Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

What if the government created a third-party widget that asked people a range of personal questions that they then data-mined and used to find criminals or criminal behavior? Lawyers’ associations, such as state bars, attempt to address such behavior through Codes of Ethics, however government officials are not bound by these rules.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In many cases, we are not dealing with unknowable or unsolvable mysteries of the online giving universe. Crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising are now new. Back in 1914, fundraising pioneers Charles Ward and Lyman Pierce had a crowdfunding campaign that raised $4 million in a week in New York City.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Forum One

MAY 30, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Speakers include industry leaders like university presidents, nonprofit consulting firms, and advancement leaders. These tracks are based on Leadership, Relationship, and Stewardship, and topics include Board Governance, Resource Development, and Legal & Risk Management. The event is open to non-AFP members as well.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Along with earning her PhD (she is credited as the first woman in East and Central Africa to do so), Maathai taught at the university level, worked in the Kenya government, and founded the Greenbelt Movement.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

We gather more than 800 board members, chief executives, staff, and nonprofit professionals for two days to discuss the newest thinking and best practices in nonprofit governance. It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). General / #fcny / @FastCompany.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

There really isn’t a clear definition that is universally accepted in the sector. I often think of engagement as crossing over all of these areas, from fundraising to your programs to, you know, community-based advocacy, government relations. And engagement can happen in all kinds of different areas. Who could you engage with?

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

We’ve found that young professionals in New York City are generally willing to donate their time and money to various worthy causes as the need arises, but many have not been able to dedicate these resources to a single cause that they feel passionate about and where they can have a real, lasting impact.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 25, 2024

Create partnership, not hierarchy Rejecting the notion of a hierarchy where either the board or the executive team dominates, Drucker championed a collegial governance model. According to Drucker, effective governance results from this teamwork, where roles and expectations are clear and aligned with the organization’s objectives.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

The term platform cooperativism is relatively new, introduced in 2014 by Trebor Scholz, associate professor of culture and media at the New School in New York City. Platform Cooperativism. But in the end, all of these avenues are quite limited in terms of the capital they can provide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

The interesting thing about progressive people is that they are very interested in getting all voices to the table, they are comfortable with nuance, and they understand the complexity of issues, and that is a wonderful platform for governance. Governance from this perspective is wonderful. Organizing is tougher.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Although food insecurity is a global issue that receives billions of dollars in funding from governments and philanthropic organizations and regularly receives commitments from international institutions such as the United Nations, at the beginning of 2020 it was far from the minds of reporters and many Americans. About the Author.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

New York Every year, social entrepreneurs and donors (along with a whole lot of other folks) converge on New York City. Kipp has been a leading software developer in the region, creating software around election monitoring and government transparency just to name a few. Visiting the Hon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

However, there were astonishingly few nonprofits or foundations present at PDF (unless you count academics from universities). As an example of this new approach he highlighted how Obama’s speech in Cairo was translated live and broadcast on TV, the Internet, and mobile phones. How appropriate for this audience!)

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