Forum One

APRIL 11, 2023

Service design can help by improving your audiences’ experience with your communication touchpoints and lead to higher engagement and more conversions with calls-to-action. They are using service design to better serve their community’s changing needs. They are using service design to better serve their community’s changing needs.

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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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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. Use “Fill In” Time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

While nonprofits may aim to achieve an equitable mission for the community, nonprofits also draw in donors, board members, and employees. He is a Chicago-born Oregonian, who moved to Eugene after living abroad in Sudan. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Nonprofit leaders play an integral role in the promise of social equity.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Their network reaches children, seniors, and families no matter where they live or spend time. There, they welcome local hunters to donate specific, legally tagged, wild game meat, including deer, and they’ve designed an FDA-approved butchering process to package the meat for community members who select that food option.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

So can the local community. Tom Okarma is a product of the south side of Chicago and currently resides in the greater Chicago area. Staff and volunteers are smart and can sense when all is not well with leadership. Board trouble arises when there is no clarity in who does what.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s product roadmap, and open offices in New York and Chicago to serve its U.S. Using this model, Good-Loop claims to have now raised more than $5 million for charities around the world, including Save the Children, WaterAid, Feeding America and the WWF. million to date.

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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. Brian for CMH: No question about it, it's the Community , of course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Inspired by MoveOn email campaigns, CitizenSpeak provides the same e-advocacy capability at the community level. I owe the CivicSpace community for this fortuitous virtual meeting. 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!)

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. You like numbers?

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

And one group of people that inspires others to give is children. Likewise, you can host your organization’s own version of a TED talk and entertain questions from parents and community members. Nonprofit in action: This next example was designed with children and families in mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

Wells, Blogger and Community Organizer "We need to treat many of our social tools like door knocking, if someone comments on our site, we should take that as a hello, and use it to open a door to a potential relationship with a new leader, member, or supporter." Like the new pro-migrant community blog, the Sanctuary.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

Get ready to hear some great insights from an experienced marketing pro that has a passion for building products that serve the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. 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.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

TechSoup and its members have been central to the launch of BetterWorld Wireless and subsequently our ramping and scaling up of Mobile4All — a partnership with San Jose-based Community Technology Alliance, Downtown Streets, and a host of other corporate and nonprofit partners. and the Lake County Council on Aging in Mentor, Ohio.

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Neon CRM

MARCH 20, 2025

Sharing personal stories will help your donors understand that their gift is making a real difference for people in their community. The Agloe Animal Shelter is a 501(c)(3) thats dedicated to serving animals here in Chicago. Try telling a story about a client and how the donation has made a positive difference in that persons life.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Mustard Seed Communities. Save the Children. Top Nonprofit Website: Mustard Seed Communities. Since 1978, Mustard Seed Communities has cared for vulnerable populations across the globe. Their organization’s mission is to nourish the most in-need members of the community through the best medicine there is — healthy food!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people to give back to their communities by donating money, volunteering their time, or advocating for causes that they believe in. The power of community-driven nonprofits continues to be a highlight of GivingTuesday campaigns within the Neon One ecosystem. Why Do Donors Give?

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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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Program Museum Tips Portland 20

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Then, find an area like a community center where you can set up your gift-wrapping station. Every parent wants to provide their child with the happiness and excitement of receiving a gift, and a toy and supply drive can make that possible for families who might not have the budget to buy their children the toy of their dreams.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off tomorrow and one of the key elements to Community Day is the Science Fair. With a design inspired by GO Campaign's work for orphans and vulnerable children across the world, this 16GB Flip provides up to 4 hours of incredible high quality HD video. Want to share it? Smart Online, Inc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

Most weeks his podcast is a direct chat with his listeners, but this week he posted a recent speech, "Moving Forward in Iraq" that he gave at the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. In doing a little research for this post, I came across the East Side Bloggers 2008 , a blog by 10th graders at East Side Community High School.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

The themes science, environmental, nutrition, economic development, children, youth, parenting, and leadership are very much appropriate as this conference agenda from the NACDEP and ACE/NETC shows. Technorati rapidly index tens of thousands of updates every hour, and monitors live communities and the conversations they foster.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (Shelley Bernstein), the Tech Virtual Test Zone (me), along with a new participatory research project, Children of the Lodz Ghetto (David Klevan), to talk about our lessons and struggles working with the public to create "museum-quality" exhibitions and research projects.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

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 benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities.

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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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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

I was actually born in Chicago. An effective program should be responsive to community needs, have a well-defined scope, and have well-defined realistic operations, including staffing, timeline, and budget. . Potentially populations served, like children or people with disabilities. Rachel: I’m doing great.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

When I decided to write a book about visitor participation in cultural institutions, I knew I'd do it in a way that reflected the values behind the book itself--transparency, inclusion, and meaningful community participation. One more note on the wiki: while it was a community site, I felt very in control of the content.

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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 benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. The World Blind Union is working right now, with support from our community, to get a global treaty to help the blind, with a hopeful date of this June for that treaty to be concluded.

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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.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Health department spokeswoman Lara Anton said last week that cases have been concentrated in a close-knit, undervaccinated Mennonite community especially among families who attend small private religious schools or are homeschooled. saw a rise in measles cases in 2024 , including an outbreak in Chicago that sickened more than 60.

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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 benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

The pandemic spotlighted the inequalities of food allocation systems that weren’t distributing healthy, fresh, nutritious food to underserved communities. We know that technology can play an essential role in reimagining a new system that benefits families and communities alike. But technology alone isn’t the answer.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

Someone that I’ve known for many years, has been a great friend to Bloomerang and our community, but never had her on the webinar series. When your child is diagnosed with leprosy, other moms think that you and your children are cursed. . Yes, it is vital to me that children with the effects of leprosy feel God’s love.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Jen Fu Cheng | Peak Potential Climbing | Fairfield, NJ Peak Potential is an organization running a 12-week introduction to rock climbing for children with physical disabilities. Twitter: @CSElive ) 6. Twitter: @PeakClimb ) 7. Twitter: @cityhallfellows ) 17. Twitter: @americasvoice ) 20.

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Tableau

MAY 17, 2021

Looking at averages for the population can mask the experiences of specific groups in the community. Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity for Cook County, Illinois, where Chicago is located. This one chart allows us to communicate two important pieces of information without overwhelming the visualization.

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