Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

When we hear about nonprofits like Community Technology Alliance (CTA), we get really excited. This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. Recently, tech company Zendesk teamed up with San Francisco nonprofits St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

Photo from San Jose Library. Chances are if you work or volunteer for a nonprofit you already know that. After all, volunteers are the lifeblood of most nonprofits, and with 64 Million volunteers taking the time to give back in 2009, National Volunteer Week is as much about thanking volunteers as encouraging them to come back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

I don't think so, and I think that such projects express a misunderstanding of collective intelligence. We're also seeing more nonprofits take this approach for fundraising, program development, and social change. Envision San Jose 2040 (There's even a platform to support the virtual charrette called " wiki planning ".

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Adobe is working to make a difference in the nonprofit community and recognizes that their software is used by the community for creative expression and social advocacy. See how nonprofits like yours are benefiting from their donated products and services, and creating professional-quality videos. Employee Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

One of the big themes in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , is the importance of experiments and not to frame them as success or failure but as learning. The problem I see all too often is that many nonprofits expect immediate success and at the first “failure&# they quit. Program funders watching the presentations.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2017

When we started working on the food side of the Abbott Square project, it raised some basic questions about community inclusion. Would adding a major commercial component to the project make it more or less welcoming? So our whole staff went to visit another public market the developer had started: San Pedro Square Market in San Jose.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. There were 14 great teams pitching their Projects at the Conference, but only 3 voted as prize winners. There were many excellent ideas (check out the Project Gallery !) VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

In 2001, I started at the Digital Media Studies Masters program at the University of Denver. When I graduated in 2003, I moved out here to California and worked with the San Jose Museum of Art before getting a job with Linden Labs. You have worked with nonprofit organizations too ???? It's amazing. Second Life isn???t

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2006

Girls for a Change , a nonprofit that pairs women with middle and high school girls to help them create social change in their communities, is looking for mentors in the Bay Area and Phoenix. Through this awesome after-school program, these young women are becoming true social change agents. They even got a grant to fund their project!

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John Kenyon

JUNE 26, 2017

I spent 5 years working with 4 nonprofits on a collaborative technology project. Below I share the lessons we learned, the challenges and the benefits of having nonprofits collaborating on a technology project. This was the project the developed the SafeChat Silicon Valley crisis counseling service.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

In the past year, thousands of nonprofit pros took advantage of our definitive Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar, and we're so excited to share our brand new 2016 list! Nonprofit technology, and more! 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Fundraising.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

Our main focus has been our text book image description project. Kelli Lee I recently graduated from Foothill College with an Associated Arts degree in Business Administration and will be attending San Jose State University in the fall. In my spare time, I love biking, going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Mobile4All project also sees mobile phones as a key to open the door to recovery and self-sufficiency. However, the San Jose-based nonprofit, Community Technology Alliance (CTA), had a hunch that cellphones might be a surprisingly good place to start getting employment and becoming self-sufficient. into the workplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

This week, as BlogHer , launched a special campaign with GlobalGiving to raise money for lifesaving programs for women around the world, here is an interview with Donna Callejon who is the Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving. I recently noticed that you had a project from New Orleans, can you tell me about it?

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