Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Closed Online Community :: Nonprofits began to offer online accounts to supporters that saved their information for future action alerts and online giving. By 2013 the World Wildlife Fund has dramatically changed their website design while honing in on the most important online communications and fundraising tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

The next best thing is to have colleagues who have attended amazing conferences like Personal Democracy Forum and share what they learned. I’m grateful that Kate Wing has offered up this guest post about her experience at PDF 2013. Reflections and Notes from Personal Democracy Forum 2013. The 50% conference rule.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. TechSoup's online community manager, Michael DeLong, also predicts that nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs will increasingly integrate an overall mobile strategy into their work in 2013. Mobile chip sales will overtake PC revenues in 2013.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

In December 2013 there was much fanfare when Facebook unveiled a “Donate” button for nonprofits , but not much came of it and it dwindled in popularity. Baldrick’s Foundation raises thousands via its online communities by always linking back to its website in every post and tweet. Baldrick’s Foundation’s Facebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

To the Diplomatic Conference in Plenary on June 27, 2013 On the Adoption of the Treaty of Marrakech This is an excellent Treaty. We want to do everything we can to support the communities of people with disabilities, and the organizations that serve them, to end the book famine in each country.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In 2020, Myechia joined 18 other Black and Brown executives in Massachusetts as a founding leader of The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund (NCF) to provide philanthropic support to community groups and coalitions fighting systemic racism and racial inequity in the Commonwealth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. The foundation of effective photo and video editing is a creative eye and an appreciation of digital photography and video. Community Building. Community building is now more strategic and based upon proven best practices.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 28, 2014

At the end of 2013, more than 100 entrepreneurs, artists, environmentalists, and yogis flew into Panama City’s chaotic metropolis, seeking an adventure, and a fun way to celebrate the New Year. We are a community that is always in beta, that’s how you get things done,” says Kalu Yala’s founder Jimmy Stice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. After processing about 66 donations per minute during their 2013 event, the website crashed at 12:30 p.m.—for

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

Keep the community updated on the fundraising progress through various channels. celebrate and showcase the “de-centralized” successes in your community. I love serendipity! Here’s an example ). Set realistic fundraising goals. Develop a plan to promote the fundraiser and rally personal networks via multiple channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Note from Beth: Last year John Haydon reached out about a special project he was working on for the CTK Foundation that was providing some resources and financial support for nonprofits. The CTK Foundation has just launched the 2012/2013 Heart & Soul Grants , with over $55,000 to assist nonprofits like yours in accomplishing your mission.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

He is co-founder of international start-up community event organisation 3beards and founder and director of Albion Drive , a fully integrated communicaitons agency for entrepreneurs and challenger brands. Finally, that this was not the first highly successful tech IPO in Australia in 2013 with OzForex raising AUD $439.4 BigCommerce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Community Block Party attendees check out participating nonprofit organizations during the event. Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. This post was cross-posted from the Knight Foundation Blog and written by Jessica Hodder who is the digital communications associate for Knight Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Foundation produced these results as documented by Edelman. brendankinney (@brendankinney) September 18, 2013. and Daniel Kaufman ( @giveonepercent ) Founder of the One Percent Foundation where they shared lots of solid practical and strategic advice for making a giving day successful. (The

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Make 2013 the year your fundraising comes of age. Join Paul Habig of SankyNet, Sarah Alexander of Food & Water Watch, and Eric Rardin of Care2 as they outline the critical and often easy ways you can boost your fundraising results in 2013. Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

The foundation upon which all successful social and mobile campaigns are built is a well-designed, mobile compatible website. November and December are the highest months and thus you will have to compare November 2013 to November to 2014, for example, to get the full picture of your fundraising success. Website Unique Visitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. The post was also published on the Knight Foundation blog here. What impact did all this have on communities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Now, in your 6th year, drum roll, tell us Give to the Max Day by the numbers : Total raised: $18,316,626.42 (7% increase over 2013). Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Total organizations: 5,544 (a 25% increase over 2013). Total donors: 62,607 (a 20% increase over 2013).

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Pamela Grow

JULY 10, 2024

in 2023, down from 73% in 2013. In 2023, foundations contributed 19% of overall giving ($103.5 In contrast, the Giving USA Foundation’s annual report highlights that donations rose to $557.16 Foundations: Contributed $103.53 When it comes to foundation grants, stay on top of your research. in 2022 to 67.2%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Peer Learning Capacity Building Programs: This year I continued my work in designing and facilitating peer learning programs on behalf of several foundations for their grantees. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom. private and community foundations. 2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. funders, and public foundations (aka grantmaking public charities).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency is a new GrantCraft guide released in collaboration with Glasspockets from the Foundation Center. A foundation that operates transparently is one that shares what it does, how it does it, and the difference thatit makes in a frank, easily accessible, and timelyway. Increased public trust.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2013

We knew there would be many great hacks to come, and the power of face recognition sounds pretty useful for all of us working directly with our community. Check out the Foundation Center''s new digital annual report. We''ve heard from NTEN members about Google Glass - some have even tried it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I was a coordinator for the Annual Day of Service from 2002-2011, a day where nonprofit techies gave their time and skills back to the community where the conference was hosted. NTEN nurtures and supports a vast community of folks who are passionate about nonprofit technology and social good causes and want to learn from each other.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

2013 has been quite a year for the startup community and social and technology-related businesses in particular. Whether it’s created or curated, you need to provide a foundation for it to succeed. Branding a community through content contains several things that need to be managed (e.g., Fabian Kaempfer , Chocomize. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. Community Foundation of Monterey County. The map above is a visualization of the Community Foundation of Monterey Twitter following using TwitterMap. Radio Bilingue.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

grantseeking efforts of organizations focused on community. In a recent survey of nonprofit organizations in the United States, we learned more about where these types of nonprofits get their funding and where they find challenges to meeting the needs of their communities. Private Foundations Play a Bigger Role.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

So, I’m thrilled that community manager, Meghan Ventura, who is responsible for cultivating the community presence of Games for Change agreed to write this guest post about nonprofits who are using games for social change. And, don’t miss this special offer: Get 10% off tickets with the code beth_g4c14. In Education.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

research and tools, and a list of creatures that walk a fine line between ugly and cute bring this week to a close--check out what your industrious community has been up to! Another congratulations is in order to nonprofit PR firm and member organization Grizzard Communications Group, Inc. In the next state over, the 2013 Lights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized. Solid Women ”, winner of Best Medium Organization, presents a powerful, affirming story of 5 women succeeding in rebuilding their community after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, through the microloans facilitated through Fonkoze.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. Un Foundation. Teens As Free Agents.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). Plus, check out the new NTEN Voices section for tips and tools from our team and community! But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Get started!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. Lots of chatter beyond the Reddit community. Think about how mobile can solve a community need, find an existing data set, and deliver that information in an app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

The plenary session was called “ Placing Little Bets: Failing Informatively for the Nonprofit Technology Sector,” and I was joined by smart folks – Brian Reich, Erin Shy, Megan Kashner, and Allie Burns who represent different points of view in our community – from funders, disrupters, software platform, and nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I’m facilitating a Peer Learning Program for the Knight Foundation with community foundations that are hosting Giving Days using the Knight Foundation’s Giving Day Playbook. Use images in every communication #21CapitalCamp. GuideStar USA (@GuideStarUSA) October 8, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Why are Silicon Valley community-based nonprofits struggling to meet demand, and having a hard time maintaining their organizational health? And how might we help bring these two groups together to create healthier nonprofits, healthier networks, and ultimately, healthier communities? Creating Healthy Nonprofits in Silicon Valley.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

The foundation upon which all successful social and mobile campaigns are built is a well-designed, mobile compatible website. November and December are the highest months and thus you will have to compare November 2013 to November to 2014, for example, to get the full picture of your fundraising success. Website Unique Visitors.

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