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Presentation: Community-Driven Social Impact. Tags: presentation socialbysocial community building community driven social impact conference event game ncvs social by social social media strategy Today I had the great pleasure and honor of presenting at the National Conference on Service and Volunteering. I had a 90-minute workshop which was broken into two parts: a bit of presentation, and a bit of game time. MORE
It’s these emotions that deeply impact us and sometimes propels us to act. civil rights coronavirus covid COVID-19 elections impactful giving impactful philanthropy Philanthropy presidential elections racial justice voting voting rightsWhat drives someone to give? MORE
As we know all too well, the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has impacted far more than our health; COVID-19 has hindered personal, professional and economic vitality for many people as well. The purpose of this research was to understand and quantify the impact of the relief grants over the past year. The E4E Relief 2020 COVID-19 Grants Impact Study collected responses from 8,710 individuals who received employee relief grants between March and October of 2020. MORE
We sat down with events expert Rich Vallaster to answer your most pressing questions about virtual events and trade shows. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received MORE
Miriam’s Kitchen is using VolunteerHub to recruit volunteers, engage corporate partners, and positively impact its bottom-line while increasing impact through the software’s integration with Salesforce. MORE
When a complete website redesign is not an option, there are small tweaks and improvements that can help you quickly optimize your website’s impact today. Start by selecting areas where you can execute impact and story-driven design refreshes that better tell your story. MORE
Are you using video and movies to share your story? Is it on YouTube or Vimeo ? Are you combining still photos together with music or a voice over on MS Movie Maker ? Are you using Miro or Ustream or any other of the multitude of sites that allow you to share videos online? This video from FilmAid briefly explains how you can use film (and video) to educate and move people to action. You can learn more here and here. MORE
This article is an excerpt from Human Resources Impact of COVID-19 on Canadian Charities and Nonprofits, a report published by CharityVillage and The Portage Group. MORE
2021 goals encompass rating system impact impact and results Impact Philanthropy impactful philanthropy new year new year 2021 Philanthropy Star Rating System MORE
Climate change is real—and continues to impact everything around us, from our food to our health to our community. As we celebrate Earth Day 2021, we are recognizing all the ways climate change impacts everything around us—highlighting a new issue each day. MORE
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Boulder and seeing the winter beauty of the place right after a big snowfall as well as of connecting with many people excited about social impact. Chuck and Jerry Colonna hosted a reception at Boulder’s Impact Hub (such a cool organization, I am a founding member of the San Francisco Impact Hub) to connect me with the tech community in Boulder. Social enterprise. Technology. Contemplation. MORE
Classy has closed a $118 million Series D funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, a mission-driven venture capital firm, which has previously partnered with other powerhouse technology companies like Udemy, Talkspace, Plaid, Gong and OpenDoor. Software/Technology Classy Series D Funding MORE
This last September, Benetech won a 3 million dollar award over one year from OSEP for a project we call Leveraging Impact through Technology, or, very appropriately, LIT. The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is today, December 3rd. MORE
While big donors can have a significant impact on your organization, you should also focus your efforts on small donors. These suggested amounts allow donors to visualize what kind of impact their donations can have and ultimately encourage more donations. MORE
All nonprofit professionals should aspire to work with a high-quality, high-impact board of directors. Board Boards and Volunteers Board development High Impact Board Nonprofit board MORE
Technology can be used for a variety of tasks across organizations to help them increase their impact in the sector and the communities that they serve. Nonprofits should be highly encouraged to facilitate the use of new platforms of service delivery to increase their impact.”. MORE
Help Members Cope with the Economic Impact of COVID-19. Read more about Help Members Cope with the Economic Impact of COVID-19 MORE
As I am sure we all have heard over the past few years (or maybe much longer), we need to demonstrate the results of our programs and tell our organization’s impact story in order to update our board, grow our donor base and develop new programs. MORE
Their potential to impact significantly the social challenges that plague our cities is extraordinary. Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. MORE
Jed's just published a new article in Forbes.com entitled Steady Returns With Social Impact. It's called impact investing. Tags: impact investing blended value Jed Emerson REDF Last week I was in New York City and had the opportunity to meet with many interesting people (and got lots of ideas). One key connection was with Jed Emerson. Ten years ago, Jed was the head of REDF, the famous social enterprise foundation in San Francisco. MORE
Tech Impact is thrilled to announce that we have entered into a strategic partnership with OneNFP Dedicated to providing nonprofits of all sizes with the most up to date technologies and services, Tech Impact is pleased to incorporate OneNFP’s financial and fundraising software into our family of services we support. Tech Impact’s overarching mission continues […]. MORE
The most likely outcome is that most climate related legislation and regulations will focus on immediate and trackable collateral damage caused by businesses instead of focusing on the global impact of businesses. The post The Impact of ESG on Compliance Management first appeared on. MORE
We sat down with Nancy Settle-Murphy, virtual meeting expert, to answer your most pressing questions about virtual meetings and events. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received MORE
Social enterprises are collecting more and more data: data about social problems; data about intervention outcomes; data for collective impact; data for learning; data for dashboards to better operate their enterprises; data for funders; and the list goes on. They desperately need to use data better and multiply its impact, but they rarely have the skills or infrastructure to do so effectively. The world is undergoing a data revolution, and the social sector is no exception. MORE
These surveys—more than 75 to date—all help tell the story of the pandemic’s continued impact on the sector, including how needs and responses have changed and what funders and nonprofits expect moving forward. Organizations across the globe continue to feel negative impacts of COVID-19. MORE
However, I also believe its potential for impact beyond conversation-starting is hampered by the strategy behind its CTA (call-to-action). . This gap between intent and impact in the traditional advertising world is something we’ve been wrestling with for years. . MORE
For years, the fear has been donors will not support non-traditional community impact initiatives. When a prospective donor is presented with a capital project during a feasibility study, the overwhelming comments are not about the square footage but are more focused on the impact. MORE
Corporate companies’ impact is high because […]. The post Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility appeared first on VolunteerMark Blog. The social responsibility program by million dollar companies is one of the effective ways to reach more audiences. MORE
Here are ways to create effective strategies for high learning impact modules Carefully planned training programs are a must if organizations want to maximize their returns on learning technology. MORE
Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. To modify the steps of the game to help tell the story, here’s how Ericha used the Community-Driven Social Impact game with her network of Community Media Center participants. case studies 11ntc case study cdsi community community driven social impact interview workshop MORE
What the Research Says About the Pandemic’s Impact on Associations. Read more about What the Research Says About the Pandemic’s Impact on Associations MORE
To understand if moving some of the organization's core systems to the cloud would be a feasible alternative, he attended a free consultation with Tech Impact's Linda Widdop at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). Using Tech Impact's Office 365 DIY Migration Workshop. " Samuels found the entire Tech Impact Office 365 DIY Migration workshop entirely suitable for an accidental techie like himself. MORE
We sat down with nonprofit expert Sean Kosofsky to answer your most pressing questions about engaging members, growing membership and fundraising. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received MORE
We sat down with nonprofit expert Katie Appold to answer your most pressing questions about nonprofit branding and marketing. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received MORE
Board Boards and Volunteers Board development High Impact Board Nonprofit boardAs a nonprofit pro, if you are serious about taking your board to a higher level, start by looking at best-of-class boards. Find out what elements separate the operations of best boards from your board. MORE
High impact philanthropy. High impact may mean more reach and scale with your giving, having a more lasting and sustainable effect on your mission, preventing something from happening altogether, etc. So how do you prepare yourself and organization for higher impact philanthropy? What areas are you trying to impact? This is a necessary component for achieving high impact, but it’s often overlooked. MORE
Add impactful images or videos and text to your donation form and landing page! What is an impact statement? How can I show visual impact? An impact statement is your organization’s story about your influence on the community. MORE
This article is an excerpt from Human Resources Impact of COVID-19 on Canadian Charities and Nonprofits, a report published by CharityVillage and The Portage Group. MORE
Moreover, the students’ feedback on this pilot project will be instrumental in helping us make an even bigger impact with future volunteers. I’m delighted to share with you today a wonderful success story from our Volunteer Program. UC Santa Cruz students who participated in our volunteer pilot project— proofreading textbooks for our Bookshare collection—have done a fantastic job proofreading over a short period of time three entire textbooks! MORE
Download your free copy below. Recurring Donations MORE
This is why nonprofit impact reporting is so important. Whether you’re keeping donors updated, presenting a case to internal stakeholders or creating an annual report design that speaks to stakeholders, demonstrating impact plays a key role in nonprofit communications. . MORE
Telling the story of 50 years of impact. The anniversary site allows visitors to explore NRDC’s impact stories in multiple ways, from experiencing the full chronological storyline with a smooth scrolling experience to using the menu to jump from particular areas of the timeline to another. MORE
The 2012 Millennial Impact Report offers some insight into engaging this generation. Is your organization enabling Millennials to connect, get involved and give? Millennials engagement MORE
The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data. The first group is looking at ways to improve organization-to-organization data sharing (supporting impact measurement, real-time reporting, and more) and the second is examining internal organization measurement and reporting (supporting cross-department collaboration, program data evaluation, and so on). MORE
Impact Related Topics 360 Factors
APRIL 22, 2021
The most likely outcome is that most climate related legislation and regulations will focus on immediate and trackable collateral damage caused by businesses instead of focusing on the global impact of businesses. The post The Impact of ESG on Compliance Management first appeared on.
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 23, 2021
Board Boards and Volunteers Board development High Impact Board Nonprofit boardAs a nonprofit pro, if you are serious about taking your board to a higher level, start by looking at best-of-class boards. Find out what elements separate the operations of best boards from your board.
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Charity Navigator
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
It’s these emotions that deeply impact us and sometimes propels us to act. civil rights coronavirus covid COVID-19 elections impactful giving impactful philanthropy Philanthropy presidential elections racial justice voting voting rightsWhat drives someone to give?
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 30, 2021
All nonprofit professionals should aspire to work with a high-quality, high-impact board of directors. Board Boards and Volunteers Board development High Impact Board Nonprofit board
Forum One
APRIL 8, 2021
When a complete website redesign is not an option, there are small tweaks and improvements that can help you quickly optimize your website’s impact today. Start by selecting areas where you can execute impact and story-driven design refreshes that better tell your story.
Media Cause
APRIL 19, 2021
Climate change is real—and continues to impact everything around us, from our food to our health to our community. As we celebrate Earth Day 2021, we are recognizing all the ways climate change impacts everything around us—highlighting a new issue each day.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 18, 2020
While big donors can have a significant impact on your organization, you should also focus your efforts on small donors. These suggested amounts allow donors to visualize what kind of impact their donations can have and ultimately encourage more donations.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 11, 2014
Social enterprises are collecting more and more data: data about social problems; data about intervention outcomes; data for collective impact; data for learning; data for dashboards to better operate their enterprises; data for funders; and the list goes on. They desperately need to use data better and multiply its impact, but they rarely have the skills or infrastructure to do so effectively. The world is undergoing a data revolution, and the social sector is no exception.
Qgiv
APRIL 23, 2021
Add impactful images or videos and text to your donation form and landing page! What is an impact statement? How can I show visual impact? An impact statement is your organization’s story about your influence on the community.
Candid
APRIL 13, 2021
These surveys—more than 75 to date—all help tell the story of the pandemic’s continued impact on the sector, including how needs and responses have changed and what funders and nonprofits expect moving forward. Organizations across the globe continue to feel negative impacts of COVID-19.
WBT Systems
MAY 3, 2021
What the Research Says About the Pandemic’s Impact on Associations. Read more about What the Research Says About the Pandemic’s Impact on Associations
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Boulder and seeing the winter beauty of the place right after a big snowfall as well as of connecting with many people excited about social impact. Chuck and Jerry Colonna hosted a reception at Boulder’s Impact Hub (such a cool organization, I am a founding member of the San Francisco Impact Hub) to connect me with the tech community in Boulder. Social enterprise. Technology. Contemplation.
Forum One
APRIL 21, 2021
Telling the story of 50 years of impact. The anniversary site allows visitors to explore NRDC’s impact stories in multiple ways, from experiencing the full chronological storyline with a smooth scrolling experience to using the menu to jump from particular areas of the timeline to another.
VolunteerMark
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Corporate companies’ impact is high because […]. The post Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility appeared first on VolunteerMark Blog. The social responsibility program by million dollar companies is one of the effective ways to reach more audiences.
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 15, 2021
Download your free copy below. Recurring Donations
NCE Social Media
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Are you using video and movies to share your story? Is it on YouTube or Vimeo ? Are you combining still photos together with music or a voice over on MS Movie Maker ? Are you using Miro or Ustream or any other of the multitude of sites that allow you to share videos online? This video from FilmAid briefly explains how you can use film (and video) to educate and move people to action. You can learn more here and here.
Media Cause
APRIL 22, 2021
However, I also believe its potential for impact beyond conversation-starting is hampered by the strategy behind its CTA (call-to-action). . This gap between intent and impact in the traditional advertising world is something we’ve been wrestling with for years. .
Wild Apricot
JULY 9, 2020
We sat down with nonprofit expert Sean Kosofsky to answer your most pressing questions about engaging members, growing membership and fundraising. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
This is why nonprofit impact reporting is so important. Whether you’re keeping donors updated, presenting a case to internal stakeholders or creating an annual report design that speaks to stakeholders, demonstrating impact plays a key role in nonprofit communications. .
Connection Cafe
JULY 28, 2020
For years, the fear has been donors will not support non-traditional community impact initiatives. When a prospective donor is presented with a capital project during a feasibility study, the overwhelming comments are not about the square footage but are more focused on the impact.
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 23, 2019
High impact philanthropy. High impact may mean more reach and scale with your giving, having a more lasting and sustainable effect on your mission, preventing something from happening altogether, etc. So how do you prepare yourself and organization for higher impact philanthropy? What areas are you trying to impact? This is a necessary component for achieving high impact, but it’s often overlooked.
Charity Village
APRIL 23, 2021
This article is an excerpt from Human Resources Impact of COVID-19 on Canadian Charities and Nonprofits, a report published by CharityVillage and The Portage Group.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 26, 2020
We sat down with Nancy Settle-Murphy, virtual meeting expert, to answer your most pressing questions about virtual meetings and events. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 12, 2020
We sat down with events expert Rich Vallaster to answer your most pressing questions about virtual events and trade shows. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received
Amy Sample Ward
JUNE 29, 2010
Presentation: Community-Driven Social Impact. Tags: presentation socialbysocial community building community driven social impact conference event game ncvs social by social social media strategy Today I had the great pleasure and honor of presenting at the National Conference on Service and Volunteering. I had a 90-minute workshop which was broken into two parts: a bit of presentation, and a bit of game time.
sgEngage
APRIL 29, 2021
As we know all too well, the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has impacted far more than our health; COVID-19 has hindered personal, professional and economic vitality for many people as well. The purpose of this research was to understand and quantify the impact of the relief grants over the past year. The E4E Relief 2020 COVID-19 Grants Impact Study collected responses from 8,710 individuals who received employee relief grants between March and October of 2020.
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 21, 2021
Classy has closed a $118 million Series D funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, a mission-driven venture capital firm, which has previously partnered with other powerhouse technology companies like Udemy, Talkspace, Plaid, Gong and OpenDoor. Software/Technology Classy Series D Funding
WBT Systems
MARCH 23, 2020
Help Members Cope with the Economic Impact of COVID-19. Read more about Help Members Cope with the Economic Impact of COVID-19
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 25, 2020
We sat down with nonprofit expert Katie Appold to answer your most pressing questions about nonprofit branding and marketing. Here are the answers to the most common questions we received
Volunteer Hub
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Miriam’s Kitchen is using VolunteerHub to recruit volunteers, engage corporate partners, and positively impact its bottom-line while increasing impact through the software’s integration with Salesforce.
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 27, 2020
As I am sure we all have heard over the past few years (or maybe much longer), we need to demonstrate the results of our programs and tell our organization’s impact story in order to update our board, grow our donor base and develop new programs.
Charity Navigator
JANUARY 4, 2021
2021 goals encompass rating system impact impact and results Impact Philanthropy impactful philanthropy new year new year 2021 Philanthropy Star Rating System
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Jed's just published a new article in Forbes.com entitled Steady Returns With Social Impact. It's called impact investing. Tags: impact investing blended value Jed Emerson REDF Last week I was in New York City and had the opportunity to meet with many interesting people (and got lots of ideas). One key connection was with Jed Emerson. Ten years ago, Jed was the head of REDF, the famous social enterprise foundation in San Francisco.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 3, 2011
This last September, Benetech won a 3 million dollar award over one year from OSEP for a project we call Leveraging Impact through Technology, or, very appropriately, LIT. The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is today, December 3rd.
TechImpact
JULY 8, 2015
Tech Impact is thrilled to announce that we have entered into a strategic partnership with OneNFP Dedicated to providing nonprofits of all sizes with the most up to date technologies and services, Tech Impact is pleased to incorporate OneNFP’s financial and fundraising software into our family of services we support. Tech Impact’s overarching mission continues […].
ASU Lodestar Center
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Their potential to impact significantly the social challenges that plague our cities is extraordinary. Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.
Gyrus
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Here are ways to create effective strategies for high learning impact modules Carefully planned training programs are a must if organizations want to maximize their returns on learning technology.
Wild Apricot
JULY 5, 2012
The 2012 Millennial Impact Report offers some insight into engaging this generation. Is your organization enabling Millennials to connect, get involved and give? Millennials engagement
Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 5, 2011
Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. To modify the steps of the game to help tell the story, here’s how Ericha used the Community-Driven Social Impact game with her network of Community Media Center participants. case studies 11ntc case study cdsi community community driven social impact interview workshop
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 17, 2013
Moreover, the students’ feedback on this pilot project will be instrumental in helping us make an even bigger impact with future volunteers. I’m delighted to share with you today a wonderful success story from our Volunteer Program. UC Santa Cruz students who participated in our volunteer pilot project— proofreading textbooks for our Bookshare collection—have done a fantastic job proofreading over a short period of time three entire textbooks!
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
To understand if moving some of the organization's core systems to the cloud would be a feasible alternative, he attended a free consultation with Tech Impact's Linda Widdop at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). Using Tech Impact's Office 365 DIY Migration Workshop. " Samuels found the entire Tech Impact Office 365 DIY Migration workshop entirely suitable for an accidental techie like himself.
ASU Lodestar Center
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Technology can be used for a variety of tasks across organizations to help them increase their impact in the sector and the communities that they serve. Nonprofits should be highly encouraged to facilitate the use of new platforms of service delivery to increase their impact.”.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data. The first group is looking at ways to improve organization-to-organization data sharing (supporting impact measurement, real-time reporting, and more) and the second is examining internal organization measurement and reporting (supporting cross-department collaboration, program data evaluation, and so on).
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