Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2020

Your organization could reach out to a local distillery or winery and ask them to donate a certain percentage of sales from the event to your cause. The National Institute for Play , an institute solely focused on the power and importance of leisure, says that play among grown-ups helps foster connection. Whiskey or wine tasting.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2016

Sure, there are important national programs like United Way or massive online listings of nonprofits that give credibility and visibility for fundraisers. But it often is the local marketing that comes from trusted, known recommendations that can garner the most benefit. And for them, local communities are very important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

This week (April 18th to 25th) is National Volunteer Week in the US. The week is a signature event created by the Points of Light Institute , to celebrate ordinary people doing extraordinary things to improve communities across the nation. One recent project asked people to tag photos from Haiti in an effort to identify missing people.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Take the time to educate yourself about the contributions of Black communities to the history of your nation.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 29, 2015

I wanted to quickly write and share with you the local and national media coverage that VisionLink has been recently receiving in response to winter storm Juno. How does it work?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

National Geographic Society World Atlas App. Designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch, National Geographic’s new and improved World Atlas puts our best maps in the palm of your hand. NRDC Eat Local App. Get the app and be prepared for what life brings. Wildlife Watch App. Sierra Club Trail Explorer App.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Services, long-time staff of the national nonprofit Feeding America , knows better. The Feeding America National Organization relies on individual, corporate, and foundation support. Aaron LaMonica-Weier , Sr. For example, he recently visited the San Antonio Food Bank located in San Antonio, TX.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

In a tweet, Subaru tagged Feeding America, shared a video with the Feeding America logo and photos of the nonprofit’s impact on-the-ground, and linked to a webpage with more information about their partnership. In doing so, they relieved local food banks of high transportation costs and offered nourishment to hungry families.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Don’t be a photo tag spammer either! It’s a good practice to occasionally tag important partners and sponsors in image tweets, but doing so often will only annoy them. Nonprofits tend to mostly tweet content about the sad state of affairs – international, national, state, and local.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample. It uses data from the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), the nation’s largest study that tracks giving patterns among the same households over time."

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Qgiv

AUGUST 30, 2021

Does your cause not necessarily have national or local attention during a certain month or day? One idea is to work with local city officials to do a proclamation highlighting your cause to create a buzz around your mission and subsequent fundraising campaign.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Assisting the American Red Cross, VisionLink''s Community Operating System is being used to deploy a real-time national map for this Winter Storm. The view includes FEMA boundaries, open disaster shelters, social media hash tags specific to the Winter Storm, and other relevant information. VisionLink is a formal partner of NVOAD.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 12, 2009

National Volunteer Week is April 19-25, 2009. Write a letter to the Editor of your local paper and thank your volunteers for their time. Tags: Volunteers. How will you recognize your volunteers? Here are a few suggestions. If you track their time, tell them how many hours they have contributed to your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? Nonprofit Tech Blog points to a new report from United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation, " Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use." Chris Brogan is doing an expert session over at NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. buzz at the UK National Circuit Riders Conference this week was not tool talk, but issues related to adoption of the tools. Five Hot Conversations.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Think National Wildlife Federation. If you bring the ecosystem mindset in you’ll start thinking about things like: Working with local hotels to accommodate those traveling from out of town. Partnering with local restaurants to supply food for the event. Teaming up with a local nonprofit to map out a historic walk.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

Is your data up to date and tagged correctly? You’ll also want to segment your data if you haven’t yet, and update the tags for each contact. Identify news sources and blogs (both local and national) that may be interested in your story, and build a contact list of reporters from those organizations. Public Relations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Before the rise in popularity of online social networks, HandsOn Network recruited, trained and worked with service leaders – the kind of people who see a problem in their community, organize an effort to fix it and recruit their friends to help – exclusively through our local affiliates. Is that good?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

National Public Radio :: Download. The ultimate portable NPR experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the NPR News App allows you to follow local and national news and listen to your favorite NPR stations wherever you are and whenever you want to. App Name: NPR News. Updated: March 4, 2010. Released: November 16, 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I've been participating in service days where I can share my technology skills with local organization. Create your own opportunity: Reach out to a local school, organization or people near you to find out what sort of technology help they need. What are your plans for giving service to your local community this fall? .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Animal Adoptions by the National Wildlife Federation: From alligators to walruses, givers can adopt animals in the name of friends, family, or colleagues. Mission : To bring more local stories, independent journalism, arts and culture to Americans. Tags: Online Fundraising. Shop PBS ]. Purchase Gift Cards ].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2009

Last week I had the pleasure of sitting in on a conference call with folks from the National Endowment for the Arts (Yosi Sergant) , The White House Office of Public Engagement (Buffy Wicks)  and the United We Serve team (Nel Abernathy) among many others. Art grabs people who don’t necessarily read the local paper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

After last week's social media workshop , a gentleman from a local nonprofit came up to me and said, "Well this social media stuff is all fine and good for large national advocacy organizations, but it is not very relevant for small or regional organizations with really tight resources.". Tags: twitter. What do you have to lose?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2009

Introducing the National Talent Bank - The National Talent Bank is an idea proposed by the Council on Social Action. " FutureGov Network - Carrie Bishop's at the Google Local Government event in London today and tweeting and blogging from inside. These are some links I wanted to share from August 10th.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

If Your local to DC, but not attending the conference. we’ve organized a local DC Tweetup. Head over to the Aloft Washington National Harbor – ( map ) at 8:30 pm EST on Thursday. Let us know that you’ll be there – we’d love to meet in person. We’ll be livestreaming @ [link]. Thanks for your help!

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Team up with a local organization. Check out the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s 2020 “Scouting for Food” event, where the food bank teamed up with the local Boy Scouts of America Council to host their annual food drive. Pitch your event to your local news or ask them to become a sponsor for your food drive.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

You won't want to miss this unique platform for innovative communities, businesses and governments from around Australia to share experiences, successes and lessons learned from programs and projects designed to change their ’world’, whether it be a neighbourhood or a nation. of $500 in local currency towards accommodation and meals.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

It’s an impressive web-based application for helping multi-national corporations engage their employees and customers in social sector activities such as volunteering or donating. Tags: Farris ammado Conlon charity CSR volunteer. It’s the brainchild of an Irish tech entrepreneur, Peter Conlon.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

National Food Bank Day is on September 3, 2021. Launch a compelling crowdfunding campaign to take advantage of National Food Bank Day this September and raise more to impact more lives. . Reach New Heights On National Food Bank Day . Download Your Crowdfunding Campaign Checklist. Step 3: Define a single call to action. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

Photo of Iavor Ivanov , Web Experience, United Way (national) Meet Iavor Ivanov, the Director of Web Experience for the United Way (National). I was curious how a large national network with local affiliates approaches a social media strategy in a networked way. Wondering where he got that awesome T-shirt?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

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. This was a time of increased social activism and political reform. Go big, or go home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I’m just back from a few days mostly offline in the Point Reyes National Seashore area to walk along the beach and appreciate the beautiful views and nature. Browsing the local cheese shop in town, there was an invitation to join their Fan Club on Facebook! Tags: Mindfulness Networks Online Community.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Another organization expert at nonprofit disaster response via social media, the Humane Society , posted tips on where to take your pets and locations of animal shelters throughout the weekend, all tagged #IrenePets. Government agencies jumped into the social space on both Twitter and Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

It includes recommendations for local and national not-for-profit organisations who provide support to young adults." Tags: roundup bookmarks. " Share Actions | Social Actions - Check out all of the great Social Actions Change the Web Challenge applications!

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

The project, a national day of action to benefit gulf coast fishing families, has three calls to action to mobilize citizens: Vote in the Pepsi Refresh campaign Donate to support the families Attend OR HOLD an event That's right. You'll get some logos and support, and off you run to organize your own event, with your own local flavor.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 3, 2009

"we20 meetings will create people plans, policy plans, business plans and other plans on local, national and global issues. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Facebook | we20 - the best reason to get your friends together this year - Do you know about the we20 project? A great example of organizing on the social web. "we20

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