Engadget

APRIL 21, 2025

And with this promotion, Sonos is upping the environmental impact by donating a portion of refurbished item sales to conservation nonprofits. Follow @EngadgetDeals on X for the latest tech deals and buying advice. This article originally appeared on Engadget at [link]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. When you are considering launching a new campaign or starting a new online community, go to the blogosphere for advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

Yesterday, I got an email from Anne Housego from Retina Australia give me an update and asked for some advice. Clear guidelines are important - see this interview I did with folks from Nature Conservancy about their contest. Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. What advice would you offer Retina Australia? Michaela Hackner.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. When you are considering launching a new campaign or starting a new online community, go to the blogosphere for advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2011

More conservative organizations and fields, might have a more restrictive social media policies. See more advice here. There’s lot of good advice and resources to get your started. Kirstin Beardsley – Setting the Boundaries: Developing Social Media Policies for Your Organization.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

Many of us have individual needs that demand more specific dietary advice. Every country could have a proper land use framework to achieve the right balance between agricultural productivity, conservation, and regeneration. There is a lot of justifiable concern about ultra-processed foods, but they are not poisonous in small doses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2008

Every now and then I get emails asking for advice. I work for a conservation organization and we???re Can you share some advice? The advice for marketers looking to embark on a Web 2.0 Photo by Billerr. I also read Seth Godin???s, s, Chris Brogan, etc. And therein lies my question. t know how to begin. What is ???square

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Let’s do the math and make a conservative estimate. Shockingly, according to a Software Advice research report, 52 percent of nonprofits are still using Excel and Google Docs to run their development operations. More than 10.4 million volunteers are currently needed to support nonprofits (VolunteerMatch).

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Open Twitter and you’ll find a cacophony of founders, investors and advisers doling out advice for what to do next: downsize your product offerings; freeze all hiring; consider mass layoffs. This is a tough pill to swallow for founders who were planning to accelerate growth this year. Fractional hiring is a growth cheat code.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Building Engagement with Conservation Efforts. 2022 included our first annual Digital Impact Summit and other great webinars that left attendees with tangible tips and expert advice on various topics, including data storytelling, customer experience, and annual planning. Creating a Virtual Seat at the Table.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I see this happening more and more because there is "best practice" advice out there that the more you ask on Giving Tuesday, the more you get. An environmental organization might be a part of conversations about conservation and environmental policy, land protection, climate change, and so on.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Dear Sophie: How can employers hire & comply with all this new H-1B craziness? Dear Sophie: Is it easier and faster to get an O-1A than an EB-1A? Startup Founder Immigration?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Jeff Bezos’ $2 billion plan, announced last week, to plant trees and restore landscapes across Africa and the US has already raised red flags for some conservation experts and activists. The hope with the new conservation investment is to preserve ecosystems that naturally draw down and store planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Some questions I don't know the answers to: What are the best examples of nonprofits using social media to crowdsource advice, program evaluation, ideas, or other uses? Do you have advice for an organization using Flickr as a campaign platform? What are the best practices or techniques for crowdsourcing? We are storage, after all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

A lack of government resources in the slums and low-income areas to address the problem of animal abandonment and cruelty has inspired many Brazilians to give to nonprofits that support animal welfare and wildlife conservation. 5) What is the most important piece of fundraising advice that you have to offer charitable organizations in Brazil?

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The Verge

JANUARY 18, 2022

This site is pure gold [link] "I am pretty sure that I will be criticized for this post by people who see me as "anti-conservation". But I’m not anti-conservation. I am just anti-bad conservation. It offers pithy advice to struggling artists like “ask your body” or “try faking it!” Maybe, maybe not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. Unfortunately, there were some short films that were censored by the Movie Television Board (which I want to say is one of the most conservative board of censors in the world!

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

But that quote from Reach Capital represents a slew of memos sent in recent days by venture firms to portfolio companies offering advice and asking questions about how founders are positioned for a downturn. ” In short: save your money, and if you plan to ask for more, expect less generous terms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. Amazing job by the conservancy.???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

What advice do you have for remote presenting? To avoid technology fail, they had a video team create a video with me in Boston last week — it is a reality tv meets Networked Nonprofit presentation, where I’m wondering around Boston in the rain and conservationally giving talking points. Talk about multi-tasking.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Also sustainability will hopefully be put back on the agenda.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Among the various firms that sent advice to their portfolios was Y Combinator. In essence, YC conserved its ability to collect 7% of startup equity early, with extra capital provided to its portfolio companies to put to work. Y Combinator, or YC for short, is the world’s best-known accelerator.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2022

If you’re a founder, now is the time to unlearn some of that lavish spending and focus on conserving what you do have. For more thoughts, read a round-up of all the tech layoffs this past week , and then head to TechCrunch+ for some advice on how to navigate the market. Need advice on navigating a tough startup market?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

” Roopan Aulakh, managing director, Pi Ventures All the investors we spoke to agreed that in order to make the best of the situation, startups should conserve runway and prioritize growth if they can afford to do so. What advice would you give your portfolio startups to continue growing at this time?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

Any advice on how I can help balance the scales, between discussion and action? Question: My organization has made strides with DEI internally – training for the staff and relatively diverse hiring , but leadership is very hesitant to discuss DEI with our fairly conservative donor base and actively avoids it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Good advice for marketing mercenaries, but keep those pitches straight — reporters know when we’re being sold to, and the FTC isn’t messing around. Today, wind power and wave action are just two technologies leading investors to take a closer look at ocean conservation technology, reports Tim De Chant.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Nonprofits can use this to make future recommendations and generate actionable advice to consumers. . The Nature Conservancy , a non-profit organization, has helped the Red Cross to create a dashboard and mobile app that can broadcast information like earthquake magnitude and flood locations through social media.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

On Monday, we’ll run columns with practical advice for exploring both of those scenarios. If you don’t, this TC+ guest post contains useful advice for budgeting, negotiating and strategizing to save your hard-won equity. In the meantime, have a great weekend, and thanks very much for reading. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. We advise conservatively that the grace period begins from the date of termination, although some laid-off individuals will continue to get paychecks for many months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Finally, as a conservation organization, we’re always looking at ways to reduce our use of paper. What advice would you offer to other nonprofits about using mobile apps as part of their overall communications strategy? The biggest piece of advice is “be useful.” An app is not another form of email or social media channel.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Moreover, European doctors are generally more conservative and evidence-based. How are these issues informing your advice to your cannabis-related portfolio companies? Unlike the U.S., medical cannabis in Europe is regulated as a medicine and falls under EU and national pharmaceutical regulatory systems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2008

She told me that her board was very conservative and that she was the youngest person on staff. I know you all must have lots of tips and help advice on how to be a n effective social media evangelist behind the firewall - so please do share it: How do you get your whole organization to own the social media strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Matt Fitzgerald from Upwell shared their approach to Big Listening and Spotting Awesome which helped them leverage “Shark Week,” ocean conservation social media super bowl. Matt gave great advice about how to get started with big listening for small organizations. ” Yes!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. When you are considering launching a new campaign or starting a new online community, go to the blogosphere for advice.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 4, 2009

Advice From the Front Lines on Branding Via Social Media : By Abny Santicola : FundRaising Success: "In the session 'Effective Branding in a Social Media World' presented at the 2009 Bridge Conference held just outside Washington, D.C.,

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. She has also just published a book of poetry, “ On The Advice of Rumi.” She is a poet, an environmental activist, and a nonprofit management expert with a masters degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

IN two weeks, I will have the honor of presenting at the E-Metrics Conference with Jonathon Coleman, Nature Conservancy and Laura Lee Dooley. nonprofit and government folks who need to get more advice re: measurement in social media. Photo by Smitty42.    What a combination!

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