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A new study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research also found that 97% of large charities have a Facebook page as of 2009. Did you know that 93% of charities have a Facebook page? The study found that charities adopted social media faster and the adoption was more widespread than for-profit use. Other facts uncovered in the study: 90% of charities had Twitter accounts. 65% had blogs. 36% had LinkedIn pages. 30% had MySpace pages. MORE
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes , the transcript is now available. MORE
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media. 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
It’s hard to determine whether or not Mark Zuckerberg himself truly envisioned what his simple social media platform would become 12 years after he first launched the site from his college room in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MORE
This Academy, the 13th Completion Academy produced for CCA by VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage department over the past five years, included teams from Massachusetts, Idaho, Illinois, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. "Between 1970 and 2009, undergraduate enrollment in the United States more than doubled, while the completion rate has been virtually unchanged. MORE
Jeff grew the organization from a small start-up in Chicago, with two staff members supporting 32 students, to a leading college access and success organization with a staff of 150 supporting 13,000 students in Chicago, Houston, New York, Massachusetts, Metro Atlanta and Bay Area. Nonprofit Hub’s INSPIRE Hubcast series shares powerful and impactful stories of organizations persevering to create the change they want to see in the world. MORE
In honor of his mother with Alzheimer’s and his mother-in-law who passed away from Alzheimer’s in July of 2018, Dave decided to plan a golf trip to raise awareness and donations for Alzheimer’s—a golf trip that consisted of 100 courses in 100 days, starting in California on March 14th and ending in Massachusetts on June 21st. The end of the tour in Plymouth, Massachusetts felt surreal to Dave, feeling odd that the humbling experience had come to a close. MORE
Did you know that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers free online access to course materials? MIT's OpenCourseWare site is a remarkable resource for self-education — or for developing your own training programs for staff and volunteers, especially in the areas of management and communications.( read more ). MORE
Their next launches will be in Massachusetts and Alabama this year.—Julie Cortico’s “digital hearth”. July 8, 2019; Nieman Lab. MORE
by Blue Sky platform from Blue Sky Collaborative, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Bike to the Beach transformed its events and raised a total of $1 million in 2020. MORE
massnonprofit.org ::: "ugust 19, 2010 — Given the ever-changing landscape of social media, which includes Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, finding the best form of social media—matched to organizational resources and goals—is vital in connecting with an audience, according to experts at Massachusetts nonprofits MORE
Change the world, one video at a time.Young@Heart Trailer | 2:15 Fox Searchlight/Young@Heart Young@Heart, tells the story of a musical ensemble of senior citizens as they prepare for a concert in their Massachusetts hometown. This is not a film about aging gracefully; this is a film about staring old age in the face and singing MORE
Colleges are going online to crowdsource donations, and they’re raising millions - The Washington Post : "The small liberal arts school in Massachusetts did it without bombarding alumni with phone calls, sending out a batch of mailers or soliciting donations for seats at a gala event. MORE
The yarn is a lace weight merino wool and silk blend that I bought in Massachusetts a couple of years ago. For more detail on what I’m doing this year, read this post first. If you get into lace knitting, sooner or later you have to try a Herbert Niebling. They’re intricate and very different than other lace styles. This shawl is an adaptation of one his designs by Hayley Tsang Sather. All-in-all, 10 different charts to follow and took me about 3 weeks to complete. MORE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: David Perry Excellence in Innovation. For the second year in a row, Salesforce’s Education Summit is being brought to you in a completely virtual environment – allowing for border-breaking networking and learning. MORE
Nonprofits Thrive and Tell Their Story October 29, 2013 — Nonprofits are at the threshold of a new era in which, using extensive, detailed data and data analysis tools, they will be able to more fully and accurately measure their effectiveness and tell their story to key constituencies, Massachusetts sector leaders were told today massnonprofit.org :: : Big Data Era Will Help Mass. MORE
U nited Way of Massachusetts Bay ignites action with their blog post , s hared on Facebook. Social media remains a powerful force for nonprofits to communicate with their stakeholders and supporters. MORE
Like many much-used terms, “digital transformation” is in danger of becoming a buzzword. But the truth is that digital transformation actually means something that’s important to the future of associations. Let’s break this down. What is digital transformation? MORE
When Community Partners, a now-defunct nonprofit that worked to reform healthcare in Massachusetts, first turned to the Cloud around 2003, staff struggled to accept the internal cultural changes it. An organization working to reform healthcare builds on its own successful Cloud implementation by advocating its benefits for the entire sector. MORE
For instance, in August, Massachusetts’ largest group of tech companies, MassTLC, called on its members to double the percentage of Black and Latinx employees in the state by the end of the decade, as they believed the Mass tech sector does not adequately reflect the diverse population of the state. MORE
The article quotes registration results from the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge , a two-day bike trip that requires a $4,200 fund-raising commitment, showing a drop by 10 percent from the same time last year A recent article in the Boston Globe, entitled “Downturn slows elite charity events” has been widely circulated around the event fundraising circles. MORE
Unfortunately, there was a huge storm preventing him from leaving his home in Massachusetts. Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. MORE
Hyperlocal Bets On Nonprofit-Focused Retool | NetNewsCheck.com : A Massachusetts-based hyperlocal has relaunched this month, betting on a unique nonprofit-focused content model to drive Web traffic. MORE
Here’s an example: Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) already hosts Yankee Dental Congress, one of the top three dental meetings in the U.S. As an association professional, you face a variety of challenges: Acquiring and retaining members. Driving non-dues revenue. MORE
Nonprofits Build Their CapacityJuly 20, 2010 — The Massachusetts Nonprofit Database, an online tool that provides comprehensive information that nonprofits can use to build their capacity, the first of its kind in the state, is now available.A massnonprofit.org ::: "Database Available to Help Mass. MORE
by Blue Sky platform from Blue Sky Collaborative, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Bike to the Beach transformed its events and raised a total of $1 million in 2020. MORE
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes , the transcript is now available. MORE
The nonprofit/philanthropic sector in Massachusetts is different from the analogous sector in any other state in the U.S.A. Here are a few lessons I’ve learned, in no particular order: You need to make sure that your mission, operations, and desired outcomes are aligned with each other. MORE
We’ve got Dominique Calixte joining us from beautiful Boston, Massachusetts. I mean, anyone from Massachusetts, my home state is a friend of mine. She’s a board member for the YNPN in Boston for the Massachusetts Chapter of Democrats for Education Reform. MORE
It’s been about a year and a half since I starting agitating for a Massachusetts Institute of Nonprofit Technology , an initiative that will kick off by training the nonprofit data analysts of the future. MORE
From nonprofits like 350.org to educational institutions like University of Massachusetts Amherst , new climate tech startups like BlocPower , and established global brands like Bentley Motors , learn how organizations across these sectors have taken meaningful climate action. MORE
but left my laptop power source in Massachusetts. luckily Santa Clara has stores that sell universal power adaptors that fit my laptop. I'm famous for forgetting to pack something important on every trip. Usually it is something cheap to acquire like a toothbrush. It could have been worse, could have left my laptop home MORE
Ja-Naé is also CEO of Wild Woman Entrepreneurs, Ja-Naé Ventures, Co-founder of the Massachusetts Artist Leaders Coalition, Founder of The Leaders and author of "How to Start Your Business with $100.".( This is a guest post by Ja-Naé Duane, artist, creative economist, social media strategist and a faculty member at Northeastern University. MORE
Photo from Audience Works Hands Across North Quabbin Network (HANDS) serves the nine-town North Quabbin region of north central Massachusetts and is a deliberative democracy project that seeks to bring members of the nine town North Quabbin community together to form a solution to community problems. MORE
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media. MORE
Dyn’s Hackademy provides mobile apps for NH nonprofits | New Hampshire Business : MANCHESTER — Twenty potential tech company founders, now attending schools in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, assembled last weekend at Dyn to develop mobile apps for six New Hampshire nonprofits. MORE
For example, The Trustees works to protect the environment in Massachusetts and they geotag themselves in locations throughout the state thus expanding their reach. MORE
massnonprofit.org ::: "February 8, 2011 — Watertown-based Catalogue for Philanthropy today announced it will launch the Massachusetts Philanthropic Directory, the nation's first complete, systematic, statewide directory of charities, an effort aimed at raising philanthropy “to a new level MORE
That’s what my team at Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) has been focused on in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since the pandemic began. As of May 24, CCA had administered 2,279 total vaccine doses to Massachusetts’ most vulnerable population through the state program. MORE
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network / Framingham, MA / $225. 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. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. MORE
Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Reading, Massachusetts: SeeClickFix Regional User Group: Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Integrated Services and Emerging Technologies for Nonprofits. National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. MORE
Over the years, I remember some very devastating and painful US government arts funding cuts - from the National Endowment for the Arts to Massachusetts State Arts Council. Arts advocates have always fought back. Here's a social media infused campaign to fight 100% arts budget cut in Ottawa, Canada. You can learn more here MORE
Massachusetts Related Topics Saleforce Nonprofit
JUNE 4, 2021
That’s what my team at Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) has been focused on in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since the pandemic began. As of May 24, CCA had administered 2,279 total vaccine doses to Massachusetts’ most vulnerable population through the state program.
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
OCTOBER 14, 2016
It’s been about a year and a half since I starting agitating for a Massachusetts Institute of Nonprofit Technology , an initiative that will kick off by training the nonprofit data analysts of the future.
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The nonprofit/philanthropic sector in Massachusetts is different from the analogous sector in any other state in the U.S.A. Here are a few lessons I’ve learned, in no particular order: You need to make sure that your mission, operations, and desired outcomes are aligned with each other.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 1, 2008
Photo from Audience Works Hands Across North Quabbin Network (HANDS) serves the nine-town North Quabbin region of north central Massachusetts and is a deliberative democracy project that seeks to bring members of the nine town North Quabbin community together to form a solution to community problems.
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
FEBRUARY 15, 2010
NonProfit PRO
JULY 20, 2021
by Blue Sky platform from Blue Sky Collaborative, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Bike to the Beach transformed its events and raised a total of $1 million in 2020.
NonProfit PRO
JULY 20, 2021
by Blue Sky platform from Blue Sky Collaborative, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Bike to the Beach transformed its events and raised a total of $1 million in 2020.
NCE Social Media
AUGUST 19, 2010
A new study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research also found that 97% of large charities have a Facebook page as of 2009. Did you know that 93% of charities have a Facebook page? The study found that charities adopted social media faster and the adoption was more widespread than for-profit use. Other facts uncovered in the study: 90% of charities had Twitter accounts. 65% had blogs. 36% had LinkedIn pages. 30% had MySpace pages.
Non Profit Quarterly
JULY 9, 2019
Their next launches will be in Massachusetts and Alabama this year.—Julie Cortico’s “digital hearth”. July 8, 2019; Nieman Lab.
See3
JULY 29, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.Young@Heart Trailer | 2:15 Fox Searchlight/Young@Heart Young@Heart, tells the story of a musical ensemble of senior citizens as they prepare for a concert in their Massachusetts hometown. This is not a film about aging gracefully; this is a film about staring old age in the face and singing
NTEN
AUGUST 22, 2012
When Community Partners, a now-defunct nonprofit that worked to reform healthcare in Massachusetts, first turned to the Cloud around 2003, staff struggled to accept the internal cultural changes it. An organization working to reform healthcare builds on its own successful Cloud implementation by advocating its benefits for the entire sector.
Wild Apricot
DECEMBER 28, 2010
Ja-Naé is also CEO of Wild Woman Entrepreneurs, Ja-Naé Ventures, Co-founder of the Massachusetts Artist Leaders Coalition, Founder of The Leaders and author of "How to Start Your Business with $100.".( This is a guest post by Ja-Naé Duane, artist, creative economist, social media strategist and a faculty member at Northeastern University.
EveryAction
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network / Framingham, MA / $225. 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. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S.
NetWits
MAY 18, 2009
The article quotes registration results from the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge , a two-day bike trip that requires a $4,200 fund-raising commitment, showing a drop by 10 percent from the same time last year A recent article in the Boston Globe, entitled “Downturn slows elite charity events” has been widely circulated around the event fundraising circles.
Nimble AMS
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Here’s an example: Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) already hosts Yankee Dental Congress, one of the top three dental meetings in the U.S. As an association professional, you face a variety of challenges: Acquiring and retaining members. Driving non-dues revenue.
Cloud 4 Good
MAY 21, 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: David Perry Excellence in Innovation. For the second year in a row, Salesforce’s Education Summit is being brought to you in a completely virtual environment – allowing for border-breaking networking and learning.
Saleforce Nonprofit
APRIL 12, 2021
From nonprofits like 350.org to educational institutions like University of Massachusetts Amherst , new climate tech startups like BlocPower , and established global brands like Bentley Motors , learn how organizations across these sectors have taken meaningful climate action.
Nimble AMS
APRIL 8, 2021
Like many much-used terms, “digital transformation” is in danger of becoming a buzzword. But the truth is that digital transformation actually means something that’s important to the future of associations. Let’s break this down. What is digital transformation?
NonProfit Hub
JULY 27, 2021
Unfortunately, there was a huge storm preventing him from leaving his home in Massachusetts. Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 1, 2008
Over the years, I remember some very devastating and painful US government arts funding cuts - from the National Endowment for the Arts to Massachusetts State Arts Council. Arts advocates have always fought back. Here's a social media infused campaign to fight 100% arts budget cut in Ottawa, Canada. You can learn more here
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 5, 2021
For example, The Trustees works to protect the environment in Massachusetts and they geotag themselves in locations throughout the state thus expanding their reach.
Robert Weiner
JUNE 23, 2009
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media.
Wild Apricot
MARCH 29, 2009
Did you know that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers free online access to course materials? MIT's OpenCourseWare site is a remarkable resource for self-education — or for developing your own training programs for staff and volunteers, especially in the areas of management and communications.( read more ).
Robert Weiner
JUNE 26, 2009
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes , the transcript is now available.
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
massnonprofit.org ::: "February 8, 2011 — Watertown-based Catalogue for Philanthropy today announced it will launch the Massachusetts Philanthropic Directory, the nation's first complete, systematic, statewide directory of charities, an effort aimed at raising philanthropy “to a new level
Bloomerang
APRIL 23, 2021
We’ve got Dominique Calixte joining us from beautiful Boston, Massachusetts. I mean, anyone from Massachusetts, my home state is a friend of mine. She’s a board member for the YNPN in Boston for the Massachusetts Chapter of Democrats for Education Reform.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2013
Nonprofits Thrive and Tell Their Story October 29, 2013 — Nonprofits are at the threshold of a new era in which, using extensive, detailed data and data analysis tools, they will be able to more fully and accurately measure their effectiveness and tell their story to key constituencies, Massachusetts sector leaders were told today massnonprofit.org :: : Big Data Era Will Help Mass.
VisionLink
MARCH 13, 2014
This Academy, the 13th Completion Academy produced for CCA by VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage department over the past five years, included teams from Massachusetts, Idaho, Illinois, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. "Between 1970 and 2009, undergraduate enrollment in the United States more than doubled, while the completion rate has been virtually unchanged.
NonProfit Hub
JANUARY 7, 2019
Jeff grew the organization from a small start-up in Chicago, with two staff members supporting 32 students, to a leading college access and success organization with a staff of 150 supporting 13,000 students in Chicago, Houston, New York, Massachusetts, Metro Atlanta and Bay Area. Nonprofit Hub’s INSPIRE Hubcast series shares powerful and impactful stories of organizations persevering to create the change they want to see in the world.
AFP Blog
APRIL 19, 2016
Colleges are going online to crowdsource donations, and they’re raising millions - The Washington Post : "The small liberal arts school in Massachusetts did it without bombarding alumni with phone calls, sending out a batch of mailers or soliciting donations for seats at a gala event.
Givinga Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2020
For instance, in August, Massachusetts’ largest group of tech companies, MassTLC, called on its members to double the percentage of Black and Latinx employees in the state by the end of the decade, as they believed the Mass tech sector does not adequately reflect the diverse population of the state.
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.
CauseVox
MAY 11, 2021
U nited Way of Massachusetts Bay ignites action with their blog post , s hared on Facebook. Social media remains a powerful force for nonprofits to communicate with their stakeholders and supporters.
AFP Blog
MAY 22, 2014
Dyn’s Hackademy provides mobile apps for NH nonprofits | New Hampshire Business : MANCHESTER — Twenty potential tech company founders, now attending schools in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, assembled last weekend at Dyn to develop mobile apps for six New Hampshire nonprofits.
Byte Technology
AUGUST 10, 2016
It’s hard to determine whether or not Mark Zuckerberg himself truly envisioned what his simple social media platform would become 12 years after he first launched the site from his college room in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 25, 2009
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes , the transcript is now available.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2013
Hyperlocal Bets On Nonprofit-Focused Retool | NetNewsCheck.com : A Massachusetts-based hyperlocal has relaunched this month, betting on a unique nonprofit-focused content model to drive Web traffic.
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 22, 2009
Previously she worked for the Future of Music Coalition and was a law clerk at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 29, 2005
but left my laptop power source in Massachusetts. luckily Santa Clara has stores that sell universal power adaptors that fit my laptop. I'm famous for forgetting to pack something important on every trip. Usually it is something cheap to acquire like a toothbrush. It could have been worse, could have left my laptop home
AFP Blog
AUGUST 25, 2010
massnonprofit.org ::: "ugust 19, 2010 — Given the ever-changing landscape of social media, which includes Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, finding the best form of social media—matched to organizational resources and goals—is vital in connecting with an audience, according to experts at Massachusetts nonprofits
AFP Blog
JULY 21, 2010
Nonprofits Build Their CapacityJuly 20, 2010 — The Massachusetts Nonprofit Database, an online tool that provides comprehensive information that nonprofits can use to build their capacity, the first of its kind in the state, is now available.A massnonprofit.org ::: "Database Available to Help Mass.
Givinga Blog
JULY 30, 2019
In honor of his mother with Alzheimer’s and his mother-in-law who passed away from Alzheimer’s in July of 2018, Dave decided to plan a golf trip to raise awareness and donations for Alzheimer’s—a golf trip that consisted of 100 courses in 100 days, starting in California on March 14th and ending in Massachusetts on June 21st. The end of the tour in Plymouth, Massachusetts felt surreal to Dave, feeling odd that the humbling experience had come to a close.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 1, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Reading, Massachusetts: SeeClickFix Regional User Group: Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Integrated Services and Emerging Technologies for Nonprofits. National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community.
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