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Raising the Floor Op Ed in Sacramento Bee

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just published my first op ed on the raising the floor concept yesterday in the Sacramento Bee, Everyone deserves access to technology, online world , co-authored with Prof. Gregg Vanderheiden. This op ed was derived from remarks I made to the California Emerging Technology Fund's Roundtable recently.

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Nonprofits use social media as new fundraising tool - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

AFP Blog

Nonprofits use social media as new fundraising tool - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee: "Women Escaping a Violent Environment in Sacramento needed cash, and needed it fast.So

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Sacramento region’s Big Day of Giving tops $3 million | Central Valley | Modesto Bee

AFP Blog

Sacramento region’s Big Day of Giving tops $3 million | Central Valley | Modesto Bee : The Sacramento region put its money where its heart is Tuesday, more than tripling the $1 million goal set for the 24-hour online fundraising Big Day of Giving campaign'

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American Red Cross Launches Digital Training Program for Disaster Relief Volunteers - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee

AFP Blog

American Red Cross Launches Digital Training Program for Disaster Relief Volunteers - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee : WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today,the American Red Cross announced a new, technology-based training program for disaster relief volunteers that will allow them to access training programs remotely through (..)

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Updated: Opinion Page Yellow Pages

M+R

Sacramento Bee. Op-ed submission guidelines. POLITICO Europe. opinion@politico.eu. Clarissa Pharr (Deputy Ideas Editor), cpharr@qz.com. ideas@qz.com. Op-ed submission guidelines. Jack Ohman (Editorial Cartoonist and Associate Editor), johman@sacbee.com. Gil Duran (CA Opinion Editor), gduran@sacbee.com 212-275-8128. LTE submission guidelines.

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Opinion Page Yellow Pages

M+R

Sacramento Bee. Op-ed submission guidelines. POLITICO Europe. opinion@politico.eu. Clarissa Pharr (Deputy Ideas Editor), cpharr@qz.com. ideas@qz.com. Op-ed submission guidelines. Jack Ohman (Editorial Cartoonist and Associate Editor), johman@sacbee.com. Gil Duran (CA Opinion Editor), gduran@sacbee.com 212-275-8128. LTE submission guidelines.

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Women Veterans Alliance: Equip, Empower, & Encourage

DipJar

Instead, she began organizing monthly meetups in the Sacramento area. She was constantly looking for ways to find and network with other women veterans. The legacy veterans’ groups weren’t meeting her needs. There was dinner and a speaker – and the group kept growing.

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Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. This one came via U.S. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years.

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Lame scam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. This one came via U.S. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years.

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The Problem of an Electronics Recycler and False Environmental Claims

Tech Soup Blog

Last week, the Sacramento Bee newspaper published an account of a very prominent electronics recycler, Electronics Recyclers International (ERI), that has been a leader in advocating for responsible environmental practices, while at the same time dumping lots of electronic junk overseas.

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When Fundraising Disaster Strikes, What Should You Do?

Tech Soup Blog

" His nonprofit has an annual budget of under $35,000, almost all of it raised on the Give Local America Big Day of Giving in Sacramento. The Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center in Sacramento was able to quickly get a contingency plan in action after the Kimbia failure by switching to direct donation solicitations.

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What A Pandemic Teaches Us About Innovation and Corporate Giving

Givinga

As an example, Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California, saw nearly $85,000 in donations for employees in two weeks. Our platform allowed clubs, their members and their community to donate, fully tax deductible, and for the clubs’ employees impacted by COVID to receive funds tax free.

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Taking First Steps With Social Media: California Child Care Resource & Referral Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a mini-workshop at the Director's Institute for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Sacramento. Today, I had the pleasure of doing a mini-workshop at the Director's Institute for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Sacramento.

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Where's the Care2 Team in June 2011?

Care2

AAPC Strategic Outlook Conference: California Battleground 2012 Sacramento, CA. AFP Fund Raising Day in New York New York, NY. Jocelyn Harmon Eric Rardin Ashley Hansen. Tabletop #15. Eric Glader Ellen Braverman. Netroots Nation 2011 Minneapolis, MN. June 16 - 19. Larissa Lawrence Cindy Samuels. Digital Media Conference Arlington, VA.

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Two Ways To Use Crowdsourcing for Face-to-Face Conferences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Next week on March 1-2, the First 5 California and the Water Cooler Joint Conference will take place in Sacramento. Here’s a few examples I’ve seen lately. Crowdsourcing A Keynote Discussion/Q&A.

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Everything You Need To Know About the Google Ad Grant

The Fundraising Authority

For example, if 90% of donations come from people in California and 80% come from Sacramento, it wouldn't be worth putting Phoenix as part of your location targeting. Your choices are State/Providers, City, Suburbs, and Country. It is worth considering how many people you're trying to reach in each area.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before her time in Sacramento she worked for environmental NGOs throughout Arizona, California, and Bolivia. Isabella received her B.S. in Environmental Science with a minor in Latin American Studies and her M.S. in Environmental Management with a concentration in Water Management, both from the University of San Francisco.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup Blog

The app is currently used in West Sacramento, California, which is a food desert, according to the app creators. YesHealth is currently working with the American Diabetes Association and plans to work with other healthcare providers in the future. The Acres app helps support community wellness by connecting urban farmers with land for lease.

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Giving Days and Beyond the Dollars: What Have We Learned?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To answer, Giving Day hosts turned to each other through Knight Foundation’s Peer Learning Exchange and Facebook Group, and participated in conference calls organized by Priscilla Enriquez, Chief Giving Officer of the Sacramento Regional Community Foundation. They sought a host of answers.

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Craigslist Nonprofit Boot Camps in Berkeley and Brooklyn

Have Fun - Do Good

Free-Range Drama Farm recommends the Foundation's Nonprofit Resources page, which has links to resources like Idealists' Tools for Organizations and iReuse for Nonprofits.

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How to Write Effective Web Copy (Part 1): Make It Readable

Connection Cafe

Peters, principal of Beverly Hills High School, announced today that the entire school faculty will travel to Sacramento next Thursday for a colloquium in new teaching methods. I’m going to give you all the same facts, and I want each of you to write the ‘lede’ of the story if it was going to appear in the student paper.”.

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Social Media Lab: How To Become A Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

LAUP has a group of parent ambassadors who serve as their key advocates in Sacramento or on land. They established a fan page for this group so they can be their advocates on Facebook as well. LAUP also discovered that they by providing engaging content on Facebook other super fans will self-identify.

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The Most Generous Online Giving Cities in the U.S.

Connection Cafe

Sacramento. 169,292.00. 1,294,814.06. Winston-Salem. 232,385.00. 1,772,990.21. 609,644.00. 4,648,737.46. 472,178.00. 3,589,610.57. Little Rock. 195,314.00. 1,475,065.70. 110,438.00. 829,894.67. 7,514.58.

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GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference: Reflections from the Innovation Lab

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We also heard from Priscilla Enriquez from the Sacramento Region Community Foundation about challenges and successes of getting started in best practices for data for good. The @sacregcf team led by @priscillacgo sharing aspirations, challenges, & solutions.