Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. Paul Baker, Webitects; Kara Carell, 501 Tech Club Chicago/Interfaith Youth Core; Todd McMeen, CitizenPowered.org. What are the specific social networking sites in Chicago? Use this to communicate with your children. All live blogging disclaimers apply.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Good: “Since you’ve donated to the Chicago Food Bank in the past, I wanted to send you this letter to thank you for your past gift and to share a little about how your donation made a difference. Better: “This time last year, you made a gift of $150 to the Chicago Food Bank’s Stock Up for Spring campaign. A letter signed by “Alice K.”

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools. Elizabeth Turner Campbell and opened in 2008.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 9, 2008

The principal of the school, proudly showed off plans to expand the campus over the next few years, with high quality architectural site drawings that would have looked perfectly in place in Chicago. So, in Hong Kong and in Beijing we saw sensory stimulation rooms for these children. Our team toured the school.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu. The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop sells unique and beautiful objects from around the world in support of the arts. Proceeds go to both the talented artisans that create the beautifully crafted products in the UNICEF Market and to help UNICEF save and protect children.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Harriett Davis from the Chicago Public Library Foundation Tell the Story of Your Mission Not Just What Your Mission is I have found that, as grant applications have gone online and gotten shorter, my strategy has become ever more important: Concise, clean, and emotive storytelling works better than stats and history.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

In addition, Matt co-founded and served as Director of Technology for 2MC, a Chicago-based internet consulting firm. Matt is the recipient of the 2011 Edelman Chicago “Eddy” Award for Innovation. To get a jump-start on conversations for LCS, we asked Matt a few questions, shared below.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

By Steve Heye, Digital Content Services Manager, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. We have been working through this cultural shift at the YMCA of Metro Chicago over the last few years. The metrics we use at the YMCA of Metro Chicago compare each of our locations against each other and compare to last month.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

In a research study conducted in 18 various universities in Chicago, scholars found that schools with higher alumni recognition costs generated substantially more donations. A long-time Arizona resident, her passions include the importance of early-intervention and high quality education for all Arizona children. New Directions.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

We’re only able to teach children to love the outdoors because of your kindness and generosity. Subject Line: Will You Donate to Support Chicago Students? Today, the Agloe Nature Center is raising money to provide scholarships that will enable Chicago students like Jackson to attend summer camp next year. That’s amazing!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

However, they knew many clients were moving outside of Chicago due to the high cost of living in the city. To continue to expand services outside of Chicago, they needed to map their data. They wanted a visual way to identify children who were eligible for programming based on poverty levels.

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APRIL 11, 2023

For example, the Chicago Public Library system created new children’s spaces in their libraries based on extensive visitor research and observed how families and children move through the new spaces and then iterate based on what they find. They are using service design to better serve their community’s changing needs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

He is a Chicago-born Oregonian, who moved to Eugene after living abroad in Sudan. David is a current program supervisor for the CASA program in Lane County, whose mission it is to supply children in the child welfare system volunteer advocates.

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APRIL 12, 2024

One example is the American Heart Association’s Alliance for Healthier Generation , which has increased access to nutritious food, high-quality physical activity, social-emotional support, and tobacco-free environments for tens of millions of children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

I want to highlight a blog that I've been reading for a while, the Tutor Mentor Connection blog written by Daniel Bassill out of Chicago, Illinois. In elementary school they were able to participate in a program hosted by the Montgomery Ward Corporation in Chicago. I’m not a teacher by training and I don’t have special skills.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Tom Okarma is a product of the south side of Chicago and currently resides in the greater Chicago area. Board trouble arises when there is no clarity in who does what. So, if your board and CEO are constantly at loggerheads, often over seemingly petty issues, I have a couple of suggestions.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Making a global impact from right in our own backyard is the Bridge School, which uses assistive technology to educate children with severe speech and physical impairments. Do Good Data 2013 is in Chicago, Illinois this August. Read about their inspiring work in a recent TechSoup Global interview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. By sharing their chickens with the other children, Odette and Inocent empower the group to sell chicken eggs and pool resources to provide for one another???s The children???s s basic needs.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

When your child is diagnosed with leprosy, other moms think that you and your children are cursed. . ” and this is their CEO speaking, “Your great kindness through The Leprosy Mission has always begun protecting children from the impact of leprosy.” And it’s being teased by your peer group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

What role do video games, cell phones and social networking websites play in the development of today's children? Dr. Nichole Pinkard , Director of Technology and Research Associate, Center for School Improvement, University of Chicago, working to expand after-school media literacy programs. On Thursday, October 19, 2006, The John D.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

On a recent trip to Chicago, I checked out the Museum of Contemporary Art. Plus, I know the next time I’m in Chicago, the museum will be a totally different experience, so I’m highly motivated to go back. If I lived in Chicago, I’d be constantly popping in to check out what’s new. Use Your Space Creatively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I know that you are the mother of two young children, how do you balance being an activist, nonprofit software developer, and (a day job too!) You can read case studies here. How did you hook up with George Hotelling? I owe the CivicSpace community for this fortuitous virtual meeting. I'm not alone. Lots of people do this, including yourself.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Their network reaches children, seniors, and families no matter where they live or spend time. Feeding America , originally founded in 1979 as a faith-based organization, is headquartered in Chicago, IL, a central hub of the food industry. They support a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs nationwide.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2011

Today, we’re chatting with Brian Mucha of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. I asked Brian what the elevator pitch for Children’s Memorial was, he said “in actual elevator conversations I don't have to give much of a pitch at all.

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MAY 24, 2014

Most of the children learning programming and design will not grow up to be software engineers and designers, but by developing these skills early in their lives, they will create boundless opportunities to shape their future. They were given opportunities at a young age to explore learning a skill that would change the lives of billions.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

There are great examples of this kind of thing focusing solely on the participant--for example, the Chicago Children's Museum practice of inviting kids to write postcards home to themselves from the museum. But a lot of participation extends beyond the individual, and we should celebrate that.

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MAY 13, 2021

And one group of people that inspires others to give is children. Nonprofit in action: Snow City Arts took a virtual performance to the streets, offering a tour of some of Chicago’s most diverse and creative neighborhoods. Nonprofit in action: This next example was designed with children and families in mind.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

She relates her entire experience pre-fame, from growing up working-class on the South Side of Chicago, to being an Ivy League undergrad/law graduate. Through it all, she handled herself with grace and dignity not unlike Jackie Kennedy, but with her own sense of grounded-ness and personality that is uniquely modern.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Chicago, Illinois: Justice Data Lab: Unlocking Government Administrative Data. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Chicago, Illinois: Is the Cloud Right for Your Nonprofit?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

and Chicago, Feeding America is the second largest organization focused on ending hunger in America. Feeding America’s Vast Network of Partners. With nearly 200 food banks nationwide and offices in Washington D.C.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

We would like to thank the many TechSoup nonprofit members from all over the country who have signed up with BetterWorld Wireless in the year since we launched, like Renaissance Social Services (RSSI) in Chicago; Georgetown Ministry Center in Washington, D.C.; and the Lake County Council on Aging in Mentor, Ohio.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

For example, a few years ago I was at an event with friends in support of pediatric cancer patients heal by Lurie’s Children Hospital of Chicago. While there, we donated to the cause and provided our email addresses.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 26, 2016

Children’s museums have all the challenges that all membership driven organization have… PLUS they have children, and therefore their members, aging out of their institutions every year. With a target age often between 1 and 8, children’s museums find that 1/8 of their children age out every year.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2011

But it wasn’t until I heard the founder, Blake Mycoskie, speak at this year’s AFP International Conference in Chicago that the shoes truly made their impact. Did you know that in many developing countries, not only do most children grow up barefoot, but schools require shoes as part of the uniform, so many cannot even attend?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

low-income household with children. PCRR is a Chicago-based company that was founded in 2000 as the nonprofit, Computers for Schools. One of their most current philanthropic projects is Connect 2 Compete , which in a big new digital inclusion program that aims to provide a PC and broadband Internet in every U.S.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

s Team RMHC Chicago Marathon participants have several opportunities to run and train together. Participants meet for a short training run early in the morning, and then cook brunch at the house where they have the opportunity to meet the children and families the funds are supporting. Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc.’s

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