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Miami Dolphins Foundation Shares How Its Hybrid Event Surpassed Pre-Pandemic Fundraising Levels

NonProfit PRO

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. In April, it transformed into a hybrid event. That successful change to hybrid will become its permanent format.

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Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million for nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 Note from Beth: It’s Giving Day Season!

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Community colleges: A critical access point to higher education

Candid

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). Their largest grant of $16.5 Additionally, the Mitchell Wolfson, Sr.

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5 Questions for Michelle Samplin-Salgado

NTEN

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. That would be the easy and probably obvious response.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Miami, Detroit, the New York City metro/New Jersey area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, and Boston. Focused on restaurant recovery and entrepreneurship, the Grants for Growth program will award $10,000 to a hundred businesses on Uber Eats in ten U.S. cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C.,

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Social Media for Social Good Book Tour Raises $17,130 for Partner Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

11/30 :: Miami, OK. 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. Proceeds benefited Amazon CARES. 1/19 :: Washington, DC. Proceeds benefited the International Lifeline Fund. 11/10 :: Los Angeles, CA.

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 74: Increasing Civic Engagement Through Philanthropy

Connection Cafe

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. The Miami Foundation.

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Performance Based Funding Institute to Improve Higher Education

VisionLink

You can also download a Policy Brief created by attendees at a Performance-Based Funding Institute hosted last summer in Miami. You can see more photos on the VisionLink Facebook Performance-Based Funding Album.

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Ahead of Give Local America, 7 trends in Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But The Miami Foundation and Boulder an increase in participating nonprofits and overall amount raised. It revealed several interesting trends in both donor activity and sustainability: Nonprofits are bringing in new donors : All six of the Giving Days continue to attract new donors for their participating nonprofits.

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Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Cloud 4 Good

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. One of the biggest complaints TFA was hearing from their audiences was a lack of configurability and preference management to the organization’s communication.

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Social Media for Social Good e-Book Version Now Available for Download!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

12/1 :: Miami, OK. View: Event details, training agenda, and registration information. 11/10 :: Los Angeles, CA. Proceeds benefit the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education. View: Event details, training agenda, and registration information. View: Event details, training agenda, and registration information. 1/19 :: Washington, DC.

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Sustainatopia: A Bootcamp to Help Nonprofits Build Stronger Movements

Care2

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).

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Resources for Measuring What Matters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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My Most Engaged Follower On Twitter Is @JenniferPreston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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

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Your 2022 Guide to Blackbaud’s K-12 Conference

sgEngage

Join Jimmy Cudzilo, chief information officer at Miami Country Day School, and Alex Orr, senior principal solutions engineer, for a quick look at Insight Designer and how you can start gaining business intelligence right away. Harnessing the Powers of Insights, SKY API® & Microsoft Power BI.

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5 Hybrid Event Ideas We Love and why

Qgiv

Greater Miami Youth for Christ’s Over the Edge Event. Greater Miami Youth for Christ hosts annual Over the Edge fundraising events. Using photos from previous events gives attendees an idea of what to expect ahead of the event. Need tips for your next golf event? We’ve got you covered !

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Blogging and Streaming My Layover in Heathrow

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. I'm leading some workshops and doing some presentations and other work.

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Knight Foundation Launches The Giving Day Play Book

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. . #3: Pick the structure that best fits your capacity and goals. Some Giving Days are single days, others last a week or even a month.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Their investments focus on authenticity/inclusion, transformation, and the development of talent and organizations. Areas served: San Jose, St. Highland Street Foundation.

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Getting Ready for the Gathering

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That meeting in Miami was a landmark event for me. 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."

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How To Use Social Media for Business

Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

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.

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Catch us at Great Ideas!

Allegiance Group

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?

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Nonprofit Marketing: Beyond Social Media

ASU Lodestar Center

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. Like this article?

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Social Media, Nonprofits, and Romania - Night Before the Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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Member Round Up: Summer Learning!

NTEN

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.

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Make #GivingTuesday 2021 Count!

Qgiv

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.

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NCVO and TAG Conference Presentations and Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. and James L.

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Join Us for the 2009 International Computer Refurbisher Summit

Tech Soup Blog

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.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Kindful

Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Their investments focus on authenticity/inclusion, transformation, and the development of talent and organizations. Areas served: San Jose, St. Highland Street Foundation.

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Over The Edge Fundraiser: A Daring Take on Fundraising

Qgiv

Qgiv Client Greater Miami Youth for Christ did a great job sharing livestreamed video of their event on social media. Have a plan when talking about your over the edge fundraising event on social media so that you’re approaching event promotion in a strategic, effective way.

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Going for Goal: Shared Knowledge Inspires Successful Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Miami Foundation offered the 305 prize for the donor who gave at 3:05 p.m., The first: Everyone loves a good prize: While Giving Days offer a variety of prizes to donors, the foundations realized it wasn’t the size of the prize that motivated people to give more, but it was the timing that mattered.

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Twenty "Fearless" Changemakers

Have Fun - Do Good

Miami, FL Youth L.E.A.D. Darius Graham | Social Innovation Project | Washington, DC The Social Innovation Project tackles pressing social issues by providing seed funding and resources to help transform ideas into sustainable programs. Twitter: @dcsocialinnov ) 3. Erin Healy | Youth L.E.A.D. Twitter: @youthleadmiami ) 4.

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Maximizing Your Membership Program: Tips from the Experts

Connection Cafe

Myrna Llaguno, Miami Children’s Museum. Miami Children’s Museum had community partners constantly looking for ways to reach their members, but they didn’t want members to see it as a sales pitch. And of course I was proud to see so many Blackbaud clients there to represent. The panel consisted of: Vita Gioia, Jr.,

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Top 3 Sources for Donated Tech, Products, and Services

Tech Soup Blog

Matthew Perdoni also invited everyone to the Independent Sector Embark National Conference in late October in Miami. Nonprofit HR offers discounted HR consulting, talent acquisition, and executive search. Use the discount code TECHSOUP200 for $200 off regular registration. Getting Consumer Goods Donations Through Good360.

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Where Was Your Last Great Idea?

Allegiance Group

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.

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Tech Local: New 501 Tech Clubs

NTEN

Lauderdale-Miami Tech Club is just getting started this month. Eugene, OR : An already existing group of nonprofit tech professionals in Euguene reached out to find out what it takes to become an official tech club and grow their group. The group held their first official meeting in May; the next meeting will be on Friday, June 15th.

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20 Lists of Holiday Gifts that Give Back

Have Fun - Do Good

on Forbes.com Gifts That Give Back: Charitable Gifts on Marie Claire Gifts That Give Back: Holiday Gift Guide 2009 on InStyle Gifts That Give Back: Snapfish Free Photo Calendar & Make-A-Wish Custom Photo Book Giveaway on This Full House Give Gifts That Give Back This Season on Women for Women International blog Give a guy a gift that gives back (..)

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Victor d’Allant on Using Video

See3

He is showing video and talking about how, for them, it is all about stories.

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Training Board Members As Brand Champions on Social and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last month, I facilitated a workshop for the Knight Digital Media Learning Seminar in Miami on “Leading on Social Media.”

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A Playbook To Kickstart Your Nonprofit’s #GivingTuesday Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When it comes to follow up, the Miami Foundation is a good example of what’s possible when you follow-up. After their Giving Day campaign, they created a survey for all donors to learn more about their interests and compared that data to their existing donors.

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