Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

There is a scaling system for Karma points - for example supporting a classroom is five points while sending a book to a library in a developing country is 100. It would be interesting to see the data on who saves up versus who gives away their Karma points and what the pay off is for the charity. Update: Some quick testing notes.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

LearnAsOne is a charity that works with local partners and communities in Africa to fund schools and support their running costs. It could be teacher training, classrooms, a feeding programme, sanitation and clean water, books, school fees or teacher’s accommodation. Follow LearnAsOne on Twitter. Email the Zambia LearnAsOne team.

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Charity Village

JULY 29, 2021

As we know, love is not a frequently used term in our workplaces and classrooms. It is, maybe, even more tentatively used in relation to service. In this series, we have begun to illuminate the relevance of exploring the energy of love as an integral element of serving each other in our world ~ especially […].

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

This particular bench resides in a classroom in a small school in Moshi. Parents would often appear near the door of this classroom. I tried to picture a bench like this in a “Western” classroom. Read Karina Lungo''s " Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities? ". Local problems, local solutions. I got this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2006, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. He called out Kevin Rose of digg fame to shave his head for charity. Gary Vaynerchuk.

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Charity Village

JUNE 30, 2023

The grant is a combination of in-kind & funding grants that provide eligible schools & organizations with future-ready programs that include both physical and digital curriculum, tools, materials and resources designed to be used in a classroom or as an […] The post Future-Ready Education Grant open in British Columbia appeared first (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts has enabled GlassLab to develop SimCityEDU, a game-based classroom tool that uses the beloved SimCity franchise to engage students in real-world challenges. Zynga.org ( [link] ) was created with the mission to use games to help those in need.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 8, 2022

From tissue boxes and hand sanitizer to markers and notebook paper, every classroom needs resources to support their students and that’s where you can help. Charities to donate to. The back-to-school season is a busy time, so if you don’t have the time to volunteer, consider donating to educational charities. Junior Achievement.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

The university now uses the collaboration tool to host classroom discussions, develop new courses, and support students — both on campus and online. BCG’s social impact team communicates and engages with employees in the channels where they are, and together they support their community and the local Canadian charities they care about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2015

Here’s some examples of 10 big time philanthropists who are kids, including a 13 year old who raised $600,000 for charity. While many children are taught about giving to charity at home, we are seeing more and more philanthropy curriculum being integrated into the classroom. The Giving 2.0

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

DonorsChoose is a cool platform for classrooms where teachers post a project and people commit to giving. When a project reaches its funding goal, the company purchases all related classroom materials and ships the items to the school. Non-profits can create and customize branded donation and event registration pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Less than 24 hours ago, Epic Change launched its TweetsGiving 2009 , a 48-hour charity event to encourage people to express their gratitude using online tools and at face-to-face meet-ups. This two-day event, which ends on Thanksgiving, also invites people to donate to Epic Change. .

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Charity Technology in the Heartland. Jay said that they support 30 PC in offices, classroom, and a school computer lab. In the school there are two PCs in each classroom, and the 12-station computer lab is used mostly for research. It has 300 members. It has a population of about 6,000 people. It also has a large Cargill.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

During the pandemic, these local education leaders have been critical in identifying and launching initiatives that not only assist girls in continuing their education during school closures, but also help them get back in the classroom when schools reopen. Malala Fund is partnering with ACE Charity in Nigeria to provide children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

We talked about Cambodia and one of the questions was (an excellent one), what do teachers need to think about if they are doing an over the web collaborative project with a classroom in the developing world. How do you know if a charity is legit? One of my best sources is, of course, Andy Carvin's digital divide category on his blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Check out their top 15 resources for finding or creating the finances needed in the classroom ! Every time you tweet words your mother would shake her head at, SwearJar fines you for your verbal assault - and donates the money to charity, of course. Mashable recently featured the twitter application SwearJar on their blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania seeking $10 donations. The charity isn't the central organizer of the event - it appears that they are letting their stakeholders run with it and not imposing "branding and messaging" standards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

  He is doing this on his own - and not as a nonprofit organization, fundraiser, or charity.   In the classroom, I got to hear a lot of theories as to why poverty exists - but that actually made things seem more confusing.    He says it better in his own words: I???m m a 27 year old Canadian from Toronto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

possibly related classroom projects??? from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world. " SocialVibe's proof of concept has donated more than $100K to charities so far. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. His Tweet-a-thon raised over $5,000 for his charity on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

I met Lina Srivastava at SXSW last month and I found her clarifying commentary on the " What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change? Diagram by Gary Hayes. See also this set of diagrams. very insightful. The diagram below is Robin Good's Collaborative Map of Online Collaboration Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

Last year, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. Her readers responded, raising approximately $30,000 in a few days.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

charity: water: The Spring. Source: charity: water. On their giving page, charity: water has strong visuals that immediately grab the supporter’s attention and remind them how important their support is. Source: charity: water. Finally, we like that TWLOHA created a short tagline for their program: help hope go farther.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. in General Childhood Education at Bank Street College of Education.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 9, 2025

When to consider BetterWorld BetterWorld is helpful for a variety of use cases, including: Annual galas Student-led fundraising Back-to-school campaigns Booster programs Alumni engagement Classroom projects Monthly giving How much does this platform cost? ShopRaise is free for charities and supporters. How much does this platform cost?

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2011

Using the example above, you could try saying: “Jane, did you know that the $187 dollars you raised last week for the Walk will support 3 hours of classroom programs about healthy eating choices ? Thanks for your effort!” Remember, keep your segments straightforward.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

In October, Intuit generously extended its donation program to religious charities. Classroom-ready UNObooks can replace bulky texts and handouts while the familiar Apple iPad2 and robust Dell Venue 11i Pro are ideally suited to nonprofit professionals. Check it out. They can now get donations of QuickBooks financial software too.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. Finance / @southwestfdns. 10/10/2019.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

InvestWrite is the innovative writing competition that complements SMG and integrates critical thinking and language arts components to reinforce the financial decision-making skills that students learn in the classroom. . CharityMiles For every mile you move, you help earn money for your charity from their corporate sponsorship pool.?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. Nairobi, Kenya: Mobile Solar Computer Classroom Project in Kenya. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Open-Source Software for Charities. Kampala, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music. The Kosch-Westerman Foundation connects terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. They said you want an example?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It may be that time of year when you are planning professional development opportunities for either your staff or yourself, and looking for opportunities to get out of the office, out from behind your desk, and into the classroom with your peers in P2P fundraising. If so, might I grab your ear for a minute? Who will be there?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. Get your kids out of the classroom for a field day where they can work on their team-building skills and strengthen their minds and muscles along the way. Pizza party.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Check out this “Givers & Gamers” event that Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass organized. To take school spirit into the classroom, consider selling branded notebooks and other stationery for students to use. Wondering how you can take your game-a-thon’s interactive aspects to the next level?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

” You know, you could say something like in one sentence, “You are helping kids go from bullied, and disconnected, and really struggling in the classroom to becoming a leader in their community amongst their peers and applying for college.” For a small charity, that is just, oh, honey, anonymous, I love you.

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