Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. #thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

When we hear about nonprofits like Community Technology Alliance (CTA), we get really excited. This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. At TechSoup, we believe in digital inclusion and using technology for social good.

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Charity Village

MAY 13, 2021

The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Ahmed Hussen, launched a call for concepts for innovative projects to prevent and eliminate homelessness under the Community Capacity and Innovation stream of Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Multiple industries are represented at AIRS, including Housing and Homelessness, Aging and Disabilities, Crisis, Health Care, Public Health, and more. One should envision these many components of whole communities when establishing or growing a program that centers around information and referral data sharing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Salesforce.org is excited to announce the release of the Salesforce.org Community Impact Report 2022. Salesforce.org Drives Community Impact Through its Products. Our customers are surrounded with support from an ecosystem of incredibly dedicated partners and the best and largest tech for social impact community anywhere.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, we’re excited to announce the release of the Community Impact Report 2022. Although the challenges we’re facing as a global community continue to compound, our global community of change makers in the nonprofit and education sectors continues to address these challenges head-on to drive tangible and inspiring social impact.

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VisionLink

MARCH 28, 2010

We are pleased to announce another tool for those managing Homeless Coalitions, funded by HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development). It is increasingly clear to us that communities need to integrate their homeless prevention strategies with other community partnerships, such as elder care, information and referral, and so forth.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Some of your board members may be plugged in to grant opportunities through foundations or corporations in the community, not to mention family foundations that their social contacts and business colleagues may control. They may be helpful, or not, but it never hurts to ask.

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See3

JANUARY 5, 2012

Change the world, one video at a time.How to Stop Homelessness: An Instructional Video | 2:46 Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness Some great, quirky choreography drives this video, which gets to the basics of stemming homelessness—providing homes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Participants will learn how to create a social media strategy, how to craft a content marketing plan, and current best practices for using social media for community engagement and fundraising. The program requires the completion of three webinars and costs $100 USD. The program requires the completion of three webinars and costs $100 USD.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2022

We stand with our team and our community to do whatever we can to help. Natural disasters rightfully take our focus when they hit, but that tends to pull focuses from the causes in our communities that rely on fundraising for general support. The devastation we see from Hurricane Ian's destructive path is hard to process.

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VisionLink

APRIL 14, 2023

Deb would love to hear more about your challenges and opportunities and share ways we can support your communities. Multiple industries are represented at AAS, including Crisis/988, 211, Health Care, Public Health, Housing and Homelessness, Aging and Disabilities, and more. What could we connect for you?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 22, 2024

ShowerUp: Building connection with hot Showers and open hearts In urban environments where the needs of the homeless are often overshadowed by the daily hustle, ShowerUp steps in to provide not just cleanliness but dignity as well. Volunteers are happy; they know how to sign up, and they continue to sign up to volunteer.”

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

In my mind, there are four different categories of stories you can and should be collecting to use in your donor communications: Client Stories – The first type of stories you should be collecting are client stories – stories told by those who your non-profit has helped. If you’re a hospital, you collect patient stories.

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Charity Village

OCTOBER 28, 2022

It is impossible to imagine community life without not-for-profit organizations. Not-for-profits are our soccer teams and symphonies, hospitals and homeless shelters, foundations, and food banks; they protect our environment and provide education; their work is international and local; and they are where we worship and work.

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Bonterra

JUNE 15, 2022

Whether you’re providing shelter for the homeless, mentoring at-risk youth, or anything in between, nonprofit service organizations like yours do incredibly important work to enrich their clients’ lives.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

211’s represent the most comprehensive, accurate, and regularly updated source of community service information anywhere. 211s are at the heart of coordinated care systems and for webs of community organizations working together to create exchanges of information to better serve clients-in-common. And their analytics?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

More than a passing fad, crowdfunding is a lucrative fundraising tool that connects your community and builds toward a common goal. Last year on Giving Tuesday, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless used DonorPerfect Crowdfunding for a fun and easy way to energize their supporters to give and share about their $10,000 fundraising goal.

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VisionLink

APRIL 20, 2022

Fun fact, each year about 62 million Americans volunteer at their local schools, with NGOs, with disaster preparedness and response groups, and community centers and homeless shelters. It's National Volunteer Week!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I’m supporting the organizations working on the front line and I’m doing the best I can to fight homelessness.&# Mark is an expert at using social media to connect his work on the ground with a broader network of people and organizations who share his goal. This year, he has a film crew following him creating a documentary.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mark's expertise in video production, his personal experience with homelessness, and his huge heart uniquely position him to help homeless people share their stories. are emotionally difficult, but they put a much-needed human face on the complexities of homelessness in America. Many of the interviews on InvisiblePeople.tv

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

However, this type of community giving (known as Harambee in Kiswahili) usually goes towards individuals rather than organisations, common examples include medical bills, funeral costs & weddings. Another factor to consider is the limited access and high expense of processing credit cards and PayPal in Kenya compared to the United States.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They can be used to attract new donors, to engage with community members, supporters, and other stakeholders, and to help with grant applications. The map also serves to attract new donors and to engage with community members, supporters, and other stakeholders.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 13, 2019

Recognizing that good health depends more on an individual’s access to housing, good nutrition, education, and a safe neighborhood than on their medical care, Kaiser Permanente is rolling out Thrive Local , a digital care coordination platform that makes it easier for its medical providers to connect patients to community-based social services.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. The Nonprofit Quarterly shared an interesting story from the National Desert News about the benefits of mobile access for homeless populations.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Successful businesses often leverage a simple concept: become better members of the community and reap the benefits of increased profit in the form goodwill. How many times have you seen a local shop serving as a drop-off point for donations to a homeless shelter or food bank? Or donating a percentage of their sales to a local charity?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Rather, you’re seeking critical investment in work that will make your community and world a better place. At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. The Marketing or Community Relations Department has business and branding objectives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Here are just a few exciting examples that outline different peer-to-peer events your nonprofit can try in 2024: It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness What Do Swans, Affordable Healthcare, and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Have in Common? Local celebrities can increase awareness of an organization tremendously.

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2020

community for over 37 years. The nonprofit organization, founded in 1983 , is focused on meeting the urgent needs of those who are experiencing homelessness in Washington D.C. The nonprofit truly is focused on ending homelessness one individual at a time. community until homelessness in the area is eradicated.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2022

To address these challenges, the connection between technology and community is critical. We invite you — our community of nonprofits, schools, partners, and employees — to submit the issues preventing food security that we can address together. Senior Director, Community Innovation at Salesforce.org. About the Author.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

More recently, health payers and hospitals have joined their ranks in an effort to improve the health of their members, patients, and community members. Historically, the lion’s share of hospitals’ reported community benefit dollars has related to providing patient care services for free or at a reduced charge.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. Seeing teachers, faculty, and parents turn a blind eye fueled my passion to be part of the community response to violence.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. Community development – 3%. Latin America and the Caribbean – 9%. 3) 74% of GivingTuesday donors are female, 25% male, and 1% non-binary. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%. Animals and wildlife – 11%.

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Candid

DECEMBER 3, 2021

million, with a focus on advancing racial justice and ending the cycles of mass incarceration and mass homelessness. million to nonprofits working in the areas of housing and homelessness, including over $1 million to organizations that help homeless and runaway youth; $4.8 million for Native American communities.

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 9, 2022

The main focus of my role is onboarding all of our community and guest (those who stay in our shelter). Dawn says: Mel Trotter Ministries exists to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus Christ, through rescue and restoration for anyone experiencing hunger and homelessness. . What is the mission of Mel Trotter Ministries?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

So why do we call people experiencing housing instability “homeless”? It also has one of the highest rates of people experiencing homelessness in the country. And the more that we think about it like that and reframe it, I think the more likely we’ll have the kinds of affordable housing options that we need in our communities.”.

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