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. We launched a global crowdsourcing campaign to collect homegrown solutions and ideas to spread digital empowerment.

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Digital Empowerment Argentina Literacy 20

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. The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide , was given a 5 star review by About.com. . Over $100 Check in the mail: Thank them with a phone call & letter. Multi-year donor: thank them with a phone call. Phone-a-thons. Her latest book, Get the Job! Our donors don’t give year after year.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

” Rakesh Rajani, Tweweza, talking about the potential dramatic impact of the mobile phone in Africa in the next five years. we like to buy mobile phones to have fun, talk to friends, listen to music, tweet and connect on Facebook.” “Vision is just as important as technology.” development in Africa. On the core.

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Activities Active Activism Review 47

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2010

Phone calls, emails, grants, meetings, budgets…and that’s just for today! Kurtz, MPA, CFRE – Empowerment Consulting kskurtz@nonprofitempowerment.com. Today’s post is provided by Karla Kurtz, nonprofit consultant. Are you overwhelmed? The solution is delegation, but it’s a dirty word and seen almost as a sign of weakness.

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Leadership Empowerment Consultant Grant 40

NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Transcending "Social:" Visibility and Empowerment In An Uber-Mega-Meta Self-Conscious Age Speaker: Jianda Johnson, Business and Resource Development Specialist, Guadalupe Montessori School. But they aren’t going to cure cancer, reduce hunger, or improve pre-K education.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

With a few taps on your smart phone, you have access to your donor database and can now look up your donor’s account to find his spouse’s name and to also discover you just received another $5,000 check in the mail from them yesterday.

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Create Database Empowerment System 43

Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

This app was the winner of a Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and Capital One hackathon. Debra acknowledged that legislative aides might get tired of these phone calls, but she made the good point that politicians shouldn't be annoyed that their constituents are making contact with them.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Cell phones and wireless technology mean rural areas don't need expensive landlines. Bharat Mehra claims, in New Media & Society , that "The internet has tremendous potential to achieve greater social equity and empowerment and improve everyday life for those on the margins of society.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And how many apps do you have on your phone? There are now even natural language prompts powered by AI. Did you know you’re doing this stuff already? Think of how often you use productivity tools such as email rules in Outlook or Gmail. You’re likely interacting with low-code when you scroll to order a pepperoni pizza.

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Build Fundraising Blackbaud API 79

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2023

On the other hand, if you’re looking for a single volunteer who can teach financial empowerment workshops a couple of times a month, searching within your banking networks may turn up leads that easily help you identify an ideal candidate. Friends of friends may make the best volunteers to serve on a committee.

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Volunteer Tips Nonprofit Social Media 98

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Perhaps if you were able to see each logged phone call or letter about an issue on a representative's site (like MAPLight is doing with campaign contributions) it would hold elected officials more accountable to their constituencies wishes and make people feel like their call was heard. But why aren't more people doing these things?

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Darfur Kiva Mobile Donor 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot. Social media practices are just that – they get strong and stay strong with practice – so success means consistent application and learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

I worked for two and half years as Operations Manager for Low-Income Families Empowerment through Education (LIFETIME) a statewide grassroots membership organization that helps low-income families go to college and get out of poverty. What was the most stressful that happened to you as an "Accidental Techie"?

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San Francisco Nonprofit Consultant Empowerment 50

Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" Today, there are thirty kids fidgeting in a classroom, talking to their friends, messing with their phones. Read more online and buy your own copy today.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

People don't need empowerment to make a difference; they need vehicles for action. Clear way for me to quickly affect the situation (sign petition, give money, host an event, volunteer at a phone bank) right now. More factual information about the situation. Another opportunity for me to take action.

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Model Action Congo Museum 26

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. TechCamp: Empowering women through technology - guest post by Ma’ayan Alexander.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Any woman who is just coming on from Kashmir has access to some kind of connectivity to either an Internet cafe, or a cell phone, or a computer at her work. We trained them in how to use their cell phones for rapid response, and how to write Op-eds, feature stories, and front line journals. Britt Bravo: Why did you start World Pulse?

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Voice Global Saudi Arabia Journal 69

Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

And I would say it was about a month after we had been working from home, several of us on our team did receive the phone call that we were being placed on that indefinite furlough. I pick up the phone because it’s your boss and it’s, “Here’s the news. That was an absolute shock.

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Job Video Interview Nonprofit 108

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Simple Phone - Jason Shim A centralized control panel that allows an organization to provision phone numbers to staff, eliminating need to issue second cell phones and allowing for bulk pricing; Useful for frontline workers who don''t want to carry two phones--and affordable. Collecting data on all user learning activity.

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Ideas North Carolina Map Children 94

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2011

Traditional campaigns rely on a field plan that focuses on phone banks, going door-to-door, and rallies. Gmail filters out the unimportant as a matter of course, people are getting savvier at managing their social networks, and when was the last time you answered the phone when you didn’t recognize the caller ID?

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Empowerment Structure Social Network Massachusetts 29

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

So we're bringing a lot of elements together, the innerpersonal the activist. I think another challenge is staying in our bodies, and how do we stay sustainable ourselves.

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Arts Podcast Action Interview 40