Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The people with skills are out there.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

It demands that we remember, as individuals, that what we do on a daily basis, on the regular — planning that Halloween carnival or participating in a homeless count across the city — matters. This year alone, Joseph Perez created an entire collaborative program that uses hip hop to teach students about life.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

I did not see the value in what I was doing as a student, because what was important to me was to feel useful and like I could create a positive impact in the world. I also initiated a volunteer recognition program designed to show the volunteers that they are valued by the campus.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

I did not see the value in what I was doing as a student, because what was important to me was to feel useful and like I could create a positive impact in the world. I also initiated a volunteer recognition program designed to show the volunteers that they are valued by the campus.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. One group is working on a mural, while another was designing an LED sculpture. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Virtual volunteering carries real benefits -- chicagotribune.com: "Jeanine Handley, a graphic designer, volunteers without ever leaving her house by designing materials for a nonprofit legal aid organization. Amy Bogl uses Facebook parties to help an organization that shelters homeless teens win a fundraising contest.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). Museum programs can be designed to further bond similar groups together such as families and friends in family workshops such as the Dallas Museum of Art’s First Tuesdays.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a career counseling session for a group of Stanford students who were spending their "alternative spring break" meeting with social entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. Photo: The fabu students who participated in the Social Entrepreneurship in the Bay Area spring break (and me).

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Museum 2.0

MAY 20, 2015

This seems to be the primary driver behind partnerships with organizations that serve specific target groups, whether those be homeless adults or preschoolers or ESL students. Yes, the space is more chaotic, less intentionally-designed--and that may mean that the experience is less intense than in purpose-built facility.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans reentering the workforce, or even homeless populations. GoToTraining includes all the features of Citrix GoToMeeting , and also allows your organization to design tests, build libraries of training materials, and to charge participants a course fee. Train Others to Manage Finances.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

This consists of 45-minute meetings sent out to all donors for updates on programming and the Family Stability Fund, as well as to connect with some students. Further, by inviting the students who are benefiting from the Family Stability Fund, the donors can get first-hand interaction with those that they are helping.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. Connecting and enriching a national movement. Trail-blazing Road Warriors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 20, 2021

I cannot tell you how many donors who have great wealth have told me how they have experienced homelessness in their adulthood or donors who donate 30-50% of their household income—and I know this because I know how much they make and would have never *expected* them to give this much! And the second highest givers?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. But just saying, “We helped 20 people who are homeless,” does not provide context.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

But it skips some of the fundamental design and operational choices that separate community centers from the rest of the civic and cultural landscape. The student community? The homeless community? It means making some conscious choices that push your institution towards being more of a " third place. " Which community?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops. YES students defy expectations. Louis homeless shelters to introduce them to the local museums.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

We''re more successful when we target particular communities or audiences and design experiences for them. We''ve seen surprising and powerful results--visitors from different backgrounds getting to know each other, homeless people and museum volunteers working together, artists from different worlds building new collaborative projects.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops. YES students defy expectations. Louis homeless shelters to introduce them to the local museums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

I was honored to design and facilitate a panel at SXSW on Sunday called " Crowd Sourcing Innovative Social Change." So, we decided to " eat our own dog food " that is model the use of crowd sourcing to design and implement the panel. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

We collaborated with two local organizations--the Rebele Homeless Family Shelter and Dominican Oaks retirement community--to conduct oral histories and produce a small audio and photo-based exhibit on maintaining love in tough situations. interracial marriage, keeping a family together while homeless) and others are more immediate (i.e.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

For a long time, I knew I cared deeply about designing from "me to we" --inviting visitors to form social connections through participatory experiences--but I couldn't express a clear reason why. It could have been the attitude of the museum that supports participation and conversation. I don't know what made it happen.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Effective nonprofit web design matters more than ever before. This means that web design projects (and even smaller, iterative updates) are important investments for nonprofits, and they can involve any number of different strategies and techniques. Mobile-responsive design. Streamlined navigation. High-quality visuals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

You hear them speak, or you read their book, or you listen to your podcast, and then you generally write to that person, or you go up to them, rush them at the end of a speech and say, "I'm a student, I want to get involved." I met with people like Erin Potts, the founder of the Students for a Free Tibet concert series.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2016

It’s the end of April, which means designer Tim Hammond and I mined another month of the finest nonprofit designs from every corner of our fine planet. We found this month’s curation to be even more impactful and impressive than our first episode with mediums ranging from interactive design to even sculpture (look close).

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Many people mentioned the intelligent design/evolution debate, raising examples of angry homeschoolers and religious groups. Use expert-only vocabulary – stop making entry points for general public, students, families Social science of war. Why do homeless people smell bad?” and displayed in the museum.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Best Looking Emails: This is a tie between the Museum of Modern Art and charity: water for showing that you can still design beautiful emails despite all the constraints. Students Need Your Help to Help Others. Thank you – we’ll end pet homelessness, the seal hunt, and more. 5 moments that inspired us in 2015.

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