Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Celebrating a Region Rich with History. New stories surface, like arrowheads long buried, providing constant shifting of information that gives vitality to history."

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A money-focused thank-you letter might say, “Thanks to your generous gift of $200, we’ll be able to equip two students with all the school supplies they need for their senior year of high school.” Did a local family get much-needed groceries? You might ask them to volunteer, visit your facilities, or attend events.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here are some ideas: Share Community History – Non-organizational community groups and nonprofits that focus on a specific locality can create hyperlocal community engagement through pictures and documentation. So how can social good organizations take advantage of an innovative tool like this?

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Storytelling Digital Tools Classroom 201

Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Would volunteering help? From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. Q: Will it help to become a volunteer?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The factors determining how engaged a donor is will vary from organization to organization, but engaged donors are typically the ones most responsive to your messages, most likely to attend events, the first to volunteer, and proud to share your mission within their networks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. It wasn’t simply about throwing money at an international issue - it was about listening to local problems, local solutions, and local thought. I learned I could and should offer assistance to local citizens who asked for it.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. State/Local / #DCNP2019 / @DMANF. State/Local.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

I’m looking for a place to donate in honor of my mother’s 90 th birthday, and a gift made to the local symphony orchestra in Myrtle Beach seemed like the right thing to do. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization. Could your teen volunteers help run the kids programs? Fast forward to 2017.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Outside of his paid work, my dad organized CROP walks in our community, co-founded Martin House , volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and Witness for Peace , and visited elderly people at the local convalescent home who didn''t receive much company.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It’s essentially a curriculum on the history of voting rights and the importance of voting. It walks high school students through why their vote matters and goes into the history of voting rights movements. I think one of the most interesting and impactful programs that we’re re launching is “Democracy Class”.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Once you’ve identified people who have a history of supporting your organization, seem to have the capacity to make major gifts, and have a pattern of making major gifts to other organizations, you’ll be able to start intentionally cultivating relationships with them. to give private tutoring to elementary school students is much better.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

If you find yourself needing to budget more conservatively, using volunteers instead of staff or receiving auction items as donations is a good idea. For instance, you might partner with a local restaurant to auction off a free meal. Let’s say your auction is dedicated to increasing educational opportunities for students in need.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. State/Local / #DCNP2018 / @DMANF. State/Local.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. The key to getting your nonprofit’s story in the news is building relationships with local journalists.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2020

We are in the midst of the most unpredictable spring peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising season in history. Through the uncertainty, nonprofit staff, volunteers, and fundraisers show signs of being resilient, resourceful, and resolute. Events are being cancelled, postponed, or converted to virtual. Healthcare and Hospitals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

In June 2016 a bipartisan bill passed the House of Representatives to allocate $300 million for state and local SIBs over ten years (Wallace, 2015). Business Aligning for Students: The Promise of Collective Impact. She is a volunteer on the Young Professionals Council of UMOM New Day Centers. Sources: Grossman, A. Gardiner, S.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

In a recent chapter on the history of the U.S. However, a student this summer pointed out another meaning of the term: in psychiatry , a neologism is a unique term coined and used by someone with a mental illness, evidence of a thought disorder. The point is that the term is new, and sectorness is likewise fairly new.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Offer Virtual Volunteer Opportunities. Another way to provide non-financial support to your mission is through volunteering. How can you use volunteers virtually, though? Consider creating a virtual volunteer program and brainstorm ways that your supporters can help digitally. BONUS – See this idea in action!

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

Mom and pop stores, a few chain stores, one long main street, pizza shops, and local restaurants are surrounded by a picturesque farmscape. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community? Talk with museum patrons, staff, and volunteers to learn about their favorite spots in the community.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

I get excited about a lot of things in my work at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. This winter, as part of a museumwide exhibition called Work in Progress , Ze and the virtual army of participants in A Show will take over a gallery of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. What constraints and surprises will emerge?

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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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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

They may be able to work with local stores or boutiques that act as sponsors and also get to show off their collections. You can find local comedians on entertainer-sourcing sites like GigSalad or The Bash, or you can ask for help from local comedy clubs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. Many of us are familiar with local businesses sponsoring local sports teams. To build your organization’s bank account and volunteer base, you need a flourishing community of supporters.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. Our volunteers are the heart and soul and brains and heavy lifters (figuratively and-- when you have boxes of books involved-- literally) of our organization.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. Suggest them to press for a feature in the local paper. Thank them and credit them for their work and volunteered time. Can't wait to hear what you think. Pay for all their materials.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Atlasien of Upside-Down Adoption said she was going to become involved in a local organization for immigrant rights. Elizabeth said she would like to write her representatives and local newspaper more, like Vegankid does. of A Daughter's Geography was inspired by Latoya's post and wrote her own Sunday Shine * {Activist Resolutions}.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

Bookshare , Benetech's online library for people who are blind or otherwise print-disabled, is fortunate to have a variety of summer interns and volunteers working in our Palo Alto office this year. We are sincerely grateful to our enthusiastic and dedicated group of volunteers. Here is more about each one in their own words!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. PieLab (Greensboro, AL). The doors of SLAM are never closed.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

Here are a few ways to learn more about our shared history, Dr. King’s legacy and ways to give back while carrying his legacy forward. If it’s been a while since American history class, listen to the whole speech today. A career exposure panel with Lehman and Bronx Community College students. Diversify Your Reading List.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

And one was a local TEDx. I was an electrical engineering student (1% women), then worked at NASA (10% women), and then slowly slid from science museums (about 50% women) to history and art museums (60-80%, depending on who you ask). One was a conference on pushing our practice in art museums. Any guesses?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

Unwilling to sit by and watch, I took action in my local community by patrolling San Francisco Chinatown with Asians in America, Inc. Learn the History of Asian Racism to Understand Present-Day Intersectionality . Patrol volunteer offering PPE to local Chinatown residents. to deter violence and crime. . About the Author.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2023

Volunteer Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Here are a few ways to learn more about our shared history, Dr. King’s legacy, and ways to give back while carrying his legacy forward. If it’s been a while since American history class, listen to the whole speech today. Volunteer Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The WHAT IF Conference is for anyone who supports nonprofit organizations, especially staff and board members, volunteers, donors, foundations and corporate funders. State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. State/Local.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Peace Fellows are graduate students who work with Advocacy Project 's community based human rights partners around the world. is an ongoing book and blog project that shares schoolyard stories -- both good and bad -- to help current student feel less alone in their social bewilderment. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. Our programs end up being the hub of the local science learning ecosystem--especially in communities where there isn''t a science center for miles in any direction.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

Both attract locals and tourists who may travel out of their way for the thrill of collecting another place or experience. For a related teen project , I was invited to teach roughly 200 middle- and high-school students about geocaching (a GPS-based scavenger hunt) so that they could send miniature sculpture pieces out into the world.

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