AFP Blog

JULY 12, 2010

Chronicle of Philanthropy asks: Has your fund-raising video raised money? | The Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News: "Chronicle of Philanthropy asks: Has your fund-raising video raised money?By The Chronicle is asking non-profits to send in their.

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CauseVox

JUNE 14, 2021

If you’re looking to fill a funding gap, raise money for an unexpected emergency, or get an innovative idea off the ground, crowdfunding is another viable strategy. As a means to aid with post-covid recovery, the Israel Tennis and Education Centers set up an emergency relief fund to serve Israeli children in need of essential services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

Based on the underlying theme of women’s empowerment with a focus on education and entrepreneurship, the 70 participants of the Tel Aviv event included representatives of NGOs active in the fields of employment, education, women’s empowerment, consultancy, and tech training from all over Israel.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As an Israel Defense Forces veteran, I relate to Jim Collins’ West Point talk about the ethics of service, commitment to a cause bigger than yourself, the understanding that you could die while serving and meaningful insight that the pursuit for greatness is a journey that never ends.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 1, 2010

One of their recommendations was that there be a venture capital fund for investing in education. StartL, a new education VC fund backed by a number of leading American foundations, will be launching there. I was able to mention the Venture Capital in Education Summit that I’m attending in New York next week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This year they hope to spread gratitude further and raise enough to help build an additional classroom, orphanage/boarding facility, cafeteria and library at Epic Change’s partner school in Tanzania, and to finding and funding future Epic Fellows like the school’s founder, Mama Lucy. Be sure to check out the Twitterkids.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

In the aftermath of that quake, as well as flooding in Pakistan, fires in Israel, flooding in South and Central America, and countless other incidents, technology played a critical and often-life-saving role, and remains at the center of the ongoing advocacy and long-term rebuilding work in Haiti.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This security threat update is part of our Safer Online for Nonprofits initiative, a Microsoft-funded initiative to help nonprofits work safely online. The app looks like a real banking app for customers of Mizrahi Bank in Israel. Luckily for you, we're big nerds here at TechSoup and read up on security threats for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

They have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events, including last week's Tweetsgiving Meetup where my daughter won a lunch with Twitterville author Shel Israel that was being raffled off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

The “Remand Homes,” although funded by the government, are pretty bare and under-resourced. In the community, there is only a boys home, but the director of this home, a very committed and passionate professional had just been assigned to set up the girls home. The kids were thrilled with the donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

This was the culmination of the summer long initiative to help raise money for four charities, Humane Society of the United States , World Wildlife Fund , Oxfam , and LIVESTRONG. I was honored to speak at the Summer of Social Good conference hosted by Mashable , a popular social media and technology blog and a big geek favorite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Nasscom Foundation has an impressive Corporate Social Responsibility Program where they work directly with corporations and small business that want to fund social change initiatives. For the report out, Rufina Fernandez , the CEO of Nasscom Foundation, suggested that they do their report as if they're making a pitch to CEO for funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

When I announced the contest, I thought there was one important book missing, Shel Israel's Twitterville. Or, if I had to say it in a haiku: GETTING A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA LIBRARY [title] If you share with me, I will listen, learn, adapt, AND reciprocate! So I said I'd kick in my copy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

UPDATE: Anything over the $1,000 will support the Sharing Foundation's general fund to provide scholarships for college students in the program who don't have individual sponsors. In the meantime, Nick Booth had a brilliant idea. He suggested that you each say congratulations to each other on your blogs!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. His parents were Latvian immigrants who met on a kibbutz in Israel in 1930. Daniel started TechSoup, then named CompuMentor, in 1987.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Check out these full decks we wrote and designed for AARP , Health in Harmony , and New Israel Fund. Beth Singer Design, LLC specializes in creating digital slide decks with editorial clarity and design that enable you to connect with audiences and move them from interest to action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Here’s an example of a successful print campaign where every aspect reinforced the key messages: The New Israel Fund (NIF) was embarking on a $40M Legacy campaign in honor of their 40 th anniversary. NIF is dedicated to ensuring ALL citizens of Israel — Arabs and Jews alike — have equal rights in a shared society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The money was donated to UC Davis research project to further look into Colony Collapse Disorder, as well as help fund the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, which aims to teach people about how to create their own honeybee farms. . An alternative approach is to experiment and find ways to improve results. .

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2011

Here are some of my favorites: Funding research that helps Dogs Live Longer, Healthier Lives ( Canine Health Foundation ). Caretakers of the land and people of Israel. Jewish National Fund ). Improving the Lives of All Affected by Autism ( Autism Society ). Preventing injuries: at home, at play, and on the way. SafeKids ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

I first encountered the term when I read Shel Israel's , Twitterville (pp110-111). Molson launched a campaign to replace the public funding with private sector donations, starting with its own $20K donation. Lethal Generosity: The Context and Coinage Kami and I have been working on fine-tuning a definition for lethal generosity.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

The piece criticizes Human Rights Watch for supporting open society activists, particularly "those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state." " Keyes himself has taken heat on the issue , especially in regard to his position on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Keyes is not controversy averse, though.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

So we have got a funding source that is secure and we have also got the City Council, they haven't taken a vote yet, but all the members seem to be very supportive. But then you go overseas, and my experience, in Israel and Palestine and London and South Africa, Mozambique, people ask you, "What the heck are you doing over there?

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