Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

From the first experience of surround sound to seeing your hands function and your body moving through a digital world, nonprofit marketers and fundraisers absolutely need to explore this next iteration of the internet. For your first avatar-to-avatar contact, it’s recommended to visit Horizon Venues.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. How to Create a Culture of Storytelling. Escondido Library's LibraryYOU.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

In 2022, the term “social movement” generated more internet searches than in the previous five years according to Google Trends. Recent years have seen several examples of moments that captured public attention—typically after years-long efforts and organizing before they burst into wider awareness. Movements are having a moment.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. In many cases, the training data is curated from the internet, with all the prejudices and biases of the humans creating it.

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

It pertains to anything from your local grocery store to the Internet. Web accessibility is the idea that everyone can use all internet content, regardless of location, device, language, or ability. Thus, full accessibility can: Foster a more inclusive culture for your organization. Read on to learn more. . Wrapping Up.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

This live session rounded out our Online Storytelling Bootcamp webinar series with a focus on how to create a culture of storytelling within one's organization. This is a good thing (and a great opportunity) because as news outlets close their foreign bureaus, the public will be turning to the actors on the ground for the latest news/updates.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

For the last three years, OneWebDay "has attracted a global network of partner organizations and individual activists committed to broadening public awareness of Internet and web issues while deepening a culture of participation in building a web that works for everyone.".

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Those values are the basis for what companies today aim to integrate into their cultures and across their business channels. They may wish to build good will with their employees, clients, or the general public. Doing well by doing good” is not only good for a company’s reputation; it’s also good for business.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Developing a strong culture of communications is critical for expanding Benetech’s impact. Most recently, Nadine comes to Benetech from Water.org, where she developed and executed the organization’s public affairs strategy. We’re delighted Nadine has joined Benetech’s senior team to direct our communications program.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

”" Microsites for Nonprofits: Your Questions Answered | NTEN – "What do you do when you want to give extra publicity to a specific cause or campaign? " Why Being Good Enough Is Never Enough on the Internet – Forbes – This is an important post I think everyone should read!

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

Well, some really nice person on the internet compiled the list of Fortune 100 Companies, the concrete actions they wanted to take, and what, if anything, has come from their pledges here. . What organizations have spoken out about the uptick in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Sponsored by the Public Interest Registry and researched by Nonprofit Tech for Good, the report summarizes donor data across six continents about how online and mobile technology effects giving. Arts and culture (2%), peace and nonviolence (1%), and research and public policy (1%) are the least donated to causes.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 26, 2022

However, the idea for a grammar checker dates back to the early days of the internet. This topic will be debated fiercely in the public town square and it should be. There are many edge cases for outdated idioms and phrases that fall along social and cultural spectrums of acceptability. Why do we need an inclusivity checker?

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2021

Q: NMAAM is now officially open to the public- congratulations! How have the relationships you’ve built in the local community and with online supporters helped you with opening the Museum, and how do you plan to continue to leverage those relationships for future publicity and support? ” The post Q&A with sgLEADERS: H.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Your nonprofit’s website is your “home” on the internet. Generally speaking, most nonprofits are required to abide by the ADA— any organization with 15 or more employees that has “public accommodations” or services or facilities open to the general public is required to comply.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Most recently, we took a critical step in our climate action plan by including climate as a part of the company public policy platform, joining priorities like equal rights and privacy and security. “We In order to better serve our planet as a key stakeholder, we’ve expanded our commitment to sustainability. About the Author.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2021

But try to update the public regularly. Let people know what they can do right now to contribute to positive change in the culture around them. Even if people don’t have the cash to donate right now, the currency of the internet is attention. When it comes to your online brand , be like McDonald’s. Be consistent.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On-demand trainings can be taken any time, with recent topics including fostering an inclusive culture , finding funding , and writing grant proposal budgets. PND compiles the best information from across the Internet to provide quick updates on the sector so you don’t have to extensively research multiple sources. .

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

" The piece was an interview with Columbia Professor of Management William Pietersen summarizing the research in his publication " Strategic Learning: How to Be Smarter Than Your Competition and Turn Key Insights into Competitive Advantage." Two other points Pietersen makes also strike me as important for internet strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

Unfriended: Six Million Americans Fled Facebook Last Month – Culture – GOOD – "I told you last month why I thought everyone should get off Facebook, and it turns out people listened. This is well and good for the information-consuming public; however, these results can spawn curiosities that are fun to dig into.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Perry Chen is an American Internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding the social fundraising website Kickstarter. Says Chen in an email interview, “We independently select each nonprofit, and review their website and public materials to write the paragraph summary which we share in our daily emails, and on our public calendar.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

Following the summit, we attended an Entrepreneurship and Public Diplomacy Luncheon which brought together Muslims and Arabs with officials from the U.S. Online tools can greatly assist with collaboration, cultural education and developing business ideas. Department of State and Rashad Hussain , the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

both Nancy White (via the for: option in delicious) and Michele Martin (via email) sent me the link to the recent Pew Internet report on tagging. A December 2006 survey has found the at 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. pop culture.??? taxonomies.???

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Those values are the basis for what companies today aim to integrate into their cultures and across their business channels. They may wish to build good will with their employees, clients, or the general public. Doing well by doing good” is not only good for a company’s reputation; it’s also good for business.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

Topic: How can we build a culture of accessibility? With 20% of the American population having some form of disability (and 40% of the Baby Boomer generation potentially developing a disability by 2030), being able to create a culture where all can access technology is critical. " - from Amanda Ward via Linkedin. Gmail Motion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. The Internet has a strongly ingrained "list-making" and "collecting" culture. Back in the early 1990's, during my "gopher mistress" days, I could use this Internet protocol to create lists of lists of public files on servers on the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

According to the report, 99% of public libraries offer access to technology, and 90% report offering some sort of digital literacy skills training. TechSoup for Libraries has profiled some public libraries that are striving to make their communities digitally inclusive. Defining Digital Literacy. " The Role of Libraries.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2021

Q: NMAAM is now officially open to the public- congratulations! How have the relationships you’ve built in the local community and with online supporters helped you with opening the Museum, and how do you plan to continue to leverage those relationships for future publicity and support? ” The post Q&A with sgLEADERS: H.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2007

" Over ten years ago someone in an Internet Skills Workshops for Nonprofits I was teaching, said that. " I wasn't asking to be a naysayer or cranky, but because I've submerged too much into Twitter culture and needed the view from the nonprofit office eye level. It has stuck with me.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2010

With shrinking budgets, providing increased access to the Internet and training for computer literacy can be particularly challenging for libraries and public computing centers.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2013

Nonprofits' struggle to engage the public has been going on long before the Internet came around--offering its myriad distractions into the mix. That’s why nonprofits have started to embrace the power of the Internet to help harness large groups in an efficient way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

I was part of the first-day that featured mobile expert Amy Gahran and Lee Raine , Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. In response, there was a campaign to hire her back on Facebook, it garnered mainstream media attention, and was a public relations nightmare for AppleBee’s.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

and the cultural resistance to entering Vietnam in 1965, we saw how Americans began to organize and work together to tackle specific issues with a narrow focus. The government also became much more involved in social and cultural welfare programs. Right before the world transitioned into a new millennium, the Internet happened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2010

Social Culture. From here, we are embarking on a series of private and public events in San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York City to launch the book. Here’s some of themes we touched with links to posts by others (and some of our own): How Nonprofits Need To Adjust in a Networked World. Fortress Fighting. Transparency.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to connect with Colin Rhinesmith , Community Media Coordinator at Cambridge Community Television (Cambridge, MA, USA) and Adjunct Lecturer for the Media and Culture Program at Bentley University. Social media is a perfect compliment to our public access television channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

And with the rise of computer and the Internet, we now have children who replace playing outside with going to the basement to play video games. The idea of movement as part of work is a big theme in my new book, “ The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit ” that I am co-writing with Aliza Sherman.

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