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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere

Tech Soup

Read more about the summit in TechSoup Global co-CEO Daniel Ben-Horin’s post in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Get inspired with these digital storytelling examples: raising awareness of homelessness and sharing indigenous stories online. Connecting Up Australia. July is digital storytelling month Down Under.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

A panel of community advisors reviewed the submissions, and chose 25 finalists – all of whom won significant grants. GLIDE is a faith-based homeless services program in San Francisco that supplies hot meals, violence prevention, and education services in one of worst neighborhoods.

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How to Start a Volunteer Program: 12 Steps for Success

Bloomerang

For example, an animal advocacy organization with the goal of homing more pets than they did the previous year might have a mission statement like, “We work to reduce the number of homeless pets in the community by offering free rescue services and housing animals with volunteer foster homes.” Maintain open communication.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

The department documented use, condition, and design of about a third of the commercial buildings. Because more and more homeless and low-income people are accessing the Internet from mobile devices, the developers behind Link-SF identified a need for a mobile-optimized website for finding social services and local resources in San Francisco.

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Are You Serving Youth in Your Community? Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above. Ready to enter?

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NTC Day of Service: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I heard good reviews from the volunteers and I'm hoping that we'll get some good feedback (both things that worked and didn't work) in the evaluation survey I'm working on right now. I've been thinking a lot about the use of video as an evaluation or documentation tool. I was only able to interview volunteers.

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[VIDEO] Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field

Bloomerang

We systematically review potential funders, identify well-aligned funders based on this systematic review, and ultimately develop a pipeline or a prioritized shortlist of funders. And they can also be settings, things like schools or homeless shelters. . documents. What is a core narrative document? So these U.S.

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