AFP Blog

JULY 5, 2012

Facing $600K in cuts, Philadelphia-area high school seeks to raise funds through eBay listing : LANGHORNE, Pa. A cash-strapped high school near Philadelphia hopes to raise money by auctioning itself on eBay. Forget magazine drives and candy sales. The starting bid of just under $600,000 for The Learning Center in Langhorne, Pa., is designed to offset steep budget cuts. A tongue-in-cheek listing describes the alternative school for at-risk teens as "pre-owned" and "slightly used

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AFP Blog

MAY 14, 2008

Citywide wi-fi bites the dust | Philadelphia Daily News | 05/14/2008: "arthLink, in a federal lawsuit filed yesterday to break that partnership with the city and Wireless Philadelphia, complains that it spent almost $30 million to develop the system and has just 5,942 subscribers.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2008

I'll be in Philadelphia October 17-21 for the ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) annual conference. I'd love to meet many of you there, whether you will be at the conference or will just be in town for the annual Art Buggy Derby. I'm speaking in a few sessions, and all of them include opportunities for you to participate and lend your thoughts.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Here’s how one nonprofit -- Philadelphia FIGHT -- made its case by demonstrating digital inclusion and enabling staff mobility. Philadelphia FIGHT is like many nonprofits, providing consumer education as a key component of the social services they deliver in the community. In addition to the mobile computer lab, Philadelphia FIGHT staff members made a case for mobile Internet as a business tool enabling staff mobility. By Michelle Warner, Director, Mobile Citizen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. There were about 40 cultural organizations from Philadelphia that participated, from large established institutions to smaller groups and all with different levels of experience using social media.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / Philadelphia, PA / $1,200. Netroots Nation / Philadelphia, PA / $485. It's finally here! If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! These conferences range in size, location, and topic. We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

It works closely with groups in and outside of Philadelphia, and has a model that may be applied beyond Penn." ''via Blog this The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Student organization connects non-profits with app development : "Two seniors are vying to save nonprofits thousands of dollars. Co-founded by Wharton and Engineering senior Dhruv Maheshwari and Engineering senior Ali Altaf, Hack4Impact connects student developer talent with nonprofit organizations free of charge.

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Philadelphia, PA/ $410. Council on Foundations / Philadelphia,PA / $799. Exponent Philanthropy / Philadelphia, PA / $1395. Women's Collective Giving Grantmakers Network / Philadelphia, PA / TBD. It's finally here! If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

In Philadelphia, many polling places are difficult to find, hidden deep in the recesses of schools, churches, and community centers. Working with the Knight Foundation, Mural Arts, Committee of Seventy and other key nonprofit partners, HMC created a completely new way to look at, and impact, voter turnout and experience here in Philadelphia. The artists came from more than 20 different Philadelphia neighborhoods. We’re responsible for what Philadelphia will be.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Net Impact / Philadelphia, PA / $509. Join us November 3-5 in Philadelphia, a city where revolutions are made, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. National LGBT Task Force / Philadelphia, PA / $325. Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. Today, we're excited to announce the all-new list for 2017!

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See3

DECEMBER 21, 2011

” Random Act of Culture | 5:59 Opera Company of Philadelphia The joy of the holidays is beautifully captured in this soaring flash mob perfomance of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah”, amid the hubbub of the shopping season. The Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 [.]. Change the world, one video at a time.“Hallelujah!” “Hallelujah!”

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2013

The organization, a legal advocacy group for women’s issues based in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, decided to migrate its network over to Office … Continued The post Women’s Law Project Looks to the Future Switch to Office 365 appeared first on Tech Impact. When the Women’s Law Project decided to upgrade their computing capabilities earlier this year, IT Director and Programs Manager Barbara DiTullio knew she wanted a system that would provide flexibility, efficiency, and security.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 2, 2017

While working for an athletic team as popular as the Philadelphia Eagles can be difficult, communications director Julie Hirshey spends her time focusing their light rather than letting the disco ball get out of control. Hirshey, Community Relations Director of the Philadelphia Eagles and Eagles Care , talks about being the “shiny” sports team that is constantly attracting attention. “If we’re able to focus our light, we’re going to be able to do more good.” – Julie Hirshey.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 5, 2008

He lived in Philadelphia. Are You Being Served? Small Business: "Are You Being Served?Some Some people have skeletons in their closets, others have servers.When D.C. residents Bethany Robertson and Peter Murray founded the I Do Foundation in 2002, a small Washington nonprofit, they enlisted the help of a technology expert to manage their server. The only inconvenience? And so that's where the firm's

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2019

He was awarded the Sue Lehmann Award for Excellence in Teaching and went on to support new teachers as a Teach For America Corps Member Advisor at the Philadelphia Training Institute. Nonprofit Hub’s INSPIRE Hubcast series shares powerful and impactful stories of organizations persevering to create the change they want to see in the world. Each episode features a new guest with their own unique story.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2015

Gene Marks is a CPA and President of The Marks Group PC, a 10 person technology consulting firm based outside of Philadelphia. Magazine, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fox Business and Philadelphia Magazine. Believe it or not, your organization is about to be part of an enormous wave of change in the next few years. That’s because, if you’re like a lot of nonprofits, you’re using an on premise accounting application.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The 13 most recent graduates interned at the area’s leading corporations and nonprofits, including ACHIEVEability, Neighbor to Neighbor, The Urban League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Youth Network, City Year Greater Philadelphia and The Salvation Army. ITWorks students graduate December 2013. In a classroom decked out with green, blue and orange balloons sat 13 young adults and a sea of their family and friends.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Jim Kenney, the Mayor of Philadelphia, emphasizes the need to bring the private and public sectors together by breaking down the wall between them. How can we take concrete, measurable action to align and motivate an unprecedented amount of human resources towards Agenda 2030? I challenge us to consider the following four tactics that were highlighted during Impact2030 breakout sessions.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

In 2018, the Barnes Foundation gallery in Philadelphia began their own type of dynamic pricing, bumping the cost of for several months during a special exhibition. The Franklin Institute, another museum in Philadelphia, also began dynamic pricing due to high demand to see the temporary “Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor” exhibition. Artificial intelligence (AI) might just be the buzzword of the year, and with good reason.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Here are a few of my own personal best-ofs: the top three cheese-steaks in Philadelphia (Cosmi's, Jim's, John's Roast Pork), the best green chile in Denver (Santiago's, Benny's, Las Delicias), and the top breakfast tacos in Austin (Tamale House, Tacodeli, Mi Madre). Author: Dimitri Lundquist. I love "best-of" lists, and I love making them.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Check out Philadelphia Foundation’s 2015’s timetable here. By almost any measure, and in almost every industry, December is the busiest month of the year. This is especially true for community foundations. Not only are you taking care of business-as-usual, you’re also managing year-end grant cycles, accepting complex assets, holding donor appreciation events, and trying to close the books. Fortunately, you’re not in it alone!

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

My 3:02 pm departure on United 186 to Philadelphia became 3:40 pm. Instead of getting in to Philadelphia at 11:35 pm, we were now due to land a little after midnight. Arrival in Philadelphia: 2:51 am. While other passengers would have of course preferred to be on their way to Philadelphia, no one seemed overly angry or upset. It’s 10:30 pm Eastern and I’m trying to force myself to stay awake until at least 11-11:30 pm to reset my body clock.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Looking closer, I saw that each seat had its own handwritten label, telling the story of the Philadelphia cultural institution from which it originated. For example, right now, Temple Contemporary's offices are packed floor to ceiling with broken musical instruments from classrooms across the city of Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, the budget for arts education has been slashed to pieces. The first thing I noticed about Temple Contemporary were the chairs.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

Recently, I sat down with TJ Nicolaides and Allison Hossack of Think Company , a Philadelphia based design firm specializing in research, strategy, development, and design. . In his role at Think Company, TJ mentors a team of talented developers out of the company’s Philadelphia East studio. As an educational consultant, I offer nonprofits instruction on best practices around their technology.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Julie Hirshey is the Director of Community Relations for the Philadelphia Eagles, where she helps lead the organization’s philanthropic efforts. She was a pioneer of the Eagles Care program, which partners the Eagles with local nonprofits to make a lasting difference in the Philadelphia community. The moment is finally here! We’re beyond excited to share the speaker lineup for Cause Camp 2018 , held on March 26th and 27th in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Matt has served in several capacities on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and is a regular speaker at AFP and other’s events in Philadelphia and elsewhere.

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GroundWire

MAY 15, 2012

Thomas Taylor - Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. If you've been waiting for a replacement to the discontinued Eventbrite Connector app, your long wait is over! This morning Groundwire launched Eventbrite Sync , the new and improved way to import attendee data from Eventbrite into Salesforce. The app is generally available for free installation from the AppExchange. Why Eventbrite? We found it to be a simple to use ticketing system with good rates for nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 2, 2018

Those are the words of Julie Hirshey, Director of Community Relations for Super Bowl Champions Philadelphia Eagles, who came this year to chat about how her organization tackled explaining overhead to donors. Yet another Cause Camp is officially in the books. A special thanks to all who made it the best one yet. If you were unable to attend, or if you want to relive some of the magic, we’ve compiled our top takeaways from Cause Camp 2018.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 26, 2016

If you're in Chicago, Dayton, or Philadelphia in September, don't miss this opportunity to learn from Gregg Bossen, one of TechSoup's most popular trainers. Philadelphia — September 29. TechSoup donor partner QuickBooks Made Easy is taking its popular QuickBooks trainings on the road, and offering a special discount to TechSoup members!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2020

As a former Youth Minster in a Philadelphia parish, I was always impressed at the response of our young parish families for requests of assistance. INTRODUCTION.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

I’m here at Terminal C at the Philadelphia Airport, waiting for my flight to San Francisco. The airport normally has nice bright displays showing all the departing/arriving flights. Not today. Folks are usually quick to point out a random BSOD on displays as an example of Windows FAIL, so it’s only fair to show that it happens to the best of ‘em. Truth be told, I don’t know what part of the display is Apple software or hardware.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2016

At a user group I attended recently in Philadelphia, it was revealed that nearly every grantmaker in the city shared at least one grantee with at least one other funder. In a few days’ time the Gregorian calendar will reset; the month we call December will end and a new set of 12 months will be upon us. This is a tradition observed by much of the world approximately every 365.25

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Coca Cola was crucified in the media, with journalists exclaiming that this was “a cynical ploy to exploit the thirst of faithful customers” (San Francisco Chronicle), a “lunk-headed idea” (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) and the “latest evidence that the world is going to hell in a handbasket” (Philadelphia Inquirer). Have you ever paid $6 or $7 for a bottle of water at a theme park? How did you feel about it?

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 22, 2010

I live about 30 miles outside of Philadelphia which has 4G coverage. We'll see how it does away from Philadelphia, particularly when I'm Amtrak and hit areas in Delaware that the old AirCard always gave up. I'm dealing with some medical issues again. When under personal stress some people eat. Some people smoke or drink. I buy and play with tech. Can't help it.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 22, 2010

I live about 30 miles outside of Philadelphia which has 4G coverage. We'll see how it does away from Philadelphia, particularly when I'm Amtrak and hit areas in Delaware that the old AirCard always gave up. I'm dealing with some medical issues again. When under personal stress some people eat. Some people smoke or drink. I buy and play with tech. Can't help it.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 2, 2017

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance The 2014 Patron Loyalty Study: Loyalty By the Numbers *Findings based on Blackbaud research. Almost every arts organization would say that audience development is vital to their long term viability. As a result, most are investing a significant amount of their budgets to bring in new patrons—some upwards of $500 per new ticket buyer including advertising, promotions, and discounts *.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

That’s just one of the great pieces of advice we got from this week’s terrific guest blogger Anthony Pisapia of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. Anthony Pisapia is the Associate Executive Director of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. Not all social media channels are created equal. Read on for more about what every board member needs to know about social media. 3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 12, 2014

Asking Siri a question like “What time is sunset in Philadelphia today?” Image Courtesy of eSeller. In the past, we have discussed the importance of your nonprofit’s website, and generating traffic to it.

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 23, 2014

If you're headed to Philadelphia, make sure to attend The Edge Initiative at ALA Midwinter: Launch and Learn session on Saturday, January 25. Want to make an impact on your library's community with technology? The Edge Initiative has officially launched, and public libraries across the United States can now apply to participate! The Edge Initiative is a leadership and management tool that can help you align your library's technology with community needs.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How do you build a movement for institutional change? That's the question we've been grappling with as we start the OF/BY/FOR ALL initiative. Our goal is to help civic and cultural institutions become more representative OF, co-created BY, and welcoming FOR their diverse communities. We've see this model succeed at the MAH and at other community-centered organizations around the world. We want to share the methods and tools that make it work. Not as a prescriptive recipe, but as a pattern.

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VisionLink

JULY 4, 2012

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, On July 1, 1776 on a hot and humid summer day in Philadelphia''s Independence Hall, John Adams of Massachusetts was locked in debate with Pennsylvania''s John Dickinson over whether the 13 American colonies should declare their independence from Great Britain. He had seen the British fleet in Boston harbor and he had seen British ships attempt to sail up the Delaware River to attack Philadelphia.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

For answers, we turned, once again, to Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact, in this week’s guest blog. With the amount of new and innovative technology that is surfacing every day, assessing your nonprofit’s technology should be a daily process. But where to begin with this very important process? 4 Strategies To Help Assess Your Nonprofit’s Technology.

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

Similarly, Benefits Data Trust analyzed data from callers looking to enroll in public food assistance benefits in Philadelphia and created a machine learning model to predict which benefits might be most helpful.

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