Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Roger Carr has said it much better than I can in his post directing his blog readers to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge fundraiser set up by Michele Martin. He is very interested in Cambodia and a colleague of Kilong Ung , Cambodian-American who is based on Portland and local leader in the Cambodian community.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

WFP USA shared their blog post of Rani’s story on Facebook for Literacy Day on September 8. Both posts began with a striking quote from Dustin, a summary of his story, and a call to action to read his full story and find a local service project. For the feature image, they used a photo of Rani looking directly at the camera.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. For example, Martus can now be configured in less than 10 minutes by anyone with basic digital literacy skills. Martus Desktop 4.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Business is booming in Latin America: Startups raised $9.3 The growth has caught the eyes and pockets of foreign investors, too, with SoftBank announcing its Latin America Fund II, committing $3 billion to tech companies there. AI companies have garnered some of the most attention in Latin America this past year, raising a total $862.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Luis’s family and other High Andean families have little access to education and training, dramatically limiting their job opportunities despite living in one of the fastest growing adventure tourism destinations in South America. They teach local families healthy llama breeding practices, tourism services and environmental literacy.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. We can tap into local knowledge because our reports are coming from the source. http ://www.noula.ht/index.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

3: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal16. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 16: World Dolphin Day — #DolphinDay.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From arts to business, science to civil services, Latinos have been underlying forces driving America’s progress. Recognizing this month signifies acknowledging the role that Latinos have played and continue to play in America’s prosperity. Celebrate their contributions to local culture and economy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

Second, organize local veterinarians, municipalities and animal rescue organizations in working together to provide low-cost spay/neuter and promote adoption of the satos.’”. We’re the Safe America Foundation. We will be looking for major sponsors to make this a long-term campaign that will extend to all areas of the island.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 8, 2022

Reach out to your local schools to see if they’re looking for any specific supplies for the school year. Volunteer at your local school. If you’ve attended a local school yourself or know any students, connect with new students to give tours and advice on how to navigate their new school and help set to rest any first-day jitters.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. The user can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). Managing Finances.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Keep America Beautiful. PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Wells Fargo is committed to social impact through its Wells Fargo Foundation, which provides grants and sponsorships for nonprofit events focused on housing affordability, financial literacy, small business growth, and sustainability. WarnerMedia sponsors nonprofit events focused on diversity, media literacy, and arts education.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Local representatives from nonprofits, schools, and community groups convened in downtown San Francisco for Microsoft's YouthSpark Connection event. Gadget instruction is an incredibly important component of digital literacy as more people are accessing the Internet from their mobile devices. More Resources.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country. Find your local #Tech4Good group. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

"Affordable connections to the Internet are critical, but if we don't also address issues around affordable devices and, critically, the digital literacy and life skills to use those devices to go online, we will do nothing but change policy, and not impact the digital divide. Nice 10-year prediction, Phil.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Latin America and the Caribbean – 9%. Education and literacy – 5%. 14) 96% regularly vote in local and national elections and 37% donate to political campaigns. From the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report : 2) 9% of donors worldwide donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity on GivingTuesday 2019. Asia – 26%.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To mitigate the impacts of this pandemic on girls and secure a better future, we’ve found that supporting locally-led initiatives works best. Profound Change Starts With Local Partners. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM. with radio-based education during the pandemic.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

There is a surprising number of nonprofit computer refurbishers in North America that now supply accessible technology equipped computers, and lately iPads and iPods to disabled people at no or low cost. There are local government based nonprofit programs like Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Ohio, and ARC Broward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

Since her parents work in the Sharing Foundation's farm program, she attended the Foundation's Khmer Literacy School which helped her enter the local village school. Blogger Roger Carr of Everyday Giving Blog has written a beautiful post about the Khmer Literacy School ! Leda, a young child, was abandoned in a local market.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

It takes time, but does show results as the comments on the original Mashable post seem to indicate: Two years ago The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada established a presence on Facebook and incorporated guidelines for our Chapters to establish their local groups. I used a cli.gs link [link] so I could track traffic to the link.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. TARGET END LINKS ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe and Middle East. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide. By funding these nonprofits in their nascent stages, they help them to test their programs and initiatives, and scale them for maximum impact in their local communities. They fund organizations and programs in economic security, freedom from violence, and health.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide. By funding these nonprofits in their nascent stages, they help them to test their programs and initiatives, and scale them for maximum impact in their local communities. They fund organizations and programs in economic security, freedom from violence, and health.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

He said earlier this year, as America began its vaccine rollout, the app became inundated with anti-vax content. Being the subject of a TikTok spat is one thing, but it’s another to elevate it into a news story and turn a local incident into international headlines. “I That is a lot of children learning how to doxx each other.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Second, the productivity difference between basic computer literacy and a bit more advanced expertise is profound. And we’ll see that sort of education drive more success in the next generation of your local Main Street. VCs raised too, with the three of us talking about The Engine and Impact America raising fresh new funds.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

A website, TeslaTakedown , lets anyone set up a local DOGE protest, many of which will happen on February 15. (It ” In addition, Winter says, “There’s an enormous need for greater literacy and understanding in the country and the world about these tech oligarchs. He’s pushed federal workers out of their jobs.

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Tableau

APRIL 8, 2021

Data-informed conversation requires data literacy skills. Flatten the curve,” an abstract representation of outcomes from different levels of lockdown, drove the biggest behavior changes asked in most of our lifetimes—especially in North America and Europe, which really had no living experience of highly contagious diseases.

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Tableau

APRIL 8, 2021

Data-informed conversation requires data literacy skills. Flatten the curve,” an abstract representation of outcomes from different levels of lockdown, drove the biggest behavior changes asked in most of our lifetimes—especially in North America and Europe, which really had no living experience of highly contagious diseases.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. It hasn't happened in Latin America's history. It works in over 160 countries around the world. It is not that we aren't seeing the wins.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

would be the second largest online retailer in America, after Amazon.”. If you were to pretend that Shopify was a retailer, we’re not a retailer, but pretend we were, we would be the second largest online retailer in America, after Amazon. “If you were to pretend that Shopify was a retailer.we It’s kind of shocking.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 23, 2025

Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, to the Minority Business Development Agency. He explained how the agency supports the nations cultural institutions and local communities, and what could be lost if the agency were dissolved. They ranged from the U.S. The Conversation U.S.

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