Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. Mobile phones are also essential for finding jobs.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. Immigration status For individuals who are not citizens, or who are not authorized to work in the US, their immigration status can create additional barriers to social mobility.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

WRC advocates for programs and policies that create opportunity and drive change for these communities. Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support efforts to stop these abuses. Women's Refugee Commission. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Equality Now. AIDS United.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Forum One received five awards in six categories in this year’s awards for Arts Standard of Excellence, Best Beverage Website, Education Standard of Excellence, Environmental Standard of Excellence, and Government Standard of Excellence. Government Standard of Excellence. Check out our winners below! Arts Standard of Excellence.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2011

It's happening in nearly every office – employees are using their own mobile phones and tablet computers for work email and countless other work things. Organizations with government grants or who are involved in healthcare are especially liable for organizational data going all over the place. How BYOD Affects Workers.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Starting a Nonprofit: Basic FAQs What is a nonprofit? In the U.S., Where will we turn to for financial support?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

After I attended Catalyzing the Sharing Economy conference (the sharing economy is defined as the use of networked, mobile, information technology to share goods and services), I shared a post with some notes and ideas about why I think it is the next generation of networked social change. analyze use patterns from any of the aforementioned).

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Media Cause

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mobilizing Your Base and Engaging Supporters For the Moment—and the Long Haul. If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you understand the power and potential of policy change. If you have a policy, thought-leadership, or government relations team, you know that true societal shifts and those monumental changes we want require advocacy.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

Compass by March of Dimes Mobile Standard of Excellence As part of March of Dimes’ mission to fight for the health of all mothers and babies, March of Dimes came to Forum One with the goal of being the digital leader in providing families across the birthing continuum with comprehensive support at the right time to meet their needs.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The 17th Annual Davey Awards received nearly 3,000 entries from ad agencies, digital agencies, production firms, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, design firms, and public relations firms. Here are this year’s winners. NRDC’s “Fighting Polluters Since 1970”. Silver – Features, Art Direction for Digital Content.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals. This framework is known as digital governance. One effective way is to take an agile approach to change management. Let’s talk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The report provides detail about the opportunities and challenges and offers some next steps for social good organizations, technology companies, and policy makers. . The report includes a set of recommendations for organizations that want to use AI to solve social good problems, tech companies, and policy makers.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We are both excited and proud to see that Forum One has been awarded in nine categories for our work in website, video and mobile application development and design. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum Silver – State Government Website. AARP Livability Index.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We are both excited and proud to see that Forum One has been awarded in nine categories for our work in website, video and mobile application development and design. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum Silver – State Government Website. AARP Livability Index.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

No one individual, company, government agency, or nonprofit can go it alone. We need new policies, new technology, new strategies, and local support in order to build, implement, and sustain the kinds of solutions that will help us make progress on our goals. Valley Clean Air Now (ValleyCAN). Opens new window. Plant for the Planet.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

NALEO Educational Fund is the nation’s leading non-profit, non-partisan organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, from citizenship to public service. Unidos US Since 1968, UnidosUS —formerly known as National Council of La Raza—has remained a trusted, nonpartisan voice for Latinos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Tammi Marcoullier, Lead Strategist at the GSA’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government Engagement & Outreach. And we took away some ideas that we thought many nonprofits and government agencies should consider. Mobilize the people who already do. Federal Government has made digital communications a priority.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. It too offers the opportunity to demonstrate credibility with the public in terms of the services they provide. More: Clubhouse’s full privacy policy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Public ideas about health are changing rapidly as a result of technology, medical research, and preventive and wellness services. While CVS lost $2 billion in annual cigarette sales in the first year of its new policy, its pharmacy sales jumped. Take CVS Health. In 2014, what was then called CVS Pharmacy became the first U.S.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. Mobile users are doing a whole lot more than making calls — 38% of them (and rising) use their devices to access the Internet ( View survey results ). And rightly so.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

The April edition of Nonprofits Live looked at environmental policy, sustainable practices, and nonprofit sustainability case studies. Danaher and Kroll spoke next about their work bridging the nonprofit sector and government to create useful policy changes for the public. contributor; Kevin Danaher.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

Increasingly, policy and social change has been studied through the lens of the social economy, and there is now a developed scholarly literature in this field (much of it through the European Research Network ). Modern forms for accountability and governance are required. This is not seen as a negative.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

In this age of mobile devices and cloud computing, many workers now have ample tools to work effectively wherever they are, but one major concern organizations still have is how to effectively manage teleworkers so productivity doesn't drop. That's where telework policies come in. Benefits of Telework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

The topic of data is a geeky subject, but exciting because in this era of big data and networks, our collective capacity for problem solving has never been greater. Data is transparent because of social media, data visualization, and open data from governments – all helping us to usher a remarkable period in human history.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French early nineteenth century political thinker and scholar known for his book Democracy in America , often pondered questions of societal well-being, or social policy. Social service and nonprofit programs have traditionally been supported through philanthropy and government contracts.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. mobile technologies, distribution of power and wealth, transparency in. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. disaster). projects.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Participants explored the use of web-based social and collaboration technologies and their use in transforming congressional engagement with the public. The event attracted a breadth of experience, including congressional staffers, public policy specialists, advocacy practitioners, software vendors, and professional service providers.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

BUT, what if we did invite the public to provide situational awareness such as telling us about the elderly people on a hill? What if we stopped thinking of the public as a liability and started empowering them to be valuable resources who can increase efficiency and make a real impact?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Elsbeth Pollack Program Manager, Public Allies Arizona. Elsbeth Pollack is a Program Manager for Public Allies Arizona (PAAZ) , an AmeriCorps program that engages service-minded young individuals in 10-months of paid leadership training, apprenticeships, and service opportunities in collaboration with local nonprofit partner organizations.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day. Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: How Nonprofits Can Find and Use Public Data Effectively. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

It scary to think that your activity online can be tracked by corporations, the government, hackers, and other nefarious (and seemingly un -nefarious) entities. Different programs and services have different policies on how they use and potentially share your personal information. Digital peeping toms. Share with us in the comments.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is the federal law that is supposed to protect the privacy of electronic communications and personal information from inappropriate disclosure to government or third parties. Outdated electronic privacy law impacts everyone who uses e-mail, mobile phones, or the Internet.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

I challenge anyone to try to get through the INS process in one hour, the time limit many public libraries put on Internet use.). Other government programs are following the lead of the INS and providing some services or information only via the Internet. Their two choices (if they're lucky) are: in the school or at the public library.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

The session, "Turning E-Waste into Green," focused on how policy decisions handling e-waste can improve the economy. The contest was judged by a panel of expert judges , but the public could vote for their favorite. TechSoup's Jim Lynch presented on a panel discussion hosted by the U.S. TechSoup Digital Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

The lack of greater public outcry regarding the volume of data breaches is perplexing when you consider recent poll data from Gallup and Unisys. Despite the fact that government entities and businesses accounted for 68% of all data breaches, people are still continuing to do business with these organizations. " you may ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Networked nonprofits are experts at using new media (social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies) to spread their missions, design and scale programs, communicate with stakeholders, or inspire behavior change. T This board is also using social media as part of its governance role.

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