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Shelley is a news reporter for KWWL in eastern Iowa and maintains the blog This Family’s Journey where she chronicles stories from her and her husband Chris’ marriage. This post was authored by Sean Pennino, a jack of all trades at Teespring. Teespring is excited to announce a successful adoption campaign! Since mid-March, Chris and Shelley Russell have raised $1,810 by selling custom t-shirts online. The money will aid them in the lengthy and expensive child adoption process. MORE
I had the chance to meet with Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa last month, and tell him about Bookshare.org for ten minutes. As part of the large national award we received from the Department of Education, we are spending a lot more time in Washington. I talk to lots of folks: congressional staff, members of Congress, folks at the Department of Education, the publishers, disability activists and so on. MORE
She received her undergraduate degree in elementary education from the University of Northern Iowa and has worked as a Child Life Specialist for the past seven years. Kerner resides in Windsor Heights, Iowa, with her husband and daughter. MORE
In total, Make-A-Wish Iowa has raised $125,000 using its five DipJars. DipJar Helps Nonprofits Raise Millions in 2021. Eighty-eight percent increase in year-over-year fundraising using DipJars at in-person events and on-site appeals . MORE
Crisis Intervention Service serves 15 counties in north central Iowa. Crisis Intervention Service shared the following with Caravan Studios: "Our program serves a primarily rural 15-county area in north central Iowa. We will honor the memory of Iowans who have lost their lives as a result of domestic abuse in Iowa." October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). MORE
Nonprofit Audit 101: A Guide to The Fundamentals and More is a quick guide for nonprofit finance leaders and executive leaders, providing key fundamentals and know-how, first class best practices, and insight into how to optimize the nonprofit audit process at your organization. MORE
One very revealing panel included Eric Jones, the top technology person for Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, who provided tips and advice about ways that online organizers might boost their campaigns' impact on members of Congress and their staffers. MORE
million from predatory lenders for Des Moines, Iowa families. PRESS RELEASEFoundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their Impact: "Foundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their ImpactCase studies highlight foundations using real-time feedback to refine or change course BOSTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Annie E. Casey Foundation used an innovative evaluation process to recover more than $2.5 MORE
Conferencing Virtually : The Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference. GreenTech's TeleGreen Your Work campaign is underway. Sage is giving away fundraising software. Nonprofit Commons is opening a new island. We're all excited for NTC. It's been a big week in the TechSoup universe. From TechSoup Stock : There's only one more day to request Sage's special donation of Fundraising 50. It's time to vote! Who made the biggest impact? MORE
I received an email just now from the Iowa State Director of the Obama campaign. In his email he tells me that they have opened up their budgets and now I can sponsor a specific aspect of their Iowa campaign. 1 full day’s worth of radio ads in Des Moines And here’s the letter: Dear Michael, Here in Iowa, our team feels a deep sense of responsibility for our role in this election. MORE
Lisa Humenik has a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in nonprofit leadership and has been a member of the faculty for the nonprofit management certificate program at Iowa State University Extension and for the volunteer management certificate program at the Union Institute in Cincinnati. She has also worked as the Director of Volunteer Services for health systems in Iowa, Ohio, and Illinois and as a Special Projects Manager for Points of Light/HandsOn Network. MORE
Iowa SAE. Gravitate Solutions is pleased to report that Nucleus has been named the official data analytics solution for the Association Laboratory Research Alliance. MORE
She has held leadership posts at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa; the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network; and the Human Rights Campaign, where she was responsible for partnering with and training leaders in communities targeted for organizational expansion and growth. MORE
A Black guy wins the Iowa caucus. Whether he goes on to win the nomination and becomes president or not, the fact that Barack Obama won in Iowa, a 95% white state, says something about the ability of Americans, especially younger Americans, to put race aside. “The Iowa Democratic Party says at least 227,000 people took part in their caucuses, a much higher turnout than the 125,000 who cast their votes four years ago.&# MORE
In a post yesterday on our MaintainIT blog , Tena Hanson, the Director of the Milford Public Library in Milford, Iowa discussed how she and her peers used these tools in the face of decreased travel budgets and increased need for collaboration with libraries across the state. Have you used instant messaging (IM), Skype, or Wimba video conferencing to collaborate with a others far away? Or maybe even nearby? MORE
As server infrastructure grows (just glance at these articles on Google's development projects in Iowa , and North Carolina ) energy use increases as well. Via Twitterer par excellence Geore Dearing and his Enterprise Content Management blog, I found this article by blogger Nick Carr published in the Guardian. Nick focuses on a rarely discussed side-effect of the move towards internet-hosted applications: the need of software companies to maintain their own vast server farms. MORE
The foremost reason is that my mother-in-law, 3 sisters-in-law and brother-in-law all were the beneficiaries of a Habitat house in Iowa City, so I???ve I will be writing a personal thank you note to every single one of the 81 donors who generously contributed to the campaign to send two Cambodian young people to college. Thank you Steve Dembo! I don't know Steve Dembo face-to-face. MORE
For Obama, its a question of whether more of the same will deliver a victory in New Hampshire, which has decidedly different demographics than Iowa. Defying the pundits and the national polls that gave Clinton a comfortable lead going into last weeks Iowa caucuses, Obamas social network-centric campaign pulled off a surprise victory, leaving Edwards and Clinton in the distance. Before the Iowa. Before the Iowa. MORE
She uses information from the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Rural Policy Research Institute. Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. This was a very popular TechSoup webinar with over 300 attendees. Here are some highlights and insights from her presentation. The Resource Gap in Rural Funding. MORE
Another feature of the program will be Safe America’s recruitment of First Ladies/Spouses in ALL 50 states to lead local, state educational efforts — building on West Virginia First Lady Gayle Manchin and her husband, Governor and Senator-Elect Joe Manchin’s efforts that reached 40 states in 2010 and had the active involvement of Governors and First Spouses in Kentucky, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Washington state, West Virginia, Iowa, Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Utah and Tennessee.”. MORE
The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The Iowa Women’s Foundation is committed to improving the lives of Iowa’s women and girls. Areas served: Iowa. MORE
Posted Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 5:46 pm by John Brian (91 posts) With only a few months until the Iowa Caucus, the annual marathon of political ads is almost upon us. Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed? MORE
[I]t's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential - and become full-grown. -- Barack Obama I'm very excited!!!! You can get an Obama shirt, like the one I'm wearing, at the Obama Store. obama MORE
She''s a proud graduate of the University of Iowa and spends her free time at dance class. If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit. That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience. MORE
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go. The conference is held every two years, and is always. MORE
He is a Cambodian studying in the US in Iowa. Meet Vuth Bora. He joined my cause early on. Not quite sure how, but he is friends with Mongkol on Facebook. The first person to join the Sharing Foundation cause was another adoptive parent. I didn't know she was on facebook. Her husband wrote a book called the " The Bora Boys." " The book is dedicated to their Cambodian adopted son, Bora. the Bora connection. Bora has been recruiting people to the Sharing Foundation cause. MORE
Congress effectively will be Eric Jones, the IT director for Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. Frogloop readers who mobilize online activists to win advocacy victories may want to attend a free virtual event this coming Wednesday, March 9 th called “ Advocacy Live !&#. MORE
Trees Forever does high-tech tree planting -- chicagotribune.com: "DES MOINES, Iowa - Trees Forever is going high-tech to plant trees in Des Moines.The nonprofit group plans to use cutting-edge, high-definition images of the city to guide the planting of hundreds of thousands of trees over the next several years.The technology will be unveiled Wednesday during a symposium where the group will MORE
Matt Denner of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement gave a crash course on free ways to monitor media coverage of your nonprofit. In his talk, If a Press Release Falls in the Forest, Does it Make a Sound? At the beginning of the session, Matt polled the audience in ways that we were currently monitoring media coverage. Many mentioned paid media monitoring agencies , and a few mentioned free tools like Google Alerts. MORE
Iowa business tax registration: varies based on tax accounts and licenses. The process of starting a nonprofit requires a fair amount of savvy and know-how. Building from the ground up, it’s often difficult knowing where to start. Questions arise like “What do I need” and “Why do I need it?” ” One of the biggest question marks comes up when it’s time to calculate the cost of your nonprofit. MORE
I keynoted many conferences, including “ The Future of Social Media ” in London host by Social Misfits Media, Celgene Annual Meeting at ASCO, National Arts Marketing Project , Alliance of Nonprofit Management , Oregon Nonprofit Association, Iowa University Philanthropy Forum, Do-Good Data Conference , Arizona Alliance for Nonprofits, CRESSE, and Patagonia’s Grassroots Tools Conference. Happy New Year ! MORE
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Jen earned a bachelor’s of recreation management from University of Northern Iowa Illustration by Yuxin Qin. posted by Jen Nation Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. MORE
Main | Lessons from Online Community Summit « Connectable Dots » October 09, 2007 Time to Revisit: Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets: 2008 U.S. the latest national polling is NYT and CBS (sept 4-9) has a Dem landslide (48% Dem to 32% REP) Link: Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets: 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Markets : Comments Time to Revisit: Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets: 2008 U.S. MORE
There’s a caucus calculator , to work you through the bizarre math they use in Iowa. Obama and Paul’s Facebook apps are using Facebook’s natural geotagging to allow you to remind your friends in Iowa to caucus (Paul’s is broken right now). According to PEW, 81% of Iowa voters recieved robo calls in November, 2007. MORE
It was such a success that in January of 2009, they hosted the second Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference (ISLOC): a conference that librarians and trustees from even the smallest libraries could attend without ever leaving their home or office. MORE
I was lucky enough to be part of the team that won marriage equality in Iowa in 2009. Team Lambda Legal joined the RAGBRAI Bike Ride through Iowa in July, carrying the message of equality across the state and sharing stories via social media. Storytelling can be a powerful tool for good. Harvard lecturer and activist Marshall Ganz says people are rooted in their values and interests, rather than particular issues. MORE
These states are Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, and Vermont. posted by. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. MORE
Today, the bald eagle camera he set up in Decorah, Iowa, is one of the most-watched in the country. Better Than ''Survivor'': Wild Drama Hooks Viewers On Nest Web Cams : NPR : "It''s a good combination. using technology to see what''s going on that you might not be able to see at the ground level, but also raising issues around open space and wildlife preservation," Brockman says. Preservation is what drew Bob Anderson and the Raptor Resource Project into nest cams more than a decade ago. MORE
Check out how other nonprofits and charities, including the Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa , Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada , and the Carbon Disclosure Project , are using Dynamics CRM for more ideas on how it can help your organization. TechSoup is proud to announce the newest version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Dynamics CRM is customer relationship management (CRM) server software that offers tools for storing and analyzing customer records. Is It Right for My Organization? MORE
TH - Local News Article: "A Web site could forge new links between prospective donors and local nonprofit organizations in 2009.DubuqueGiving.org is a facet of the GoldPenny Project, a partnership between Dubuque365.com, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and the Better Business Bureau of Greater Iowa. MORE
It’s a great (well not sure you can really call any movie with Kevin Costner great, but bear with me) movie about an Iowa farmer who hears a voice saying, “If you build it, he will come,” and decides to build a baseball field. Many of us have seen the movie Field of Dreams. MORE
Tena is the Director of the Milford Public Library in Iowa and she uses Doodle to schedule her meetings remotely. Trying to pull a group of people together for a meeting, but they are spread out all over town, or the state or even the world? Instead of banging your head against the wall, consider following Tena Hanson's lead. In her blog post called " Schedule, organize, plan! MORE
Librarian Tena Hanson recently posted an account of her experience organizing the Iowa Small Library Online Conference on our TechSoup for Libraries site. A green IT travel reduction practice that has been getting more and more adoption lately are virtual conferences. NTEN , for instance, is starting to do more of them. Virtual conferences are basically talks or presentations streamed over the web to be watched or heard in real time or sometimes at viewer convenience. MORE
Iowa Nonprofit Summit. Iowa Nonprofit Summit. Volunteer Iowa / TBA / Not available. Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. Today, we're excited to announce the all-new list for 2017! Bookmark it, share it, love it, and download it for Google or Outlook. MORE
Iowa Related Topics Tech Soup Blog
APRIL 20, 2009
It was such a success that in January of 2009, they hosted the second Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference (ISLOC): a conference that librarians and trustees from even the smallest libraries could attend without ever leaving their home or office.
Have Fun - Do Good
JANUARY 4, 2008
[I]t's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential - and become full-grown. -- Barack Obama I'm very excited!!!! You can get an Obama shirt, like the one I'm wearing, at the Obama Store. obama
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Network-Centric Advocacy
OCTOBER 9, 2007
Main | Lessons from Online Community Summit « Connectable Dots » October 09, 2007 Time to Revisit: Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets: 2008 U.S. the latest national polling is NYT and CBS (sept 4-9) has a Dem landslide (48% Dem to 32% REP) Link: Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets: 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Markets : Comments Time to Revisit: Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets: 2008 U.S.
DipJar
DECEMBER 28, 2021
In total, Make-A-Wish Iowa has raised $125,000 using its five DipJars. DipJar Helps Nonprofits Raise Millions in 2021. Eighty-eight percent increase in year-over-year fundraising using DipJars at in-person events and on-site appeals .
See3
JANUARY 4, 2008
A Black guy wins the Iowa caucus. Whether he goes on to win the nomination and becomes president or not, the fact that Barack Obama won in Iowa, a 95% white state, says something about the ability of Americans, especially younger Americans, to put race aside. “The Iowa Democratic Party says at least 227,000 people took part in their caucuses, a much higher turnout than the 125,000 who cast their votes four years ago.&#
Gravitate
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Iowa SAE. Gravitate Solutions is pleased to report that Nucleus has been named the official data analytics solution for the Association Laboratory Research Alliance.
Allegiance Group
JANUARY 3, 2008
There’s a caucus calculator , to work you through the bizarre math they use in Iowa. Obama and Paul’s Facebook apps are using Facebook’s natural geotagging to allow you to remind your friends in Iowa to caucus (Paul’s is broken right now). According to PEW, 81% of Iowa voters recieved robo calls in November, 2007.
Allegiance Group
OCTOBER 24, 2007
Posted Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 5:46 pm by John Brian (91 posts) With only a few months until the Iowa Caucus, the annual marathon of political ads is almost upon us. Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed?
Kindful
MARCH 5, 2021
The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The Iowa Women’s Foundation is committed to improving the lives of Iowa’s women and girls. Areas served: Iowa.
Forum One
JANUARY 3, 2008
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go. The conference is held every two years, and is always.
EveryAction
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Iowa Nonprofit Summit. Iowa Nonprofit Summit. Volunteer Iowa / TBA / Not available. Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. Today, we're excited to announce the all-new list for 2017! Bookmark it, share it, love it, and download it for Google or Outlook.
The NonProfit Times
MAY 15, 2017
Nonprofit Audit 101: A Guide to The Fundamentals and More is a quick guide for nonprofit finance leaders and executive leaders, providing key fundamentals and know-how, first class best practices, and insight into how to optimize the nonprofit audit process at your organization.
ASU Lodestar Center
MARCH 9, 2021
She received her undergraduate degree in elementary education from the University of Northern Iowa and has worked as a Child Life Specialist for the past seven years. Kerner resides in Windsor Heights, Iowa, with her husband and daughter.
ASU Lodestar Center
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Jen earned a bachelor’s of recreation management from University of Northern Iowa Illustration by Yuxin Qin. posted by Jen Nation Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management.
AFP Blog
APRIL 13, 2015
Today, the bald eagle camera he set up in Decorah, Iowa, is one of the most-watched in the country. Better Than ''Survivor'': Wild Drama Hooks Viewers On Nest Web Cams : NPR : "It''s a good combination. using technology to see what''s going on that you might not be able to see at the ground level, but also raising issues around open space and wildlife preservation," Brockman says. Preservation is what drew Bob Anderson and the Raptor Resource Project into nest cams more than a decade ago.
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Crisis Intervention Service serves 15 counties in north central Iowa. Crisis Intervention Service shared the following with Caravan Studios: "Our program serves a primarily rural 15-county area in north central Iowa. We will honor the memory of Iowans who have lost their lives as a result of domestic abuse in Iowa." October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 21, 2009
Tena is the Director of the Milford Public Library in Iowa and she uses Doodle to schedule her meetings remotely. Trying to pull a group of people together for a meeting, but they are spread out all over town, or the state or even the world? Instead of banging your head against the wall, consider following Tena Hanson's lead. In her blog post called " Schedule, organize, plan!
Tech Soup Blog
APRIL 23, 2009
Conferencing Virtually : The Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference. GreenTech's TeleGreen Your Work campaign is underway. Sage is giving away fundraising software. Nonprofit Commons is opening a new island. We're all excited for NTC. It's been a big week in the TechSoup universe. From TechSoup Stock : There's only one more day to request Sage's special donation of Fundraising 50. It's time to vote! Who made the biggest impact?
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 18, 2013
Shelley is a news reporter for KWWL in eastern Iowa and maintains the blog This Family’s Journey where she chronicles stories from her and her husband Chris’ marriage. This post was authored by Sean Pennino, a jack of all trades at Teespring. Teespring is excited to announce a successful adoption campaign! Since mid-March, Chris and Shelley Russell have raised $1,810 by selling custom t-shirts online. The money will aid them in the lengthy and expensive child adoption process.
NTEN
JUNE 16, 2014
She''s a proud graduate of the University of Iowa and spends her free time at dance class. If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit. That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience.
AFP Blog
DECEMBER 31, 2008
TH - Local News Article: "A Web site could forge new links between prospective donors and local nonprofit organizations in 2009.DubuqueGiving.org is a facet of the GoldPenny Project, a partnership between Dubuque365.com, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and the Better Business Bureau of Greater Iowa.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Trees Forever does high-tech tree planting -- chicagotribune.com: "DES MOINES, Iowa - Trees Forever is going high-tech to plant trees in Des Moines.The nonprofit group plans to use cutting-edge, high-definition images of the city to guide the planting of hundreds of thousands of trees over the next several years.The technology will be unveiled Wednesday during a symposium where the group will
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 23, 2011
Matt Denner of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement gave a crash course on free ways to monitor media coverage of your nonprofit. In his talk, If a Press Release Falls in the Forest, Does it Make a Sound? At the beginning of the session, Matt polled the audience in ways that we were currently monitoring media coverage. Many mentioned paid media monitoring agencies , and a few mentioned free tools like Google Alerts.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 15, 2010
Librarian Tena Hanson recently posted an account of her experience organizing the Iowa Small Library Online Conference on our TechSoup for Libraries site. A green IT travel reduction practice that has been getting more and more adoption lately are virtual conferences. NTEN , for instance, is starting to do more of them. Virtual conferences are basically talks or presentations streamed over the web to be watched or heard in real time or sometimes at viewer convenience.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 19, 2007
He is a Cambodian studying in the US in Iowa. Meet Vuth Bora. He joined my cause early on. Not quite sure how, but he is friends with Mongkol on Facebook. The first person to join the Sharing Foundation cause was another adoptive parent. I didn't know she was on facebook. Her husband wrote a book called the " The Bora Boys." " The book is dedicated to their Cambodian adopted son, Bora. the Bora connection. Bora has been recruiting people to the Sharing Foundation cause.
Care2
APRIL 7, 2011
One very revealing panel included Eric Jones, the top technology person for Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, who provided tips and advice about ways that online organizers might boost their campaigns' impact on members of Congress and their staffers.
AFP Blog
JUNE 14, 2007
million from predatory lenders for Des Moines, Iowa families. PRESS RELEASEFoundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their Impact: "Foundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their ImpactCase studies highlight foundations using real-time feedback to refine or change course BOSTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Annie E. Casey Foundation used an innovative evaluation process to recover more than $2.5
See3
DECEMBER 17, 2007
I received an email just now from the Iowa State Director of the Obama campaign. In his email he tells me that they have opened up their budgets and now I can sponsor a specific aspect of their Iowa campaign. 1 full day’s worth of radio ads in Des Moines And here’s the letter: Dear Michael, Here in Iowa, our team feels a deep sense of responsibility for our role in this election.
Network-Centric Advocacy
JANUARY 8, 2008
For Obama, its a question of whether more of the same will deliver a victory in New Hampshire, which has decidedly different demographics than Iowa. Defying the pundits and the national polls that gave Clinton a comfortable lead going into last weeks Iowa caucuses, Obamas social network-centric campaign pulled off a surprise victory, leaving Edwards and Clinton in the distance. Before the Iowa. Before the Iowa.
Tech Soup Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
I was lucky enough to be part of the team that won marriage equality in Iowa in 2009. Team Lambda Legal joined the RAGBRAI Bike Ride through Iowa in July, carrying the message of equality across the state and sharing stories via social media. Storytelling can be a powerful tool for good. Harvard lecturer and activist Marshall Ganz says people are rooted in their values and interests, rather than particular issues.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 4, 2009
In a post yesterday on our MaintainIT blog , Tena Hanson, the Director of the Milford Public Library in Milford, Iowa discussed how she and her peers used these tools in the face of decreased travel budgets and increased need for collaboration with libraries across the state. Have you used instant messaging (IM), Skype, or Wimba video conferencing to collaborate with a others far away? Or maybe even nearby?
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 7, 2013
Lisa Humenik has a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in nonprofit leadership and has been a member of the faculty for the nonprofit management certificate program at Iowa State University Extension and for the volunteer management certificate program at the Union Institute in Cincinnati. She has also worked as the Director of Volunteer Services for health systems in Iowa, Ohio, and Illinois and as a Special Projects Manager for Points of Light/HandsOn Network.
Care2
MARCH 4, 2011
Congress effectively will be Eric Jones, the IT director for Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. Frogloop readers who mobilize online activists to win advocacy victories may want to attend a free virtual event this coming Wednesday, March 9 th called “ Advocacy Live !&#.
Beth Kanter
JANUARY 4, 2016
I keynoted many conferences, including “ The Future of Social Media ” in London host by Social Misfits Media, Celgene Annual Meeting at ASCO, National Arts Marketing Project , Alliance of Nonprofit Management , Oregon Nonprofit Association, Iowa University Philanthropy Forum, Do-Good Data Conference , Arizona Alliance for Nonprofits, CRESSE, and Patagonia’s Grassroots Tools Conference. Happy New Year !
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 7, 2016
Iowa business tax registration: varies based on tax accounts and licenses. The process of starting a nonprofit requires a fair amount of savvy and know-how. Building from the ground up, it’s often difficult knowing where to start. Questions arise like “What do I need” and “Why do I need it?” ” One of the biggest question marks comes up when it’s time to calculate the cost of your nonprofit.
BoardAssist
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
She has held leadership posts at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa; the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network; and the Human Rights Campaign, where she was responsible for partnering with and training leaders in communities targeted for organizational expansion and growth.
Tech Soup Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2013
Check out how other nonprofits and charities, including the Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa , Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada , and the Carbon Disclosure Project , are using Dynamics CRM for more ideas on how it can help your organization. TechSoup is proud to announce the newest version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Dynamics CRM is customer relationship management (CRM) server software that offers tools for storing and analyzing customer records. Is It Right for My Organization?
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
JULY 13, 2007
As server infrastructure grows (just glance at these articles on Google's development projects in Iowa , and North Carolina ) energy use increases as well. Via Twitterer par excellence Geore Dearing and his Enterprise Content Management blog, I found this article by blogger Nick Carr published in the Guardian. Nick focuses on a rarely discussed side-effect of the move towards internet-hosted applications: the need of software companies to maintain their own vast server farms.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 27, 2008
I had the chance to meet with Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa last month, and tell him about Bookshare.org for ten minutes. As part of the large national award we received from the Department of Education, we are spending a lot more time in Washington. I talk to lots of folks: congressional staff, members of Congress, folks at the Department of Education, the publishers, disability activists and so on.
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2014
She uses information from the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Rural Policy Research Institute. Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. This was a very popular TechSoup webinar with over 300 attendees. Here are some highlights and insights from her presentation. The Resource Gap in Rural Funding.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 5, 2007
The foremost reason is that my mother-in-law, 3 sisters-in-law and brother-in-law all were the beneficiaries of a Habitat house in Iowa City, so I???ve I will be writing a personal thank you note to every single one of the 81 donors who generously contributed to the campaign to send two Cambodian young people to college. Thank you Steve Dembo! I don't know Steve Dembo face-to-face.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 7, 2011
Another feature of the program will be Safe America’s recruitment of First Ladies/Spouses in ALL 50 states to lead local, state educational efforts — building on West Virginia First Lady Gayle Manchin and her husband, Governor and Senator-Elect Joe Manchin’s efforts that reached 40 states in 2010 and had the active involvement of Governors and First Spouses in Kentucky, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Washington state, West Virginia, Iowa, Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Utah and Tennessee.”.
ASU Lodestar Center
DECEMBER 8, 2011
These states are Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, and Vermont. posted by. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.
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