Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. In 2022, CASL secured $1 million in federal funding to expand the program to serve more seniors.

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Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

Endowed DAFs are set up as permanent funds with a principal balance that remains in place; grants are made from the income generated by the invested assets, subject to a spending policy. By contrast, non-endowed DAFs allow the donor to grant out the entire fund at any time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2011

I’ve also gotten similar questions, particularly about whether or not it is “safe&# for the organization (and the young people) to post photos on Facebook. Earlier this week, I met Beatric Ramos who does social media for Alum Rock Counseling, an organization that works with youth on a range of counseling and mentoring programs.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2014

Five years ago, I wrote a post arguing that museum photo policies should be as open as possible. Last week, he wrote a series of posts about the British National Gallery''s reversal of their photo policy. A packed crowd in a museum turns a free-choice viewing environment into a programmed event. Lots of flashes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

My YMCA colleague posed for this photo on purpose to illustrate a point about professional conduct and social media policies. For the policy issue, I suspect there are already policies about professional and appropriate conduct in the human resources area that can easily be translated to social media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Rules of Thumb for Using Photos of People. Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish? Well, you would think so, but there are some rules around this, especially if the photos are of minors under 18. You should always get consent for photos of minors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Google+ isn’t for all nonprofits, but for those that have actively adopted a pro-social media policy, it’s worth the time investment to experiment with Google+. Prioritize uploading photos over sharing links. Upload a larger version the photo and then share. Sign up for the Google for Nonprofits Program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. If your nonprofit has a large following on LinkedIn and a signature program that is well-known to the public, then a Showcase Page could be worth time and effort.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, when presented with a grant description describing programs serving low-income populations, the system would often also predict that the grant was serving “People of African Descent.” At an organizational level, evaluations can help to establish ethics policies for what AI can be used for and what appropriate use looks like.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Posts can be as little as 250 words with a featured image or as long as a 5,000-word photo essay. For example, the National Parks Conservation Association recently blogged about a rollback of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and included a prominent CTA. Reading and seeing (include photos and videos!)

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. In a traditional PDF, this would take 5 separate charts and even then we wouldn’t get the same effect of watching this program grow on a national level. Sometimes, you just need some good photos to take your report from good to great.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Write social media and mobile technology policies. Write content and secure photos for website pages. Launch a sustainer program, if applicable. Launch a gift donation program, if applicable. Apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Create and organize photos into collections and sets. 1) Website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Do any nonprofits have a formal blogging policy?

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NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

Make the Most of Your Cover Photo. Your Facebook cover photo is prime real estate. When thinking through your Facebook cover photo make sure you keep your brand in mind, but try to also show off your culture, history, mission and values. You might also try having a little fun with your cover photo. Social media policy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2021

Most of the illegal content reported to NCMEC’s CyberTipline was found by technology designed to detect previously identified child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM) in the form of photos and videos. Note: this is a stock photo; child is not an actual victim (Photo: IJM). Photo: IJM).

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Twitter is great for quick updates; Instagram is great for sharing photos. For example, according to Crowd101’s guide to Google’s Ad Grant program , the search engine behemoth donates up to $10,000 in monthly Google AdWords spending to qualifying nonprofit organizations. What policies have they supported? Where do they live?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As Mwande Chileshe, Food Security, Nutrition & Agriculture Global Policy Lead, said, “We’ve created a false narrative that hunger must always exist.” Photo Credit: Nathan Russell, Together Against Hunger We can reconsider the role that we play, and more deeply engage a wide range of stakeholders. “As Hunger is not inevitable.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

You have zero control over Facebook and its ever-changing policies. Tuition for ten students in an after-school program? With your support, a child will get the call they have been waiting for, the call that they can come off the waiting list and finally be part of our program. Tell the story with photos or a video.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Deepa Purushothaman Photo Credit: Leslie Bohm Purushothaman is the co-founder of nFormation, which provides brave, safe, new space for professional women of color, and she is a Women and Public Policy Program Leader in Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I know this first hand because my family and I have been honored to support the college education of two young Cambodia women through the Sharing Foundation ‘s education program. The photo above is Leng Sopharath. The photo above is Keo Savon with me this summer in Cambodia. Why girls ? Why is this all important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. 3 We are a youth summer program.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

That’s why I always tell my clients to put their plans, policies, and procedures in writing. You’ll find they’ll tell you a lot about your future directions in terms of vision, mission, brand, programs, leadership and support constituencies. Put a photo of your kid, grandkid or beloved pet on your desk. Values are powerful.

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

Screenshot of a slide with the title “Virtual Fundraising Case Study” and a photo from Summit Assistance Dog’s Unleash Your Love. Ease of use: when you’re running a virtual program, you have the option to add donations directly to your page so that donors and fundraisers never have to leave to make a donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Remote working policy with flexibility. Robust on boarding program. Mentoring program and cross training. Mission moments – photos, videos, make them visible. Accomplishment wall related to mission/program success. Field trips to visit programs and clients. Healthy food and snacks available at meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Flickr Photo by Rex Hammock. Artificial barriers among program areas and staff can breed reactionary environments that are frustrating at best and debilitating at worst. We met internally with the communications team, but then also with Policy and Partnerships. Miriam Brosseau and Stephanie Corleto share why.

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Achieve

MARCH 24, 2022

Be sure to brand it to your organization, and include engaging information like your campaign goal, a captivating photo, a description of your cause, and a fundraising thermometer. are a type of corporate philanthropy—the programs that businesses undertake to support charitable causes. Matching Gifts. Corporate matching gifts.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

You open the door to your office and see your Program Director in shorts and a t-shirt with a dubious message, holding what might be an inappropriate beverage. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds? Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

For events like galas and benefits, there is usually a set program with speakers, and most often an honoree, who is a committed supporter of the mission. . Auction websites can offer detailed descriptions of auction items and many photos. Thanking supporters now is an insurance policy for asking for support again later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Last year we were honored to facilitate an emerging leadership program for a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Conservation and Science portfolio of grantees. Creating Next Generation Leaders and the Organizations to Support Them – by Beth Kanter and Kari Dunn Saratovsky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Flickr Photo by S. Most attention to scaling social impact has tended to focus on replicating programs to extend service delivery. Advocating for particular policies, likewise, can lead to positive systemic change. Funders need to learn how to do a better job determining how and when to intervene in programs less.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

We’ve supported groups with small microgrants at key times to help them mobilize people in their communities, and we’ve run a communications training program with some of the world’s most renowned environmental journalists to help parents build their media capacity. About the Authors: Photo credit: Appendix Fotografi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Apple makes it really difficult for nonprofits to collect donations from within iPhone apps and we all want them to get it right. As the Chronicle of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Quarterly reported last week, Apple’s policy has raised the ire of some nonprofits leaders. The trade press has been less polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. Can we post their photos on Facebook or our Web Site?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. The final program is selected through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The process has opened – so you can browse and vote for the nonprofit panels you think are worthy of being on the program until September 2, 2011. Devon Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

And that’s just what happened to the HSUS Farm Animal Protection campaign, an effort to call attention to and reduce the suffering of farm animals raised for eggs, meat, pork, and milk. The above photo and statement was posted on Friday and within 48 hours was shared over 21,000 times, 18,000 likes, and thousands of comments.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Social Media in Program Delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Flickr Photo by Kris Krug. Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs. Even better is to have self-care so finely embedded in the nonprofit’s culture that there is not a need for a separate program, it is simply part of the way the organization works.

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