M+R

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

And, turns out, there’s a lot to learn from food banks when it comes to digital fundraising too! The average digital revenue growth for food banks from 2019 to 2020 was a mind-boggling 501% increase according to M+R’s Benchmarks! Now — let’s get into one of my favorite topics — Food Bank fundraising data!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Since many NGOs are just not far along on their digital transformation journey , the bar for AI adoption is fairly high.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Watching the House floor these days feels like watching a parody of how the government should work, but not in a fun way like VEEP… more like a dumpster fire. from M+R Win will be joined by friends Ankur Asthana from M+R’s digital organizing team and Nehal Mahmoud from our Message and Audience Research team.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

And this year the theme is “Only One Earth,” highlighting the need for us all to live sustainably and in harmony with nature by making transformative changes in our policies and our choices. Jonny is a technology executive with 15 years experience leading end-to-end digital transformation programmes in the software and nonprofit sectors.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Declining enrollment leads to not only decreased tuition revenue but also diminished government funding and reduced philanthropic support. Some government funding hinges on full-time enrollment numbers, and fewer full-time students means less subsidy. provides federal incentives and policy support to encourage workforce development.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Tech experts who will make sure your advocacy software and digital other tools are working effectively and properly. With proper planning, a digital advocacy campaign will help you: Spread your message faster to more people. What policies have they supported? What policies have they opposed? Where do they live?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

And the potential harms resulting from the loss of data confidentiality, integrity, or availability may go beyond digital security concerns to include serious physical security risks — including targeted violence — for nonprofit staff and beneficiaries alike. Of course, a blog article cannot address specific threats in context.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

Check our blog – you will find that we periodically report on the aggregated polling results. A solid data governance review should also raise additional questions about process. QUESTION: Can you provide examples of data standards policies? For example, one purpose might be to support digital marketing campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society: This podcast about #datadiscrimination and algorithmic bias was hosted by Digital Impact, an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). How does machine learning actually work?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Check out what to listen for in donor onboarding from the Agitator-Donor Voice blog. Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. They must write for the website, blog, email, social media, and more. . Read part one and part two. .

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You're reading the TechSoup blog, so you're probably already comfortable with using technology in your work. You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. Vancouver, British Columbia: Design an Exceptional Digital Experience. Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. Did you know that defining the digital divide in different ways can actually change public perception of who's responsible for addressing the issue? An article I read recently, Who's Responsible for the Digital Divide? suggests just that.

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Gyrus

JUNE 30, 2023

For example, Canada has PIPEDA, Australia has the Privacy Act, and the United Kingdom has separate policies decided by the NHS. This includes healthcare providers like doctors and hospital staff, associations that pay for insurance, industries that digitize documents for e-usage, and so on.

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Gyrus

JUNE 30, 2023

For example, Canada has PIPEDA, Australia has the Privacy Act, and the United Kingdom has separate policies decided by the NHS. This includes healthcare providers like doctors and hospital staff, associations that pay for insurance, industries that digitize documents for e-usage, and so on.

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Gyrus

JUNE 30, 2023

For example, Canada has PIPEDA, Australia has the Privacy Act, and the United Kingdom has separate policies decided by the NHS. This includes healthcare providers like doctors and hospital staff, associations that pay for insurance, industries that digitize documents for e-usage, and so on.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. The savviest companies must learn to understand and embrace the nuances at the intersection between technology and human values as a fundamental building block of their digital transformation. Blog: How Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Help Prepare Us For a Recession.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The quote that stood out for me that sums it all best and it is from the founder of Code for America’s founder, Jennifer Pahlka , “What if we felt about government the way we feel about our iphones?” Samasource connects poor women and youth to training and employment in the digital economy. Sama” means equal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

” She points out Sharing companies with robust digital platforms have potentially valuable digital data that could be of use to those interested in social change including researchers, policy makers and government officials. Lucy Bernholz wrote a reflection post Share Conference called “ Sharing Data.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Tammi Marcoullier, Lead Strategist at the GSA’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government Engagement & Outreach. Federal Government has made digital communications a priority. Government.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

This post originally appeared as part of an online debate about How Big Data Can Have a Social Impact, which the Harvard Business Review Blog Network hosted jointly with the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. This number was significantly more than the existing estimates that had dominated news and policy discussions.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You can get some of the same impact from embellishing a digital document with colors, shapes, arrows and other personal flairs. That’s why I always tell my clients to put their plans, policies, and procedures in writing. Identify a key value that governs your behavior or life. Try out ChatGPT for a quick project (e.g.,

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

" Digital Britain report - "The Digital Britain Final Report is one of the central policy commitments in the Government’s Building Britain’s Future plan and draft legislative programme." Learn more at [link]. Competition or Collaboration?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Here's peek into what we've been up to: TechSoup Global has two new posts on the Markets for Good blog, an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector. Initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. A check list to work through with your legal counsel: 1.)

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

That's where telework policies come in. That's why government, the private sector, and nonprofits have all been increasingly adopting telework. Salem Kimble, from our partner BetterWorld Telecom and BetterWorld Wireless , wrote this TechSoup blog post about how her office makes virtual work a real-world success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

A statement to the international news agency Reuters read: “We revised our Ad Grants policies to help nonprofits be more effective with AdWords and improve the quality of their ads, which will lead to targeted awareness of their projects and mission.” We’ve posted the exact email at the bottom of this post. Source: Edelman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

If you did not attend and are curious what funders are learning, you still have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions discussed right here on this blog. Beth Kanter has blogged about the topic for years. The Internet Gets Charitable – guest post by Darin McKeever. that touches on the subject.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It’s a complicated equation that brings together core human rights concerns about privacy, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and the direct practicalities of real-life struggle with the ways in which engineering, policy, legal and design decisions are made by companies, or placed upon them by the jurisdictions in which they operate.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Digital peeping toms. It scary to think that your activity online can be tracked by corporations, the government, hackers, and other nefarious (and seemingly un -nefarious) entities. But with proper education, Internet users can fight back against these digital creeps. The Drawbacks of Digital Inclusion.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. Tycely Williams, chief development officer of The Bipartisan Policy Center, encourages nonprofits to step outside expectations. “A Preview text: “The number is smaller than you think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

They are accustomed to thinking that a government controls its citizens — that a film or documentary cannot be produced without government approval. Digital media’s potential for building harmonious civil society is considerable.” This is true both of us as individuals, but also in terms of broader policy.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Some would argue that promoting broadband should not be something with which the government should be heavily involved. Tags: Acquiring Technology Community Tech Centers Community Tech Centers Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide Services. This post originally appeared on TechSoup for Libraries.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Leave Them Wanting More Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. Tycely Williams, chief development officer of The Bipartisan Policy Center, encourages nonprofits to step outside expectations. “A Preview text: “The number is smaller than you think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Even better, she agreed to share a blog post about what she learned on this blog. The conference, according to Jason Schultz , Co-Director of the Samuelson Clinic for Law , Technology and Public Policy, was designed as “a chance to address the ramifications of what happens when people write permanently to a giant network.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

NGOs, activists, and even governments have used bots to automate positive social change activities: Pregnancy and newborn care education. A policy for how to respond to negative comments or social media workflow. Grassroots organizing. Poverty Reduction. The potential for an army of bot trolls to disrupt an activism campaign.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Digital Storytelling Expert, J Campbell Social Marketing. Julia Campbell is on a mission to make the digital world a better place. Julia is the author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits and has a new book coming out this fall on nonprofit social media strategies. Julia Campbell. Cause Camp 2020 Host.

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