Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The course teaches students to assess nonprofits, create a high-impact giving plan, volunteer more effectively, and use online networks and tools for good. The course also has an action learning component. Students will have the opportunity join Talkabouts – small virtual meeting groups created to discuss class-related topics.

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sgEngage

MAY 16, 2023

In an era where young people place great importance on sustainability, reporting such as this can have an impact on student engagement and recruitment. Connect with corporate funders Jennifer also highlighted how telling your own ESG story can help your organization stand out when submitting proposals for corporate grants.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

Funders may also explicitly ask for impact assessment data as part of their grant application and reporting processes. Make use of interviews, assessments, and questionnaires to collect data for this metric. For instance, a high school student could report acquiring a part-time job after learning leadership skills from a youth program.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. Publicize volunteer grant opportunities. Through volunteer grant programs, companies provide grants to organizations where employees volunteer on a regular basis. However, some people do.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Leaders like Oluwatoyin Ayanfodun (Toyin) , founder of Tomorrow’s Leaders NYC (TLNYC) which has supported 2,000 over-age middle school students across New York to defy the statistics. Informed by over 15 interviews with BMA Fellows and field leaders, the report offers three calls to action for the field to be more just and equitable. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

She is also a Penn student and a current Top 15 National Finalist for the Washington Campus Compact's Students in Service Awards , as well as the winner of a DoSomething Grant. If you have suggestions for people I should interview (especially new, young big visionaries), please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

For example, if a grantee runs an educational program, they could share a story about a student who improved their grades or gained admission into college due to the program. To get started, share these 20 Storytelling Interview Questions to Capture Great Stories with your grantees.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Reach out to Asian American student groups on college campuses as well. Others may prefer moderated discussions or interviews. Or present grants and donations to causes they support. Effective outreach strategies should focus on connecting with local AAPI groups, leaders, and community centers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Based on that message, at the following 30th TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, I delivered an onstage exhortation to fellow technologists to secure their customers’ sensitive information in response to Edward Snowden’s surprise virtual TED interview.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. As part of a. University of Idaho.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

So we tend to have three legs of support: municipal, grants/donations, and fee for service (usually with the school district). Several Community Science Workshops also get Measure S grants - gang prevention grants - through their cities. Grants come from community foundations, small local family foundations, local businesses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

My favorite posts were interviews with authors from outside of the nonprofit sector, including Adam Grant , Give and Take and Eric Ries , Lean Start Up and coverage of the Social Innovation Summit: Future of Technology. Learn: Learning is not just for kids or students.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

Through its Education and Community Outreach programs, the Symphony helps bring music into the lives of over 14,000 school children each year - students who may not otherwise have access to a symphony. That school is amazing – it’s offering students the chance to be immersed in the Mi’maq culture and language for 7 hours a day.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For Fiver, this means pulling client testimonials from thank you letters written by program participants or through phone interviews with families. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York. Every day, these students struggled with self-esteem, grades, expectations, and friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2015

And last year, when I interviewed Barb Newhouse, President & Chief Executive Officer ALS Association and discuss the Ice Bucket Challenge, she mentioned they acquired many new “Gen Z” donors. But it is more than the technology, it is also their passion to do good in the world. The Giving 2.0

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Its funding has skyrocketed as major foundations and technology companies have made multi-million dollar grants and investments in its growth. We are finally leaving behind the 18th century model of education where groups of students are expected to learn at a standard pace. But there are other content models we can explore.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my November 3rd interview with Kimberly for the Big Vision Podcast. We sit down, and there's this big voting process, big discussion, and then we contact the organizations to let them know that they're going to receive a grant from us. That's pretty much Tranquil Space Foundation in a nutshell.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Taproot is a grants foundation, but instead of allocating grants for cash, their grants are for services. considered qualified, they'll invite you for an in-person interview and. that suggests college students are twice as likely to volunteer, or. program chunks of code, to translating 500 words of Spanish, to.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 16, 2014

After all, their organization was built to provide programs that help students in the classroom by providing resources and making education interesting. We’re interviewing real nonprofits that use these tactics and have experienced real results. First up, we interviewed Ben LeBeaux and Sara Clough of PENCIL, Inc.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

We’d interview the head of a charter school network or a school district that was doing a great distance learning program to show people that innovators were coming up with creative and actionable solutions to the challenges of school shutdowns. How do we prepare for the tsunami of students who want to go into this as a profession?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

will focus on donor cultivation, an essential step to getting the grant. We are here to talk about how to get more grants, specifically through donor cultivation. You can even do grant tracking, which we love as well. Her initials may be MBP, but to me, she’s the MVP of grants. Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. This includes some of the most basic student essentials. With DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation matching grants, $4.6 They just didn’t have the resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission. If you are with a job training program, maybe you make a bookmark that is focused on job interview tips. Same for any grants, regrants, mini-grants, or loans you offer. Mention the donor in a dedicated email blast or several. These exist already!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Below is an e-interview with another woman making a difference in Mali, Caitlin Cohen, one of two US coordinators of the Sigida Keneyali Project. If you know of a woman doing amazing, world changing work that you think I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. --Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Between email solicitation, direct mail, major donors, and grant-writing, the vast majority of nonprofits will weather the economic hard times. Simplistic appeals targeted at teens and college students don't. When interviewing for any position at your organization, make sure to ask about the applicant's familiarity with social media.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

As someone interviewing for a top job, how can you detect warning signs of organizational system decay *before* your professional credibility is on the line? Grant fundraising and foundations. It doesn’t have to be a “buyer beware” situation, after all. The Seven Questions. Do you have a documented succession plan?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

One of the most common situations we see here, at Funding for Good, with groups that are 4, 5, 6, 7-years-old, they’re starting to apply for grants, you know, they’re upping their fundraising game, and they’re trying to share the impact from their first years. “We are serving X number of students right now.”

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Salesforce’s suite of digital solutions grants businesses the ability?to said Cloud for Good Founder and CEO Tal Frankfurt in a recent interview?discussing Success Story: Creating Engaging Student Journeys with St. new industry standard for creating more meaningful customer experiences through digital-first solutions.??Connecting

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Nonprofit Leadership, Innovation and Change: Christopher Scott is a nonprofit leader who founded A Day of Hope , a student based organization that delivers baskets of food and turkeys to families for Thanksgiving. " I had the pleasure of interviewing him about his he formed his organization. Also, Maddie Grant.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. She helps nonprofit executives, think tank experts, and university students deliver their message. Click here for more tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. She helps nonprofit executives, think tank experts, and university students deliver their message. Click here for more tips.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

Maybe your food bank is working on a special program to send meals home with students over a holiday break, for children who might not have any other way to get food when school is closed. There are no hoops to jump through like with grants or corporate sponsors. What Do Major Donors Want When They Give?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

” We were floored that half the students were raising their hands. We then gave them access to referrals and you know what, 90% of the students did not follow up on the referrals. They had to deal with their own students and their own curriculum. And so we identified this desire, right? We listened to them.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

In addition to winning grants and prizes, the winners will compete for additional awards, which will be decided in a “Fan Favorite” public vote, so vote away! Are there any who you'd like to hear interviewed on the Big Vision Podcast ? You can check out the work of the winners (in alphabetical order ) below. Erin Healy | Youth L.E.A.D.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops. YES students defy expectations. Many of them don''t have the clothes required to go to a job interview.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops. YES students defy expectations. Many of them don't have the clothes required to go to a job interview.

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