Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Google AI Impact Challenge attracted 2,602 applications from six continents and 119 countries, with projects addressing a wide range of issue areas, from education to the environment. . Each area describes the project idea, type of AI technology and data sources.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Her experience includes 8+ years of Marketing, Communication, and Program Management for organizations working on issues such as poverty, financial literacy, voter engagement, health research, and the public arts. Cierra believes effective internal communications are essential to nonprofit success.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

While you’re wearing and shopping, it’s important to keep in mind that in recent years, the “pinkification” of Breast Cancer Awareness Month has become an important issue due to companies who make pink product packaging during the awareness month but still manufacture and sell products that are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Philanthropy Reconsidered: Private Initiatives – Public Good – Quality of Life. The lack of inclusion and equity in philanthropy. From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

While art, history, creativity, and culture are the vehicles for that empowerment, the teens involved spend a lot of their time with activists, civic leaders, and social psychologists. It''s about empowerment and community leadership through art and history. I want to return the favor with three things this project brings up for me.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2019

This issue can lead to a lack of recruitment and retention techniques. According to recent findings, nonprofit organizations can capitalize on training, building a culture of empowerment and recognition programs in order to provide incentives to employees. This group is motivated by different types of incentives.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. How do we, as public thinkers about this “stuff,&# help guide organizations in navigating these questions and others? What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. How do we, as public thinkers about this “stuff,&# help guide organizations in navigating these questions and others? What do you think?

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

Similarly, Benefits Data Trust analyzed data from callers looking to enroll in public food assistance benefits in Philadelphia and created a machine learning model to predict which benefits might be most helpful. Do you have a plan for managing issues around ethics, bias, and interpretability? LEARN MORE.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Under the theme “Achieving Our Vision through Empowerment and Partnerships,” this was the first-ever combined General Assembly of both WBU and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment ( ICEVI ), another world-class organization in the field. One of the biggest issues is digital rights management.

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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. Consider the issues with printed books. It creates an opportunity to have public benefit being balanced with business interests.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

of legally blind children in public and residential schools used braille as their primary reading medium. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children. This is important here in the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Lori Harnick, Microsoft’s general manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs also joined in the panel discussion. 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.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. Lawyers for Human Rights is committed to social justice activism and public interest litigation. Children and Education. Human Rights. About SANGONet.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Youth unemployment was a critical issue for the city at that time – an issue that aligned with John Hancock’s business goals of providing meaningful job opportunities to young people in the community as well as helping them to be better prepared to enter the workforce. How did these groups come together?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. In other words, the best type of public recognition is that which is in context. Corporations most often have very specific giving guidelines. How To Get Corporate Philanthropy. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

Surety bonds are issued by banks or insurance companies to guarantee that an obligation will be met. Municipal bonds (munis) are debt obligations issued by government entities. Steve Rothschild, a former senior executive with General Mills, became concerned about an issue facing the Minnesota Twin Cities. A Bond Primer.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. In other words, the best type of public recognition is that which is in context. Corporations most often have very specific giving guidelines. How To Get Corporate Philanthropy. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

We are sharing them with you now so we can hopefully get your feedback before publication. Empowerment is unconditional. Be specific, define the issue, problem or idea, and let the answers pour in. Whatever you say in public, remember you are talking to everyone, all the time, so stay true to your principles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

An organization’s social media policy should provide basic guidelines to staff members and volunteers about what is appropriate to post on social media sites, an overview of privacy and legal issues, and some general rules about using social media during office hours. Share only content that is meant for public consumption.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. Takeaway #4: Collaboration is necessary to solve the big issues today. .

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

TechSoup is participating by amplifying what other agencies, collaborators, and libraries in our network are doing to raise awareness on this important issue. Even if your organization isn't involved in this issue, these organizations' work offer great examples of how a theme month or day can bring attention to your mission.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

There, she builds technology that connects local communities to resources that help them solve problems and impact issues. Human trafficking survivors are better able to access the kinds of resources necessary to get safe and stable housing, social services, and economic empowerment. Non-traditional Groups, Innovative Ideas.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

These apps encourage young people to get involved in civic and political issues. Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. The Global Kids Online Leadership Organization partnered with the New York Public Library to create a mobile game called NYC Haunts for the iPhone.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

They address high poverty, a huge epidemic of diabetes, the high school dropout rate that is double the American average , and several other issues. in Oklahoma is one of the frontline organizations that addresses these and other issues in a very interesting way – starting with the children.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

serve the public. Here are just a few of the many examples of how the humble mobile is being used for development: For those nonprofits working on agricultural issues - The Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (Kace) , provides crop growers with the very latest commodity information via SMS and has helped farmers to quadruple earnings.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. Closer to home, Andrew Sears built some publicity with his piece, " How Google and Social Entrepreneurs Perpetuate the Digital Divide Among Nonprofits.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Discover how the power of social sharing can shine a light on a serious issue and poke fun at the inanity of discrimination. Transcending "Social:" Visibility and Empowerment In An Uber-Mega-Meta Self-Conscious Age Speaker: Jianda Johnson, Business and Resource Development Specialist, Guadalupe Montessori School.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Instead, we wanted a collection of leaders, highly networked in different parts of our County, with their fingers on the pulses of significant community issues and activities. We worked with C3ers at the kickoff workshop to map the issues and communities of greatest interest and connection.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. How can you have a revolution if no one shows up?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

By slowing down and making a piece of art for someone, we provide a personal connection to the issues and to individuals and create opportunities to see our commonalities despite geographic or cultural borders. There are many issues that affect the well-being of women and their communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur hopes to gain insight into how virtual worlds are used by young people, to introduce the foundation to an audience that may have little exposure to institutional philanthropy and to take part in and stimulate discussions about the real-world issues that it seeks to address. Can you talk about security and pornography issues?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Given the quantity of organizations, and the enormity of the issues we're faced with today, five qualities are important when designing an action: 1. Many people feel like they can't change issues like the genocide in Darfur, they feel too big. In a time when our world's challenges can feel overwhelming, and there are 1.4

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. Ambitious, multi-layered projects like this have the issue of being hard to fund. CLIMBING SACRED MOUNTAIN.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Foundations can make greater progress on addressing critical social issues by using digital platforms to elevate the work and success of the many players in their sector. Foundations are in the business of making the world a better place by providing grants to organizations they see making an impact on the issues that they care about deeply.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2023

Newsletters – Issue a call-to-action asking for great volunteers and list the volunteer positions you need to fill in your donor newsletter. Plus, asking your followers to share these posts opens you up to an entirely new set of prospective volunteers – their friends and family.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide. Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. Young women of color, what are the issues that are most important to them?

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