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When props don’t cut it – advocating for your virtual volunteer roles

Twenty Hats

I was reminded of Ali’s video last week when I led a class for volunteer managers on creating virtual volunteer roles. One of the participants had to take an onsite museum role, where volunteers staff educational carts and engage with visitors, and transform it info a remote position. Show images of the objects on a screen, or.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. The following image conveys what this looked like in practice for the same cultural intermediary that used the matrix tool above.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Please explain the role of cash and mobile payments, particularly M-Pesa, in individual giving in Kenya. 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). By far, those two stats are higher than any other country surveyed.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

Basic peer-to-peer planning looks like this: [This image describes the basic steps of a peer-to-peer fundraiser: 1. For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. What technology is your staff going to need to fulfill their roles? Determine a goal, 2.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Naples, Florida: #Storymakers 2017: Creating Images and Video with Adobe Spark. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Morogoro, Tanzania: Role of ICT for Farm Management. Image : Jeremy Hiebert / CC BY-NC-SA. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

Tech Soup

It was filmed on location outside our free medical clinic for the homeless in the heart of Melbourne. President and CEO, Rita Soronen describes the role of storytelling in their organization. Images and videos: courtesy of the organizations featured. A five-picture Flickr slideshow. digital storytelling storymakers video'

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

"We're always looking at mobile services that can help impoverished, low income, and homeless communities," she told TechSoup. Libraries, particularly those in urban areas, are playing a bigger role in social services. Range images: courtesy of Caravan Studios. "They actually talk to nonprofits!"

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