NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

This year's Day of Service featured three different projects - a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC's largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

After a year of Board service, I was asked to join the fundraising staff for the organization, which I did. We had some existing fundraising activities for me to build upon, fortunately. I tweaked those activities, and money started pouring in! Other Activities: What do your volunteers do when they’re not working?

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Tableau

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. To help applicants overcome these challenges, Housing Connector partners with property owners and managers to lower screening criteria and increase access to housing for individuals exiting homelessness. Housing Connector’s Service Cloud response dashboard. Jason Schumacher.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. But here's the kicker: the phone is deeply integrated with Amazon's shopping services. Activate Windows Phone Lock! Homelessness and Mobile Technology.

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Qgiv

MARCH 9, 2022

People often ask, “What’s the best way to end homelessness?” However, peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to raise money for human services organizations and, more importantly, it’s a grassroots way to build awareness of the issues facing the unhoused community. 3 Successful Peer-to-Peer Events. The best part?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

Participants were challenged with an active listening exercise while two peers gave presentations on their work with data. Example using the issue of homelessness: First, use an infographic, picture, or video of homeless people begging for money from drive-by cars or pedestrians. Head vs. Heart” won for best detail.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

Particularly, I think of an image of a certain well-worn Public Allies hooded sweatshirt — our unspoken uniform of service. Every service day, there it would be. It's a rather unassuming (some might even say unattractive ) emblem of our collective pledge to do a service for this country. The work that we do matters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

4) Traditional TV and radio only inspire 9% of donors to give, but that number could increase if internet-based TV and radios apps, such as Netflix and Pandora, tailored their programming and advertising services to cater to organizations. 5) Messaging apps have very little impact on donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2011

Last year, I connected with Stephanie Rudat over a year ago when we were both named on a list of 11 Twitter Activists You Should Be Following. (It is also how I met Mark Horvath, an activist for homelessness). Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact. Blog your hearts out!

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Tableau

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. To help applicants overcome these challenges, Housing Connector partners with property owners and managers to lower screening criteria and increase access to housing for individuals exiting homelessness. Housing Connector’s Service Cloud response dashboard. Jason Schumacher.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

In our effort to highlight brilliant changemakers, we sat down with Cylinda Nickel at Compassion Services International to dive deeper into their global fundraising initiatives – particularly their work for Ukraine- and hear about her top fundraising tips. About Compassion Services International. Recent Donors Notes.

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Tableau

MARCH 29, 2021

For example, to see a topline count of homeless people in a city, but then go beyond that, and see every individual and their unique circumstances—from race to veteran status and how long they have lived without consistent shelter. Our theme was “Visualizing Every Person: How Disaggregated Data Can Build a More Just World.”.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. Instead of fundraising separately, activating communities separately, connecting with legislators separately, the organizations recognized a unique opportunity they had to come together. How do you evaluate your programs and services?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Politically, Denver’s local government has championed social causes, including increased gun control, LGBT rights and programs for the homeless. With 300+ days of sunshine per year, Denverites take advantage of outdoor activities like hiking, snowboarding, skiing, and biking. A quality of life that beats Silicon Valley’s.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

To begin your week, and your year, in the same spirit of building, service, and advocating for equality that Dr. King exemplified. Many cities have a local MLK march or volunteer activation. African Americans make up 40 percent of the homeless population despite only representing 13 percent of the general population.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

charities are devoted to the work of human services like providing food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless, care to the sick, and legal aid to the dispossessed. The Idealware report called The Reality of Measuring Human Service Programs: Results of a Survey has some pretty interesting findings on this.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Receiving Free Goods: Beyond cash, companies often provide in-kind donations such as products or professional services, reducing your operational costs. Expense Reimbursements Expense reimbursements involve companies covering specific costs related to your nonprofit’s activities.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Unfortunately, many founders or leaders skip creating one — which generally leads to fundraising frustrations and stalled services, among other problems. Products, Programs, and Services. For example, if you run a homeless shelter, you should mention the number of people who are homeless on any given night in your area.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 22, 2024

ShowerUp: Building connection with hot Showers and open hearts In urban environments where the needs of the homeless are often overshadowed by the daily hustle, ShowerUp steps in to provide not just cleanliness but dignity as well. “The user-friendly signup experience has been revolutionary,” said Schmitz.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We will probably build a repository of that data so our customers can leverage that data to access other goods and services.”. For years, proptech, unlike fintech, hasn’t witnessed exploding growth in Africa despite real estate needing as much innovation as financial services in the region. “So we’re getting a lot of that type of data.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 10, 2025

They actively engage with the community, providing services, collecting donations, and working to help the nonprofit achieve its mission and goals. While its always great to try and encourage active volunteers to sign up to join new opportunities, its also a fantastic idea to do that same thing for your inactive volunteers.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Flip through to be completely inspired by these entrepreneurs who’re not only giving you a service, they’re giving back. 5) The startup that donates clothing to the homeless as you shop. As 2013 come to a close, we’re counting down startups that’ve made a splash in using “social good” as their primary motivator.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2024

Advocacy covers a range of activities for nonprofits and includes much more than just legislative lobbying. A youth services nonprofit working with government agencies to use a public building for a youth program. Sadly, this happens all the time with board service. Don’t let this be you! Arrange informative presentations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

The thing is activated by stomach acid, which functions like a chemical in a battery. High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? It also uses Twitter to “find, counsel, and direct as many homeless people as possible to help.” Here’s the part I like.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Let’s say your organization has 3 primary service programs: animals, homeless and youth. Let’s take our first example, but make it a little more fun — here is an example of a community organization that provides nature-related activities, such as kayaking, hiking, and fishing. Think about it this way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Day Of Service View more presentations from Peter Campbell. There is always a full menu of networking sessions, affinity group meetings, conference panels, activities, and of course, The Day of Service. I participated in my first Day of Service in 2001 as a volunteer. tags: nten 09ntc ). The locations: St.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Veterans Advocacy Tableau User Group is a community-led initiative for prior and current military service members, family, and advocates to share their stories, support veteran causes, and learn Tableau. and have showcased the service of Tuskegee Airmen of WWII. Senior Community Program Manager, Recognition Programs. Ateken Abla.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Veterans Advocacy Tableau User Group is a community-led initiative for prior and current military service members, family, and advocates to share their stories, support veteran causes, and learn Tableau. and have showcased the service of Tuskegee Airmen of WWII. Senior Community Program Manager, Recognition Programs . Ateken Abla.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

We are actively working to improve our internal processes to ensure this does not occur again,” the company said in a statement after the release. Let’s find this guy, activate safety network completely,” Frame wrote, according to screenshots of internal Slack messages obtained by The Verge. We are not a news company.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Government funding for many nonprofits, particularly health and human services nonprofits in Arizona, can be anywhere from 50% to 90% of the agency funding. Yet, nonprofits don’t see the connection to advocacy for the people they serve as their major fundraising activity. General funding for the arts has been entirely eliminated.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For example, knowing that a certain message or call to action, or even type of service, worked for one organization in one community translated to other organizations as a packaged up and ready to repeat solution. In a holistic paradigm, our programs and services and even our fundraising are community driven. Analog Strategies.

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Twenty Hats

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I became the volunteer manager at a non-profit, FACETS , that works with people struggling with homelessness and poverty. Before COVID, there had been about 200 active volunteers including intermittent help for events as well as scheduled assignments like homework help and admin support. An example of this happened last June.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When I served in my first executive director position for a small community-based healthcare nonprofit that served the homeless, I still remember the first fundraising conference that I attended. VHAs engage in an array of direct-service programs , which can include membership, support, advocacy, education, and research.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Advantages: Active plugins maintain WordPress compatibility and work well with many prebuilt themes. Integrate third-party services for payments, event registration, email campaigns and more. Solution: Third party services with Salesforce integration . Medium level of effort for implementation. Formstack.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Get an idea of how many people will need the service you are offering. Talk to the people who will need your services, and ask them what they need. As a service provider, you are not in the shoes of the people who need your help. Determine services and programs: This is when you hammer out how you plan to change lives.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This can make it difficult to provide the services that are necessary to meet the needs of their mission. However, we can actively try to build cross-community bridges in an attempt to understand our own locality from other points of view. They all present experiences which we — by no fault of our own — may find hard to comprehend.

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