Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

My Ocean , is a niche social network of more than 9000 divers and this guest post by Darren Barefoot describes some powerful outcomes for ocean conservation by bringing together several strategies: niche social network, crowdsourced data mapping, and deep engagement. For decades, scuba divers have been cleaning waterways.

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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. By focusing on projects, NGOs can gain the confidence of donors by keeping them updated on how funds are to be used.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Company leaders, on the other hand, know the value of retaining employees, boosting their company’s reputation, and impacting their community. Annual giving campaigns: Each year, some companies organize internal fundraising campaigns to support a specific nonprofit project. We’ll cover the following topics: What is workplace giving?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link]. The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

We know that you can’t resolve issues in your own community or another one with quick fix solutions; as social changemakers and nonprofits, we look for the sustainable opportunities for shifting systems for a better outcome and a better world. Check out the FLOW map: [link]. ” Accountability. ” Accountability.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you’ve been part of the Salesforce community for a while, you’ve certainly heard of Trailhead — the fun way to learn about all things Salesforce. Map out your strategy: Literally, draw your map of content and audiences on paper or a slide. Post about your favorite badges in the Trailblazer Community. What’s next?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The organization utilizes mapping technology to advocate for its vision of redeveloped neighborhoods that have ample healthy food, recreation, transportation, and child care for residents. " Mekonnen adds: "We use Esri ArcGIS maps to show developers where affordable housing could fit into their plans. spanhidden. spanhidden.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

During COVID-19, libraries across the country have had to re-imagine themselves so they can continue fueling imaginations and serving communities. Bridging the digital divide has become essential during the pandemic as many communities, particularly rural ones, do not have sufficient access to Wi-Fi or computers for students.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The organization utilizes mapping technology to advocate for its vision of redeveloped neighborhoods that have ample healthy food, recreation, transportation, and child care for residents. " Mekonnen adds: "We use Esri ArcGIS maps to show developers where affordable housing could fit into their plans. spanhidden. spanhidden.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Check out the Blackbaud Community to get started connecting with other data-focused friends. Next, there are some preliminary steps you—or your data guru—can take: Dedicate time to mapping your data flow. How do I harness my data? If you’re still reading, that is a great first step! Data Can Sustain and Support.

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Forum One

MAY 28, 2024

For the past 11 annual rankings, Forum One has developed responsive, increasingly sophisticated data visualizations and maps that let users explore and compare detailed public health information across more than 65 health factors and outcomes for more than 3,000 counties. Congressional Districts.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. And then the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. We are, all of us, part of many communities and it is within these spaces that we build our lives and the world.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map. The organization began as a project of Jane Ratliff, inspired by her own 86-year-old mother’s quick and easy grasp of using an iPad purchased by Ratliff and her brother. Get Your Story Up On the Local Impact Map.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. Volunteer Alliance Projects. Adopt A Project. Anna-Sophie Oertzen.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Perhaps some organizations make it look simple, but behind the scenes there may be some sophisticated Esri tools that map disease outbreaks and aid distribution. Take a look at one of their interactive aid distribution maps to find out what they do with this kind of web mapping technology.

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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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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Writing a proposal for a project grant can feel like a daunting task, but with the right guidance, it doesn’t need to be a bewildering endeavor. In this blog, we will share the key elements of a typical project proposal and best practices for how to approach drafting each section to help you secure the grant you seek.

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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. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

Data hygiene projects This can range from cleaning and completing Salesforce, spreadsheet, CRM or other databases for stakeholders. Have the intern map the steps involved so your team can review at a bird’s eye view. Have interns handwrite thank you notes to VIP members of the community.

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NTEN

AUGUST 24, 2012

The challenge sought proposals for projects that used techology to fuel social change and awarded the best idea a $2,500 grant and a free NTEN Membership; in addition to the first prize, free NTEN Memberships were also given to two runners-up. Read Alison's farewell statement and learn more about the merger. Anything we missed?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

New this year, fans can support and celebrate this year’s Finalists through Anthem Community Voice from now until December 21, 2023. The for-profit and nonprofit entries in each category with the greatest amount of support will win the first-ever Anthem Community Voice Awards.

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Forum One

JANUARY 30, 2024

This year, the Anthem Awards received nearly 2,000 submissions from over 30 countries, and the winners were celebrated by more than 25,000 individuals during the Anthem Community Voice event, making this year’s awards the largest to date. This innovative project offers comprehensive data on 36 metrics for all 435 U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

See larger image here: Map from: Waddell, Steve. A Learning History of the CARE LAC - Institute for Strategic Clarity Guatemala Poverty Project. He co-authored a paper called " Visual Diagnostics and Mapping for Scaling Change " and we had an opportunity to discuss it. A core concept in systems mapping is “purpose”.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Last week, I had a fun time moderating the June #4Change Twitter Chat on Online Community Building. But for now local is still something I use a map and a tank of gas to determine the limits of. From @jonasthanatos: Can communicate effectively. is persuasive, convincing, has charisma. That was not particularly successful.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map. The organization began as a project of Jane Ratliff, inspired by her own 86-year-old mother’s quick and easy grasp of using an iPad purchased by Ratliff and her brother. Get Your Story Up On the Local Impact Map.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Smaller, place-based foundations are managed by individuals with deep ties to the community. 1) Meeting Urgent Needs in the Community . Benefits of Funder Collaboration .

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

You will likely find new ways of reaching your community, better ways of determining success, and more opportunities for incorporating feedback. Reporting tools to help you forecast: Your GMS dashboards and reporting tools should help you identify any gaps in reaching your target community and help you plan to address them.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

The first of these free webinars, Mapping Philanthropy: How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good , will be held on Thursday, March 29 at 11 a.m. As a geographer and programmer, Jake Garcia has worked on geographic information systems (GIS) projects for NASA, the U.S. Army, the City of New York, and Al Gore’s Climate Project.

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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. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2014

Today we give a huge thanks to our mighty team of NTEN Community Champions : you helped to collectively raise over $30,000 for the greater good of the #nptech community! Debra Askanase, Founder & Social Media Strategist, Community Organizer 2.0 Debra Askanase, Founder & Social Media Strategist, Community Organizer 2.0

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

communication, project management, and marketing. Michael DeLong, senior manager of online community and social media at TechSoup and managing editor at Emerging Arts Professionals , moderated the discussion. Danielle Siembieda (@art_inspector) created a project called Art Ambassadors. Ryan Biega is a.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

One finalist's pitch was: "We have buy-in from the community, we have rich networks on the ground, and we are building on pre-existing technologies." Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology. Dd's mission is "to empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights."

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Once a year, the global nonprofit community comes together to collaborate, share best practices, and connect at Dreamforce. To undergo a digital transformation, IJM recommends approaching technology projects with humility, bringing in subject matter experts to build the business logic, and building with the end user in mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Ari Sahagun , a consultant who works with social justice groups on network visualizations, called for a group to discuss Network Mapping and Visualization. We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. The notes are here.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

" Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years. Powering Communities with Tech. The fact that San Francisco, TechSoup's home base city, is working toward this goal opens up exciting possibilities for digital inclusion projects. century jobs.

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sgEngage

JULY 19, 2021

The community benefit reports your organization produces don’t reflect these sponsorships, even if the recipient organization falls within your priority areas. Whether you are in a major urban center or a rural county, you have seen your community struggle. Opportunity to make larger investments addressing community needs.

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