Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2013

Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

That means thanking them well, giving them updates, and telling them stories about the work your nonprofit is doing in changing lives. Then, when donors start thinking about which nonprofits they want to give to in a few weeks, yours will rise to the top. You DO want to be their favorite charity right? Look, these donors are treasures!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2019

posted by Cordelia House Spring 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Many organizations in the nonprofit sector rely on the help of volunteers. Often times the skilled volunteer also has skill sets and trainings that most paid staff within the nonprofit do not have. Exemplary management practices.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

The nonprofit has two cybercenters and two cybercafes spread out across Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. Liberating Ourselves Locally. LGBT Technology Partnership's Digital Inclusion Project.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A few years ago, a nonprofit executive was bragging to me about a fundraising breakthrough he had when he had gotten a new $5,000 donation from a local foundation and how much effort he, his board, his development director, and others spent wooing and making their case for the contribution. PAFCO Coordinator.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

According to Nonprofit Courses’ guide to nonprofit professional development , your organization’s greatest asset is its people — and that includes volunteers ! The volunteer, as a solicitor, represents bringing the program of your nonprofit to the person that your mission serves. Get Beyond the Barriers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

that] allows local affiliates to innovate solutions to poverty. Founded in 1999, Corazon Ministries is a faith-based charity that operates in the heart of downtown San Antonio, serving its homeless and marginalized neighbors. Lori Chidgey is Corazon Ministries' executive director. Unconditional Love and Justice.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. A new Executive Director. A retiring long-time Executive Director. An upcoming event.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

The thing I am most excited about is we are partnering with some local companies to offer our moms priority for jobs. Most nonprofit leaders would prefer this. It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We Sincerely, .

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. Its mentorship helps prevent its clients from re-entering the foster and judicial system or repeating poverty and homelessness cycles. 's twenty-five metropolitan areas. Smooth Transition, Inc.,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Happy Hour with Nonprofit Tech Luminaries. NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

So it's refreshing to come to an event where techies and nonprofits convene to solve deep, real problems that plague our community. They're also a useful way for nonprofits to connect with local developers if they're interested in building an app. Referral Services. The project was created by the St. Helpful Tools.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Starting and growing your organization is a lot easier when you have a nonprofit business plan. Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them. There’s also a common misconception out there that because your organization is labeled a “nonprofit” it doesn’t need to operate like a business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

You may be familiar with the NTC ( Nonprofit Technology Conference ) hosted by NTEN. The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. How many of you report to the Finance Director? How great it is to be in a room with everyone. Want to do more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. How many of you report to the Finance Director? We want every nonprofit to have a seat on the leadership table at organizations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The following is an overview of a BetterWorld customer, HealthRIGHT 360 and interview with Dave Dayter, IT Director of HealthRIGHT 360 discussing their experience with BetterWorld and the TechSoup VoIP Donation Program. Background. “Historically there was no central planning for telecom services.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

Working with local businesses, Boulder Food Rescue identifies places where food that would usually be thrown away can be saved instead. Boulder Food Rescue provides food to homeless shelters, working-poor families, schools, charities, low-income housing cooperatives, and other organizations in need.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. How many of you report to the Finance Director? We want every nonprofit to have a seat on the leadership table at organizations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Ready to enter?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2009

The Nonprofit Film Festival. In leading up to this announcement, I’ve covered this new film festival (and now nonprofit!) Opens Submissions for Nonprofit Film Festival with Pre-screening in Austin, Texas and Lights.Camera.Help. A brief interview with Director Layton Blaylock. – see Lights.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Your nonprofit tackles several fundraising efforts each year with the same threefold goal—to increase donations, unite supporters, and raise awareness for your cause. These donations build up, and if you follow a thoughtful strategy, your nonprofit’s three-fold goal can be met in no time. Reward-based giving. Matching gifts.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

You open the door to your office and see your Program Director in shorts and a t-shirt with a dubious message, holding what might be an inappropriate beverage. Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children. Protecting your nonprofit from your employees is another touchy area.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This past spring, we launched a program with the Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP), an inspiring organization that has served San Francisco for 30 years using the pivotal moment of pregnancy and parenthood as an opportunity to partner with families and break the cycle of childhood poverty. Learn how other nonprofits have shifted their strategy.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

A year ago, NPQ profiled an attempt by the Silicon Valley-based nonprofit Benetech to develop a Yelp-like network that would “make the social safety net as visible as the business net is,” as Benetech founder Jim Fruchterman put it. Could Benetech, in partnership with service nonprofits, pull its Service Net vision off?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

As I wrote this post on the flight back from my third NTEN Conference I know I felt similar to many of the other 1,600 “NPTechies” (Nonprofit Techies) who are leaving San Francisco. I know work in the nonprofit sector is serious and sometimes tough business.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The topic was “4 Simple Steps Simple Steps to Raising All the Money Your Nonprofit Needs.&# We had SO many questions from listeners that we didn’t get them all answered. A: Growing your donor base is a “must-do” activity for ANY nonprofit. We house homeless women and children. Q: How do I increase my donor base?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

one of my favorite things about our guests is she’s been in her shoes, right, she’s been an ED, she’s been not just a consultant but also has worked for and with nonprofits directly, which is great, over two decades. Every business, whether it be for-profit or nonprofit business, is usually created for purpose.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

It’s a day that nonprofits frequently use to encourage additional giving from their supporters. . Here at Bloomerang , we help nonprofits make the most of their fundraising every day through the adoption of comprehensive and data-driven strategies. Then, we’ll dive into more than 20 campaign ideas that your nonprofit can adopt. .

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I operate a grants and fundraising consulting business, and we support nonprofits all over the country, started off primarily with those in the DMV area but it’s expanded since then. So really just trying to see how nonprofits have managed and how you’ve really been able to thrive. . And nonprofits are no exception.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And so, again, I am Sabrina Walker Hernandez, and I studied political science and public administration and I obtained a nonprofit management certification from Harvard Business School and for the last 25 years, I’ve worked in a nonprofit industry. I use CEO, executive director, and founder interchangeably.

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Achieve

APRIL 22, 2015

Who do you think would win in an all-out brawl between nonprofit directors and business leaders? Nonprofit folks argued that problems were much more complex than their opponents would admit, and that there is a social benefit to simply helping people in need. I just didn’t get it.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you lead a nonprofit, you know how important your fundraising events are. Before we dive in, we’ll quickly talk about the current state of fundraising events and what the future looks like for modern nonprofits. Board fundraisers – Your nonprofit board of directors is the governing body of your organization.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. We are a Center whose Co-founder just left after 17 years of work in the organization, which is pretty impressive, I think, in the nonprofit world.

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