NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

He led the company’s 2011 video initiatives with the World Economic Forum and United Nations Foundation. He is an accidental tourist in Texas and lives in The Woodlands, just north of Houston, with his wife and two young boys. Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in International Development from McGill University. He loves bacon.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. The foundation supports arts organizations of all sizes—from the performing arts to museums, from flagship institutions to small community-based groups—that bring passion, energy, and creativity to life in Houston and beyond.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. Ilorin, Nigeria: Recession: Reviving the Nation's Economy Through Technology. O'Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. Seattle, Washington: Springboard 2017 Graduation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has issued a roadblock. Read more from blogger Kami Huyse (who lives the Houston area), Beth Dunn , Netsquared and the RedCross Blog , Read more from blogger Kami Huyse (who lives the Houston area), Beth Dunn , Netsquared and the RedCross Blog ,

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Houston Food Bank. With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact. International, Foreign Affairs & National Security: Send a Net. Human Services: Filling pantries. Filling lives. An excellent example of a mission-driven tagline. Save a Life. Nothing But Nets.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. Paris, France: Forum National des Associations et des Fondations. Orlando, Florida: Tech4Good Orlando October: Search Engine Optimization and Strategy. Wednesday, October 18, 2017. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly). Thursday, October 19, 2017.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Then there's the Freedom Filter , mapping which nations retrict various freedoms -- something that's likely changing even as you read this. Oh, and National Geographic posted a wonderful map showing the top surnames distributed across the country. As a side note: Oregon's beer is better than yours!] Nice work, Louisiana.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

2010 is going to be the year that the large national and international nonprofits launch iPhone Apps. First , watch this video about an App created by the nonprofit AIGA Houston so you can get a sense of the Sweb App service: Second , create an account and enter the your organization’s EIN number. Very expensive.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Burlington, VT’s Amanda Levinson joined the National Day of Civic Hacking last weekend. Houston, TX: Come Share Your Hottest Summer Mobile Apps at the June NET2Houston Meet-Up. Mark Morton of Manchester’s Charity Analytics #Net2 group took his members on a journey deep into Facebook EdgeRank. Coolest Thing of the Week.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2011

While 1/3 of survey respondent’s say they prefer online tools for advocacy, 49% say they get their news the old fashion way – major national newspapers. Houston We Have A Problem. Only 11% of 18-29 year olds donated money to a political campaign or cause.8% 8% volunteered for a political candidate or an issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

s National Day at Nationals Park. This a special day will highlight and support the partnership between the Washington Nationals and Children???s s National Medical Center to fight pediatric diabetes. During the game, the Nationals and Major League Baseball will launch a mobile giving campaign. Children???s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Houston Food Bank teamed up with their local ABC affiliate during the Houston power outage and food crisis in February 2021. Let’s take a look at some examples we’ve seen that really make the most of eye-catching and engaging content to promote giving by text-to-donate. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

See you on the road!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Among traditional media that mentioned our blog carnival were Liz Szabo, a health reporter at USA Today with 15,737 followers on Twitter, and Gina Carroll a reporter for the Houston Chronicle with 3,036 followers on Twitter. MomsRising.org ([link] is a national organization with a social media reach of 3.5

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 12, 2011

This is a special two-fer that includes a lunchtime presentation by Jim Leach, the newish Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For people who will not be in Houston but would like to partake, the session on creative risks will be part of the AAM virtual conference , which will be streamed on May 23-24.

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Care2

APRIL 26, 2013

While members of the Millennial Generation, now the largest generation in our nation’s history, are widely known for a desire to give back to their communities or be part of large social change movements – the way Millennials define their engagement tends to be very different from the way organizations do.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

As a followup, I want to note that there are at least four ways to attend the American Association of Museums annual meeting in Houston May 22-25, 2011 for free. I'm a member of the board of NAME --the National Association for Museum Exhibition--and we're offering three fellowships to attend the conference in 2011. More info here.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. Reading the report, I kept thinking of Rick Lowe, the artist and community activist behind Project Row Houses in Houston. The title may sound innocuous. The paper is anything but.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Austin, Texas: National Council of Nonprofits — Google+ Hangout. Houston, Texas: "Truth and Dare": Ideas and Insights from TED 2015. Orlando, Florida: Creating a Tech-Centric Culture in Your Nonprofit. Friday, March 27, 2015. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Monday, April 13, 2015.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

Speakers included Pradeep Ramamurthy , the National Security Council's Senior Director for Global Engagement and Farouk Shami , a Palestinian-American businessman, who founded a large Houston-based company that produces hair-care and spa products.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Houston, Texas: Net2Houston Refresh! You like numbers? Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2005

Then I did a general search for YMCA and Katrina and found that: the YMCA of Houston is housing evacuees, and the YMCA of Ann Arbor Michigan is collecting gift cards from national chains and sending them down to the Houston Y.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Impact National Conference / Amherst, MA / Less than $200. Name (a-z). State (A-Z). Alliance Management Institute.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The winner of the $250,000 prize will be announced in April, and is chosen by a Final Selection Panel of national experts chaired by Sterling Speirn , CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Finalists are: Adoption Coalition of Texas , Austin, Texas Community Voice Mail Federation , Seattle, Washington Feed More, Inc.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2013

My first gig as a peer-to-peer fundraiser was working on the MS Walks and MS 150 Bike Tour in the Houston office of the National MS Society. That’s me 9 years ago at the BP MS 150 lunch stop with my friend JJ Vitarius. Club 300 was established in 2000 based on fundraising from the 1999 event.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Sure, he raised over $20 million for Haiti and an impressive array of non-profit organizations including American Red Cross , Oxfam America , Salvation Army , Habitat for Humanity , International Rescue Committee , and the United Nations Foundation used his services. Good for him. But is that it? Is that all he wants to do?

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VisionLink

MARCH 1, 2012

In fact, the state is United State''s largest 2-1-1 system, and Houston is the nation''s largest single 2-1-1 call center. This will reduce costs, improve service, and bring a new level of state-wide analytics and reporting to what is already a highly professional operation across the state.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

As more and more politicians dive into the world of Social Media, the way we communicate and interact with our local and national representatives is changing. Plus Ed Schipul has a list of panels from folks in Houston. A basic knowledge of php and css is highly recommended for this panel to make sense to you. Not on this list?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

I am acutely aware, however, that most museum staff don’t have time to go looking in other sectors for good ideas that might shake up their thinking, especially stretched as thin as they are by the national financial crisis. will affect museums, and invite input from museum practitioners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. Organization(s) : mGive & Keep A Child Alive, mGive & the Washington Nationals, The MLB and the Children’s National Medical Center, mGive & The All-Star Game, Stand Up for Cancer, and Make a Wish Foundation. Organization(s) : The U.S.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2016

We appeared on the national evening news helping our rival school’s faculty and parents during the flood. – Lisa Carter, Webmaster/Database Manager, Hammond School. – Jacqueline Armstrong, Development Officer, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston. Every day, you inspire us.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

Locally, statewide, nationally, I mean internationally, it’s the most humbling time for those of us who are serving the sector, Steven would probably agree, to serve you and hopefully to serve you well while you’re really solving and fighting all of these crisis that we’ve had in our world. I’ve said in every.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

But don’t do that right now, don’t mosey over onto our website because we are going to have a great presentation from my good buddy, Kristal Frazier, joining us from beautiful Houston. Super, you know, active in the nonprofit community, down in Houston. Kristal, how’s it going? You doing okay? No, I take that back.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Later, I learned that the national median for participation that year was 7% , meaning we were starting ahead of the game! 2016 took us into the teens, and 2017 ended with participation just shy of 23% (made even more significant that national median participation rates have not changed much over the past few years). And guess what?

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