Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

At the time, Rufina was the CEO of Nasscom Foundation and transforming the nonprofit technology sector with her incredible networking, scaling, and capacity building skills. I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. They were busy drawing planets or rockets.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

The software itself has been in development since 2010, but the OpenProject Foundation that supports it was established in 2012. If you're shopping for an open-source solution, the good news is you won't have to commit the next several years to one product if it doesn't work for your organization. Image 2: CiviCRM.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 25, 2024

But the impact was smacked down by inflation of 4.1%, with giving by individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations showing a combined decline of 2.1% Foundations contributed 19% of all philanthropy tracked compared to 21% during 2022. Giving made up 2% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2023. billion of 2021.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered. Social enterprises are for-profit or nonprofit businesses whose products and services address major unmet needs of society.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. How did the authors come up with the intriguing blend of curatorial, interpretative, and inventive opportunities shown in the Audience Involvement Spectrum's Venn diagrams?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

Fails when they choose to market a product, but they leave out certain communities because they don’t believe those communities are sufficiently profitable to be worth selling to. Additionally, and we see this a lot in the fields we work in, the people who most often need a product or service are often those least able to afford it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

   Geoff offers some time management techniques for social media strategists or what I'd like to call " Social Productivity " (I'm developing a workshop on that one.) Quoting some notes from a workshop presented at Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Bootcamp by Colin Delaney of ePolitics and Laura Quinn. 

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Wake Them Up with a Fair Trade Organic Coffee Sampler Fair Trade Certified coffee means that the coffee farmers who grew it are getting a fair price for their product, are working in fair labor conditions, and are farming in an environmentally sustainable way. Empower an Entrepreneur with a Kiva Loan. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This shift was largely thanks to a grant from the James Irvine Foundation, which provided funding for a key component--the Memory Jar installation. The prototypes were all simple, cheap, and extraordinarily valuable in shaping the final product. A million thanks to them. We focused more on design.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

His unique blend of experience has not only bridged the gap between altruism and business but has also allowed him to develop a four-step approach to help you find new donors for your nonprofit. Choose a Format Remember, your primary goal here isn’t to deliver a product or service.

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Givinga

DECEMBER 11, 2018

76 percent of consumers refuse to buy products from a company that supports a cause they’re against.². Corporate Citizenship reports that 73 percent of foundations in 20 countries link their giving strategies to parent companies’ business goals. Corporate Philanthropy Drives Business Results. You’re Short on Time and Resources.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Practice time to combine/blend your people and money story. Do-It-Yourself Video Production. Reliant Studios and Nonprofit Film School present a do-it-yourself video production workshop. Practical production techniques on composition to make your videos attractive and professional; 2. Martha Piland. 1:15-2:15pm CST.

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Gyrus

APRIL 3, 2018

Whether it be addressing the blended learning mix we provide, the content we promote directly, or the style in which our learners process information; there are countless decisions that we can make, and the answer that we provide today, may not be what is most effective weeks from now. Learning is a fairly nebulous industry. References.

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

Content is king, good content can be the make or break foundation of a great Learning and Development program. Gone are the ways of sending your employees off to week long boot camps, instead blended learning environments are becoming the norm. E-learnings have transitioned quite well into our daily lives.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Expert on the ASK, reminds us that, during a productive meeting, the donor speaks 75% of the time, while the nonprofit representative speaks only 25% of the time. Individual philanthropists like corporations and foundations have budgets and timelines to respect. Laura Fredricks, J.D., Closely related to the timeline is the amount.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

For instance, there are a few foundational nonprofit web development strategies your team should definitely implement. To see how Blackbaud’s Luminate Online Marketing product suite can work with your nonprofit’s online strategy, read our comprehensive guide to Luminate! Mobile-responsive design. Luminate Online Guide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

They want a market for their products. What I am trying to add to that is the retail, the green retail piece, Green-Mart, the opposite of Wal-Mart, where all the products will be filtered for social justice and the environment, and whether you want toilet paper, or bamboo floors, or solar energy, or hemp clothing.

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