Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

As a Visiting Scholar, Bernholz will advance the Foundation’s literacy on a range of issues, particularly digital civil society, open data, and social good. com. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good. She will be working with the Foundation’s multiple grantmaking programs on myriad projects.

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DECEMBER 5, 2008

The article makes this sound like a new idea, but The Hunger Site (and their later projects for breast cancer, children’s health, literacy, rain forest protection, and animal rescue) has been doing this since 1999.

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MARCH 2, 2021

That means you’ll be able to chat with our speakers, sponsors, and other attendees, including our amazing host, Julia Campbell! Her experience includes 8+ years of Marketing, Communication, and Program Management for organizations working on issues such as poverty, financial literacy, voter engagement, health research, and the public arts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., Will we act as a fiscal sponsor, something we’ve avoided to date?

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MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 23, 2017

From improving literacy to helping communities recover after natural disasters, nonprofits take on vital roles to do good in the world. In order to succeed in their missions, these nonprofits need to stand out, attract the right donors and sponsors, acquire grants and rally volunteers to their causes. There are currently over 1.5

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (“ Sponsor ”), 435 Brannan St., c) Grant of Rights to Sponsor. The LIM reaches TechSoup’s global network of resources that spans over 80 countries. Interesting proposition.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ask local women-owned businesses to help sponsor the event and offer a place on the panel for them to talk about running their businesses. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Irish potluck for St. Patrick’s Day.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

One element is an infrastructure project installing fiber optical cabling to homes, schools and businesses and gigabit (ultra-fast) Internet, sponsored by Google. Digital Divide libraries digital inclusion digital literacy tspubliclibraries' So why is Kansas City investing more money on digital inclusion? Image: City of Kansas City.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (“ Sponsor ”), 435 Brannan St., c) Grant of Rights to Sponsor. Just tell us a little bit about your organization, and we will do the leg work in regards to story writing and polishing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

orders-of-magnitude more tweeting and retweeting of a cause’s message when supporters know that for each tweet they publish, $1 will be directly donated to the cause by a sponsoring brand rather than a delayed and indirect payoff when their tweets are destined at only calling on others to consider making a donation.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

From literacy to blood drives, mobile awareness and fundraising initiatives work because they literally put your cause into the hands of potential donors and supporters, eliminating barriers such as time and distance. When you think of “mobile” today, your first thought is probably of a smartphone or a favorite app.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Through a coalition of corporate sponsors they seek innovative grant applications for programs that will unify communities as they address their community improvement needs. Areas served: US. The New England Grassroots Environment Fund. Louis area(Missouri, Illinois). Gray Family Foundation. Areas served: Oregon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may remember that my family and I sponsor a college student, Leng Sopharath, with the help of many of you. Our project on Global Giving focuses on literacy which is key to education and jobs for poor children. It's a route out of poverty. s poorest families.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

We are looking for examples of youth blogging projects, i.e., cases where the organization encouraged, supported, and/or facilitated the teens in blogging (presumably as part of the organization's mission and goals, e.g., to help youth learn leadership skills, literacy skills, build community, etc.). What examples do you know about?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

I found Bookshare's interesting history on its Web site's About Us section: "Benetech, a new kind of nonprofit enterprise, is sponsoring the Bookshare initiative. During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

The Cause: Room To Read a not-for-profit organization that transforms the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy. But if we look at for-profit companies using the sponsored tweet model (e.g. x (Total Retweets). retweet this message and our company will donate $x to charity), there is a better a benchmark.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

To help, Symantec has sponsored programs aimed at getting more women into and interested in science, computers, and engineering. Over the next three years, Symantec is investing $900,000 in Room to Read , an international nonprofit dedicated to promoting literacy and gender equality in the developing world.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

Gentle Carousel also has a literacy program called Reading Is Magic that brings the horses into schools, libraries, and at-risk youth programs. Changes to Facebook's newsfeed algorithm have affected "organic reach," meaning how many people see a post that isn't sponsored through paid advertising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Jennifer Paterson Dempsy, The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada Just recently I asked for help within my social network at Twitter to spread the word about something I am very passionate about, Braille Literacy. has been successful at attracting all kinds of donors, with $1,000 coming from at least one corporate sponsor.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Cyclists sign up for the ride and seek out people in their network to sponsor their participation. If you’re an environmental nonprofit, this event is likely already in your arsenal, but other nonprofits can help sponsor these initiatives and enlist supporters, volunteers, and staff to participate.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

They may be able to work with local stores or boutiques that act as sponsors and also get to show off their collections. Alternately, you can sponsor a trip to a local pumpkin patch with entry fees going towards your nonprofit. This is an excellent option for getting young people involved in their community while encouraging literacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

While in the early early 1990's I was helping people figure out which dipswitches on their modem to push or write and send email using PINE, this later morphed into helping people learn how to build web pages or develop web literacy skills. Any sponsors up for that? And, now mid-2000 this has changed again.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

A “silent phase” will emphasize private fundraising conversations with your major donors and corporate sponsors. For example, let’s return to the literacy organization that wants to buy a building for a library. You’ll probably want to have at least two phases to your own campaign. What Is a Capital Campaign?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A campaign for a children’s literacy program might make their campaign page more user-friendly by including: A Clear Donation Section: Prominently placed near the top, this section highlights the action you want your supporters to take. Putting Design Elements Into Practice Let’s consider an example.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

While these sponsors will not likely fill your budget, they can provide to areas of need, without much ongoing effort on your end. Even if the events have their own pages on your website, or are displayed on different web domains entirely, you’ll want to list them all together to help potential sponsors see all possible opportunities.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

Priforce is the co-founder of Qeyno Labs , which sponsors hackathons "by the people, for the people." I spoke with Aaron Pava of CivicActions (a CityCamp sponsor), and he used the example of not being able to find data on the number of shootings by police officers. The apps are incidental."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

We will be looking for major sponsors to make this a long-term campaign that will extend to all areas of the island. We are Rape Crisis and Victim Services, Employment (80% placement rate for women and men), Adult Literacy, general counseling for women and families, legal clinic…and on and on. SafeAmerica Foundation , Bill Soule. “The

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

You need to put the right people in place to support, sponsor, steward, operationalize, and ultimately deliver a positive return on your data. Key components of data governance The people, processes, and technology are at the center of your entire data strategy.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

For All. -- is all about digital inclusion, digital literacy, and working to close the many digital divides we face in our global society. We hope OneWEbDay can change that and help to build a global constituency of people who care about the health of our 21st century communications environment. This year's theme -- One Web.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

The show ended, and I immediately signed up to be a Women for Women International sponsor. They talked about the economic value of housework, and the importance of education and literacy in gaining economic independence." Women for Women is a nonprofit that pairs women survivors of war with women sponsors all over the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. Kevin talks about the Global Citizen Center, a large mixed use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially responsible enterprise, education and economic development.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate.

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