Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

All day, almost every day, nonprofit new media managers are immersed in breaking news and thus the world’s problems. Many of the social problems we see daily have always existed, but it wasn’t until the rise of mobile and social media that we were given constant access to the stories, images, and videos that document humankind’s dark side.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

We looked at problems associated with “status quo” management and thinking. It will never go backwards, any more than civilization moved back to “normal” after the discovery of fire or the wheel. . “ I think normal was part of the problem to begin with. And the difference between “iteration” and “innovation.” — Brian Solis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The Bookshare story Bookshare is a real example of the confluence of how all of these exciting developments were able to drive an innovative new way of addressing a social problem, and demonstrating the potential of what ebooks can do. Jimmy and I spent an hour trading music together. I had never heard of it. It was a magical hour.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those. Ramakrishna Mission Students Home in India provides a home and education to orphaned boys from rural Tamil Nadu state in South India. Photo: Ramakrishna Mission Students Home. Orphans Getting an Elite Education in India.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Alexander Hamilton sings about who he and America are meant to be. For example: If you work in the education sector , you could offer learning opportunities to non-enrolled students. You could sponsor and share research that may help with many of the world’s problems. Dream bigger. .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those. Ramakrishna Mission Students Home in India provides a home and education to orphaned boys from rural Tamil Nadu state in South India. Photo: Ramakrishna Mission Students Home. in Staatsburg, New York is doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

One of things immediately struck me – the crowd was filled with younger people – teens, college students, and millennials who want to use the technology and do social change on their own terms. Speakers Sarah Hurwitz (Senior Assistant to President Obama) and Monique Coleman of High School Musical also shared inspiring lessons.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Before the donation, the organization was using old software, which caused problems when the staff tried to share files externally. The school has about 300 students who attend classes in a one-room building that ordinarily accommodates 30 children. The remaining students must hold classes outside underneath trees, if weather permits.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders. The cuts were so deep that school music rooms are full of unplayable instruments. Some students folding clothes. There's no money to fix them.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The way The Fog will work, as Christopher Mims describes it in the Wall Street Journal , is that our smart devices will send software updates to one another, rather than routing them through the cloud, a bit like how peer-to-peer music and movie sharing is done via services like Bittorrent. Very sophisticated for a student team.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

In many ways, we are focused on solving technology problems , or completing projects. This got me thinking that all people, not just scientists and students could use this method. But I have really come to believe that the way that we work with people is as important as the “final&# outcome.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

It’s how you explain to a potential donor who your organization helps, what problem you are working to solve, and how your organization is changing lives. The right message gets people singing from the same sheet of music as you. The original seven students we started with are now in the workforce. Harmonizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Each has a composite page that has biography, conversation, and music/media area. Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. They wanted to dispel myths about what mental problems really mean. The volunteers were high school students. A rating of 100 or more is considered good in Romania.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

Ludwig is a game aimed at educators and students alike. The struggle for the jury was to find how the simple gameplay reflects the game’s goal of empowering women to believe that they are capable of solving hard problems through teamwork and leadership.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Mar 9 - 18.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Some of the new volunteers are high school students, others are college professors. This Pop Up Library just returned from a folk music festival. One lives a double life as a soul music collector and DJ. From CUL’s perspective, if you’re reading to other writers, that’s not a problem, it’s a community.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2007

A museum experience I’ll always remember: In 2002, I worked at the Boston Museum of Science with a program in which high school students from a nearby charter school spent half their school time at the museum. One day when we didn’t have the students, I was walking the floor with another staff member. my coworker admonished.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

How much for a student? Some might argue that this problem is not one of consistency, but of unfamiliarity. The same goes for skydiving, music concerts, and camping fees. Because the related problem to price inconsistency is value confusion. Pop quiz: How much does it cost to go a museum? How much for a family?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The problem--one which is not addressed in the article--is that museums have not been willing to cater to new target audiences to the exclusion of their traditional patrons. We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. The student community? Which community?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

provides a 12-week afterschool program and 4-month paid apprenticeship wellness program for low-income high school students. Michael Bitz | Youth Music Exchange | Forest Hills, NY Youth Music Exchange launches record labels inside schools, organized and managed by youth, enabling students to write, record, and distribute original music.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

It drives me simply nuts that every single time I call my satellite provider about a problem with the service, and I’m saying “I’m seeing 80% packet loss, and doing a traceroute suggests that it’s about 2 hops after your modem&# and they respond with “OK, first, we’re going to clear out your browser cache.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Leadership. Fundraising.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

That is the problem that they want to solve. So those are the problems that they want to solve. They’re saying, “Are your eyes on the problem?” And by giving money, can solve someone else’s problem. Does she not talk about the depth of systemic problems and the professionalism of her staff?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Net Impact Conference is the premier gathering of students and professionals who are committed to making a lasting social and environmental impact now and for a lifetime. The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. State/Local.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

The most surprising group to create, share and promote original content is middle and high school students. To successfully complete their goals, players are asked to use their creativity to solve problems and more importantly, to share their work with others online through blogs, photos and YouTube clips.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

The buzzwords have changed and the technology has gotten more sophisticated – but the problems many nonprofits are facing are exactly the same. Asking, before implementing a new technology – what problem is really attempting to be solved? is it a problem that can be solved in any other ways?

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

One of my first jobs in tech 1,000 years ago was as “Text Production Lead” on a music encyclopedia CD-ROM (Google it, kids). So I am intimately acquainted with the problem that Foundation Center programmers are trying to solve with their machine learning approach. It took us four months of non-stop proofreading and data entry!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

(it was the NMC’s 15th anniversary) that got rolled into a NMC@15 video , and a chance to sign up for 15 minutes of studio time on the John Lennon Bus to create a package of sharable music loops. was a problem for some people) and while we did offer a secondary way to pay, we need to rethink this part of the conference registration.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 31, 2022

Either way, it’s a problem, but it might not be your fault. Look for a specific need in your organization that needs to be funded, such as moving five students or families off your waiting list or purchasing most-needed items for emergency food boxes. No live music or DJ. Choose a small, solvable problem that you need to fund.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

And then you may have something like scholarship funds, or the music fund, or something like that. How many of you feel like that, or cringe when your executive director goes, “Let’s just ask some of these high school students that come to after school?” No problem. So make sure you have that clear.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

After advising the students of trying as much as possible to remain in school, he explained his reasoning: “Because education is the most powerful weapon which we can use in order to prepare our youth for their role as leaders of tomorrow.”.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

These are grassroots organizations, and they were helping each other with the most intractable problems that face women everywhere: domestic violence, sex trafficking, disease, discrimination. They were using music, dance, poetry, and storytelling, and they were succeeding. It is a very rich portion of the site.

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