EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

It is great when we get wins and can celebrate them, and it’s tough when we take a loss and have to re-group and press onward. Contact legislative offices and ask if the legislator would be willing to record a short video answering 3 or 4 questions about the legislative process, pieces of legislation, the importance of public input, and more.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. I learned about the public comment period in an email from Free Press. Read the quick facts below, see Free Press for more info, and comment today ! (If Competition and Choice.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

. "But Hope Street Group recognizes that teacher and administrator input is critical in designing and implementing teacher evaluation systems, and this project really brought their voices to the table." Hope Street Group and team leaders from the pilot project then took their recommendations to Capitol Hill.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

They prioritize programs that advance young people’s political and civil participation and rights, that amplify youth voices, increase their decision-making powers, and raise awareness of their rights and needs, and that empower young people to educate and inspire their peers to act. Areas served: Worldwide. Areas served: US.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

NSD) aimed to improve the voting experience and increase civic engagement using public art. As Project Director of NSD, I have the privilege of presenting about our project during the Public Service segment at MCON 2016. Funded by the John S. and James L. Commit to Constant Communication.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. As the name suggests, their content asks tough questions and presses the nonprofit industry to evolve the way it approaches fundraising. The NTEN Connect blog is a community-sourced publication offering first-hand advice from professionals in the nonprofit tech industry.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2014

On March 27 in San Francisco, Microsoft is hosting its first press event with new CEO Satya Nadella. We're excited to see what's unveiled and will keep you posted on what the news means for nonprofits, charities, and public libraries! Google also promises voice commands as well as health and fitness monitoring.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

These recent high profile voices are the latest to join a chorus of dissatisfaction with Apple’s iPhone donation policy. As more nonprofits look to the promise and potential of mobile contributions and the iPhone becomes available on Verizon , the donation policy will become more pressing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Leading on social media requires nonprofit CEOs and their staff, even Trustees, to master basic digital communications skills that allow them to engage directly with stakeholders as themselves, in their own voices. Public trust in charities is reported to be at its lowest for eight years.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We need every solution and every solver…What this moment calls for is a mosaic of voices — the full spectrum of ideas and insights for now we can turn things around.” – Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. “To address our climate emergency, we must rapidly, radically reshape society. Wilkinson, ‘All We Can Save’.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

This year, the story-focused TechSoup member organization is premiering a new website for the campaign that allows DIY interviewers to share their stories with the public, similar to the interviews hosted on the official StoryCorps website and featured on NPR's Morning Edition.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 23, 2012

Nonprofits must help the people they serve find their own voices in the public arena. He is also an instructor for the ASU Lodestar Center’s Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI), where he taught NMI 116 - Press, Power, and Politics. But can they see with new visions and embrace new roles within the community? Like this article?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

You know this, and so does the general public. Meeting a pressing need. Don’t they deserve your voice and your passion? And YOU are their voice. It’s the great irony of fundraising – we love to help but we don’t like to ask for help. Let’s look at it another way. Changing the world.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

We'll go around the globe and examine these questions: On the role of public opinion in closing spaces: What narratives do regimes use to justify restrictions, and how can civil society activate greater public support? Tune in by following along at #NPTechChat. Facebook : TechSoup , CIVICUS , PlusSocialGood , FHI360. spanhidden

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Connection Cafe

MAY 25, 2017

Why cover an event where an elected official and constituents have a calm conversation on public policy?) As a press secretary to a suburban Maryland congressman in the 1980s and 1990s, I worked the legislative issues by day and went to more than 100 town hall meetings at night. Be Respectful. Go in Groups.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Earlier this year, a group of informal science researchers, led by Rick Bonney of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, published an extremely useful report on public participation in science research (PPSR). In this report, the authors describe three specific models for public participation: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation.

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AFP Blog

MAY 4, 2007

PRESS RELEASENothing But Nets Wins People's Voice Award for Best Charitable Organizations Nonprofit Web Site For the 11th Annual Webby Awards: "Nothing But Nets Wins People's Voice Award for Best Charitable Organizations Nonprofit Web Site For the 11th Annual Webby AwardsNothing but nets amongst winners selected by the public after more than 400,000 (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Free Press and Public Knowledge are two of the most important advocates leading the analysis and community-organizing efforts to restore sensible regulation that would promote net neutrality. But we should not lose our voice without a fight. Earlier this year, a U.S. Now, the U.S. We may not prevail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

I always design to incorporate the voice and experience of the participants. What I liked about TwitChimp is that has the ability to add annotations to the link and gather public feedback for additional “tweeps” to add. Connecting Learners to the Content and Each Other. Most Frequently Tweeted Words.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

The TRC’s final report has been covered extensively in the press. In this blog entry, I talk about how we analyzed the data from the Liberian TRC, some reactions to the TRC’s final report, and offer thoughts looking beyond the current public debate to the broader role and historical value of the TRC’s work.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In the new business and political environment, companies are becoming more and more inclined to take a stand on pressing social issues ranging from gun violence (TOMS) and immigration (Chobani) to the environment (Patagonia) and civil rights (Nike).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Our trainees represented a cohort of 50 health and public health officials connected with the UC Berkeley School for Public Health – Center for Health Leadership. In my visualization, I saw a path to empower each of my FCP colleagues to “own” a topic or an issue, and develop a unique voice and expertise.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

I think the most important part of designing a competition that leverages crowdsourcing is to strike a balance between too many voices, and too few. Public voting process. Public’s favorites put to expert judges for final selection. Collaboration via social media has enabled the program to come together and launch.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

While the day-to-day grind of managing an organization can keep one’s focus insular, this is a space where nonprofit leaders’ voices are especially needed. Harvard University Press. More leadership from service providers is needed in the design of pay for success contracts. Retrieved September 1, 2016, from [link]. Vera Institute.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Anyone in or outside of Haiti could use the tool via the web or on a mobile phone to make reports with voice, text or video; the reports were then mapped and sources verified. There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Second, it means giving IT a voice in programmatic planning and decisions. Build up from the ground, not down from the sky. Easy, right?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Second, it means giving IT a voice in programmatic planning and decisions. Build up from the ground, not down from the sky. Easy, right?

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Care2

MARCH 17, 2011

And don't forget to carve out time for fun like coming to Charityoke: An NPTech Karaoke Party tonight from 7PM to 10PM at Public Bar - 1214 18th Street, NW sponsored by Care2 , Rad Campaign , and Salsa Labs. How have they used their voices and personal stories to build movements in today’s landscape of social communications?

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Effective communication with donors, constituents, and the public is essential to the work nonprofits and charities do. Voice over IP (VoIP) is a secure, Internet-based phone that replaces a traditional phone system. They build apps that help communities access, organize, and apply local resources to their most pressing problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Lisa of ENOUGH writes in, Tell Companies Sponosoring the Chinese Olympics that Darfur is Not 'Business is Usual' , " we believe that the more voices that are raised, the more hope there is for peace in Darfur. Disband the Publicity Department (the former Propaganda Department), which exercises daily control over content in the Chinese press.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Anyone in or outside of Haiti could use the tool via the web or on a mobile phone to make reports with voice, text or video; the reports were then mapped and sources verified. Be sure to visit the site and press "Play" on the map. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

Schimmel's departure was followed by the resignation of the four high-profile artists on the MOCA board and a huge amount of debate in the press, including prominent people calling for Deitch to resign. Attendance has a causal relationship with public awareness, access, and appeal, not with content type or artistic rigor.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

A recent example of that might be the SEC Revolving Door Database , which I think is pretty neat both in terms of providing valuable information to the public and using Convio in an interesting way. All that info presented a fun challenge on the Convio side—how to present these documents in a useful way to the public?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

For a long time, I was super skeptical about marketing and public relations professionals. It cuts out the middleman--when someone from the press wanted to know more about an event, they talk to that event producer. But several experiences and smart people have changed my perspective on this, and that's what this post is about.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

These realities make it more evident that each nonprofit needs a unified voice, powerful enough to withstand the process of making policy. Once public opinion changes the tide of a given issue, it becomes difficult to ignore, bottle up, or trade for another agenda item that is seemingly more pressing to the decision maker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Collective intelligence - The written press can no longer lie. Her project Blogging the Dream , is one of the six new health-focused citizen media outreach projects that were announced in June by Rising Voices and Open Society Institute's Health Media Initiative. Through the Internet, they learned about the Rising Voices Grant.

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