Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

While I’m trying to stay awake a little longer, here’s a story of how United Airlines did something very right. I’ve certainly had worse experiences at the airport with my “condoms are not refundable&# experience in 2006 on Delta quickly coming to mind. It’s been a whirlwind week. But was I freaking out?

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JULY 3, 2023

A disability is any condition of the mind or body that makes it more difficult for someone to partake in certain activities and may impair their ability to participate easily in normal daily pursuits. If you know others with disabilities, encourage them to share their own stories with the world. Donate to support their mission here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I was able to participate in the Naropa tradition of “bowing in” at the beginning of classes: a short meditation exercise to focus the mind on the people in the room. It was easy to focus on bringing my story to these students and hoping to help inspire them on their way to doing more social good.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. We both started in tech in San Francisco.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. We both started in tech in San Francisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

At our session on leadership, we were asked to turn to someone at our table and share stories. I know that I have been tremendously influenced by what I have learned in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Atlanta, and now Seattle. Like Andy Goodman said in his presentation, it would blow your mind. Safe travels, everyone!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2014

This weekend our listening exercise was observing the citywide Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) drill in San Francisco. Sponsored by the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD), volunteer NERTs participate in drills twice a year (find out how you can become part of a NERT or CERT in your neighborhood).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In a sharing economy, your story and the way it’s told is not completely under your control. Instead, your supporters are empowered to tell your story in their own, personal way. Ideally, you’ll want to give your donors space and the opportunity to share their story, such as through a peer-to-peer fundraiser or on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. For empathy, Parr uses the example of the BatKid story from Make-A-Wish Foundation in San Francisco. Parr uses the metaphor of building a fire to describe how capturing attention works. He wanted to be Batkid.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While the image of a volunteer holding a clipboard may spring to mind, we all know that it’s an inefficient method for collecting and processing data. This type of work often brings workers to areas of limited or no connectivity. Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

That’s where I met Kim Kastorff who is the founder of Kimpacto , a San Francisco-based advisory & consulting firm working across the U.S., Your communication strategy should be a combination of both financial + social impact metrics, and should consider statistics and personal stories that convey your impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

Yesterday, the Social Media for Nonprofit Conference series kicked off in San Francisco yesterday in War Memorial Green Room with support from Microsoft. Each speaker had a plethora of practical tips and resources, that I decided to capture some of the best nuggits. Charles Porch, Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2013

” or “How do we make our story go viral?” Never mind that you don’t create viral content; you create content , and, if it resonates with enough people, consider yourself lucky — and keep doing more of that! She lives in San Francisco with her husband, who spends way less time on social media than she does.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

and teaches yoga in San Francisco. When I moved to San Francisco five years ago, I couldn't have known how important yoga would become to me. I had gone to classes on and off before coming to California but regularly left before savasana, the rest period at the end of class where the mind is invited to be still.

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Everyaction

MAY 21, 2018

Another excellent model of using a website’s donation page to highlight the option for Planned Giving is the San Francisco SPCA , which features a blurb about it, alongside their other donation options. Financial planning is never a simple task, and confusion can be discouraging to potential donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

As nonprofits, we have an incredible storytelling advantage — to share meaningful, mission-minded content that inspires people to react, engage and share authentically. She lives in San Francisco with her husband who spends way less time with social media than she does. What have you learned from the experience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2012

Fund asked Kate to share her experiences with our Flexible Leadership Award in this video because we knew it could benefit others to hear her story. Fund, a family foundation based in San Francisco that is dedicated to providing fundamental rights and opportunities for all people.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 13, 2015

Highlight small successes — and share stories from people and communities whose lives you've improved. Reach out to like-minded organizations and create goals you can achieve more effectively together. Fill your next grant request or appeal to donors with the data points, metrics, and stories you've gathered.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2016

That's because purpose brings meaning to why you do what you do — winning over hearts, not only minds. in San Francisco for Building Your Brand, Inside and Out. When you lead communications with purpose, you invite a wider audience into your cause.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

San Francisco, California: Cause Funding: Indiegogo + Cause Funder: Geek Club Books, Autism Story Apps. Portland, Oregon: Being Mindful on the Web: Protecting Yourself and Your Organization. Seattle, Washington: Project Management for Nonprofits. Friday, October 10, 2014. Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Naples, Florida.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

Each topic introduced a framework and story, and was followed by discussion and activities to identify examples in the Arab world and or determine whether the principle was relevant. There were many ideas, but all agreed sharing success stories from NGOs in their country was important.

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fusionSpan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This blog will give you some important things to keep in mind when you are selecting your city and venue. Also, cities such as New York, San Francisco, and Boston can have much higher rates for coffee, labor, and etc. Please let us know your tips and stories in the comments! Where do you want to take your next event?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Think of the words "overhead" and "nonprofits" and what comes to mind? Ghaffari laid out a hypothetical situation: Imagine a homeless shelter funded through two contracts, one from HUD and the other from the City of San Francisco. If so, you've fallen victim to the overhead myth. For example, Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Both have worked for homeless services agencies, ironically in the same type of work – fundraising and communications. And they both feel passionately about working with organizations and people to shine a light on homelessness, tell those stories, and help people. If you’re not listening, your organization has a closed mind.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2023

When you hear the words “ Habitat for Humanity ,” what comes to mind? Create an extraordinary volunteer journey the Habitat way Several years ago, Habitat for Humanity San Francisco’s Chief Development Officer, Kristine Leja and her team developed an ingenious campaign. It was right after the 2016 election.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2015

Amy has several investments in mind, including a larger sign in front of the library: many people still don't realize that the library is now open regular hours. The community may not really need a preschool story time; they may not need a summer reading program. He lives in San Francisco. spanhidden.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Two Community Stories. A year and a half ago, our LikeMinded platform for sharing community success stories was just a concept. Our intuitions told us that stories of great local projects were not traveling from town to town. LikeMinded. Local leaders weren’t getting the credit they deserved. So we asked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The project was a success, but I felt that it lacked real engagement between the public and the museums and Ask a Curator came to mind. Participants and bloggers can use these handy banners and already San Francisco Symphony’s Donato Cabrera put on up on his site. How did you get 340 museums to participate? All in one day.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2015

This story was written by Elliot Harmon , a writer and open web activist. He lives in San Francisco. How You Can Keep Your Nonprofit's Computers Safe and Secure. Check out TechSoup's 12 Tips to Being Safer Online. Take advantage of the Symantec Donation Program. Images: Hancock County Planning Commission. spanhidden.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

This week's Solutionary woman is Viet-Ly Nguyen, a former co-worker from Streetside Stories , who I interviewed for my Big Vision Podcast last winter. Streetside Stories is a San Francisco based arts education nonprofit that actually just started a blog , so give them a little link love! Thank you, Viet-Ly!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Ordinary people can and do have extraordinary stories and ideas to share.” This past year alone she has been a presenter at NTEN's NTC (in San Francisco) , Blackbaud User Conference in Charleston , SxSw in Austin , the list goes on. That is what they crave and appreciate the most. Being heard, counting, being recognized.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Connecting with Millennials "When I was invited to speak, the first thing that came to mind was "calling." My whole career and story has been around finding my calling. Mike''s coming of age story At age 12 Mike "lived a Leave it to Beaver, cookie-cutter suburban lifestyle." One night I was hosting a party in San Francisco.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2008

I was in a very dark period in my life dealing with a chronic illness (multiple sclerosis) as well as a major move from San Francisco to Los Angeles. To complete the challenge, Walker asks that you submit a story on your 30th day about the impact the Challenge has made on your life.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

We wanted to share stories of that help and local support, otherwise everything would have been confounded in misery. Those are weekly calls with representatives from Massachusetts and Boston, and all the way to San Francisco and the University of Washington.”. Individual teachers and schools were. Local communities were.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. I was honored to lead a featured season at the United Way Leadership Conference on Networked Leadership and teach many workshops networked leadership skills.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

Ashley Rowe: The first event right after that, where we decided to go and sell, was San Francisco Pride. The other part of the story was that the cupcakes I was making were rainbow-layered cupcakes. When I was a teenager, it blew my mind when I found out about veganism. It came up as, "Oh, these are amazing.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. You have fallen into a new story. Do not confuse the beginning of the story with the end.”

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