Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Get your world-changing ideas together and warm up your programming fingers because the National Day of Civic Hacking is happening across America on June 1 and 2, 2013. Visit the National Day of Civic Hacking's Events page to see find out what's happening in your state. Want to host your own hackathon?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Nonprofits tend to mostly tweet content about the sad state of affairs – international, national, state, and local. That said, if engaging in a public conversation on behalf of your organization on Twitter is unsettling, there are other ways to engage: 1. Breaking news relevant to your mission and programs.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Thanks to global entertainers like Lady Gaga and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and world-class athletes like Kevin Love and Simone Biles, there’s already a shift toward candid public conversations, making mental health far less stigmatized than ever. Less than half of all Americans with a mental disorder actually get the treatment they need.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 12, 2022

Nonprofits today are confronted with a plenitude of changes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in their sector. As the nation navigates the pandemic and the multitude of ongoing political conflicts, nonprofits are now more than ever expected to deliver on DEI efforts. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2018

It's sparked public uproar, legal battles, and nationwide press coverage. It's cracked the crumbling, outdated rules around deaccessioning--and unearthed more serious issues of public trust. Cue public uproar and legal action to block the auction. The issue is violation of public trust. Here's what happened.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

National Forest Foundation. First Nations Development Institute. The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest climate fund, mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards low-emissions, climate-resilient pathways. National Forest Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2012

Adam De Rose, Interfaith Worker Justice Blog Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) advances the rights of workers by engaging diverse faith communities into action, from grassroots organizing to shaping policy at the local, state and national levels. The blog covers social design and the Millennium Development Goals.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

According to Independent Sector , the national average value of a volunteer hour is $29.95 National Volunteer Week Even if you HAVE been thanking volunteers well, you have a great opportunity coming up to thank your volunteers. Public or private? And that’s a problem. Add to your bottom line.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. It requires foundations to step beyond the role of a mere funder and become catalysts for change within their communities. Traditionally, their primary function has been to provide financial assistance to grantees.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

What if video games could change the world? Nonprofits around the globe are using online games not to only educate the public, but to get donations and supporters – and even help find cures for diseases. Gamers are already helping tackle real-world problems, just by playing games. New York Public Library: Find the Future.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

He is committed to changing the narrative on race in this country to help us truly understand who we are. In this interview, Stevenson shares his thoughts on how we seek to reconcile as a nation, how he personally handled prejudice and racism, his path to his true calling, and how he finds the strength everyday to keep on fighting.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

It is imperative that this commitment is demonstrated through active support of equity-focused grantmaking and programming as well as internal operational changes. Ideally, they will serve as public champions of these efforts and put in the hard work of turning inward. 3. Grantmaking Practices: Infuse Grantmaking with Empathy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

These insights can be used to solve social change problems. Source: National Geographic ). AI and Libraries: A consortium of 14 public libraries is banding together to look at the potential benefits and risks of AI and public libraries and educate the public. and insights more quickly.

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Bloomerang

MAY 4, 2021

Introduce the struggle, describe it, and then demonstrate how the character overcame the problem — most likely with the help of your organization and supporters. In order for a resolution to be most effective and satisfying, it needs to incorporate some kind of change to the character, the circumstance, or both.

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Candid

MAY 19, 2021

Although much has changed since I wrote my last article promoting May is Mental Health Awareness Month , the country is still dealing with many of the same issues that threaten the mental health of too many people. They may help you face a problem, take action, be flexible, and not easily give up in solving it. —U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 7, 2013

President , Sigma Kappa National Housing Corporation. The simple, but profound, key is to change the semantics – to talk in terms of “wanting” and “engaging” volunteers rather than “needing” and “using” them. This simple change may just bring profound results! posted by Lisa Humenik. Faculty Associate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

That’s even more true since Twitter was bought by Elon Musk and changed it to X. Nonprofits tend to mostly post content about the sad state of affairs – international, national, state, and local. But if engaging in a public conversation on behalf of your organization on X is unsettling, there are other ways to engage: 1.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

However, we know that like anyone working to make lasting change, we cannot and do not do this work alone. In addition, customers are continuing to be innovative in how they do their work, with a whopping 89% reporting that their work has changed or improved as a result of using Salesforce. Our customer impact is our shared impact.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And this is a problem. In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. Plus, it’s responsible for ensuring that you meet goals and keep promises to the public, donors, and beneficiaries.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

But before we got there, we talked abit about the problem. The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy. Have you considered using games to change expectations?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 20, 2017

The United Nations has defined slacktivism as when people “support a cause by performing simple measures” but “are not truly engaged or devoted to making a change.” Since it is low-cost, low-risk and noncommittal, slacktivism makes engagement easy for the public. But the problem arises with public actions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

As our understanding of the problem has evolved, the language we use has evolved too. We once thought the problem was simply about a lack of calories, but now we know it’s more about not having enough nutritious food to support body and brain development. Nutrition insecurity. But technology alone isn’t the answer.

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Qgiv

JUNE 13, 2023

This reiterates the notion that those who are closest to the problem (lack of diversity) are also closest to the solution! McGhee shares examples about public pools in the South that were drained in the 1950s and 1960s because white residents refused to integrate them. As a result, no one, not even white residents, was able to swim.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

You have a patchwork of national, state or provincial, and international standards to follow. Trust: Damaging publicity or negative stakeholder experiences that result from noncompliance can undermine relationships you’ve spent years building. How will you help us navigate future change?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Candid can attest to the fact that while the 990s have always been “open for public inspection,” access to them was not always so easy, and making use of the data they contained was very costly. You might think that the 990 has always been open, so what has changed? All Classical Public Media. Open Data Defined.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. of legally blind children in public and residential schools used braille as their primary reading medium.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Note from Beth: I’ve been a fan of the Games for Change Festival since I first attended in 2006. This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. In Education. Around Gender.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. This rule change will give more than 18 million low-income Americans $9.25-a-month

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new year brings a commitment to change and improvement for many people. Note: people of color as an identifier also has similar problems in that it groups people who are Asian American and Pacific Islanders, Latine, and other identities together). Reprinted from Big Duck. Devastated. Disappointed? Differently-abled.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In looking at the problem from the perspective of smaller nonprofits serving high needs communities with growing multifaceted issues, sustainability becomes even more daunting. Charitable giving declined in 2018 due to tax law changes. Foundation giving increased but only enough for a marginal increase overall.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

And, as we all know, a story you share with others has the power to change the world. Consider this story, which has changed state laws throughout the U.S.: When I began writing proposals, storytelling was the only way I knew to convey the problems my organization faced and what we were doing to overcome those problems.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This change creates an incredible opportunity that will affect the entire world, making access an affordable reality as more and more people have a device in their pocket that is capable of being an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to braille notetakers that can store thousands of ebooks in digital braille.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

." -- James Keller Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) was one of the final speakers today at the Service Nation Summit. Clinton called America, "The" Service Nation, and said that service has never been more important than it is today. "As As the world becomes more complicated and problems more intractable, we are called to serve."

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? 211 demand is growing 10 percent year over year, according to the founders of Reach , a text-answering app for the national health and human services helpline.

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Twenty Hats

MAY 3, 2021

N ever be afraid to say ‘no’ or be nervous to break news that a suggestion made by a volunteer was not selected to be implemented; always explain why the decision was made so that the volunteer has all of the pertinent information and feels part of the process even if their feedback did not result in a change.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. " This project encourages citizens to make positive changes in their community. Šta se može uraditi?

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

While we, as a Salesforce implementation partner, take the intentional steps necessary to ensure every client migrating from Blackbaud CRM (BBCRM) to Salesforce is comfortable with their new technology, we understand that such a massive change can come equipped with a certain level of adjustment and acclimating to new concepts for new users.

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