Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. Of course, the upside is a step toward universal Internet access – if this project succeeds. Images: Image one: Santa and Phone : Shutterstock.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As part of the Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore apps targeted toward youth as well as apps developed by youth. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. Once you do get a conversation with someone in corporate philanthropy, do your homework beforehand on organizations and project that they’re supporting. Images 1 and 2: Shutterstock. Image 3: Junior Achievement.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

Human trafficking survivors are better able to access the kinds of resources necessary to get safe and stable housing, social services, and economic empowerment. In our case, one of the finalists was the human trafficking housing locator from Polaris Project and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

While the traditional case study is tidy, packaged, and finished – the living case study is open to input, questions, reflections and most of all empowerment of peers. Erika Croxton from Grist and Daniela Aceves from Roots of Change agreed to each share a living case study.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. Once you do get a conversation with someone in corporate philanthropy, do your homework beforehand on organizations and project that they’re supporting. Images 1 and 2: Shutterstock. Image 3: Junior Achievement.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. On October 3, it held a Purple Paw Project festival at a local park. Image 1: Alternatives to Violence. Image 2: Mosaic Family Services. All proceeds from the gala benefited Mosaic's efforts to meet the ever-increasing needs for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit. It was the first project of its kind in 28 years. Like the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project , buyout data is displayed on a map of the city so that city officials and housing organizations can identify and respond to buyout trends. Data Collecting and Mapping.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

SOS_Slaves is part of the transmedia project “Sands of Silence: Fighting Sexual Slavery and Trafficking.” Like many transmedia projects, SOS_Slaves is ambitious. Ambitious, multi-layered projects like this have the issue of being hard to fund. SOS_SLAVES. JURY FEEDBACK. CLIMBING SACRED MOUNTAIN. JURY FEEDBACK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. TechSoup works with 32 partners throughout the world to provide Microsoft products at a discount.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

That inspiration and motivation comes from a narrative and images we attach to the movement’s core values and beliefs. Take the UNICEF Tap Project , for example. The campaign creative told the story of real beauty beyond the typical images that so many were used to seeing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The cards are unique and beautiful and carry the voices of women (and some men) depicted in images and words and offer compassionate healing for those who both make them, and for those who receive them. Before this point I had not been able to affect the kind of change I was seeking by being a fine art photographer only.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

We use a simple "honeycomb" diagram (image) to do these four steps. Once we've identified assets and needs, we seek out collaborators and project ideas. We never start with the project idea and parachute in. We start with the community and build to projects. Get to know their dreams, points of pride, and fears.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

The images of whales washing ashore with bellies full of plastic trash is proof enough: we need a Material Revolution that makes plastic a relic of our toxic past. This isn’t true, and it puts the onus of responsibility unfairly on the consumer when just 20 companies produce more than half of the world’s single-use plastic waste.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

Anytime someone hires TransTech for a project, they are directly empowering TransTech's apprentices financially and through career-building experiences. " Angelica Ross on Empowerment. "What does empowerment truly look like for the trans community? Image 1: Lisa Predko. Image 2 : Jessica Sladek / TransTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment. Now that’s social impact!

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 2, 2018

MeToo was meant to be a movement that provides “empowerment through empathy” to survivors of sexual abuse, assault, exploitation and harassment, especially those in underprivileged communities. Project Life Jacket. What can you learn from Project Life Jacket’s campaign? Back in 2007, Tarana Burke of the nonprofit Just Be Inc.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Nonprofits have gravitated from wanting training on the theme du jour from 10 years ago — project cycle management — to wanting training on social media and communications today. Image 1 : Taehyun Kim / CC BY-NC-ND. Image 2 : Wikimedia / Public Domain. Image 3 : starkart.org / CC BY-NC-SA. spanhidden'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

A recent series of studies by psychologists provides the research that proves it -- they have found that fund-raising appeals do best when they are crafted around a single gripping image. It uses images to promote social and humanitarian causes.

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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. Use compelling stories, beautiful images, and succinct yet powerful messages that resonate with your audience. Do your research and understand the strengths and weaknesses of each platform.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

There are also tons of nonprofit organizations, like Streetside Stories (where the book cover image above is from), that work during the school day, and after school to supplement the schools' curriculum. Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. BB: You've captured so many amazing images and stories in this book, what is the image that stands out the most for you? Because he is wonderfully supportive of these projects, he shares those with me.

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