Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

#thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton. This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath.

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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. He was placed at Homeless ID Project. Public Allies Arizona is a 10-month apprenticeship program designed to develop the next generation of civic leaders.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Vancouver, British Columbia: Agile Project Management for Nonprofits. Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group and Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Chicago, Illinois: Net Neutrality.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men recently hosted their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent. With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. BONUS – See this idea in action! In the last year, the St.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation. French fashion designer and business woman Coco Chanel did much more than make clothing. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts. Lorraine Hansberry. Coco Chanel. Charlotte Cooper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2015

Another example was to help Youth Homeless Shelters. They interviewed them and found out that homeless teens want one thing – jeans. Kids learned about homelessness. They don’t know what happened, but Nancy tells the story in the hopes that the person knows what an amazing project they inspired.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Effective nonprofit web design matters more than ever before. This means that web design projects (and even smaller, iterative updates) are important investments for nonprofits, and they can involve any number of different strategies and techniques. Mobile-responsive design. Project Open Hand. High-quality visuals.

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