BoardAssist

JULY 8, 2014

On the other hand, a homeless shelter cannot turn away the needy when the building becomes full. For the homeless shelter, the number of clients is too variable to form the basis of a budget. The homeless shelter budgets expenses by analyzing historical trends and relying on expert predictions of future trends.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Even though the majority of the attendees represented big brands, companies, and start-ups, the nonprofit technology contingency still had a strong showing with many social good focused sessions on the agenda, the Beacon Lounge, and plenty of extracurricular events. Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

To talk about the evolution of nonprofit technology we really need to pick a place to start, because the beginning could be anywhere. What this means for tools, specifically, is that we don’t actually like technology. In the analog paradigm, our strategies did not include technology. Digital Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Aided by technology, they gathered and shared and used data to figure out where my parents were and how to get them out. Hurricane Sandy caused over 100 deaths in 10 states and left more people in the dark than any other storm in United States history. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. How did it happen?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. Make Poverty History. tools already out there. apps risk free? Anyway, last words.to

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

In science and technology centers, there are some “can’t”s that are alive and well in other museums. This is not to say that science centers are more censored than art or history museums—every kind of museum has its own hang-ups. on kids' freedom--keeps science and technology museums from hard topics and edgy presentation styles.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

That's where this work really sprung out of in looking at issues of homelessness, looking at issues of women on welfare, and looking at women in prison-- those who were really most affected and most in need of their voices being lifted. It is a much more complex and nuanced history. That actually wasn't the case at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. Versioning by saving a history of changes (who and when) that can be viewed and compared. Adding a new data point to it. Another example.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

As technology has advanced, so have the variety of choices and channels available to us. You might collect contact information and record donation histories. For example, you might say something like, “We need your help to continue our efforts to provide clothing for homeless individuals in our area.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

You can use different technologies for these things, as easy or as difficult as you want. You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." That's the first thing: you do not have to be technical.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

They share the history, they share the finances, all of that. . And so board members found out, “You know what, if I didn’t come to this youth, I wouldn’t have anybody to help me with my homework, or I wouldn’t have access to technology, or I wouldn’t have a meal, you know, because my mom works all the time.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

A lot of people are saying this, more need for technology. It could be equipment, technology. So they provide emergency and longer-term, permanent supportive housing to individuals who are experiencing homelessness. Rehiring staff, so maybe folks were furloughed or reduced somehow during the pandemic. It could be personnel.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When I served in my first executive director position for a small community-based healthcare nonprofit that served the homeless, I still remember the first fundraising conference that I attended. Like Bloomerang, this system should: Store contact information: Keep track of donor names, contact details, and giving history.

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