Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 15, 2009

Mauer does a great job in capturing the advocacy position of the Reading Rights Coalition. The Reading Rights Coalition and NFB are advocating for the equal rights of disabled people. I don't know of an algorithm for this, but I do know how people think. This is a case of dueling moral high grounds. We Want to Read!"

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The organization is active in government advocacy and technical standards, conducts national and regional educational networking conferences, and produces the Furnaces North America business exposition every other year. I always ask people, ‘How do you think the association would be run if Steve Jobs or Bill Gates was the CEO?’

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Raven’s Associate Community Manager Austin O’Brien said that team members were being called into individual meetings to be told whether or not they would still have a job come January 28th. So far, the company has reportedly laid off about a third of its QA testers, or around a dozen people, but it’s possible more could follow.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

While the dogooder in me loves a great cause, I also relish the opportunity to learn more about online fundraising and why people give. While my initial social media campaign generated plenty of interest and a few donations, I was shocked at how quickly people responded to my email. People Give for Different Reasons.

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Online Fundraising Learning Tips 201

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That’s a good number, but that leaves 53% of nonprofits worldwide that haven’t yet come to the understanding that Facebook can be a colossal waste of time if you are not following these best practices and at least occasionally purchasing Facebook Ads for special fundraising and advocacy campaigns.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

CareQuest Institute collaborates with a wide range of partners to achieve its mission of improving the oral health of all through work in grantmaking, research, health improvement programs, policy and advocacy, and education, as well as leadership in dental benefits, care delivery, and innovation advancements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

It is a nonprofits dream – to have its advocacy campaign messaging go viral on Facebook or social media channels. Her insights are useful to other nonprofits working on integrated advocacy campaigns. Sure, our page has photos of cute animals and engages people in fun conversations about their pets. What happened?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

” That being said, their fears and frustrations can create chaos, and part of your job as community manager is to make transitions as smooth and drama-free as possible. We heard from 209 nonprofit staff, consultants, and the people who love us–and some of the results suprised us.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. While advocating for survivors in San Francisco, I witnessed first-hand how critical stories are in tapping into people’s empathy.

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Advocacy Story Campaign San Francisco 59

Care2

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Branded worthless from the day they are born, they are shunned by society, treated inhumanely and allowed to carry out only the most lowly of jobs, such as the cleaning of human waste and digging of graves. Because they are deemed polluting, people even avoid their shadow. And all of this on a shoestring budget.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

It was the hottest “buzz word&# of the last decade — And if you ask ten people to describe it, you could get ten very different answers. – "GreatNonprofits and Guidestar want to hear about the great nonprofits providing job training or job placement in your communities. It's a must-read! "Collaboration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

21% agreed that the negative things about their jobs outweighed the positive. Many nonprofits saw a surge in recurring subscription initiations following the 2016 election, particularly civil rights, social action, and advocacy organizations, according to Classy platform data. 30% said they planned to leave fundraising altogether.

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Trend Fundraising Philanthropy Donor 271

Tableau

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Together, the partners are proud to champion a data-driven approach to preventing and ending youth and young adult (YYA) homelessness for the estimated 13,000 young people in Washington state who experience homelessness each year. . A youth advocacy model using data and strategic partnerships is transferable .

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Tableau

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Together, the partners are proud to champion a data-driven approach to preventing and ending youth and young adult (YYA) homelessness for the estimated 13,000 young people in Washington state who experience homelessness each year. A youth advocacy model using data and strategic partnerships is transferable.

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Homeless Impact Data Support 98

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: [link] and [link] ). Support advocacy, volunteer management, complex events, electronic communications, content management, online payments, and merchandise sales. Software alone seldom gets the job done. Here my perspective.

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

There are nearly 800,000 people protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). From legal work to advocacy to grassroots mobilization, these 7 organizations highlighted below are fighting to ensure that immigrant rights are human rights. American Immigration Council. Learn more about their #HeretoStay Campaign.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 31, 2006

Although we drew the 520 pm timeslot, I think we did a good job of putting some energy into the last session of the day! There was a lot of interesting stuff in the plenaries, but I especially enjoyed Ethan Zuckerman's talk about advocacy and citizen journalism.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Job well done!

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Job well done!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Campaign Highlights and Impact: Small-dollar Donations: Avg $5 donation – $115m in revenue The number of video views meant that almost 28 million people gave money, with an average donation of around $5. Success Factors: Celebrity Advocacy: Leveraging celebrity power attracts attention and builds trust with potential donors.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

As of Friday afternoon, 18 people had tweeted they were planning to leave. Given the recent changes at Basecamp, I’ve decided to leave my job as Head of Design,” Downey tweeted. After nearly 8 years, given the recent changes at Basecamp, I’ve decided to leave my job as an Android programmer there. It means a lot. ??

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A directory of quotes by famous people, this websites list thousands of inspirational quotes useful for Tweeting and Facebook Status Updates. If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. Part-website, part-smartphone app, this tool enables free group texting between small groups of people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

We the People :: petitions.whitehouse.gov. We the People is an online petitioning service launched by the Obama Administration that enables U.S. based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

She recalls, “I was visiting a chapter in Alabama when I got a call from the fundraising team mentioning letting me know about the Ice Bucket Challenge that at the time was happening in Massachusetts at fundraising event organized by Peter Frates and that people were posting videos on Facebook.” million donors.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) EW: I wish I could tell you that we had a "plan!"

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Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I knew it was hitting many more people than the average news story when I saw tweets, facebook posts, and other online comments coming from people in my community and network that I rarely see participating online. The first time, the effort split in two; with one group focused on fundraising and another on advocacy and awareness.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What tools should they use?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Readers of Care2's Frogloop blog love that our blogger in chief, Allyson Kapin always has her fingers on the pulse of the most current news, research, and best practices in nonprofit technology, online advocacy, fundraising, and social media. Just for you, dear Frogloop readers, we hereby present an excerpt from Allyson's excellent new book.

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Campaign Fundraising Homeless Social Media 77

Tableau

APRIL 20, 2021

83 percent of renters who are behind have experienced job and income losses during the pandemic. Even with recent CARES Act stimulus payments and extended unemployment insurance, many people find themselves unable to keep up. Renters face an estimated $3.9 billion in rent debt, approximately $4,4000 per household. Unequal impacts.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

People are often surprised to learn that I haven’t always supported corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Job offers were elusive, and it didn’t go unnoticed that the faces I saw in positions of power did not look like mine. After all, I’m a Black woman from Jamaica who works in human resources. In the U.S.,

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NTEN

MAY 16, 2011

But I want to offer something to this discussion to drive home the point about how your organization's data is important to your work: Your data is people. And it has the potential to change the way people think about your cause. A chronological order made no sense, either, considering the manner in which people died.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

They launched it to align Goodwill with Labor Day, and to shine a light on the challenges faced by people who are unemployed, as well as the transformation a job has made on their lives. You continue making a difference and investing in people to be the best they can be.”. Be sure to get signed releases for these folks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2007

Carl started off with a spirited advocacy for the power of entrepreneurship, touching on the vision of Ewing Kauffman, the founder of his foundation. Carl went to explain how much this is now the era of the entrepreneur, with half of the new jobs in the U.S. Carl's foundation is the foundation for entrepreneurship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Steve Jobs and Apple have come under fre­quent fire for a lack of visible gen­er­osity in char­it­able con­tri­bu­tions. Google Grants has tackled this already , and organ­iz­a­tions like Tech­Soup and Guide­star do a soph­ist­ic­ated job of authen­tic­ating non­profits and char­ities world­wide. Cartoon by Rob Cottingham.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit organizations play a pivotal role in addressing societal issues, providing essential services, advocacy, and support to those in need, and fostering community development. That’s the job of staff since they are getting paid.” Yet, far too many board members are failing to live up to these responsibilities.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Additionally, GuideStar is a helpful tool for post-graduation job hunting. Candid also offers a wide variety of borrowable e-books by topic: DEI, management, fundraising, grant writing, advocacy, etc. PND also lists job postings submitted directly from nonprofits. Meanwhile, Candid had one for free. . Candid.org .

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M+R

MARCH 9, 2023

mental gymnastics) in which folks would try to no t say “Black” as in Black people. They would say “people of color,” “BIPOC,” or my favorite (insert side-eye emoji) “diverse” when it was very clear that they were referring to Black people. There is nothing shameful or harmful about simply saying “Black.”

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