Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. They could help you coordinate a corporate volunteering day or connect you with a local club that is seeking a volunteering opportunity. Collaborate with local businesses. Connect with civic groups.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

When problems emerge, you have to think of new and creative ways to deal with them. This was also a decade of prosperity and success for many in the nation towards the turn of the century. This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2017

The perception that this is a problem “over there” allows us to overlook the very real data about gender inequality including, but not limited to, the continuing and disturbing statistics on: violence against women, the gender pay gap, and the under-representation of women in leadership roles in governments and companies globally.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

As a company, they works to have a positive impact on the local communities around the world where it has offices. Women are underrepresented in the field of technology, and it’s a global problem. Symantec has made corporate grants to the National Center for Women & Information Technology and Vital Voices.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

To make matters worse, one of the targets of Armstrong’s criticism had a mother willing to adamantly voice her displeasure with his proposed action on national TV, and sound like a mother bear protecting her cub in the process. Lance is a business consultant to local governments and nonprofit organizations.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relevance problem. National education organizations and individual teachers are developing relevant curriculum resources, including the #FergusonSyllabus project initiated by Dr. Marcia Chatelain.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Participants will include: TechSoup Global — an international network of 63 NGOs that serves civil society in more than 140 countries and leverages technology to build nonprofit capacity and help solve social problems locally and globally. Chris Worman, senior director, community engagement; @ChrisWorman.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Many organizations including the United Nations have used Ushahidi's crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice. Ushahidi has developed multiple software tools now that are in use in well over 100 countries and dozens local languages. Creative Digital Inclusion Work.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup."

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2016

Here’s an example, let’s say that your organization has a homeless shelter and the city that you live in has recently cut funding for local homeless shelters. Waiting a week to respond to a story the local TV stations were covering means that you’ve likely missed the opportunity. Respond in a Timely Fashion.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup."

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Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

It serves as your voice when grant funders are reviewing proposals, and it can decide whether you secure the grant or not. Writing a good grant proposal requires attention to detail, strategic thinking, and a compelling solution to a problem. Outline how your program can continue long-term to help the problem at hand.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. Children love it. The privacy concerns are huge, though.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

In Arizona, 35% of our survey respondents reported having less than 1 month of cash on hand (10% had none), which is fairly consistent with results nationally. A resounding 58% of respondents nationally, and 55% in Arizona, feel comfortable talking with their funders about program expansion, a generally positive topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

First of of all, there is the the appearance of a new and way-out idea that violates the status quo – such as say Local Food – the 100 mile diet. As our Industrial Institutions fail to cope and to help people, we are seeing a new model for coping where people are connecting to each other to find networked and personal solutions to problems.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. 2016 Alliance National Conference.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2017

In philanthropy, one way you see leadership is in someone’s response to a problem or issue – instead of saying, “Who will fix this?” When you put that tapestry together, you have a powerful way to solve problems and advance social change. Of course, this “powerful way to solve problems” has its power when it’s put into action.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. This allows the organisation to work collectively while ensuring local teams are on the ground to tackle local objectives. . Greenpeace Nordic exist because this fragile earth deserves a voice.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Teens are developmentally focused on social identity-building and may feel more compelled to share their voices and express themselves than others than other visitors. Is it a problem or a great starting point to focus on participatory experiences with teens? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. What do you think?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

I think there is now lots of evidence to suggest that American consumers are increasingly aware of the world's problems. They're aware that poverty around the world is not diminishing, they're aware that environment degradation is a looming problem. Climate change is on people's minds. our budget this year is $10 million.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So here’s what the rest of the nation says. . And if that’s blowing your mind right now, it blew mine as well because I find texting to be something that’s a big problem for us in society, where we’re not able to emote and there are energies lost in translation, messages are lost in translation. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

I talked with Jodie Van Horn, a campaigner for Rainforest Action Network 's Freedom From Oil campaign, and the coordinator for Plug-In Bay Area about the plug-in campaign in the Bay Area as well as the national Freedom from Oil Campaign. Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. What can people do to change that?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Leaders also began voicing concerns about the privacy and security of company information that employees may type into generative AI tools. Recent events also have prompted national conversations about how bias and hate are addressed in organizations and communities today. So, what is the future of DEI in the workplace?

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Make your voice heard. It’s not just about institutional change. Conserve your water. Water is an essential resource for human life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2012

We work to empower the millions of people and organizations that use Facebook to create high-impact solutions to problems big and small, all over the world. We have also started hosting local nonprofit meetups in different cities in the US to engage with nonprofit partners. How long have you worked at Facebook? Create a conversation.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2015

Last week, I cast my first-ever vote for a contestant on The Voice. The Voice has engaged me to the point of taking action and having a vested interest in the outcome. Shows like American Idol and The Voice let viewers do the job of record executives. But here I am, completely sold. And that’s what smart crowdsourcing does.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Make your voice heard. It’s not just about institutional change. Conserve your water. Water is an essential resource for human life.

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Impact Change Green Alternative 52

Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

So we’re going to talk about how to communicate with authenticity, how to use your voice to convey your message, that’s one V. So we’re at voice, vision, and values. So the first one is your voice, how to use your voice to convey your message. Voice was being one of those. So this is our agenda.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

But what can you do about a problem that seems so overwhelming? It is all so far away, it doesn't really affect me, it is very sad, but there are a lot of problems that affect me more. Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California State Divestment Bill into law, and from there Adam took the campaign nationally. It is up to you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

What is Women's Earth Alliance, and what problem you're trying to solve? The problem that we are addressing is a great one. How do they help to address some of the challenges and problems that you just spoke about? While many of the women had traveled the world, many of them had also devoted their lives to local solutions.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The individual sites, which are now live, provide an important opportunity for citizens to have their voice heard on open government. Students would complete an online competition that would serve as qualification for a local competition. The competition would progress through in-person competitions to a national competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media – Guest Post by Barbara Munoz. Utah is dead last in the nation for education funding per pupil. We also have the highest rates of uninsured children in the nation, with one in six Utah kids lacking coverage. Life Elevated.” Sadly, this is not the case.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. That’s why we empower local leaders to build a strong movement for equality that secures critical grassroots wins at every level.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 31, 2019

As we all prepare to get out the vote, it’s important to remember our responsibility—as a sector, as organizations, and as individuals—to protect, support, and enable marginalized voices and democratic action. But the digital media environment could be helping us reconnect to local reality and terra firma.

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Everyaction

AUGUST 20, 2018

It’s important for progressive organizations to define their voice online; how do you do that? Becka: Something really important that progressive organizations can do to define their voice online is to decide what your voice is and stick to it. How do you define that voice differently across different platforms?

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