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The YMCA of San Francisco is providing volunteers to help staff the Red Cross Bay Area Call Centers, which are receiving over 200 calls an hour. The YMCA of San Antonio is matching all employee contributions to its Katrina fund. What is there one can say about not-for-profit organizations and the continuing crisis of Katrina that would be of some use to our readers? MORE
Meanwhile in down at action camp in San Antonio, Texas, I heard through Twitter that copies of the Networked Nonprofit were offered in a raffle. Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. MORE
At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity Get Social Covered: 13 Lesser Known Social Media Sites for Your NPO : You’ve got social media covered. Facebook? Please—you were an early adopter. And Twitter? You could do 140 characters or less in your sleep. MORE
Last week I was invited to give a keynote plenary session at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs AFL Care Grantee Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This year's conference focused on Planning and Innovating for Reform. MORE
We caught up with master storyteller Lori Jacobwith at the 2014 AFP Conference in San Antonio. Nonprofit storytelling is crucial to conveying your organization’s message to donors and volunteers alike. Your staff knows your mission backwards and forwards—but who’s missing? Check out the short video below of Lori explaining why it’s so important that your board members get on board with nonprofit storytelling. Want more great tips from Lori? MORE
On April 15th, Dave was playing in San Antonio, with his best friend and brother, when they received the unexpected phone call. What could have been a short golf trip turned into 100 courses in 100 days, as the 57 year old Bostonian Dave Blakelock recognized the opportunity to do something big. MORE
"I had to put aside my big dreams of being like the San Antonio Public Library," Amy says. He lives in San Francisco. How the Natalia Library Helps Patrons Improve Their Lives. The Natalia Veteran's Memorial Library serves the small town of Natalia, Texas. It's open 25 hours a week, with a staff of one. With extremely limited resources, librarian Amy Edge must make difficult decisions every day about what her library can provide. MORE
grant program to help nonprofits invest in wireless - San Antonio Business Journal:: "AT&T creates $1.5M grant program to help nonprofits invest in wireless San Antonio Business Journal - 12:11 PM CDT Wednesday, September 12, 2007 The AT&T Foundation, the philanthropic organization of AT&T Inc., AT&T creates $1.5M MORE
USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. Rescue Agency / San Diego, CA / TBD. AFP / San Antonio, TX/ $1199. YTH / San Francisco, CA / $495. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) /San Diego, CA / $1,145. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference / San Diego, CA / $595. ARNOVA / San Diego, CA / TBD. It's finally here! MORE
San Francisco. San Diego. San Jose. San Antonio. San Bernardino. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% according to Blackbaud’s most recent Charitable Giving Report. For many years now Blackbaud has published data on the most generous online giving cities in the United States. MORE
For example, the top metro area with the most companies on the list is San Antonio, TX. You''ll definitely want to read the September 2013 issue of Inc. magazine, which features its annual list of the 500 fastest growing, private companies in America. The entire issue is a interesting and revealing read. And, California is the state with the most companies on the list. What I enjoyed most in the issue was the Portrait of a Leader infographic. MORE
of San Antonio, I’m organizing the very first meeting of MissRepresentation Social Action Reps in San Antonio to help champion for change locally in the way that media portrays women. MORE
“You have to show not just tell your CEO about social media”- @carolynsave “Create a tweetorial” – @kanter #afpshift pic.twitter.com/zKggoMllYB. Ettore Rossetti (@EttoreRossetti) March 25, 2014. MORE
I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. MORE
Or, maybe more fittingly since it’s in San Antonio, we’ve concluded there must be something in the water. There’s most definitely something in the air here at the AFP International Conference on Fundraising. Because even after day one, the raw energy and willingness to learn more about fundraising in order to better our causes is both apparent and infectious. Can’t be at AFP ICON this year? That’s a bummer, but no problem. MORE
Arts Marketing Manager , City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture – Under general direction, is responsible for leading and implementing arts and culture marketing, communications and public relations strategies for the Department of Arts & Culture. Here are some cool jobs, hand-picked by me, that you can find via the SocialFish job board ! We focus on jobs in social media , marketing , communications , PR , advocacy , and digital. MORE
Magazine YMCA of Greater San Antonio YMCA of Snohomish County YWCA Hartford Region. Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating! MORE
I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. " Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas. From time to time, we love to feature the great work of people and organizations that we admire. MORE
Online giving course adds actor Patrick Dempsey - San Antonio Express-News : When the second edition of an online course on effective giving starts next month, students will have a chance to learn from actor Patrick Dempsey, billionaire Warren Buffett and other prominent philanthropists. MORE
Google Fiber - San Antonio Business Journal : "As Google Fiber Inc., a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. NASDAQ: GOOG), has contractors building new internet networks in several cities across the U.S., the tech company is seeking local nonprofits for a new partnership program in nearly all those metro areas." 'via via Blog this MORE
skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). MORE
Technology experts offered their analysis (see the end of this article in the local San Antonio newspaper titled “ From Big Give to Big Crash “) Others offer their analysis. What Happened on Give Local America Day? For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. MORE
I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. The Sun Sets on 2014. This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015. MORE
In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. Happy New Year ! I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. How about you? Last year, I decided that I didn’t need to wait until New Year’s to establish happy, healthy habits in my life. MORE
Philanthropy 2.0 - Raise Money and Engage Volunteers Online — Goodword Editing: "Yesterday, I presented some of what I’ve learned about social media to the San Antonio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.I promised the AFP people to share the slideshow online. Here it is…". MORE
USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350. Rescue Agency / San Diego, CA / $599. Association for Healthcare Philanthropy / San Antonio, TX / TBD. Grantmakers for Effective Organizing (GEO) / San Francisco, CA / $1,350. YTH / San Francisco, CA / $460. The Network for Social Work Management / San Diego, CA / TBD. MORE
With that in mind -- and because I'm sure the folks at TAG have noticed the general awesomeness of the NTEN community -- they're inviting you to submit session proposals for their 2009 TAG conference, which will be held in November in San Antonio, TX. The details: The 7th Annual Technology Affinity Group (TAG) Conference will be held November 9 - November 12, 2009 at the Marriott Plaza San Antonio in San Antonio, TX. . MORE
At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity. Check out the San Francisco Ballet Tumblr site, or the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see how nonprofit organizations are using the site. You’ve got social media covered. Facebook? Please—you were an early adopter. And Twitter? MORE
The other day, I drove circles around a cement plant outside San Antonio, Texas, looking for a Google-recommended barbecue joint that just did not exist. That got me thinking about where I get my information, and how much I trust it--or how much I should trust it. Where do you turn for your information? For most people, the answer today is probably very different from the one we might have given in the past. MORE
This week is National Volunteer Week ! Points of Light, the organization that established this program in 1974, says "National Volunteer Week is about taking action and encouraging individuals and their respective communities to be at the center of social change – discovering and actively demonstrating their collective power to make a difference." MORE
Recently, I attended Simone Joyaux’s session about great board chairs at the AFP conference in San Antonio and was reminded of my first time—and, in fact, my many times after that. Back by popular demand, guest blogging for us again, is Randy Hawthorne, Executive Director of Nonprofit Hub. As someone who has chaired the board of a half dozen nonprofits, we are very grateful Randy has generously agreed to share his thoughts with our readers on being an effective board chair. MORE
AT&T Announces $9 Million in Technology Grants That Help Hundreds of Nonprofits Build Stronger Communities Nationwide: "SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The AT&T Foundation -- the corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc. -- today announced that it has awarded $9 million in competitive AT&T Excelerator technology grants to 680 nonprofit organizations across the country. MORE
Location : San Antonio, TX. Date : February 19th, 2011. Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help. MORE
MacArthur Foundation , MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation , The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage , Pierce Family Foundation , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships , The Robin Hood Foundation , San Antonio Area Foundation , Wyoming Community Foundation and ZeroDivide. When I founded Idealware seven years ago, it was an unproven concept. Providing impartial resources to help nonprofits choose software had never been done. MORE
Non-profit gives job opportunities to homeless | kens5.com San Antonio : DOWNTOWN AUSTIN -- The homeless of Austin have an unexpected advantage during South by Southwest (SXSW) as non-profits help the homeless make the most of music festival by giving them job opportunities. MORE
Today I’m in San Antonio, Texas, for the American College of Preventive Medicine annual conference. I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Citizen-Powered Response. MORE
USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250. ACCP / San Antonio, TX / $2,795. North American YMCA Development Organization (NAYDO) / San Diego, CA / $850. AFP / San Francisco, CA / Not available. YTH / San Francisco, CA / Not available. Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. MORE
And this year AFPIcon takes place from March 23 through March 25 in San Antonio, Texas. With all of the top fundraising professionals in one place, the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference on Fundraising (AFPIcon) is sure to bring some of the top information and presentations to the table. You can’t go wrong with the hand-picked lineup of speakers. But with the sheer amount of presentations and overlapping times, you’ll be forced to make some decisions. MORE
San Diego: 7,000 potential members. San Antonio: 4,000 potential members. San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. MORE
We are watching from San Antonio with 2 of our children having the Swine Flu. Once again the Jewish Television Network let people remotely watch Kol Nidre (Jewish High Holiday) service from their home via live webcast. And, for the second year in a row it was a hit. Now I don’t think the point was that people should stay home and experience religious services that way. MORE
San Antonio Related Topics AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Google Fiber - San Antonio Business Journal : "As Google Fiber Inc., a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. NASDAQ: GOOG), has contractors building new internet networks in several cities across the U.S., the tech company is seeking local nonprofits for a new partnership program in nearly all those metro areas." 'via via Blog this
AFP Blog
MARCH 10, 2014
Non-profit gives job opportunities to homeless | kens5.com San Antonio : DOWNTOWN AUSTIN -- The homeless of Austin have an unexpected advantage during South by Southwest (SXSW) as non-profits help the homeless make the most of music festival by giving them job opportunities.
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AFP Blog
MARCH 25, 2014
Online giving course adds actor Patrick Dempsey - San Antonio Express-News : When the second edition of an online course on effective giving starts next month, students will have a chance to learn from actor Patrick Dempsey, billionaire Warren Buffett and other prominent philanthropists.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
grant program to help nonprofits invest in wireless - San Antonio Business Journal:: "AT&T creates $1.5M grant program to help nonprofits invest in wireless San Antonio Business Journal - 12:11 PM CDT Wednesday, September 12, 2007 The AT&T Foundation, the philanthropic organization of AT&T Inc., AT&T creates $1.5M
Influence
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Last week I was invited to give a keynote plenary session at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs AFL Care Grantee Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This year's conference focused on Planning and Innovating for Reform.
EveryAction
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. Rescue Agency / San Diego, CA / TBD. AFP / San Antonio, TX/ $1199. YTH / San Francisco, CA / $495. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) /San Diego, CA / $1,145. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference / San Diego, CA / $595. ARNOVA / San Diego, CA / TBD. It's finally here!
Eric Jacobson
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
Philanthropy 2.0 - Raise Money and Engage Volunteers Online — Goodword Editing: "Yesterday, I presented some of what I’ve learned about social media to the San Antonio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.I promised the AFP people to share the slideshow online. Here it is…".
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2007
AT&T Announces $9 Million in Technology Grants That Help Hundreds of Nonprofits Build Stronger Communities Nationwide: "SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The AT&T Foundation -- the corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc. -- today announced that it has awarded $9 million in competitive AT&T Excelerator technology grants to 680 nonprofit organizations across the country.
NonProfit Hub
MARCH 24, 2014
We caught up with master storyteller Lori Jacobwith at the 2014 AFP Conference in San Antonio. Nonprofit storytelling is crucial to conveying your organization’s message to donors and volunteers alike. Your staff knows your mission backwards and forwards—but who’s missing? Check out the short video below of Lori explaining why it’s so important that your board members get on board with nonprofit storytelling. Want more great tips from Lori?
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Location : San Antonio, TX. Date : February 19th, 2011. Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help.
EveryAction
OCTOBER 5, 2016
USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250. ACCP / San Antonio, TX / $2,795. North American YMCA Development Organization (NAYDO) / San Diego, CA / $850. AFP / San Francisco, CA / Not available. YTH / San Francisco, CA / Not available. Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events.
EveryAction
DECEMBER 12, 2017
USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350. Rescue Agency / San Diego, CA / $599. Association for Healthcare Philanthropy / San Antonio, TX / TBD. Grantmakers for Effective Organizing (GEO) / San Francisco, CA / $1,350. YTH / San Francisco, CA / $460. The Network for Social Work Management / San Diego, CA / TBD.
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 27, 2017
I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. " Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas. From time to time, we love to feature the great work of people and organizations that we admire.
NTEN
MARCH 17, 2009
With that in mind -- and because I'm sure the folks at TAG have noticed the general awesomeness of the NTEN community -- they're inviting you to submit session proposals for their 2009 TAG conference, which will be held in November in San Antonio, TX. The details: The 7th Annual Technology Affinity Group (TAG) Conference will be held November 9 - November 12, 2009 at the Marriott Plaza San Antonio in San Antonio, TX. .
Givinga Blog
JULY 30, 2019
On April 15th, Dave was playing in San Antonio, with his best friend and brother, when they received the unexpected phone call. What could have been a short golf trip turned into 100 courses in 100 days, as the 57 year old Bostonian Dave Blakelock recognized the opportunity to do something big.
Beth Kanter
AUGUST 19, 2015
I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
of San Antonio, I’m organizing the very first meeting of MissRepresentation Social Action Reps in San Antonio to help champion for change locally in the way that media portrays women.
NonProfit Hub
MARCH 19, 2014
And this year AFPIcon takes place from March 23 through March 25 in San Antonio, Texas. With all of the top fundraising professionals in one place, the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference on Fundraising (AFPIcon) is sure to bring some of the top information and presentations to the table. You can’t go wrong with the hand-picked lineup of speakers. But with the sheer amount of presentations and overlapping times, you’ll be forced to make some decisions.
NTEN
APRIL 8, 2014
This week is National Volunteer Week ! Points of Light, the organization that established this program in 1974, says "National Volunteer Week is about taking action and encouraging individuals and their respective communities to be at the center of social change – discovering and actively demonstrating their collective power to make a difference."
NonProfit Hub
MARCH 24, 2014
Or, maybe more fittingly since it’s in San Antonio, we’ve concluded there must be something in the water. There’s most definitely something in the air here at the AFP International Conference on Fundraising. Because even after day one, the raw energy and willingness to learn more about fundraising in order to better our causes is both apparent and infectious. Can’t be at AFP ICON this year? That’s a bummer, but no problem.
BoardAssist
MAY 6, 2014
Recently, I attended Simone Joyaux’s session about great board chairs at the AFP conference in San Antonio and was reminded of my first time—and, in fact, my many times after that. Back by popular demand, guest blogging for us again, is Randy Hawthorne, Executive Director of Nonprofit Hub. As someone who has chaired the board of a half dozen nonprofits, we are very grateful Randy has generously agreed to share his thoughts with our readers on being an effective board chair.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 20, 2014
San Francisco. San Diego. San Jose. San Antonio. San Bernardino. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% according to Blackbaud’s most recent Charitable Giving Report. For many years now Blackbaud has published data on the most generous online giving cities in the United States.
SocialFish
APRIL 19, 2017
Arts Marketing Manager , City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture – Under general direction, is responsible for leading and implementing arts and culture marketing, communications and public relations strategies for the Department of Arts & Culture. Here are some cool jobs, hand-picked by me, that you can find via the SocialFish job board ! We focus on jobs in social media , marketing , communications , PR , advocacy , and digital.
NonProfit Hub
APRIL 8, 2014
At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity. Check out the San Francisco Ballet Tumblr site, or the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see how nonprofit organizations are using the site. You’ve got social media covered. Facebook? Please—you were an early adopter. And Twitter?
NTEN
DECEMBER 1, 2013
Magazine YMCA of Greater San Antonio YMCA of Snohomish County YWCA Hartford Region. Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating!
Idealware
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
MacArthur Foundation , MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation , The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage , Pierce Family Foundation , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships , The Robin Hood Foundation , San Antonio Area Foundation , Wyoming Community Foundation and ZeroDivide. When I founded Idealware seven years ago, it was an unproven concept. Providing impartial resources to help nonprofits choose software had never been done.
Idealware
APRIL 18, 2012
The other day, I drove circles around a cement plant outside San Antonio, Texas, looking for a Google-recommended barbecue joint that just did not exist. That got me thinking about where I get my information, and how much I trust it--or how much I should trust it. Where do you turn for your information? For most people, the answer today is probably very different from the one we might have given in the past.
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
The YMCA of San Francisco is providing volunteers to help staff the Red Cross Bay Area Call Centers, which are receiving over 200 calls an hour. The YMCA of San Antonio is matching all employee contributions to its Katrina fund. What is there one can say about not-for-profit organizations and the continuing crisis of Katrina that would be of some use to our readers?
Beth Kanter
APRIL 14, 2014
“You have to show not just tell your CEO about social media”- @carolynsave “Create a tweetorial” – @kanter #afpshift pic.twitter.com/zKggoMllYB. Ettore Rossetti (@EttoreRossetti) March 25, 2014.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Today I’m in San Antonio, Texas, for the American College of Preventive Medicine annual conference. I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Citizen-Powered Response.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
Meanwhile in down at action camp in San Antonio, Texas, I heard through Twitter that copies of the Networked Nonprofit were offered in a raffle. Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November.
Eric Jacobson
AUGUST 24, 2013
For example, the top metro area with the most companies on the list is San Antonio, TX. You''ll definitely want to read the September 2013 issue of Inc. magazine, which features its annual list of the 500 fastest growing, private companies in America. The entire issue is a interesting and revealing read. And, California is the state with the most companies on the list. What I enjoyed most in the issue was the Portrait of a Leader infographic.
Beth Kanter
MAY 8, 2016
Technology experts offered their analysis (see the end of this article in the local San Antonio newspaper titled “ From Big Give to Big Crash “) Others offer their analysis. What Happened on Give Local America Day? For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook.
Tech Soup Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
San Diego: 7,000 potential members. San Antonio: 4,000 potential members. San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 12, 2015
"I had to put aside my big dreams of being like the San Antonio Public Library," Amy says. He lives in San Francisco. How the Natalia Library Helps Patrons Improve Their Lives. The Natalia Veteran's Memorial Library serves the small town of Natalia, Texas. It's open 25 hours a week, with a staff of one. With extremely limited resources, librarian Amy Edge must make difficult decisions every day about what her library can provide.
Beth Kanter
JANUARY 4, 2016
In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. Happy New Year ! I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. How about you? Last year, I decided that I didn’t need to wait until New Year’s to establish happy, healthy habits in my life.
Beth Kanter
JANUARY 2, 2015
I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. The Sun Sets on 2014. This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015.
See What's Out There
OCTOBER 17, 2009
We are watching from San Antonio with 2 of our children having the Swine Flu. Once again the Jewish Television Network let people remotely watch Kol Nidre (Jewish High Holiday) service from their home via live webcast. And, for the second year in a row it was a hit. Now I don’t think the point was that people should stay home and experience religious services that way.
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