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Montana Historical Society. The Montana Historical Society takes its state’s most elemental and distinctive characteristics (Big Sky, Big Land) and deftly melds them with its mission in a way that generates excitement. Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences. 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
The photo above is of Rob Stuart in 1997 at a meeting in Montana to create a plan at what eventually became NTEN – thoughtfully documented in photos by Gavin Clabaugh and included in the nptech history wiki. Rob Stuart shared my birthday, Jan. But we also shared more than that – the nonprofit technology field. Rob was the godfather. MORE
She always said, “If my mother hadn’t run welfare in our small Montana town, we would have been on it.” My wife grew up poor. Her father was killed in a tragic accident when she was a toddler. MORE
The managers of two other shelters, one local and another from Montana, have already visited the Sojourner project and are interested in replicating the idea. posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. We all know many of the reasons domestic violence victims don’t escape their abusers: fear, a sense of helplessness, and financial dependence among them. MORE
PLUK Parent Center was formed in 1984 by parents of children with special needs in the state of Montana for the purpose of information, support, training, and assistance to aid their children at home, school, and as adults. The Rob Stuart Memorial Award honors the spirit of the man who was so pivotal in creating our community. Rob was a builder - of communities, of ideas, and of movements. MORE
If you''re in the area, the Montana Nonprofit Association will be holding its annual conference in Missoula, October 2-4. Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Read up on your ever generous, thoughtful, and talented peers and have a great weekend! MORE
> Read our findings in our research article: Nonprofit Culture in the Cloud: Key Findings from a Study > Read the individual case studies: Family Reach Foundation Montana Legal Services Community Partners American Jewish World Service Danbury Youth Services FivePaths Great Books Foundation Headway Emotional Health Services Park Pride. Flickr: marcp_dmoz Technology aside, it’s clear that the advent of Cloud-based solutions has had an impact on the culture of our work as nonprofits. MORE
The federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Navajo Indian Nation and Puerto Rico. So you want to start an organization that benefits a specific cause. Great! That’s why we’re here: to help you navigate this confusing sector simply saturated with content, ideas and innovation. But wait—should you really be starting a nonprofit? Or is something that benefits both the owners and the cause more up your alley? MORE
For example, Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, Montana told us they have found ways to use digital tools to cultivate their neighborly spirit and are having success promoting events online. Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. MORE
In January, Starbucks ’ stores in: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, northern California, northern Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Texas, Maine, New Hampshire, parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Rhode Island were rBGH-free. Guess what? Your advocacy made a difference. MORE
Their first application focused on a survey of Montana’s beetle-infested white bark pine. Colorado Nonprofit Offers Aerial Views of a Changing Landscape | Paul Andersen | Travel & Outdoors | NewWest.Net : "But thanks to a new partnership, not everyone has to pay for a coveted spot, limited to four at a time, in EcoFlight founder Bruce Gordon’s single-engine Cessna. Gordon’s “virtual tours” will soon provide links to Google Earth that he says will convey the impact of being on board. MORE
With 52 of 56 Montana counties classified as medically underserved and health professional shortage areas, per the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the philanthropists saw a need that the university’s nursing program could help solve. Education Health Major Gifts MORE
I've known David Geilhufe since the dude ranch in Montana Ebase days in 2002. It was sort of barcamp-like retreat in wilds of Montana not to far from Yellow Stone. Photo by Hurley Vision. David Geilhufe was really proud of his barcamp badge. David Geilhufe emailed me to let me know he has started a new job at NetSuite to create a philanthropy program for the company. MORE
For example, when a consumer of the ice-cream brand Wilcoxson's asked, on Wilcoxson’s Facebook page, if the gelatin in their cookies and cream ice-cream contained pork, their CEO responded on Facebook with “we don’t deliver outside of Montana and certainly not in Pakistan.” Every organization makes mistakes. Of course some mishaps are bigger then others and can damage your reputation among important stakeholders like your activists, donors, and volunteers. MORE
Montana. The process of starting a nonprofit requires a fair amount of savvy and know-how. Building from the ground up, it’s often difficult knowing where to start. Questions arise like “What do I need” and “Why do I need it?” ” One of the biggest question marks comes up when it’s time to calculate the cost of your nonprofit. MORE
The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals. MORE
He is in charge of the web presence of several different organizations in both Montana and surrounding states, as well as print, video, and various other odds and ends. By Terry Booth, Media Director, PLUK. It all started back in March of this year. I was fortunate enough to be invited to be a guest speaker at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. The truncated title of the session I spoke at was Observing Oz. MORE
Montana Association of Nonprofits worked with NTEN this last week to present a webinar on Technology to Meet Your Mission to their nonprofit members. Flickr: Chad_Norman (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . MORE
If someone's listening and thinking, "I'll do air testing in Montana!" "You cannot run a community if you're not informed. Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us When I first heard David Cohn talk about Spot.us MORE
She’s hanging out in Montana. So shout out to Montana if any of you were also there. . So we’ve got a small efficient staff located everywhere from Montana down to Arizona and over to Washington DC. MORE
Jon grew up at the foothills of the continental divide in Montana where he ski raced, kayaked and lived the life that is so often portrayed (poorly- thank you very much Brad Pitt) in Hollywood movies. We’re pleased to welcome Jon Thompson (not the basketball coach) as our new Director of Online Campaigns and Marketing. In addition to helping us expand our marketing service line, Jon is one of the senior members on our Feeding America team. MORE
If you''re in the area, the Montana Nonprofit Association will be holding its annual conference in Missoula, October 2-4. Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Read up on your ever generous, thoughtful, and talented peers and have a great weekend! MORE
Montana – where we organize low-income rural communities – 73% are online, of which 43% are on Facebook. Note from Beth: Shonali Burke, who we interviewed in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , let me know about an exciting project she is working on with the Center for Community Change that is hosting the 8th Annual Change Champion Awards (in DC) today (Sept. MORE
The program currently will support organizations in Native communities that are growing or expanding programs that support sustainable economic opportunities and preserve native grasslands in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Areas served: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota. MORE
The managers of two other shelters, one local and another from Montana, have already visited the Sojourner project and are interested in replicating the idea. posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. We all know many of the reasons domestic violence victims don’t escape their abusers: fear, a sense of helplessness, and financial dependence among them. MORE
Parent's, Let's Unite for Kids (PLUK) serves 30,000 Montana families of children with disabilities and special health care needs. A new VoIP phone system has helped the staff and volunteers of Parent's, Let's Unite for Kids statewide stay connected with one another and better serve clients in geographically isolated areas. Kimberlee Roth. Owner. Outword, LLC. read more MORE
Paul, Executive Director of the Montana Legal Services Association, from the book Advancement Services: A Foundation for Fund Raising , 2nd ed., As the calendar year draws to an end, charities (and ideally, donors) are focused on year-end donations and tax deductions. Here are a few scenarios for U.S. charities to keep in mind. Note: I am not a lawyer. When in doubt, contact an attorney who specializes in nonprofit law or contact the IRS for a ruling. ). MORE
Missoula, Montana: QuickBooks Made Easy. 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. Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. You like numbers? Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 MORE
A library in Montana and a nonprofit organization in New Mexico are using the BTOP grant money to fund unique ways to reach out to remote areas. This post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog and was authored by Jennifer Anthony. Broadband provision in remote communities can often be logistically challenging and expensive. Targeted grants are one way to address the access barriers faced by rural communities. MORE
Montana Related Topics NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
With 52 of 56 Montana counties classified as medically underserved and health professional shortage areas, per the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the philanthropists saw a need that the university’s nursing program could help solve. Education Health Major Gifts
Charity Navigator
JANUARY 6, 2021
She always said, “If my mother hadn’t run welfare in our small Montana town, we would have been on it.” My wife grew up poor. Her father was killed in a tragic accident when she was a toddler.
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NTEN
OCTOBER 10, 2012
Parent's, Let's Unite for Kids (PLUK) serves 30,000 Montana families of children with disabilities and special health care needs. A new VoIP phone system has helped the staff and volunteers of Parent's, Let's Unite for Kids statewide stay connected with one another and better serve clients in geographically isolated areas. Kimberlee Roth. Owner. Outword, LLC. read more
Kindful
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
The program currently will support organizations in Native communities that are growing or expanding programs that support sustainable economic opportunities and preserve native grasslands in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Areas served: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 18, 2008
I've known David Geilhufe since the dude ranch in Montana Ebase days in 2002. It was sort of barcamp-like retreat in wilds of Montana not to far from Yellow Stone. Photo by Hurley Vision. David Geilhufe was really proud of his barcamp badge. David Geilhufe emailed me to let me know he has started a new job at NetSuite to create a philanthropy program for the company.
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.
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 27, 2011
A library in Montana and a nonprofit organization in New Mexico are using the BTOP grant money to fund unique ways to reach out to remote areas. This post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog and was authored by Jennifer Anthony. Broadband provision in remote communities can often be logistically challenging and expensive. Targeted grants are one way to address the access barriers faced by rural communities.
NTEN
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
> Read our findings in our research article: Nonprofit Culture in the Cloud: Key Findings from a Study > Read the individual case studies: Family Reach Foundation Montana Legal Services Community Partners American Jewish World Service Danbury Youth Services FivePaths Great Books Foundation Headway Emotional Health Services Park Pride. Flickr: marcp_dmoz Technology aside, it’s clear that the advent of Cloud-based solutions has had an impact on the culture of our work as nonprofits.
Beth Kanter
OCTOBER 27, 2011
The photo above is of Rob Stuart in 1997 at a meeting in Montana to create a plan at what eventually became NTEN – thoughtfully documented in photos by Gavin Clabaugh and included in the nptech history wiki. Rob Stuart shared my birthday, Jan. But we also shared more than that – the nonprofit technology field. Rob was the godfather.
Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 20, 2009
Montana Historical Society. The Montana Historical Society takes its state’s most elemental and distinctive characteristics (Big Sky, Big Land) and deftly melds them with its mission in a way that generates excitement. Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences.
Allegiance Group
MAY 31, 2012
Jon grew up at the foothills of the continental divide in Montana where he ski raced, kayaked and lived the life that is so often portrayed (poorly- thank you very much Brad Pitt) in Hollywood movies. We’re pleased to welcome Jon Thompson (not the basketball coach) as our new Director of Online Campaigns and Marketing. In addition to helping us expand our marketing service line, Jon is one of the senior members on our Feeding America team.
AFP Blog
MAY 23, 2011
Their first application focused on a survey of Montana’s beetle-infested white bark pine. Colorado Nonprofit Offers Aerial Views of a Changing Landscape | Paul Andersen | Travel & Outdoors | NewWest.Net : "But thanks to a new partnership, not everyone has to pay for a coveted spot, limited to four at a time, in EcoFlight founder Bruce Gordon’s single-engine Cessna. Gordon’s “virtual tours” will soon provide links to Google Earth that he says will convey the impact of being on board.
NTEN
APRIL 7, 2014
PLUK Parent Center was formed in 1984 by parents of children with special needs in the state of Montana for the purpose of information, support, training, and assistance to aid their children at home, school, and as adults. The Rob Stuart Memorial Award honors the spirit of the man who was so pivotal in creating our community. Rob was a builder - of communities, of ideas, and of movements.
ASU Lodestar Center
JANUARY 27, 2016
The managers of two other shelters, one local and another from Montana, have already visited the Sojourner project and are interested in replicating the idea. posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. We all know many of the reasons domestic violence victims don’t escape their abusers: fear, a sense of helplessness, and financial dependence among them.
NTEN
OCTOBER 8, 2010
Montana Association of Nonprofits worked with NTEN this last week to present a webinar on Technology to Meet Your Mission to their nonprofit members. Flickr: Chad_Norman (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) .
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 1, 2017
The federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Navajo Indian Nation and Puerto Rico. So you want to start an organization that benefits a specific cause. Great! That’s why we’re here: to help you navigate this confusing sector simply saturated with content, ideas and innovation. But wait—should you really be starting a nonprofit? Or is something that benefits both the owners and the cause more up your alley?
NTEN
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
If you''re in the area, the Montana Nonprofit Association will be holding its annual conference in Missoula, October 2-4. Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Read up on your ever generous, thoughtful, and talented peers and have a great weekend!
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 1, 2017
Missoula, Montana: QuickBooks Made Easy. 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. Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. You like numbers? Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2
NTEN
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
If you''re in the area, the Montana Nonprofit Association will be holding its annual conference in Missoula, October 2-4. Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Read up on your ever generous, thoughtful, and talented peers and have a great weekend!
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 7, 2016
Montana. The process of starting a nonprofit requires a fair amount of savvy and know-how. Building from the ground up, it’s often difficult knowing where to start. Questions arise like “What do I need” and “Why do I need it?” ” One of the biggest question marks comes up when it’s time to calculate the cost of your nonprofit.
ASU Lodestar Center
JANUARY 27, 2016
The managers of two other shelters, one local and another from Montana, have already visited the Sojourner project and are interested in replicating the idea. posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. We all know many of the reasons domestic violence victims don’t escape their abusers: fear, a sense of helplessness, and financial dependence among them.
Beth Kanter
NOVEMBER 22, 2011
For example, Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, Montana told us they have found ways to use digital tools to cultivate their neighborly spirit and are having success promoting events online. Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered.
Beth Kanter
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Montana – where we organize low-income rural communities – 73% are online, of which 43% are on Facebook. Note from Beth: Shonali Burke, who we interviewed in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , let me know about an exciting project she is working on with the Center for Community Change that is hosting the 8th Annual Change Champion Awards (in DC) today (Sept.
Care2
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
For example, when a consumer of the ice-cream brand Wilcoxson's asked, on Wilcoxson’s Facebook page, if the gelatin in their cookies and cream ice-cream contained pork, their CEO responded on Facebook with “we don’t deliver outside of Montana and certainly not in Pakistan.” Every organization makes mistakes. Of course some mishaps are bigger then others and can damage your reputation among important stakeholders like your activists, donors, and volunteers.
Bloomerang
AUGUST 13, 2021
She’s hanging out in Montana. So shout out to Montana if any of you were also there. . So we’ve got a small efficient staff located everywhere from Montana down to Arizona and over to Washington DC.
NTEN
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
He is in charge of the web presence of several different organizations in both Montana and surrounding states, as well as print, video, and various other odds and ends. By Terry Booth, Media Director, PLUK. It all started back in March of this year. I was fortunate enough to be invited to be a guest speaker at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. The truncated title of the session I spoke at was Observing Oz.
Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 22, 2007
In January, Starbucks ’ stores in: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, northern California, northern Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Texas, Maine, New Hampshire, parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Rhode Island were rBGH-free. Guess what? Your advocacy made a difference.
Have Fun - Do Good
JULY 31, 2009
If someone's listening and thinking, "I'll do air testing in Montana!" "You cannot run a community if you're not informed. Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us When I first heard David Cohn talk about Spot.us
Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 19, 2006
The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.
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