Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Houston Food Bank teamed up with their local ABC affiliate during the Houston power outage and food crisis in February 2021. Let’s take a look at some examples we’ve seen that really make the most of eye-catching and engaging content to promote giving by text-to-donate. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

For example, this post by the Houston Food Bank tags and shows appreciation for their sponsor , CVS Health. Before experimenting, however, it’s highly recommended you take a course on how to effectively run LinkedIn Ads. Your sponsors and partners will take notice which helps reinforce their commitment to your organization.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Grant research tip: When searching for grants, using geography is an effective way to target funders. The foundation supports arts organizations of all sizes—from the performing arts to museums, from flagship institutions to small community-based groups—that bring passion, energy, and creativity to life in Houston and beyond.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Effective storytelling means nonprofits can reach more people, touch more hearts, and create bigger impact. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Designing Effective Public Engagement for Nonprofits. Houston, Texas: Netsquared Houston: Tech Knowledge-y Show and Tell. Thursday, August 17, 2017.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The awards program is designed to encourage nonprofits to effectively use taglines, a high-impact, low-cost marketing tactic often overlooked or under-emphasized by nonprofits; Nancy says, “A nonprofit’s tagline is hands down the briefest, easiest and most effective way to communicate your organization’s identity.”. Houston Food Bank.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Naples, Florida, is hosting a meetup on tools for effective email fundraising ; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is hosting a series of Giving Tuesday brainstorming sessions ; and Chicago, Illinois, will explore how your CRM can save end-of-year fundraising plans. Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication. Feeling overwhelmed?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina: The Content Marketing Blueprint.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2018

posted by Ashley Mitchell, MNLM, LBSW Summer 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Advocacy Manager, Bay Area Turning Point - Houston, Texas. What nonprofit staff may not consider when applying for and accepting this funding is the effect it will have on their organizations, staff members and clients.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

If you want to learn how nonprofits can use technology to advance their mission and generally be more effective and efficient TechSoup has got you covered with their blog and webinars. Naples, FL: Using Community Engagement and Service Learning to Enhance NP Effectiveness. Houston, TX: Net2 Houston. Tuesday, May 6.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2014

Naples, FL: Using Community Engagement and Service Learning to Enhance NP Effectiveness. Houston, TX: Help a Houston NonProfit and Come Brainstorm Fundraising Solutions! Mukono, Uganda: Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School&Community. Tuesday, May 6. New Orleans, NO: Net2NO’s May Meetup.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

Early in my career, I worked on the Race for the Cure in Houston when a hurricane swept through 10 days before our event. It also can help reinforce the vital role your organization plays in the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

It was independently conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy and included in-depth interviews and a survey with CEOs of more than 200 of America’s foundations. This question was one of many in a recently released research study commissioned by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation on the occasion of its 50 th anniversary.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story — How to Run an Effective Multi-channel Campaign. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Monday, July 11, 2016. Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2009

(Flickr: kalabird) Nancy Schwartz announced the 13 Annual Nonprofit Tagline Awards winners , and we are so proud to see NTEN member organizations Earthjustice and The Houston Food Bank included. Make sure you sign up to get the full 2009 report about effective nonprofit taglines, which comes out in November.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Toronto, Canada: How to Work Effectively with Google Apps. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Tuesday, October 14, 2014. San Francisco, California: Cause Funding: Indiegogo + Cause Funder: Geek Club Books, Autism Story Apps. Wednesday, October 15, 2014.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2017

However, focusing solely on immediate action is not sustainable or effective. To put this into perspective, consider this : Two weeks after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, hundreds of thousands of houses and 500,000 cars had been destroyed in Houston.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Toronto, Canada: How to Work Effectively with Google Apps. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Tuesday, October 14, 2014. San Francisco, California: Let’s Learn About GeekClubBooks.com, Their Apps, and Their Autism Mission! Wednesday, October 15, 2014.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2016

Launched in April 2016, Refugee Mobile will conduct an evidence-based pilot study in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin to demonstrate the theory of change. Demonstration and learning: where LIRS, RST, Sparrow, and LEO evaluate the model’s effectiveness against a control group. It will include.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Victoria, British Columbia: Effective Data Analysis for Everyone. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to Be! Toronto, Ontario: Taking the Next Step with Data Sharing and Open Data (Intermediate Workshop). Thursday, October 23, 2014. Wednesday, October 29, 2014.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Houston, Texas: The New Knowledge Economy and the EdTech Advantage. Tuesday, November 11, 2014.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Naples, FL: How to Vision, Create, Promote, and Manage an effective Social Media Campaign. Houston, TX: A NonProfit Technologist’s­ Guide to CyberSecurity and Data Protection. Mukono, Uganda: Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School&Community. Tuesday, June 3. Wednesday, June 4. Thursday, June 5.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Event formats — for example, a lecture, a panel, a world cafe, or speed dating, and how keep them effective and manageable. Houston, Texas: Net2Houston Refresh! Troubleshooting online and in-person — pivoting conversations, interrupting, encouraging conversation, covering if the presenter doesn't show, etc.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Houston, Texas: The New Knowledge Economy and the EdTech Advantage. Tuesday, November 11, 2014.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Orlando's October event explores donation platforms for Giving Tuesday , and in Vancouver, the focus will be on creating effective matching donation campaigns. Houston, Texas: Coding Bootcamps — Creating the Technologists Who Build the World. Victoria, British Columbia: Collaborate Effectively and Develop Your Work Flow.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2010

Aimee Roundtree, Assistant Professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, where she teaches courses in medical and science writing, hypermedia and technology, web publishing and accessibility, visual design, and technical communication. This enabled them to use Twitter ( @swhealthcare ) to push out announcements during the crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

What has made Austin Social Media Club efforts so effective is that our members are highly engaged in social networking. Our food bank is also assisting the Houston food bank. Over one million people in the Houston area are still without electricity, so they can't store or cook fresh food.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

Effectively Using Data Across the Organization. Houston, Texas: Building a Better Nonprofit: The Keys to Growing and Strengthening Your Nonprofit. Morrisville, North Carolina. Social and Networking Event. Friday, June 5, 2015. Morrisville, North Carolina: NCTech4Good Conference Sessions. Tuesday, June 9, 2015.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

Speakers included Pradeep Ramamurthy , the National Security Council's Senior Director for Global Engagement and Farouk Shami , a Palestinian-American businessman, who founded a large Houston-based company that produces hair-care and spa products.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story — How to Run an Effective Multi-channel Campaign. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! New York, New York: Too Important To "Go Viral" — Using Facebook Ads to Drive Predictable, Repeatable Impact. Wednesday, June 22, 2016.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

Not content to simply focus on "shiny tech," we'll explore what the true potential for social change is in each case, where community organizing work can be made more effective, and where it will have to push technology forward. Houston, Texas: Geek Dinner — Guided Discussion — Navigating the Nonprofit Relationship.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2005

Then I did a general search for YMCA and Katrina and found that: the YMCA of Houston is housing evacuees, and the YMCA of Ann Arbor Michigan is collecting gift cards from national chains and sending them down to the Houston Y.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the digital divide by giving every NGO the tools and skills to accomplish its mission efficiently and effectively. Houston, Texas: Putting Together Community Partnerships. If you want to network with your peers or love to learn at live, in-person events, NetSquared is the place for you!

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Toronto, Ontario: How to Develop and Deliver an Effective Pitch. Houston, Texas: The Legal Side of Nonprofit Technology. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Seattle, Washington. HR Essentials for the Accidental HR Manager. 501 Connects. Boston, Massachusetts: What Nonprofits Can (and Cannot) Learn from Wikipedia. Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Not only is the Collaboration Prize the creation of the Arizona-based Lodestar Foundation, but Arizona is also home to many great examples of nonprofit organizations working together to be more effective and put their missions first. Richmond, Virginia Graduate! However, we still have much to learn.

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Neon CRM

MAY 30, 2023

Preservation Houston , for example, used spreadsheets to track memberships, process donations, manage events, and communicate with their supporters. If you’re looking for a way to simplify their membership management processes like the team at Preservation Houston did, you have several options.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 31, 2011

Last week, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums in Houston, I was honored to chair a fabulous panel on empowering museum staff to take creative risks ( slides here ). What kind of support do you need to be confident about taking a risk in your work? What are you willing to risk to pursue your professional dreams?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. The NTC brings together the best and brightest nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness with technology. Digital Marketing Conferences (DIGIMARCON) / Houston, TX / $945. 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar.

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