Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

To avoid being repetitive by listing these best practices in each of the chapters dedicated to social networks, those universal best practices are: 1. The only exception is in crisis situations where urgent calls to action require mobilizing your social networking communities to donate, volunteer, or participate in advocacy campaigns.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Whether I’m talking about Community-Driven Social Impact or community organizing, whether it’s focused on a hyper-local community project or global-reaching movement building, it’s always the same for me: our goals need to be focused on a change, not on ensuring that we keep our jobs.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Im a huge fan of online nonprofit communities and software review sites , as well as local communities such as Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) chapters. Get the lowdown: Ask for references, but dont be afraid to find your own as well! Seek out people already using the tool and ask about their experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a community that takes a while to understand and adapt to. That said, for those nonprofits that do want to grow a community on Twitter, follow these best practices when writing your tweets to maximize the likelihood of your tweets getting noticed: 1. 10) Explore Twitter Spaces, Newsletters, and Communities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Society, Arizona Chapter. What used to be a simple way to engage the community has turned into a competition on how to be more creative in raising dollars. As much as we want to be optimistic, these topics make our community nervous and often unsure of what direction we are heading. How can we help each other?

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Community Culture Nonprofit Arizona 86

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 25, 2024

“Her success in building NLIHC into the influential force it is today, her deep commitment to equity, her ability to galvanize a network, and her ethic of service demonstrated to us that she is the leader for NCN’s next chapter.” The post Yentel To Lead National Council Of Nonprofits appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

That’s what NetSquared Local is for! We’ve a global network of 50 #nptech meetups with chapters in 50 countries. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community. You betcha!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2010

This guest post comes from NetSquared community development manager Amy Sample Ward. An initiative of TechSoup Global, NetSquared is a global community of organizations and individuals leading the way in social change through technology. The website and Community Blog are your online spaces to connect, share ideas, and collaborate.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community.

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Community People Video Podcast 107

VisionLink

MARCH 11, 2010

Organized through SFCARD, the founding partners include the Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, the San Fransisco Department of Emergency Management, the United Way of the Bay Area, 2-1-1, the Salvation Army, the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD), and the Fritz Institute.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This is just a taste of the events being held this month by NetSquared chapters. Wellington, New Zealand: Engage Your Community unConference. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Second Meeting of local members. Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community. Don’t be shy - come join us! Upcoming Events.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 13, 2023

Whether a formal book group through your local AVA (Association of Volunteer Administrators) or funder roundtable or an informal group of peers who share an interest in the topic, this guide is designed to help you explore, discuss, and apply strategies featured in the chapters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I love the chapter on “The Symptoms of Information Obesity” where he shares a persona based on his wife, Rosalyn Lemieux , that illustrates how too much information can warp our sense of time and other ways it can be toxic to our lives. To increase digital literacy of our communities with good digital literacy skills.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

We are deep into June already, but NetSquared Local isn’t taking a vacation! In fact, we’re excited to announce that our new chapter in the the popular holiday destination of Victoria, Canada is holding their first meetup this week ! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! Event Reports.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? She also contributed a chapter to Internet Management for Nonprofits.

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Campaign Community Fundraising Build 65

Candid

APRIL 25, 2024

news organizations, specifically local news outlets, have been rapidly dwindling. The COVID-19 pandemic brought more challenges for the industry, as demand for local news grew but revenue and outlets shrank. MacArthur, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations have recognized the importance of a vibrant local news ecosystem.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Each of these auctioneers was selected by the greater fundraising community as they are nominated, vetted and then opened up to nationwide voting to arrive at the finalists. Suzanne has been instrumental in raising millions for nonprofits and foundations throughout the country that have propelled community engagement and support.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

By Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth In the nonprofit world, we must listen carefully to our community. But how do we make sure our community feels that its concerns are being addressed while not running in circles to meet every different or conflicting need? If you have the capacity, consider organizing local chapter meetups.

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Community Tips Voice Giving 62

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. The winning charity receives 50% of the community donations, the 2nd charity receives 30%, and the 3rd charity receives 20%. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Web Tools Free Nonprofit 265

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. A service of Tech Impact , npCloud is a nonprofit whose mission is to ensure all nonprofits can use cloud-based technology to better serve their communities.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Nimble AMS Chapters. Ready to grow your chapter program and increase the ROI??Nimble Nimble AMS Chapters is simplifying the business of working together.?Nimble Nimble AMS Chapters allows associations to create and manage their chapter needs all from the Nimble AMS platform. Nimble Communities. Compliance.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Building local chapters. This is exactly the innovative campaign that nonprofits should be getting behind and partner more with creative community members to produces.

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Advocacy Community Storytelling Build 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

Finding a local celebrity. Invite a person who is well known and respected in your community and who supports your. Part Two covers the mechanics finding, writing, and sharing compelling stories, as well as addressing some very common storytelling challenges. They all have stories of. cause to share a story or two with your audience.

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Storytelling Digital Nonprofit Review 118

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

I have also been involved with the Day of Service , the annual conference event where techies give back to the local community for the past decade, along with my colleague Cheryl Hanback who ran the first one. This year we have over 100 volunteers to install a wireless network or work with local nonprofits on strategy consults.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

said Cory Howat, Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We That motivation is often centered in a desire to improve communities, said Seth J. There’s a good opportunity for faith-based communities to give together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. From GiveMN Case Study - Click for Case Study. This learning approach has two ways to capture knowledge.

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Campaign Tips Giving Case Study 96

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Don’t miss the Community Brands virtual workshop: New Year, New ME (Member Engagement) , on December 14 from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, ET. Online community. You can build member engagement by leveraging your association’s online community platform. Are you trying to address the elevated volum e of work at your association?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Kathy Reich, Director of Organizational Effectiveness Grantmaking at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, write up this summary of the session. I am looking forward to the next chapter of work which will continue to focus on networks, but how they can be used by nonprofit for learning that leads to greater impact. Stay tuned.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

That's why each month NetSquared organizers in 60 cities across the globe host networking events for the nonprofit tech community. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. Want to learn about PCI compliance?

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

You may have attended your local Tech Club , as an attendee, speaker, or organizer. NTEN 501 Tech Clubs are informal, local groups that meet regularly in many cities. These meetings allow people interested in nonprofit technology to meet local colleagues, develop professional support networks, and talk shop in a relaxed setting.

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Tech Organization Denver NTEN 85

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Through community support, the organization has grown to more than 5,000 yellow boats sailing across the Philippines. The winners of the.ORG Impact Awards are the very best of the.ORG Community and work tirelessly to create positive change every day.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

Fails for people where the business community decides that the market is too small. 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. That’s what chapters and what this annual Summit provide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

routine that nonprofits have had to enlist when growing a new community on a new social media platform. Unless you are a large nonprofit with a well-known brand, starting a new community with zero followers is exhausting and time-consuming. So, be sure to regularly repost partners, chapters, staff, activists, donors, and sponsors.

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sgEngage

JUNE 6, 2024

She’s the development director at a local chapter of a large, nationwide nonprofit organization. Like many nonprofits, her chapter hadn’t met its annual fundraising targets for the past couple of years. My friend and colleague Meghan was upset. Individual giving was down, and so were major gifts. Our conversation continued.

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