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How’s the weather in Miami? Edited by Wil Renderos. This article references the book The Politics of Design. Danielle Coates-Connor: Hello, I’m Danielle Coates-Connor. I am the Chief Creative at Nonprofit Quarterly. I’m here with our Art Director, Devyn Taylor. MORE
posted by Ryan Stewart Owner Marketic As the owner of a Miami based SEO and digital marketing agency, I''ve helped hundreds of businesses solve complicated marketing problems. He currently owns Webris , a Miami based digital marketing agency specializing in search engine marketing. I can honestly say that the most challenging clients have been non-profit organizations. MORE
Some are stand-alone efforts in their communities, like Give Miami Day benefitting Greater Miami, while others are connected to a statewide campaign like the Georgia Gives campaign. MORE
Miami, FL Youth L.E.A.D. As part of its Be Fearless initiative, the Case Foundation has chosen the 20 winners of Finding Fearless —a nationwide campaign to recognize, reward and inspire fearless changemakers. In addition to winning grants and prizes, the winners will compete for additional awards, which will be decided in a “Fan Favorite” public vote, so vote away! You can check out the work of the winners (in alphabetical order ) below. MORE
I'm doing a whirlwind in 7 days - Boston - Miami - London - Romania - Miami - Boston. I left Boston on Thursday for Miami for a meeting on Friday. I left Miami on Friday evening at 8:50 PM and landed at Heathrow 11:00 AM local time, on hour delayed. Expect light blogging this week because I have no idea whether or not I will have decent Internet access. I'm leading some workshops and doing some presentations and other work. MORE
One of the first large-scale P2P events to cancel and go virtual was the JDRF One Walk in Miami, FL. Many have objected to the term “social distancing” given the physical and mental health ramifications of seclusion. Psychology Today tells us that s ocial isolation increases the risk of anxiety and depression and has the equivalent adverse impact on physical health to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. MORE
A while back, with the generous support of the Knight Foundation , a group of Nonprofit CTOs gathered in Miami to discuss the day-to-day challenges of nonprofit technology, share their success stories, and brainstorm solutions. We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. In today's installment, we tackle the CTOs' top five staffing tips. Use your networks The best hires are frequently folks you already know or have met while working in the sector. MORE
The Miami Dolphins Foundation, last year, committed to raising $75 million to fund innovative cancer research through its signature Dolphins Challenge Cancer peer-to-peer event. MORE
Council on Foundations / Miami, FL / $1,199. Association of Donor Relations Professionals / Miami, FL / TBD. It's finally here! If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! These conferences range in size, location, and topic. We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Nonprofit Management. MORE
Earlier this week I was in Miami to do a social media pre-workshop at the Knight Digital Media Seminar. My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. I know why Jennifer, who is the VP at the Knight Foundation is one of my engaged followers this week. Jennifer was observing and tweeting during the session. (If If you want to read the re-caps or view the videos for the seminar itself, the Knight Foundation blog has full documentation here ). MORE
If you've been following my blog, I arrived in Romania last night after 32 hours in transit from Miami, including a 8 hour layover in Heathrow. I am here for a conference sponsored by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. to do a presentation and facilitate a workshop on strategy which will include the Romania version of the Social Media Game. MORE
12/1 :: Miami, OK. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is now fully released to the public in both print and digital format. You can now also “Look Inside!&# to preview the first 11 pages. For those new to e-books, it’s also worth noting that Amazon offers a suite of free Kindle Apps that allow you to download the book in digital format to most smartphones or tablets, or as a.PDF to a PC or Mac. MORE
If you are looking for some new ideas and strategies to ramp up your outreach, social media, or to recruit more donors and volunteers check out Sustainatopia in Miami next week on April 4th! Sustainatopia will rev up with the second annual Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference (SVC/SE – Miami). Where: Miami Beach Convention Center, room B210. As nonprofit campaigners, it’s our job to help mobilize supporters and move the needle to create real impact. MORE
What brought you to Miami? However, what brought me to Miami (the weather, being closer to friends and family, the ocean) is different from what has kept me here. I’ve been most surprised and completely delighted by Miami’s creative scene. MORE
11/30 :: Miami, OK. 3/19/12 Update: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits launched in conjunction with a social media and mobile technology training and book tour that also served as fundraiser for partners nonprofits – a total of $17,130 was raised. Thanks very much to those that attended, the nonprofit partners (listed below), and the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Sponsors that helped make it happen. C ompleted Trainings: 3/15 :: Memphis, TN. MORE
That meeting in Miami was a landmark event for me. I'm flying to southern California tomorrow, and have been packing for the trip. I remember back seven years, when I first met Jed Emerson and he told me that I was a social entrepreneur, but that a bunch of them were meeting for a "Gathering." Not only was this a community of people like me (after eleven years of feeling like a real weirdo), but they were talking about the issues I had been, was then and would be facing. MORE
BF Wire blogger and senior consultant Elizabeth Weaver Engel (aka me) will be heading to ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference in Miami later this month to present with Jason Della Rocca in the Social Media Lab on Wikis: Collaborative Content at Your Fingertips. Benefits of coming: Miami in February? MORE
Miami, Detroit, the New York City metro/New Jersey area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, and Boston. A weekly update with the latest social sector news. Lewis Prize for Music announces 2022 music education grants. January 13, 2022. MORE
flickr: valleygirl_tka A while back, with the generous support of the Knight Foundation, a group of Nonprofit CTOs gathered in Miami to discuss the day-to-day challenges of nonprofit technology, share their success stories, and brainstorm solutions. MORE
Take, for example, a corps member who lived and served with TFA in Buffalo, New York, but then moved to Miami, Florida after fulfilling their two-year teaching commitment. MORE
You can also download a Policy Brief created by attendees at a Performance-Based Funding Institute hosted last summer in Miami. Two weeks ago VisionLink''s W. Douglas Zimmerman and Lois Ann Porter traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to organize the Performance-Based Funding Institute VisionLink produced for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. MORE
We will collect all entries through the Changemakers website and then there will be a live, pitch-it competition at a conference in Miami at the end of February. Ashoka In association with WeMedia , Ashoka's Changemakers.net is sponsoring a competition to suss out "the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology." MORE
The Giving Day analysis, conducted by Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies , looked at Giving Days run by the Blue Grass Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and GiveMN, The Miami Foundation and Mississippi Gives. But The Miami Foundation and Boulder an increase in participating nonprofits and overall amount raised. MORE
In this interview recorded live at bbcon 2018, Javier Alberto Soto, president & CEO of The Miami Foundation, talks about the important work the Foundation is doing to improve the quality of life in the Greater Miami area through philanthropy, community investment, and civic leadership. Topics Discussed in This Episode: Why and how The Miami Foundation embraced the concept of new power. How digital technology has helped The Miami Foundation accomplish its goals. MORE
Lauderdale-Miami Tech Club is just getting started this month. flickr: Eva the Weaver. NTEN's local meet up groups have been popping up all across the US over the last few months. It's been exciting to talk to new organizers and get the clubs up and running. While each group has its own local flavor, most meet monthly to discuss nonprofit technology topics, learn from peers, and connect with the local nptech community. MORE
Qgiv Client Greater Miami Youth for Christ did a great job sharing livestreamed video of their event on social media. If your nonprofit is looking for a bold way to attract attention and raise money for your cause, an over the edge fundraiser is a great solution. MORE
Matthew Perdoni also invited everyone to the Independent Sector Embark National Conference in late October in Miami. It's probably baked in to our cash-strapped nonprofit DNA to see if we can first get something donated before buying it outright. But asking for donations is time-consuming and not effective all the time. Luckily, there are a number of online donation platforms for in-kind donations that can make the process easier. MORE
Looking just at funding from private and community foundations, the top recipient of grant dollars is the Foundation for California Community Colleges ($188 million), followed by the Miami Dade College Foundation ($118 million). MORE
They've kindly given us permission to host this stream of a conversation between Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer and his wife, Janus, about how Dr. Greer started working with Miami’s homeless. This post is part of a series highlighting TechSoup member organizations' achievements. StoryCorps is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit and TechSoup member organization that records and shares Americans' personal stories. You may have heard one of their recordings on weekly broadcasts of NPR's morning edition. MORE
The week before I went from Boston to Miami to Romania and flew back to Boston via Miami to present at the TAG Conference. Knight Foundation Scot Marken, President and CEO of Donors Forum of South Florida I had actually just seen Gary on my earlier visit to Miami for the Knight News Challenge Screeners Meeting. After hearing the session, I decided not to lounge on the beach in Miami, but go back trash the presentation I had planned to give and revise accordingly. MORE
Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum / Miami, FL / $945. It's finally here! If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! These conferences range in size, location, and topic. We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Nonprofit Management. Marketing & Communications. Nonprofit Technology, and more! MORE
Andrea Ortega, Director of Nonprofit Services Andrea hails from Cali, Colombia by way of Miami, FL. She has a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Public Affairs at UCF with a focus in Nonprofit Management. MORE
This year's summit will be held in Miami Beach, Florida on October 14 and 15 with the theme of "Prospering in Recessionary Times.". TechSoup is hosting upcoming 6th Annual International Computer Refurbisher Summit (ICRS 2009). ICRS is one of the lesser-known events in the electronics recycling industry. Most electronics recyclers do some amount of whole-system or parts reclamation, but this is the place where people who focus on electronics reuse get together to talk shop every year. MORE
There are several ways that you can use the Miami social media company for your business. Reputation. The first way is to build a credible reputation for your business. This means that you are going to need to know how to connect with the right people. This is going to be better than connecting with a lot of people. This is one of the best ways that you will be able to build your brand awareness. MORE
If you happened to be at ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference last week, I’m betting you’ll answer “Miami.&#. Highlights included: Dan Roam’s opening keynote on visual thinking ( watch the video here ). The Social Media lab sessions. The association community is finally getting it: your members are going to flock to social media with or without you. Get on the train! The Twitter back channel, courtesy of the #ideas09 hashtag. MORE
Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million, organizers at The Miami Foundation realized that Give Miami Day 2014 would be their most successful Giving Day yet. Thursday’s Give Miami Day raised $5.2 This was the first year that The Miami Foundation promoted a funding goal for Give Miami Day, set at $5 million. “As Collaboration among nonprofits is key; Miami Arts Brigade was a huge testament to that. MORE
Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. MORE
12/1 :: Miami, OK. I tell ya. It’s a surreal feeling to know that someone could be reading your book right now… on the subway, in a cafe, or at a park in any city, anywhere in the world. And the fact that this books exists at all really is a testament to the power social media. All this began on a fateful day in February 2005 with the launch of a Myspace Page meant solely to promote nonprofits and foster social good. MORE
501tech miami If you're not in the New York City area, you can always join your local 501 Tech Club for ongoing learning opportunities. The picture to the left comes from the first meeting of our newest tech club in the Miami-Ft.Lauterdale area. flickr: adwriter Without year-end fundrasing campaigns to plan for (yet), and just after conference season, summer is usually the time when things slow down for all of us. MORE
Greater Miami Youth for Christ’s Over the Edge Event. Greater Miami Youth for Christ hosts annual Over the Edge fundraising events. Ligers, tigons, and galas. Oh my! What do these things have in common? They’re hybrids, of course! MORE
Eco-blogs target younger generations in South Florida | theledger.com: "Eco-blogs target younger generations in South FloridaBy BRIDGET CAREYThe Miami HeraldMIAMIRebecca Carter has a mission: raise awareness of local, green-minded organizations through one Web destination.Last year, she launched her blog, greenerMIAMI.com, and now it's beginning to blossom as the go-to destination for green. MORE
The presentation was prepared for the Miami Philanthropy Conference and addresses a familiar issue: Many nonprofits feel that demonstrating impact through performance measurement is a top priority for their programs and communications efforts including social media. I’ve been curating resources on nonprofit measurement over on Scoop.It, with eye towards collecting useful material related to social media and social impact measurement. MORE
Miami Related Topics NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 7, 2021
The Miami Dolphins Foundation, last year, committed to raising $75 million to fund innovative cancer research through its signature Dolphins Challenge Cancer peer-to-peer event.
Beth Kanter
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million, organizers at The Miami Foundation realized that Give Miami Day 2014 would be their most successful Giving Day yet. Thursday’s Give Miami Day raised $5.2 This was the first year that The Miami Foundation promoted a funding goal for Give Miami Day, set at $5 million. “As Collaboration among nonprofits is key; Miami Arts Brigade was a huge testament to that.
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EveryAction
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Council on Foundations / Miami, FL / $1,199. Association of Donor Relations Professionals / Miami, FL / TBD. It's finally here! If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! These conferences range in size, location, and topic. We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Nonprofit Management.
Candid
JANUARY 14, 2022
Miami, Detroit, the New York City metro/New Jersey area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, and Boston. A weekly update with the latest social sector news. Lewis Prize for Music announces 2022 music education grants. January 13, 2022.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Looking just at funding from private and community foundations, the top recipient of grant dollars is the Foundation for California Community Colleges ($188 million), followed by the Miami Dade College Foundation ($118 million).
NTEN
AUGUST 26, 2021
What brought you to Miami? However, what brought me to Miami (the weather, being closer to friends and family, the ocean) is different from what has kept me here. I’ve been most surprised and completely delighted by Miami’s creative scene.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 19, 2012
11/30 :: Miami, OK. 3/19/12 Update: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits launched in conjunction with a social media and mobile technology training and book tour that also served as fundraiser for partners nonprofits – a total of $17,130 was raised. Thanks very much to those that attended, the nonprofit partners (listed below), and the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Sponsors that helped make it happen. C ompleted Trainings: 3/15 :: Memphis, TN.
Cloud 4 Good
JULY 27, 2021
Take, for example, a corps member who lived and served with TFA in Buffalo, New York, but then moved to Miami, Florida after fulfilling their two-year teaching commitment.
EveryAction
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum / Miami, FL / $945. It's finally here! If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! These conferences range in size, location, and topic. We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Nonprofit Management. Marketing & Communications. Nonprofit Technology, and more!
VisionLink
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
You can also download a Policy Brief created by attendees at a Performance-Based Funding Institute hosted last summer in Miami. Two weeks ago VisionLink''s W. Douglas Zimmerman and Lois Ann Porter traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to organize the Performance-Based Funding Institute VisionLink produced for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
12/1 :: Miami, OK. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is now fully released to the public in both print and digital format. You can now also “Look Inside!&# to preview the first 11 pages. For those new to e-books, it’s also worth noting that Amazon offers a suite of free Kindle Apps that allow you to download the book in digital format to most smartphones or tablets, or as a.PDF to a PC or Mac.
Non Profit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
How’s the weather in Miami? Edited by Wil Renderos. This article references the book The Politics of Design. Danielle Coates-Connor: Hello, I’m Danielle Coates-Connor. I am the Chief Creative at Nonprofit Quarterly. I’m here with our Art Director, Devyn Taylor.
Allegiance Group
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
BF Wire blogger and senior consultant Elizabeth Weaver Engel (aka me) will be heading to ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference in Miami later this month to present with Jason Della Rocca in the Social Media Lab on Wikis: Collaborative Content at Your Fingertips. Benefits of coming: Miami in February?
Qgiv
APRIL 29, 2021
Greater Miami Youth for Christ’s Over the Edge Event. Greater Miami Youth for Christ hosts annual Over the Edge fundraising events. Ligers, tigons, and galas. Oh my! What do these things have in common? They’re hybrids, of course!
Kindful
AUGUST 12, 2021
Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
I'm doing a whirlwind in 7 days - Boston - Miami - London - Romania - Miami - Boston. I left Boston on Thursday for Miami for a meeting on Friday. I left Miami on Friday evening at 8:50 PM and landed at Heathrow 11:00 AM local time, on hour delayed. Expect light blogging this week because I have no idea whether or not I will have decent Internet access. I'm leading some workshops and doing some presentations and other work.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 25, 2011
12/1 :: Miami, OK. I tell ya. It’s a surreal feeling to know that someone could be reading your book right now… on the subway, in a cafe, or at a park in any city, anywhere in the world. And the fact that this books exists at all really is a testament to the power social media. All this began on a fateful day in February 2005 with the launch of a Myspace Page meant solely to promote nonprofits and foster social good.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
If you've been following my blog, I arrived in Romania last night after 32 hours in transit from Miami, including a 8 hour layover in Heathrow. I am here for a conference sponsored by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. to do a presentation and facilitate a workshop on strategy which will include the Romania version of the Social Media Game.
Care2
MARCH 29, 2011
If you are looking for some new ideas and strategies to ramp up your outreach, social media, or to recruit more donors and volunteers check out Sustainatopia in Miami next week on April 4th! Sustainatopia will rev up with the second annual Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference (SVC/SE – Miami). Where: Miami Beach Convention Center, room B210. As nonprofit campaigners, it’s our job to help mobilize supporters and move the needle to create real impact.
Qgiv
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Andrea Ortega, Director of Nonprofit Services Andrea hails from Cali, Colombia by way of Miami, FL. She has a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Public Affairs at UCF with a focus in Nonprofit Management.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 11, 2009
This year's summit will be held in Miami Beach, Florida on October 14 and 15 with the theme of "Prospering in Recessionary Times.". TechSoup is hosting upcoming 6th Annual International Computer Refurbisher Summit (ICRS 2009). ICRS is one of the lesser-known events in the electronics recycling industry. Most electronics recyclers do some amount of whole-system or parts reclamation, but this is the place where people who focus on electronics reuse get together to talk shop every year.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 15, 2007
That meeting in Miami was a landmark event for me. I'm flying to southern California tomorrow, and have been packing for the trip. I remember back seven years, when I first met Jed Emerson and he told me that I was a social entrepreneur, but that a bunch of them were meeting for a "Gathering." Not only was this a community of people like me (after eleven years of feeling like a real weirdo), but they were talking about the issues I had been, was then and would be facing.
Qgiv
APRIL 7, 2021
Qgiv Client Greater Miami Youth for Christ did a great job sharing livestreamed video of their event on social media. If your nonprofit is looking for a bold way to attract attention and raise money for your cause, an over the edge fundraiser is a great solution.
Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
APRIL 16, 2019
There are several ways that you can use the Miami social media company for your business. Reputation. The first way is to build a credible reputation for your business. This means that you are going to need to know how to connect with the right people. This is going to be better than connecting with a lot of people. This is one of the best ways that you will be able to build your brand awareness.
Beth Kanter
MAY 28, 2013
The presentation was prepared for the Miami Philanthropy Conference and addresses a familiar issue: Many nonprofits feel that demonstrating impact through performance measurement is a top priority for their programs and communications efforts including social media. I’ve been curating resources on nonprofit measurement over on Scoop.It, with eye towards collecting useful material related to social media and social impact measurement.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 2, 2010
They've kindly given us permission to host this stream of a conversation between Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer and his wife, Janus, about how Dr. Greer started working with Miami’s homeless. This post is part of a series highlighting TechSoup member organizations' achievements. StoryCorps is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit and TechSoup member organization that records and shares Americans' personal stories. You may have heard one of their recordings on weekly broadcasts of NPR's morning edition.
NTEN
JUNE 28, 2012
501tech miami If you're not in the New York City area, you can always join your local 501 Tech Club for ongoing learning opportunities. The picture to the left comes from the first meeting of our newest tech club in the Miami-Ft.Lauterdale area. flickr: adwriter Without year-end fundrasing campaigns to plan for (yet), and just after conference season, summer is usually the time when things slow down for all of us.
AFP Blog
APRIL 23, 2007
Eco-blogs target younger generations in South Florida | theledger.com: "Eco-blogs target younger generations in South FloridaBy BRIDGET CAREYThe Miami HeraldMIAMIRebecca Carter has a mission: raise awareness of local, green-minded organizations through one Web destination.Last year, she launched her blog, greenerMIAMI.com, and now it's beginning to blossom as the go-to destination for green.
NTEN
DECEMBER 12, 2008
We will collect all entries through the Changemakers website and then there will be a live, pitch-it competition at a conference in Miami at the end of February. Ashoka In association with WeMedia , Ashoka's Changemakers.net is sponsoring a competition to suss out "the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology."
Beth Kanter
APRIL 14, 2015
The Giving Day analysis, conducted by Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies , looked at Giving Days run by the Blue Grass Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and GiveMN, The Miami Foundation and Mississippi Gives. But The Miami Foundation and Boulder an increase in participating nonprofits and overall amount raised.
ASU Lodestar Center
OCTOBER 29, 2014
posted by Ryan Stewart Owner Marketic As the owner of a Miami based SEO and digital marketing agency, I''ve helped hundreds of businesses solve complicated marketing problems. He currently owns Webris , a Miami based digital marketing agency specializing in search engine marketing. I can honestly say that the most challenging clients have been non-profit organizations.
NTEN
JUNE 13, 2012
Lauderdale-Miami Tech Club is just getting started this month. flickr: Eva the Weaver. NTEN's local meet up groups have been popping up all across the US over the last few months. It's been exciting to talk to new organizers and get the clubs up and running. While each group has its own local flavor, most meet monthly to discuss nonprofit technology topics, learn from peers, and connect with the local nptech community.
Beth Kanter
MAY 21, 2015
Earlier this week I was in Miami to do a social media pre-workshop at the Knight Digital Media Seminar. My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. I know why Jennifer, who is the VP at the Knight Foundation is one of my engaged followers this week. Jennifer was observing and tweeting during the session. (If If you want to read the re-caps or view the videos for the seminar itself, the Knight Foundation blog has full documentation here ).
Allegiance Group
MARCH 4, 2009
If you happened to be at ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference last week, I’m betting you’ll answer “Miami.&#. Highlights included: Dan Roam’s opening keynote on visual thinking ( watch the video here ). The Social Media lab sessions. The association community is finally getting it: your members are going to flock to social media with or without you. Get on the train! The Twitter back channel, courtesy of the #ideas09 hashtag.
Beth Kanter
AUGUST 21, 2013
Some are stand-alone efforts in their communities, like Give Miami Day benefitting Greater Miami, while others are connected to a statewide campaign like the Georgia Gives campaign.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 2, 2008
The week before I went from Boston to Miami to Romania and flew back to Boston via Miami to present at the TAG Conference. Knight Foundation Scot Marken, President and CEO of Donors Forum of South Florida I had actually just seen Gary on my earlier visit to Miami for the Knight News Challenge Screeners Meeting. After hearing the session, I decided not to lounge on the beach in Miami, but go back trash the presentation I had planned to give and revise accordingly.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 24, 2020
One of the first large-scale P2P events to cancel and go virtual was the JDRF One Walk in Miami, FL. Many have objected to the term “social distancing” given the physical and mental health ramifications of seclusion. Psychology Today tells us that s ocial isolation increases the risk of anxiety and depression and has the equivalent adverse impact on physical health to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Qgiv
JUNE 22, 2021
The Miami Jewish Health organization has called upon its friends and supporters to be a part of their “BE A HERO” campaign.
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Matthew Perdoni also invited everyone to the Independent Sector Embark National Conference in late October in Miami. It's probably baked in to our cash-strapped nonprofit DNA to see if we can first get something donated before buying it outright. But asking for donations is time-consuming and not effective all the time. Luckily, there are a number of online donation platforms for in-kind donations that can make the process easier.
NTEN
JANUARY 3, 2012
flickr: valleygirl_tka A while back, with the generous support of the Knight Foundation, a group of Nonprofit CTOs gathered in Miami to discuss the day-to-day challenges of nonprofit technology, share their success stories, and brainstorm solutions.
Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 17, 2012
Miami, FL Youth L.E.A.D. As part of its Be Fearless initiative, the Case Foundation has chosen the 20 winners of Finding Fearless —a nationwide campaign to recognize, reward and inspire fearless changemakers. In addition to winning grants and prizes, the winners will compete for additional awards, which will be decided in a “Fan Favorite” public vote, so vote away! You can check out the work of the winners (in alphabetical order ) below.
NTEN
AUGUST 8, 2011
A while back, with the generous support of the Knight Foundation , a group of Nonprofit CTOs gathered in Miami to discuss the day-to-day challenges of nonprofit technology, share their success stories, and brainstorm solutions. We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. In today's installment, we tackle the CTOs' top five staffing tips. Use your networks The best hires are frequently folks you already know or have met while working in the sector.
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