Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. Even more so, it always surprises me how little nonprofits really know about MySpace.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In addition to the info-packed sessions and workshops, these conferences provide invaluable opportunities to connect with other fundraisers, share ideas, and encourage each other. Sessions about fundraising and event planning are plentiful, but so are sessions around bookkeeping, IT management, staff development, and more.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

After the International Committee on Museums spent some time debating the definition of museums, many folks took up the charge on social media to give their own definitions. I’m inviting people to share their definitions, here and on social (and tag me); I’ll summarize your thoughts next week. Teach is a big one.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do you have an idea for an organization that will bring good to the world and serve a charitable purpose? You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. There are over 1.8 The answer could be “both.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. Your biggest insight about network leadership? After finishing the share pairs, we did a quick full group “popcorn” of the ideas that bubbled up. Once upon a time x happened.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” the lead character of Alexander sings about who he and America are meant to be. There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people and enrich more people’s lives. Some ideas won’t pan out; that’s okay. Who Are You Meant to Be?

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

If only someone would make a documentary about it. The classical definition of a documentary is a movie, television or radio program that provides a factual record or report. If you don’t know much about orcas, their whole thing is that they’re not just that they’re brilliantly smart, which they are, it’s that they’re emotional.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? The first two books were my idea, which I had to pitch to them.) The whole process from idea to seeing it on a bookstore shelf was 30 months. It didn’t take long). That wasn’t fair.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The configuration of the physical space definitely enhances learning. In workshops, it is important to have a full group discussion about people's concerns about social media and a discussion about organizational readiness. Somewhat skeptical about the value of social media. Photo by James Leventhal.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Intro from Kari: When the Case Foundation was first discussing with partners what they wanted to get out of the Summit, they talked about how to bridge the generational divide. As part of the rising generation, what do you see as far as myths about Millennials? The ability to teach, with patience, is essential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2016

At SXSW, Brian hosted the purpose lounge where you could play with a set of cards to brainstorm and contribute ideas to address the refugee crisis. The yellow and gray cards listed potential actors and actions and you could pick three of them to generate ideas or think in different ways. thanks, @Anthony_Lazzaro!).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " Check it out and let me know which ideas get you thinking, what your reactions are, and what you want to do with this concept! We’ll take a look at the issues you most need to be concerned about one at a time."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Owyoung offers these definitions: Diversity in the context of a workplace really means bringing people who are different from each other – with their own unique characteristics, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives – together to realize the strengths of those differences. Equity is about giving people what they need.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Recently, Paul kindly answered the following questions about his new book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? The first two books were my idea, which I had to pitch to them.) The whole process from idea to seeing it on a bookstore shelf was 30 months. By book number three, I had that down to 18 months.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Seeing this book (circled in the above picture) in the bookstore this week reminded me of my blog post about the book and the author from 2014. Along the way, Divine teaches you how to reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. Any idea why? Cool under fire?

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

How do we record, recognize, and be sure not to forget about these donors as we list our donors from the year in their circles or their donor lists by amount? Dear Want to be kind to in-kind, You are right to consider all donors when thinking about your gratitude, recognition and cultivation strategies. But definitely list them!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are so many different kinds of nonprofit event ideas out there! With those factors in mind, we’ve put together a list of 52 nonprofit event ideas to help serve as a “vision board” for your organization’s next event. To learn more about Neon Fundraise, click the button below. How do you choose just one?

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

As a child, picking up certain ideas and applying them just sort of came naturally to me. Whereas other ideas were best suited for the minds of my friends. Also, the practice may aid in the process, but memorizing definitions for a quiz is most likely not going to yield long-term results. Know they exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2013

.” Porter’s definition about networking is about charting your own course, following your passions, and making meaningful connections, which in turn increase your happiness and productivity. Porter has been a guest poster to this blog in the past and she offered to write up this guest post about mentoring.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But the more I heard them explain it, the more I started thinking about how the current design “table” is a big problem in and of itself. . We’re not going to change or redefine what the system looks like, we want to TEACH YOU what it is and how you can be part of it. Last week, I listened to this podcast about beauty and colonization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

Along the way, Divine teaches you how to reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. Mark : I think that most of humanity is operating at about 10 to 20% of their potential. Question : Yoga might not be something typically associated with thoughts about a Navy SEAL.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 2, 2017

But having the option of earned income gives nonprofits more freedom to focus on their mission when they’re not worrying about how they’re going to pay their rent bill next month. By definition , earned income is “any income that a person or company receives for work they have done.” As nonprofits, we’re afraid to say what we’re worth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

million. And critics, with a scarcity mindset, talk about slacktivism (“Not everyone who did the challenge donated or even mentioned ALS”) and fundraising cannibalism (“People won’t donate to other charities because they will be tapped out”). Just one week ago, donations totaled $22.6

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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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NonProfit Hub

MAY 18, 2018

But having the option of earned income gives nonprofits more freedom to focus on their mission when they’re not worrying about how they’re going to pay their rent bill next month. By definition , earned income is “any income that a person or company receives for work they have done.” As nonprofits, we’re afraid to say what we’re worth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Plus, the course is curated by Ries to only teach you the most important aspects of The Lean Startup book. Plus, the course is curated by Ries to only teach you the most important aspects of The Lean Startup book. The Best Book About Putting Lean Into Practice: Running Lean, by Ash Maurya.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 3, 2012

"[W]omen playing big is a large part of what is going to bring the world out of the mess it’s in." ~ Tara Mohr Tara Mohr is a wise lady, which is why I asked her to share a guest post with you about Playing Big. __I don’t have clarity about what I want. Teaching the Playing Big women’s leadership program is now the focus of my work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

Along the way, Divine teaches you how to reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. Mark : I think that most of humanity is operating at about 10 to 20% of their potential. Question : Yoga might not be something typically associated with thoughts about a Navy SEAL.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

.” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months. The New Social Economy.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

And no, we’re not just talking about the major holidays, although everything from Christmas to Valentine’s Day makes a great excuse for a themed video. Nonprofit work is hard and definitely isn’t always glamorous. These are just fifteen ideas to get you started. Check out this great example from Brother Wolf Animal Rescue!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Your nonprofits digital marketing efforts should definitely include Youtube as it’s potential to increase outreach and donations is huge. Use tags wisely, these are what Youtube uses to determine what your video is about and what other videos it’s related to. Enable comments.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2015

Lauren’s always teaching me something new about Luminate Online and email marketing programs, so to have shared my knowledge to help her be better consultant, well that’s pretty cool. With a fresh perspective, let’s talk about engagement and get back to the basics. Google’s definition of “engagement” is to: .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

Google Fiber is roughly 100 times faster than ordinary broadband, but costs about the same or somewhat less. The broadband company, CenturyLink , is also building a gigabit fiber network in Omaha, so this is definitely a growing trend. The service provides TV broadband and Internet that is comparable with cable offers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

To mark Valentine’s Day, I took some inspiration from Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the vintage Valentine’s Day Cards pinterest board to create a presentation about social media measurement love. I took several polls throughout the webinar asking them about their relationship with measurement. Learning Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I blogged about the content last week. This online community, Engage365 , is a place to network and share knowledge about how to integrate the use of social media for events. After all, teaching others improves retention and helps consolidates one's own knowledge. I had sooo much fun creating and delivering it. Know of any?

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

The Power of Kids Teaching Kids. "It's definitely easier for us to connect with the kids, since the age gap isn't that big. She echoed Kosaraju's sentiment about the benefit and necessity of extra help. He saw the potential of Java as a language and tried to expose Vineet to it. spanhidden.

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