Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. A World Where Everyone Has a Decent Place to Live.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

Runaway and Homeless Youth – $25 Million. Institute of Museum and Library Services – $50 Million. Veterans Administration Homelessness Assistance Grants – $4 Billion. National Domestic Violence Hotline – $2 Million. Family Violence Prevention – $45 Million. Child Welfare Services – $25 Million.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I studied sociology, did a summer internship for the National Coalition for the Homeless , studied in Sweden for a semester (so that I could understand how their public policy worked), co-chaired Vassar''s Hunger Action chapter, and wrote a couple pieces about social-changey things for the student newspapers.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

Q: What happens when you bring app developers together with nonprofits and libraries along with some coffee thrown in? Collaborating with Public Libraries. Branch libraries have varying hours, and patrons might not know when certain branches are open. Joseph wants LocalFreeWeb to be a resource for library staff.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Read the transcript of the Nonprofit Commons meeting, featuring Dr. Valerie Hill of Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Science discussing libraries, museums, and immersive learning. From TechSoup for Libraries. From the Nonprofit Commons. From the TechSoup Global Network. From TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is essential to keep technology knowledge and skills up to date. Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Organizing software trainings for your library or public computer lab.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

If you offer computer use to your constituents — like a library computer lab or desktop access at a homeless shelter — Ultralingua is a great tool to help those for whom English is a second language. On public computers. In communications. Make translating content on brochures, mailings, and press releases easier.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

Referrers include staff from nonprofits, community centers, public libraries, and other organizations that work with youth during the summer months. "We're always looking at mobile services that can help impoverished, low income, and homeless communities," she told TechSoup. " How Libraries Can Use Range.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Job training for at-risk youth, veterans reentering the workforce, or even homeless populations. Organize software trainings for your library computer lab. at your library. at your library.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. There are tons of ideas that you can shop on Meta (Facebook) Ads Library. For nonprofits, this means focusing ads on your organization’s values, mission impact, and service results – the heart of your “product.”

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

As an example, let’s think about a community library. Maybe you’re a homeless shelter, and you want to partner with a shelter on the other side of town to better track and understand the community experiencing homelessness in your city. Lastly, we need to increase our capacity for change.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2011

On Saturday, May 7, team members decked out their dogs in custom ReadyTalk collars and leashes and joined 10,000 other pet lovers to help the Dumb Friends League help 25,000 homeless pets this year! Learn more at www.readytalk.com and view their donation program for eligible nonprofits and public libraries.

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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." I also like their Great Question List.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2013

Let’s tell stories about what it feels like to be a survivor or to have lost a loved one or to have once been homeless and now have a home. He closed with a story of a library and how a library took a bold approach to change the conversation. These stories will be remembered and shared by our supporters.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are mobile phones a lifeline for homeless people? Homeless people use mobile phones to break their isolation, find food and shelter, and connect with the people they care about. Just like any single thing, mobile phones are a help, but not a cure for homelessness. Assuredly they are. Surprises So Far.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Leonard Library. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. While some were very coding-focused, other events were focused on exchanging ideas and brainstorming solutions. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. ReWrite Oakland.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Perhaps it’s a program grant to cover costs of running your homelessness program. This group of 400+ organizations – libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers – offer you a way to access it from their location. Get clear on the type of funding you are seeking.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

We are the conduit via which those for-profit companies listed on our site distribute donated products to nonprofits and libraries. That means, we need to take all the info you give us when registering your organization, then get your IRS tax determination letter to confirm that you're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or a public library.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Follow the lead of organizations like the Austin Public Library who have a sign-up form for those interested in participating. I especially love how the library messages the program as one about the volunteers, not the organization. Do you say homeless people or individuals experiencing homelessness?…

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

Because more and more homeless and low-income people are accessing the Internet from mobile devices, the developers behind Link-SF identified a need for a mobile-optimized website for finding social services and local resources in San Francisco. The data was compiled using service information from San Francisco homeless organizations.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Yes to the heirloom seed library that now graces our lobby. Yes to partnerships with the Second Harvest Food Bank and the Homeless Service Center. Yes to the Big Read with the library, yes to the Burningman artists who want to show their giant kinetic sculpture in the lobby, yes to projections on the side of the building.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

It was filmed on location outside our free medical clinic for the homeless in the heart of Melbourne. The Storymakers Campaign 2014 empowers nonprofits, libraries, and charities with the tools and training to tell their stories, get noticed, and make an impact.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2012

You want your volunteers to be able to share their stories of volunteering at a homeless shelter, building homes for their neighbors, and running marathons for great causes within your community. Creating a Blog within your Community - Why send the traffic back to Word Press and Blogger?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2005

Homeless Nonprofit via Brent Gaylor: "We have a site that is currently in beta [link]. for the video blog will be available through the city and country libraries. There is talk about making a DVD of several events around the country next season and selling it through libraries nationwide. Next week, all the video shot.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Yohannes Gebregeorgis "Moved by the lack of children's books and literacy in his native Ethiopia, Yohannes Gebregeorgis established Ethiopia Reads , bringing free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of Ethiopian children." Anne Mahlum "Used to run by homeless men each morning.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

For example, an animal shelter might use an offer like: “For just $6.20, we can provide a day’s worth of food, shelter, and medical care for a homeless dog or cat.” For example, a soup kitchen might use this offer: “For $1.87, we can provide a hot meal to a homeless person.” Your gift of $10.87

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

Donors and communities are announcing big hairy audacious goals – end modern slavery, get to zero chronic and veteran homelessness, increase job opportunities for certain communities by a factor of two – or ten! Collectively, we are getting ambitious about social change. But wait, there’s more!

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men hosted a virtual Raisin’ the Rent house party event in March 2021. The Friends of the Davenport Public Library had a successful Giving Tuesday “Stock the Pantry” drive in which they collected donations to launch their 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program: 13. Here’s what their event page looked like: 10.

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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. Nonprofit organizations, libraries, and educational institutions are experimenting with "user-generated" or community-powered campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

We’ve all received a fundraising appeal letter in the mail asking us to donate. Some are from nonprofits you’ve already donated to while others are groups you may not have heard of that are looking for new donors, targeting you. You may have given money to some of these groups after receiving a request in the mail. Lots of people do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

He has helped developed a technology and library center in the rural school in his village and is implementing a program that is teaching kids ICT skills. The government run “Remand Houses” are shelters for homeless youth who are runaways, orphans, facing domestic violence at home, or too young to go to jail for a crime.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2010

A little later on, after pulling another $20 out of his piggy bank, Andrew asked me the question I was not ready for: “Which is more important, saving battlefields or helping people, like the homeless?” We often carry socks filled with water and energy bars to give to the homeless on Austin’s streets.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

So, go through your book collection and take books to the library or a used book store, or pass them on to someone on the street, or whatever. There's actually a homeless couple who is taking part. The gifts can be material things. If it's a material thing, we like to encourage you to re-gift items that you own. That's the reality.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Nonprofits might also have access to data that others do not (such as numbers surrounding homelessness, food donations etc.). Nonprofits, for example, may also create a list of the best online library resources for their niche. They should be publishing this data and letting others in the niche know about it.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men recently did their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent , with some of their participants raising over $10,000 in their house party. Lock-ins – A lock-in at a school or a library with your supporters and their families can be a fun idea.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So they provide emergency and longer-term, permanent supportive housing to individuals who are experiencing homelessness. there’s libraries and other nonprofit organizations where you can actually access the professional level of FDO. Okay, so I’m just going to talk about some examples here.

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