Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

And I will start this post off by being clear – this is as much of an internal, personal conflict for me, and a way in which I see my own behavior and my values diverge at times. Green Hosting. There are a ton of hosting companies claiming that they are “green hosting.&# Just Google it. The truth is more complicated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

For example, if someone might be in a worried state while browsing your site, intense colors like red or orange won’t help them; it would be better to choose calming colors like blues and greens. 2) Relief International. If you offer many different paths on your site, a good strategy is to let users pick their own way forward.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

But first, let’s level-set on this international day of action’s importance. The outdoors became our main source of activity and entertainment, reminding us that we’re surrounded by life even in isolation. Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. When Is Earth Day?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

It has eight hours of battery life to keep it going when the power runs out. Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide GreenTech International Networks Green IT WiFi tsgreentechnology BRCK Ushahidi' BRCK is a wi-fi router and mobile modem in one. Find out more about this here. Image: BRCK in action ( Ushahidi ).

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

Before joining the Ford Foundation, McGruder served as COO of New York Public Radio (NYPR), where she led daily operations and strategic planning for WNYC Radio, WNYC Studios, WQXR, Gothamist.com, and The Greene Space. Overall, McGruder says her approach to board service is to learn first, then assess and provide recommendations.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 18, 2020

Use Green Energy. Being eco-friendly is a priority here at Twenti, that’s why all of our hosting is run on 100% green energy. Green Online Marketing . Sustainability is a priority at Twenti, that’s why we use 100% green energy for our hosting, and we plant a tree a year for every business/nonprofit we work with.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A few offered solid concrete suggestions that take the big idea of "advocacy" and make it concrete, like list wages on hiring requests and refusing to use unpaid interns. Lindsay Green suggests: I’ll go with make the work the team are focussed on visible - literally a list of projects or challenges you’re currently solving on the wall.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Take a nice deep breath, think about your life, and start writing. Navy Seals, Green Berets, and firefighters have to use this same principle. Now look back at your distractions list: What are those distractions in your life that you have to include? That plan guided my life. This was my LIFE DREAM. But it’s true.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2007

Have you ever thought about starting a green cafe? When the WorldChanging SF bloggers had their first face-to-face meeting there, I asked Chris if he would do an e-interview with me about how he started the cafe, what makes it green and how other people can start their own green cafes. green cafe business Oakland

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Take a nice deep breath, think about your life, and start writing. Navy Seals, Green Berets, and firefighters have to use this same principle. Now look back at your distractions list: What are those distractions in your life that you have to include? That plan guided my life. This was my LIFE DREAM. But it’s true.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I’m a big believer in getting volunteers and interns to help be part of this growing space. My advice would be to ask around – see who’s already interested in social media in their personal life. I’d love for people to check out our last social media campaign called Green Gift Monday. Please summarize your ROI. Anything else?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

As a result of recent fighting, millions of people are living in diaspora, migration is the trademark of this generation; what is it like to start a new life in a new place? Are green, recycled, or eco-chic clothes a part of your wardrobe? stories story museum women international

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

The first three focus on “internal” strategies for keywords, content, and site organization—things you can do within your web properties to optimize them for search. Experience: Google emphasizes the importance of firsthand experience in content creation, encouraging businesses to showcase real-life encounters with their subjects.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

According to Williams and Kuehr, adding additional life to computers saves 5 to 20 times more energy than recycling over the computer's life cycle. It's much better for the environment to extend the life of a computer for an extra two or three years than to buy a new one every three to four years. But I digress.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

Half the population lives below the international poverty line, and the country has been hard hit by HIV/AIDS. " MyDigitalBridge was founded soon thereafter that to refurbish PC donations for use in schools, recycle end-of-life IT equipment, and figure out how to get broadband to rural communities throughout the country.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Adding additional life to computers saves 5 to 20 times more energy than recycling over the computer's life cycle. It's much better for the environment to extend the life of a computer for an extra two or three years than to buy a new one every three to four years. Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Each year the International Computer Refurbishers Summit awards a lifetime achievement award. ” Her bio in the book sums her up: “She shares her life with happy dogs, grumpy cats, box turtles, and some rare humans. Acquiring Technology GreenTech Recycled and Refurbished Computers Green IT refurbished computers'

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Influential women’s panel for International Women’s Day Celebrate International Women’s Day by organizing a panel discussion featuring influential women from your community that other women can purchase tickets to attend. To celebrate all the new life brought into the world, host a petting zoo for families and animal lovers to enjoy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

There have the been the well discussed successes like DonorsChoose and Lil Green Patch. Yet, our executives and managers, our internal stakeholders cannot understand the open culture. See, a movement compels someone to make your cause a part of their life, not just their Facebook profile. Get out now. Never forget that, either.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

The point we’re making here is that branding touches every aspect of your nonprofit, both internally and externally. We recommend reflecting on your brand both internally and externally, surveying all of the above stakeholders against the following questions: How is your organization currently perceived? Positioning.

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Gyrus

JUNE 21, 2016

With this outlook, I have undertaken the task of trying to make the Gyrus name more entrenched in your everyday life. To do so, it may be important for your organization to stamp your brand colors on any portal that your internal employees, external clients, or stakeholders may get their hands on. How does someone do that?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 1, 2009

Women for Women International to support women survivors of war. Related Blogs Women for Women International's blog Sierra Club's The Green Life Oxfam America's blog GlobalGiving's Global Goodness Kiva's Inside Kiva Full disclosure: I have donated to Women for Women International, made loans through Kiva.org, and received a Good Card. . *

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Introduce the coffee lover in your life to the benefits and deliciousness of organic, Fair Trade coffee. For example, A Green Mountain Coffee Roasters sampler of Organic Breakfast Blend, Organic French Roast and Organic Sumatran Reserve is $26.95. holiday gift green donation Fair Trade That's why we call it the present.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Purpose: Bringing the cause to life. Part racing game, part resource management, this game puts you in the shoes of the people who actually deliver malaria nets every day, and emphasizes how this small act can save a life. DISNEY PROJECT GREEN: Play games, donate points and help a charity win $100,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

ACLU-Northern California: They are recruiting for a social media intern on Facebook. The note itself is an excellent job description for a social media intern. This prompted a thoughtful discussion about to effectively manage social media interns. They shared how they worked through this internally. What's the Hash Tag?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Men, women and young adults live within age and gender roles that are deeply ingrained into their communities and ways of life, which can affect your operations. International NGOs need to be aware of where change is accepted, where it is not, and who in the community makes these kinds of decisions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

I also recommend listening to a podcast interview with Safran Foer on Vegan.com The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Van Jones was talking about "green jobs" way before it became a buzzword. I gotta say it. Don't listen Glenn Beck. Listen to Van Jones. Read the book.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

New partnership with Blissmo, launching Care2 Daily Deals , creating the largest "green" deal website for shoppers. "We Each month, millions of people visit Care2 to learn how to live a healthy and more sustainable life, engage in causes they care about and take collective action," said Randy Paynter, Care2's Founder and CEO.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Trello is great for assigning tasks to interns and office volunteers. Many people have declared bullet journaling life changing. If you are spending time entering gifts into a spreadsheet, you can save a lot of time with a donor database like Little Green Light or Bloomerang and a form that automatically enters your donor data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Listen Read Elizabeth Pomada Co-Founder, Writing for Change Conference Listen Read Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women Listen Read Shalini Kantayya, Filmmaker, A Drop of Life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My chosen profession requires complete dedication to social media and not everyone is as extreme as I was/am, but as social media continues to penetrate the nonprofit sector, more and more nonprofit staff and interns will experience social media burnout. Pick one social networking profile and keep it entirely for fun and your personal life.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Listen / Read Elizabeth Pomada Co-Founder, Writing for Change Conference Listen Read Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women Listen Read Shalini Kantayya, Filmmaker, A Drop of Life.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways June PDH Lunch — Incorporating Green Infrastructure. Milton, Massachusetts: Giving Nonprofit Life Seminar. The link need to be like so: Africa. Europe and UK.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. A Few Book Suggestions: Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , a publication of Echoing Green. Do it, don't think about it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Listen / Read Elizabeth Pomada Co-Founder, Writing for Change Conference Listen Read Marsha Wallace, Founder of Dining for Women Listen Read Shalini Kantayya, filmmaker, A Drop of Life. If you have suggestions for people for me to interview for future shows, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com, or leave a comment below.

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