Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. This is good, basic digital literacy principles that have been taught by educators and librarians taught in the early 2000′s and continue today. He suggests these goals: 1.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bake sale Bake sales are always a delightful way to raise funds for your organization. You can also bid off the best looks to boost your funds from the event. You can also raise funds simultaneously by offering tickets to different activities and concessions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

You can find information about how to apply on the Pollination Project website, follow them on Twitter at @Pollinationproj, and like them on Facebook.

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Neon CRM

MAY 3, 2023

For example, if someone gave $50 to a literacy group, the email could say, “Your donation of $50 helped us give 100 books to 50 children.” You demonstrate that value by providing detailed information about where their funds go, maintaining transparency, and keeping them up to date on your mission.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2021

Whether your organization promotes literacy, shelters animals, or impacts another worthy cause, recurring donations have the power to increase your funds so long as you take a smart approach to optimizing your program. Actively promote your recurring gift program. Segment communications for recurring donors. Let’s dive in!

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

These histories can be built on but there is a risk they begin to drift from the original prompt and even forget key elements. Grant Proposals : AI writers can help nonprofits create persuasive grant proposals that secure funding and support for their initiatives.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

Harkin’s work, especially his efforts to guarantee that every child has the opportunity to pursue quality education, infuses everything we at Benetech do through our Literacy Program to transform the lives and outcomes of individuals with disabilities. history, but the work ensuring equality of opportunity is far from over.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

She has both donated to your annual fund and volunteered for events like galas and dinners. Also involved in your organization is her daughter Nina, a 22-year-old literacy coach who volunteers her time for many of your projects focused on children. Finally, you have her son Tim, who is 25 years old and works as a curator at a museum.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Earlier this month, the FCC explained why Lifeline expansion matters : "Internet access has become a pre-requisite for full participation in our economy and our society, but nearly one in five Americans is still not benefiting from the opportunities made possible by the most powerful and pervasive platform in history."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Earlier this month, the FCC explained why Lifeline expansion matters : "Internet access has become a pre-requisite for full participation in our economy and our society, but nearly one in five Americans is still not benefiting from the opportunities made possible by the most powerful and pervasive platform in history."

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

It also matches philanthropists with volunteer opportunities and funding recommendations. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. It uses a crowd-funding matching system like the famous Kiva.org system. Find a list of current project funding requests here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. Dogs with a history of heartworms have a very hard time getting chosen for adoption, and treatment for heartworms is difficult and uncomfortable. And your gift made it happen.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, which funds this magazine as well as eye research programs at universities across the United States. Working for an organization with a long, illustrious history, I am always curious about how other organizations got their start. In response to that request, I received three worthy nominations.

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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. I believe in the power of books to change the world. It was highly controversial.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. New Venture Fund. Vermont Women’s Fund. Global Fund for Women.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. New Venture Fund. Vermont Women’s Fund. Global Fund for Women.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

Whether you’re trying to construct a new building, complete upgrades, or expand your organization, a capital campaign will allow you to raise the funds to do that. A capital campaign is an aggressive funding push to support a large, expensive project. A capital campaign allows an organization to achieve ambitious goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Gaming is a literacy of transgression. Gaming is literacy. Scholarships, Role Models (more women making games) How to build change: design games build tools to allow others to design games (example - funded by MacArthur - game to allow kids to design games) design as make-a-game.nl The history of gaming. Designing Change?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Auctions Auctions are a major source of funding for a lot of nonprofit associations because they engage the competitive spirits of supporters. Of course, they’re also challenging to manage as you’re handling the donations of items on one end and funds on the other. Organizations can gain funds through entry fees and individual pledges.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs? Such an investment could pay for itself, however, in the form of increased effectiveness and increased funding. Gather staff at all levels to understand, cooperatively, your organization's key outcomes, indicators, and performance targets.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A story about your organization’s history, programs, and future goals is unlikely to get picked up by a newspaper, TV station, or digital publication. The big-gift story is surprisingly easy to sell, especially if you can say it’s “the biggest gift in our organization’s history.” Step 1: Find Your Story . It’s just too broad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. The MacArthur Foundation announced that it will be funding a five-year $50 million initiative, mostly for research, to try to understand how young people are using digital media and its impact learning.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Fund their work! Gabriela Mistral. Do you love ladies in literature? Gertrude B.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I used the example of two very different exhibitions that solicited visitor-contributed content: Playing with Science at the London Science Museum, and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. The Minnesota History Center team solicited visitor nominations for exhibition topics and then built an exhibition out of those contributions.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. If you don’t know Funding for Good, their principal, Mandy Pearce, has been on our webinar series many, many times over the last few years, recommended Marie as her top expert. You may be saying, “What do donors want to fund?”

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funds research to help patients, caregivers, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, insurers, and other stakeholders make informed healthcare decisions. National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Talking About Race. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Last summer I talked about our great summer interns and fellows and early this year, I sent a copy of our 20th Anniversary Report that talked about our entire history. We just won a $5 million competition that will fund our DIAGRAM R&D center to tackle the problem of image accessibility for people with print disabilities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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