Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Talking about global youth issues from a high-level is one thing, but it is so much more impactful and inspiring to sit down with young people and hear their stories of challenge and success directly. A video of her story is here. Peter Shiras joined us from another great youth organization, the International Youth Foundation (IYF).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Over the hum of her café’s fuel-powered generator, Olutosin types, “Our center is the safest place for any woman to access the Internet in my community.

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

Above the clattering of China plates covered with hot stuffed chicken and long grain rice were conversations rich in stories, pursuits, and initiatives around the world. Empowerment is key. The conference convened approximately 600 leaders and advocates for international development.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples. The Vermont Women’s Fund focuses their grantmaking on supporting women and girls on pathways to economic well-being, including career development, an area highlighted by the research of their initiative, Change The Story. Seventh Generation Fund For Indigenous Peoples.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

Not only does WORTH work towards creating a barrier-free world for the physically challenged, it does this work with the help of people who have different abilities, creating a circle of empowerment. The surplus generated from the production units is plowed back into the system and supports the second arm — the rehabilitation centers.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A couple of weeks ago NPR ran a segment entitled, A New Generation of App Developers , discussing the emergence of creative and youthful app developers. story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. greater access for youth and foster empowerment through skills. either in their own home.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples. The Vermont Women’s Fund focuses their grantmaking on supporting women and girls on pathways to economic well-being, including career development, an area highlighted by the research of their initiative, Change The Story. Seventh Generation Fund For Indigenous Peoples.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Employees now have more access to stress management resources and empowerment to seek the support they need on an individual level. It’s challenging to hear their stories but knowing that we have a safe space to talk, cry, laugh, and connect with one another keeps us encouraged.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential. We can do better!

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

Considering the documentary style approach of data gathering for the game, the jury suggested using the game engine more as a story telling device rather than a game play tool. Documentary footage and stories told through game present images of strong women of color. THREE GENERATIONS. JURY FEEDBACK. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over the last year, the work of Traveling Postcards keeps crossing my path, so I asked its founder, Caroline Lovell, to share with us: How Traveling Postcards works The path that brought her to this work Her favorite Traveling Postcards success story How we can get involved with Traveling Postcards I've posted her answers below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. I’ve also use this for keynotes, but it requires doing a survey before to gather up the stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social and Nonprofits ROI: Case Study Slam submitted by Beth Kanter Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. Convergence of Social Health Media With Youth Culture.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The American Express Foundation and the Aspen Institute established the Fellowship program to develop the next generation of nonprofit leaders. There is not one single story. It is only through time and interactions that we come to see and understand the whole story and connect with one another to make greater social impact.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (NESFP) plays a specific, pertinent role in that mission by training the next generation of farmers to produce sustainable, nutritious, and culturally preferred food by making food accessible to individuals regardless of age, mobility, ethnicity, or socio-economic status.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The American Express Foundation and the Aspen Institute established the Fellowship program to develop the next generation of nonprofit leaders. There is not one single story. It is only through time and interactions that we come to see and understand the whole story and connect with one another to make greater social impact.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. We have the opportunity to fail.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This piece examines seven familiar challenges, shares suggested solutions, and highlights the stories of nonprofits who are using Salesforce to tackle many of these challenges. National Citizen Service (NCS) is the flagship youth empowerment programme for 16- and 17-year-olds in England and Northern Ireland.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

They are all made from natural materials, sustainably harvested, and every product has not only a beautiful quality, and you can really see the handmade aspect of the product and at the same time it is stylish and fashionable, and it has a great little story on it that tells you where it comes from, how it was made, how it benefits that community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

In the book, the authors tell the story of Sameer Bhatia, a young Silicon Valley entrepreneur who diagnosed with leukemia. Tell your story. Employ empowerment marketing. There’s been some interesting buzz generated by the book. Why A Bone Marrow Registry Recruitment At A Book Launch? Act, then think.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

I’ll say at the beginning of the pandemic, there were so many stories of friends and family who were being like go, that there was a culture of uncertainty and through this whole last year, there’s been a period of navigating through uncertainty, which I think is challenging overall. Mimosa: Absolutely. Let’s move forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A crisp brand meaning should be the filter for decision making internally as well as externally, especially regarding the building of community around the organization’s cause, partnerships, communications and revenue generation. It also means we must change the YWCA story. This has completely impacted the operations of our day-to-day.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 23, 2023

For example, if your nonprofit focuses on youth empowerment, platforms like Instagram and Snapchat might be more effective than LinkedIn. Instagram – Ideal for sharing visual content that showcases your nonprofit’s impact, stories, and events. Do your research and understand the strengths and weaknesses of each platform.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

CCF's intention is to help this evolving culture by helping to create the next generation of doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists and poets. I know in my heart I cannot get fixated on the story, I have to experience the soul. The children I work for, they are my teachers. Their parents are my teachers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

I think this podcast is a mini success right here, you know, that women and people of color are using technology to -- and social justice activists of all genders and races -- are using technology to get our stories out there. Is it about creating forests, cultivating forest lands for future generations? So, that's one of the things.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

A truly remarkably story of very every day mothers and daughters in Liberia who were just so sick of the civil war between Charles Taylor, and then the rebels in Liberia, being funded with Sierra Leone diamonds essentially, that they mobilized an entire community of women around peace. I also think I do this work for my daughter.

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