Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

Project AWARE Goes Deep on Engagement, Turning Scuba Divers into Citizen Scientists – guest post by Darren Barefoot. New information collected by citizen scientists provides an underwater view into the growing problem of ocean trash. Project AWARE has always hosted beach and ocean cleanup events around the world.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Anuja More Senior Consultant I am a seasoned Senior Salesforce Consultant with a decade of expertise in both Salesforce and non-Salesforce projects. Beyond the professional sphere, I find joy in travel, exploring local cuisines, and delving into health-conscious practices. What is a fun fact about yourself that people might not know?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Think about that for a moment — we have over 300 consulting and product partners that are serving thousands of organizations and institutions globally. OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Do we recognize the signs of these problems? Senior Director, Global Partner Engagement, Salesforce.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. Gallucci noted that there was one statistic that matters to him: “There are 39 million girls globally that should be in secondary education, and who are not.” It provides returns for decades. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Grants are a fundamental source of revenue for growing organizations to accomplish large projects and receive financial support outside of individual donations. Government The government provides grants at federal, state, and local levels to ease the burden of overhead or administration costs for nonprofits like yours.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those. Want to share.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. Now that we are–unbelievably–at the two-and-a-half-year mark of the global pandemic, there has been some regression to our pre-COVID practices, and some foundations have settled back into status quo practices.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

These new UN Sustainable Development Goals are the de facto agenda for global philanthropy, and they have a new dimension: technology targets to enable implementation. In 2012, UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon launched the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to mobilize global scientific and technological expertise.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

That said, there is one problem with the Amazon Dash Button: t he battery is not replaceable or rechargeable , so the hardware does need to be more sustainable for it to be widely adopted by the social good sector. 7) Spotfund. spotfund.com. 8) Tiltify. tiltify.com. and YouTube.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. While the challenges were focused mainly on local or statewide issues, they came up with solutions that could be adopted for national issues as well.

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APRIL 5, 2011

The article featured Malaria No More, and their vision of the project’s work: to end Malaria. We have thought of this more as a project than as an institution-building exercise, and the project is nearing its completion.”. We’ve done step 1: admitted that we have a problem. Read the full article. ].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora realized that creating green projects and jobs empowers communities to see themselves in a different light, and that beautiful things happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being. SB] 2 is but part of Majora’s multi-pronged strategy for urban renewal.

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JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. OK, these are hard problems to solve. We'll continue to explore that key question in a couple of months when we meet again.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Tips for a Successful #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that promotes community engagement and giving back. And this all happened during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Is there a project you want to get funded? In 2020 approximately 34.8

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. PADI AWARE Community Grants are open to fund projects that align with PADI’s Blueprint for Ocean Action particularly for coral reef restoration, climate resiliency, and Marine Protected Areas.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that promotes community engagement and giving back. And this all happened during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Is there a project you want to get funded? Let your donors know what specific problem they are helping to solve. Last year approximately 34.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. You can register here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2009

I'm always interested in fresh approaches to social problems. The global climate crisis is one that is engaging a lot of creative brainpower. I've been tracking local researcher Leslie Field and her Ice911 concept for more than a year. I've seen very elaborate projects to reduce the amount of sunlight on the earth.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

During the panel, Ben Collier, CEO of The Farmlink Project , said it best. Rather than viewing this extra food as a burden or a “problem” to be solved, we should take the opportunity to focus on abundance.” The hunger crisis will not resolve itself without unprecedented collaboration on the local, national, and global level.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

AI was founded in 1961 on the inspiration of British lawyer Peter Benenson, whose article “The Forgotten Prisoners” launched the first Prisoners of Conscience campaign, which ignited overwhelming global support and marked the birth of AI. Is it okay to allow AI members to not belong to a local group?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 2, 2022

At the same time they deal with problems ranging from food insecurity to natural disasters, they also need to ensure their members are engaged in local Boys & Girls Club offerings and achieve successful outcomes. Leah Swindon, Chief Growth Officer, Mary’s Meals. David Slater. VP of Product Marketing at Salesforce.org.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

The projects in and of themselves are high value. When you combine time spent by volunteers with their expertise, each project is valued at an average of $195 per hour. When you look at the return of those projects, the resulting value is more than the dollar amount. Communities Thrive.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

Written by Daniel Ben-Horin, Founder and Chief Instigator, TechSoup Global. The Problem. It is cheaper to illegally dump than it is to play by the local rules for legal waste disposal. At its most basic level, you photograph the dump and post a pin on a global Trash Map. They organize local citizens.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Military Assistance Project. Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. I learned I could and should offer assistance to local citizens who asked for it.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. According to Giving Tuesday’s website , it is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” Team up with local news. When did Giving Tuesday begin?

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

dollars and British pounds, and donors in India and East Africa can contribute in their local currencies via our partnerships with ImpactGuru and M-Changa. Part of being “GlobalGiving” is making sure we’re helping members of our community literally give globally! The Big Question. GlobalGiving accepts donations in U.S.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address? The answer could be “both.”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It harnesses locally based solutions to decrease the effects of disasters and rehabilitate communities in disaster-prone areas.

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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. Apps Made by Youth.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Technology CSR teams have pioneered programs globally to provide access to technology. What CSR projects have had the biggest impact? TechSoup is an international network of more than 60 NGOs that leverages technology to build nonprofit capacity and help solve social problems locally and globally. UN relations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget. or Code for Oakland ).

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup. Read about their inspiring work in a recent TechSoup Global interview. Do Good Data 2013 is in Chicago, Illinois this August.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

tax law that cleared the way for this service — ultimately reducing costs, complexity, and duplication of efforts for both grantmakers and their global grantees. More than 80 such projects are available on the platform with open-source code to enable replication.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

It addresses the thorny problem of bringing the 25 percent or so of people in the city who are still not participating in the information age to inclusion. One element is an infrastructure project installing fiber optical cabling to homes, schools and businesses and gigabit (ultra-fast) Internet, sponsored by Google. Dunn Construction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

At the workshop they met a group of fantastic young women – girls, really – who are teaching themselves to design mobile apps to address community problems like sexual violence. These young girls are growing up in the Dharavi neighborhood of Mumbai India, one of the largest slums in the world. Want to join our trip as an advisor?

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