EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2019

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. They just celebrated over 20 years of advocating for Texas families. With the Texas legislative session currently in progress, I called Tara Lee, Development Director of Texas Watch to talk about current policy issues and how they work to bridge the divide between their community and the political process. Let’s start of with a little bit more background about Texas Watch!

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APRIL 24, 2012

The good folks who make 2-1-1 Texas work every day and for every community are to be commended for their progress towards an efficient and effective statewide solution. We are doing all of this while Texas 2-1-1 remains online and working in real-time. Again, well done Texas! Your tenacity and talent is paying off well, and the people of Texas will benefit.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Congratulations to 2-1-1 Texas! The first calls came in early this morning, on the new state-wide enterprise platform deployed by TIRN, the Texas Information and Referral Network. What were separate and distinct software solutions for each center across Texas are now unified. In their own words: 2-1-1 Texas, a program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, is committed to helping Texas citizens connect with the services they need.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

North Texas Giving Day raises record $33.1M for nonprofits - Dallas Business Journal : "The seventh annual North Texas Giving Day on Thursday ended with 2,022 nonprofits receiving 118,667 donations totaling $33.1 million, the largest total in the event's history, organizers said on Friday. The contributions came from 71,743 donors, according to a news release." 'via via Blog this'. NPGivingDay

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2010

If you have visited Austin, Texas you may recall that we love to talk about Austin. I believe that you can apply this equation to non-profits and cultivate a fan base as devoted to your cause as Austinites are devoted to preserving the uniqueness that is Austin, Texas. Author: Joey Martin. There is something special about this town.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Dell, University of Texas empowering entrepreneurs — blog | Austin Business Journal: "For the fifth consecutive year, Dell and UT’s RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service are teaming on the 2011 Dell Social Innovation Competition, with more than $100,000 to be awarded to turn innovative social concepts into new businesses or nonprofits.

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JUNE 1, 2015

United Way of Abilene, Information Technology Disaster Resource Center​ and Crisis Cleanup​ are sponsoring a free, multi-agency debris removal and muckout hotline for survivors of the recent severe weather in Texas and Oklahoma. Effective immediately through July 4th, residents of Texas and Oklahoma requiring assistance may call 1-800-451-1954 to request help with cleanup, Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm As a public service, VisionLink, Connect First, Inc.​,

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JULY 21, 2009

Editorial: Web site connects people with nonprofits | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Opinion: Editorials: "Thankfully, the folks at the Communities Foundation of Texas, the Dallas Foundation and the Center for Nonprofit Management have found a way. They have created a new Web site that profiles more than 400 North Texas nonprofit groups.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 10, 2013

Recent disasters like the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas might have left some organizations in those states without reliable Internet connectivity. Eligible organizations in Texas and Oklahoma (as well as Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island) can now request either 25 or 10 access devices at a reduced administrative fee.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

A Texas nonprofit looks for the balance between external funders’ requirements and internal needs for data tracking. In four neighboring cities, Central Texas 4C administers Head Start, the federal program to promote school readiness for children five and younger from low-income families, to a population that includ.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2009

United Way and Hands On Central Texas Spring 2009 Day of Caring. Last Thursday night I attended the Lights. Camera. opening night pre-screening here in Austin and was blown away by the powerful videos shared by the four nonprofit organizations screening their video entries. David Neff shared with me info about the organization's event and I thought this was something all Connection Cafe readers should hear about.

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JUNE 16, 2008

Nonprofit groups team up to provide technology services | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Robert Miller | Business Columnist | Dallas Morning News: "The Center for Nonprofit Management has entered into a partnership with NPower Texas to provide nonprofit groups with a one-stop source for technology services.".

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Using a live streaming application called "Live Stream," conference organizers of the Governor's Nonprofit Leadership Conference in Texas are hoping to draw in an online audience into the discussion about social innovation. This is the first time I've been pitched to host a live stream of a conference on my blog and ask a question of the panel remotely.

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See3

APRIL 3, 2015

video austin lights camera help nonprofit video Nonprofits reel change film frenzy texas Are you in Austin? Check out the Reel Change Film Frenzy screening on April 19th, produced by our friends at Lights. Camera. The post Filmmakers and Nonprofits Unite in Austin appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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DECEMBER 20, 2007

The fundraiser is where group of volunteers grew mustaches and asked their friends to support the charity, the Texas Children's Hospital Center. Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. I have the honor of joining his SWSX Panel in March about nonprofits, social media, and social good.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Grassroots Leadership organizes communities to fight back against detention and deportation both in Texas and nationally. Hispanic Heritage Month, officially founded in 1968 , occurs each year from September 15 to October 15, a period which includes the anniversary of independence of eight Latin American countries. During National Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Bobby Calvillo is the Executive Director of a large housing non-profit in Texas. He has shared his insight with us on many occasions, and today he speaks from the heart about how prayer can guide us everyday as we work to reshape community

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APRIL 19, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Networking posted by Jessica Sadoway , Nonprofit and Social Media Blogger Just last Friday, The Collaboration Prize announced its third annual winner (congratulations to the Adoption Coalition of Texas !).

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Conducted by the Engaging News Project of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin, the study analyzed roughly 2,500 comments made on a Texas TV station’s Facebook page Study Reveals How to Rein in Rude Online Commenters: Associations Now : It can be tempting to ignore rude comments made in online spaces, but a new study found that interacting with commenters may decrease the chances for incivility.

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MARCH 19, 2007

Thomas Friedman writes about Environmental Defense and NRDC ’s success in using online tools & techniques to fight TXU (big Texas power company) from building 11 “coal-fired, CO2-belching power plants&#. Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed?

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Rangers’ Levine Creates Fantasy Sports Platform For Charity  CBS Dallas / Fort Worth : Texas Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine is hoping to capitalize on that market — for charity. Levine has launched a fantasy sports platform called Meaningful Wins, which allows participants to play for charity rather than for profit

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

3 Responsive Design Trends I''m Digging and Which Nonprofits are Working Them Best | npENGAGE As we head into Fall of 2014, (yes, I prefer to skip August as a Texas resident) we approach the 3-year anniversary of Responsive Design. See more at: [link] As we head into Fall of 2014, (yes, I prefer to skip August as a Texas resident) we approach the 3-year anniversary of Responsive Design.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A Mighty Citizen Case Study: The University of Texas Permian Basin. The University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) came to Mighty Citizen with a content problem. By student population, UTPB is the smallest of the nine schools in The University of Texas System.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Several organizations such as The Water Project , Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and the Women''s Annex Foundation are already accepting Bitcoin donations , while more and more fundraisers are asking, " Should Your Nonprofit Accept Bitcoin for Donations? ". Fundraising Trends: United Way Hops on the Bitcoin Donations Bandwagon : FundRaising Success Over the past year or so, Internet currency Bitcoin has received plenty of attention in the nonprofit fundraising sector.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Homeless people turned into walking wi-fi hotspots at $2 per 15 minutes at SXSW | Mail Online : A marketing stunt where homeless people were turned into walking internet hotspots with T-shirts proclaiming 'I'm a 4G hotspot' has caused outcry in Texas.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2020

Today’s episode features an excerpt from part one of a three-part Blackbaud webinar about how better talent management can up your fundraising game featuring Eric Bowman, talent manager at Texas A&M Foundation.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

60) Search « Convio Innovator Awards | Main | Take the M+R Online Monthly Giving Survey » Thursday Oct 18 2007 Live from Convio Summit 2007 Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 11:59AM | by Clinton OBrien Thursday morning at the Convio Client Summit in Austin, Texas, the opening session (sponsored by Care2, by the way) consisted mainly of the keynote speech by Convio CEO Gene Austin.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

Nope, it’s just Voly, the new social website that connects volunteers and organizations in North Texas

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Texas Watch. To encourage new donors, Texas Watch calls their sustainer program “Friends in the Fight.” The year is almost over but nonprofits around the world are busy with year-end giving , all leading up to one of the largest giving days of the year: December 31st. With December in full swing and the pressure of living up to arguably the best fundraising month, we know things can get overwhelming.

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MARCH 4, 2019

If you would like to volunteer the system is currently accessible from the following sites: For Texas: [link] For Puerto Rico: [link] For U.S. Virgin Islands: [link] For Texas: [link] Volunteer Florida will also be live on the system in the near future Thousands of volunteers have offered to assist in the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. High-level government officials have directed these generous people to National VOAD and their member agencies.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2009

attending Mass Comm week at Texas State University and of course checked out the Social Media for Social Good panel presented by Kerri Qunell, VP of Communications at Capital Area Food Bank , David Neff, Director of Web, Film and Interactive at American Cancer Society , and Jordan Viator, Interactive Communications Manager at Convio. I was energized by the conversation, the enthusiasm of the Texas State students, and just overall being on a college campus again. Author: Jill Ward.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Lynnette was headed for a small clinic in Texas and I was going to take a Tropical Medicine course. My wife grew up poor. Her father was killed in a tragic accident when she was a toddler. She always said, “If my mother hadn’t run welfare in our small Montana town, we would have been on it.”

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Press Release The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Joins the Integrated Marketing Advisory Board - MarketWatch : AUSTIN, Texas, Sep 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Integrated Marketing Advisory Board (IMAB) today announced that The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) has joined the IMAB.

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APRIL 18, 2012

The app debuted at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. Erika D. Smith: Created in Indiana, app for nonprofits is an encouraging sign | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com : hillon found himself chatting with city officials looking for a way to do something with the stagnant EngageIndy program to boost volunteerism in the community. Cause.it was it. The Cause.it crew got some investment funding to build the app from Bloomington-based SproutBox.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 31, 2012

Both of them are students from the University of Texas. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky. For the second month in a row, this month's podcast interview is with two people at the same time. This month I got a chance to speak with two college interns that are working at Blackbaud Austin in the Engineering Department.

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MAY 28, 2020

In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Eddie Thompson, founder and CEO of Thompson and Associates, and Russell James, Professor of Charitable Financial Planning at Texas Tech University, in an excerpt from a Blackbaud webinar. COVID-19 has impacted fundraising in various ways.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Dell Social Innovation Competition: "Welcome to the Dell Social Innovation CompetitionThe University of Texas and Dell are looking for college students from around the world who want to improve areas of critical human need through innovation.Providing a vehicle for taking student innovations from idea to reality, Dell’s Social Innovation Competition is a real-world exercise for perfecting your

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

As a staffer working out of our DC office, I decided to relocate to Texas for a month and spend some time working from Convio's Austin offices (eating breakfast tacos, getting to know my colleagues and such). Author: Emily Goodstein. Howdy, Connection Cafe readers! Have you ever wondered who else works at Convio? Behind the mysterious software curtain? I mean. the people who actually engineer our products.

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APRIL 11, 2021

For example, Movegreen in Southern California and Green Van Lines in Texas use hybrid vehicles as well as adopt other sustainable practices. 3 Eco-Friendly Moving Tips. Moving has an impact on the environment. Not just driving, but also the packaging etc. that are involved when moving.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 1, 2011

See below and link for details)CTK Foundation Launches the Heart and Soul 2011 Grant Award | Breaking news | Community Techknowledge: "Austin, Texas, March 1, 2011 — The CTK Foundation is proud to launch the 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Competition. Interesting approach to grant applications from CTK. Write a short poem.

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MARCH 16, 2009

At SXSW, attendees confront Twitter saturation | Webware - CNET: "AUSTIN, Texas--By now, the story of how Twitter exploded onto the scene at the 2007 South by Southwest festival is legend in technology circles.But here at SXSW 2009, the notion of the perfect match among community, service, and event seems flipped on its head.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The good folks in Abilene, Texas (and the surrounding counties) have done a great job explaining the benefits of 2-1-1 and their Basic Needs Network. To view the great news clip, follow this link to KTXS Channel 12 in Texas, or go to [link] Dr. W. Clients are served more effectively, and donor resources are used more efficiently. Particularly in this economy, this is the responsible way to work.

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