Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This is an interview between Keli Sullivan, TechSoup’s RCI Program specialist and Candice Erdmann, information manager, at Transition Projects in Portland, Oregon. The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Conduct stakeholder interviews, run focus groups, send out supporter surveys, look for patterns in your comments on social media, or comments on news articles related to your issue area. And they certainly don’t want problems that seem insurmountable like sexual violence or homelessness. Frankly, people don’t want any more problems.

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2023

million Turks in temporary shelters and left more than 500,000 Syrians homeless, according to the United Nations. In an interview with PND, TPF executive director, Şenay Ataselim Yılmaz , echoed CDP’s call for recovery efforts centered on constructing stronger communities and infrastructure in equal measure. An estimated 2.2

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

Day, designated as a National Day of Service, I was interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for National Public Radio about how organizations have adjusted their MLK Day of Service plans given the pandemic. As highlighted in the NPR interview , days of service have been redesigned to include more virtual opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

This year’s Day of Service featured three different projects – a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC’s largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. He will interview them for five minutes or longer, knowing that they will ramble.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? So, I took the extra step of an interview. Mensajeros de la Paz with a virtual homeless kid has received enough Money to. The homeless. Have you been able to draw attention to issue of homeless youth? sponsor a child.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. During SXSW, Mark was doing interviews in the Beacon Nonprofit Lounge. He doesn't give up.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Cohorts have addressed housing and homelessness, equity in education, and climate action. The data in this report comes from the 2022 Customer Outcomes Survey; customer interviews; customer and employee surveys focused on pro bono support, Impact Labs participation, and Community Sprint participation; and internal Salesforce.org data.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

This year's Day of Service featured three different projects - a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC's largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Mark and Shawn have different approaches and philosophies, but the interviews yielded some insights about best practices.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

How many times have you seen a local shop serving as a drop-off point for donations to a homeless shelter or food bank? Or perhaps ask a boutique to send out a call for used clothing that can be used by someone as business attire for a job interview. Or donating a percentage of their sales to a local charity?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Cohorts have addressed housing and homelessness, equity in education, and climate action. The data in this report comes from the 2022 Customer Outcomes Survey; customer interviews; customer and employee surveys focused on pro bono support, Impact Labs participation, and Community Sprint participation; and internal Salesforce.org data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 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%). 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

This week, Brian Spicker of Valley of the Sun United Way sat down the with Center's Stephanie La Loggia for a short interview about the meaning of "collective impact." Below is part of the interview. So, by focusing collectively around the chronically homeless we’ve made some wonderful strides. Click here for more information.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Perhaps there is a large homeless population that could use support, or an uptick in stray, unneutered cats in your area. Consider conducting surveys, interviews, focus groups, or community forums to gather input directly from those affected by the issues. Consider the following steps as you begin.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

As I explored this critical issue in my new book, Nonprofit Fundraising 101 , I interviewed Roderick Campbell, the CEO of nonprofit fundraising platform CommitChange. nonprofit that has provided housing and support to California’s homeless since 1989.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Try to make the conversation a conversation, not an interview. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. It’s easy to gobble up all the time allotted for the conversation just talking about the organization’s latest programs and outcomes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 20, 2014

While listening to Kimberly Wilson''s Tranquility du Jour podcast interview with fundraising and philanthropic consultant, Lauren Brownstein on Saturday, the quote above really resonated with me. Groups working on poverty and homelessness issues. Having arts and great theater and writing teachers in school changed my life.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

Watch the interview on demand here. 150 provides ten days of meals for the homeless), you’re likely to drive more donations. About Compassion Services International. Compassion Services International (CSI) operates worldwide helping with medical missions, humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and education. Donation Tipping.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This could involve setting specific goals or quotas for the number of diverse candidates that are interviewed, as well as making sure that the pool of candidates that are considered for board positions is diverse.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

StoryCorps provides a free, downloadable Do-It-Yourself Instruction Guide , as well as an Education Toolkit to use in a classroom or library, and a Community Service Toolkit to use in, "veteran’s hospitals, senior centers, homeless shelters, and other community centers." It is organized according to the type of person you'll be interviewing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian went out and conducted a video interview last spring using one of the donated Dell phones. They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly. She is also grateful for renewed funding in this area, and says " BTOP opens new doors for homeless families.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

You can drive social media to your blog as well, where you can post more substantial content within your updates , such as interviews, photo galleries, Q&As, and more. For instance, you could feature a video of someone who once was homeless but now is a proud homeowner.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Below is an edited transcript of an interview from October 11, 2008 with Cami Walker, the founder of the 29-Day Giving Challenge, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. In the interview, Cami mentions that she is writing a book about the 29 Day Giving Challenge. There's actually a homeless couple who is taking part.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

Especially around this time of year when all of us are getting piles of direct mail from national and international nonprofits, have you received mail from your local homeless shelter? Local and small nonprofits have limited marketing dollars and resources and they aren't typically some new sexy micro finance operation in an exotic locale.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

I told the conference co-founders, a husband and wife literary agent team, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen , that I'd help to spread the word about the conference so I interviewed Elizabeth for the Big Vision Podcast. Elizabeth Pomada: Hi, I'm Elizabeth Pomada. Britt: How are you making the event green?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

While this letter is a positive step, both a panel at this year's Stronger Together Conference and follow-up interviews with the participants demonstrates that more than open letters will be needed to change the conversation around costs, impact, overhead, and mission. First Steps: Accounting for Program Costs. For example, Ms.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2013

For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. Then we conducted volunteer interviews. My first day on the job was to familiarize myself with the organization by learning about their history and development. The next big challenge was researching how to open an emergency youth shelter. and Canada.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2009

Natural Resources Defense Council 's Apollo Gonzales is interviewed by Eric Kuhn of the Huffington Post about NRDC's Social Media strategy. Speaking of Tech Club organizers, our Austin Tech Club rock star, David Neff , went homeless for 48 hours with the Austin Mobile Loaves and Fishes guide. solutions for nonprofit orgs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2015

I was curious and reached out to her for an interview. The most important thing is sending the elevator back down and paying it forward so one day we can put the over in poverty and no one will have to go to bed hungry or homeless. “. I was so impressed that made a donation. Their commitment, passion, and vision is inspiring.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

Interviewing Skills Are Essential. For instance, take this long, amazing story, Invisible Child: Girl in the Shadows: Dasani's Homeless Life by Andrea Elliott, published in The New York Times. How are you communicating this goal? You will need them if you want to write an amazing story. Read A Lot and Practice a Ton.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2016

Here’s an example, let’s say that your organization has a homeless shelter and the city that you live in has recently cut funding for local homeless shelters. If you’re interested in learning more about fundraising on the news cycle, I’d recommend listening to an interview I gave on this topic for the Driving Participation podcast.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. The more is raised, the more impact they can make. There’s no limit to either.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

They aren’t interested in large-scale issues like ending homelessness — that goal feels too big. But providing meals and blankets for the homeless people in their community is more attainable. Interview someone who has received your services about the difference a donor made in their lives — a donor , not your nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

If you need help developing your character, review Bloomerang’s guide to conducting nonprofit interviews ! Hospice and homelessness can both be taboo subjects that can make people uncomfortable. It is important to tell the story as it was told to us. Showcase your character’s story as they see it, not as you see it.

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