the hard work that they do.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Jordan Viator explains. Peter gives an overview of what the changes are and what they mean -- and how we, as the nonprofit technology community, can help make tracking and reporting more effective for the whole sector. The Rhode Island Foundation has a Facebook page with updates about the tech club and other activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

I have also been involved with the Day of Service , the annual conference event where techies give back to the local community for the past decade, along with my colleague Cheryl Hanback who ran the first one. My friends at the Nasscom Foundation will be attending the conference and have a fantastic networking opportunity.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Being only a small recurring donor to the Clinton Foundation, I was excited to find myself sitting across the desk of the former president at his New York office and hearing firsthand about the impact of the foundation's work in East Africa. I don't think I have been more blown away by a technological advance than this one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The SXSW Interactive Festival. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! 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.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Once again, the amazing NTEN community rallied to support one another. Community Organizer 2.0. Pierce Family Foundation (thanks for the last big push!). Jordan Viator. In the last two weeks, you raised over $7,000 for the 10NTC Scholarship Campaign ! That's 48 scholarships we can offer to staff at small nonprofits.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community. Jordan Viator. Rachel Weidinger. Michelle Murrain. writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The SXSW Interactive Festival. The Real House Wives of Social Media.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. The pre-screening previewed video from organizations including the Miracle Foundation and the Scottish Rite Learning Center , and the LCH organization is aiming high to recieve more submissions in 2010 than 2009. nonprofit film festival submission opening. All entries are free. Get in your entries before June 30!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

The Schwab Foundation hosted a wrap up session on Sunday with twenty of the social entrepreneurs attending the Forum. We also agreed that we had to work harder at delivering our core common message that disadvantaged communities globally need much more than charitable handouts, they need access to the tools to help themselves.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Online fundraising programs are presenting new and effective ways for nonprofit organizations to raise more money and reach a wider audience more than ever, especially when integrated with other nonprofit organization communications efforts.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Best Website Honorable Mention: Canadian Wildlife Federation and UNICEF Winner: United Nations Foundation Created a sleek new website and has seen 9,000 new registrations since their launch in September. Online Advocacy , Technology , Trends Reader Comments (2) Thank you for sharing the success of these nonprofits with your community.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. For example, The Polly Klaas Foundation , a national nonprofit committed to promoting child safety, demonstrated a unique way to adjust its message to help with emergency response while remaining true to their mission. Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

million to support a project based on feedback from the online community. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation. WeWorkForFree is a design community that allows it's members to upload and share their portfolios in order to raise money for international programs that benefit developing nations around the globe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

If you work in nonprofits and track relevant research, you no doubt have come across the Social Citizen Blog from the Case Foundation and the paper, Social Citizen , from Allison Fine. She is a real community person and is often promoting other people's projects. I only use email to communicate with old people , by Jeremiah Owyang.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Friday, November 17, 2006 at 11:17AM | by Jordan Wait Source: Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge Web site. Schwartz wrote about an exceptional contest organized by the Knight Foundation. The Foundation is intentionally being vague in their requests to stimulate creativity. Main | The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 3, 2022

Education For Employment’s (EFE) mission is simple: to create economic opportunities for unemployed youth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), allowing them to create a brighter future for themselves, their families, and their communities. The implementation began with EFE-US and EFE-Jordan. Written by Blake Becker.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

MT @atikaCNN Filming Syrian refugees crossing into Jordan safely – thanks @and_harper , @refugees + Jordan military pic.twitter.com/xMRJHR3xen. — Digital Kosovo is a new initiative being delivered by IPKO Foundation, with the support of the Republic of Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, British Council and the Norwegian Embassy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

In doing a little research for this post, I came across the East Side Bloggers 2008 , a blog by 10th graders at East Side Community High School. Fifth, we have to launch a major diplomatic effort to get the international community, especially key neighboring states and Arab nations, more involved in Iraq.

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