Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

According to Terhi Molsa, Executive Director, the painting on the wall is of a lake in Finland, because being near water encourages creativity. The latter may be due how children are taught in the Finnish educational system. And, it pays off as students perform better on educational tests than their peers in other European countries.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

Our conversation made me reflect on the museums that most inspire me from a public service perspective--institutions with missions that stretch far beyond their walls. Does this sound like director-ish bloviating to you, or is it useful? How do you see institutions living up to--or falling short of--these kinds of goals?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? Within these regions there are nine Service Centers for Special Education that train and service teachers and students.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

" Waukesha Public Library. An increasing number of public libraries are discovering TechSoup donations, but few are maxing them out like Waukesha Public Library in Wisconsin. The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. Michael Cox, Director of Public Services at the Pueblo City-County Library District (CO), will share his library's experience as a summer meals site.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Public ideas about health are changing rapidly as a result of technology, medical research, and preventive and wellness services. We care about running a great airline and making a positive impact on the places and people we serve,” said Director of Sustainability, Kirk Myers. Take CVS Health. It’s a good example of social innovation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Image 3: Cape Girardeau Public Library.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

There is a $5 fee to use the library, but it is open to the public for history and genealogy research. The library gets a mix of both general public visitors looking up family history as well as graduate students, writers, historians, and other professionals. Keeping History Protected.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In my community, the public schools dismissed their students for the summer last week, which means that some parents are spending this week contemplating what to do about Junior’s report card. Board member performance needs to be assessed at all levels, and then the aggregate data reported back to directors. Thanks BoardSource!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

But I think it fits the graduating class of American Humanics (AH) students, all 18 of them. The 18 students being recognized at the annual graduation celebration will have completed all requirements during the spring, summer, and fall semesters of 2011. Okay, okay — I stole this slogan from the U.S. Marine Corps. So, sue me!

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

in Oklahoma is one of the frontline organizations that addresses these and other issues in a very interesting way – starting with the children. I had a chance to chat with Heather Hale who is their web and publications director, and primary IT person in the organization. The program serves 750 students in 14 rural schools.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Easter is a great opportunity to invite your supporters’ clan out for a fun-filled morning of treats and egg-finding in a public garden or space. Families want to have fun too! Themed Bake-off.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To get the details behind their successes, we spoke to Melissa Benjamin, Fiver’s Director of Development. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Each year, through the publication of Giving USA, we learn about the generosity of Americans. As part of a. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 21, 2013

Anjali Deshmukh , Associate Director. continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. We expect the federal, state, and local governments to play a role in educating our children, helping communities rebuild after natural disasters, and improving our collective quality of life. As part of a.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Since TOMS launched in 2006, over 1,000,000 pairs of shoes have been given to children in more than 20 countries. Greg Mortensen, co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit Central Asia Institute (CAI), is a genius in AP. in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 2, 2006

Abby Jaramillo, the Executive Director of the school gardening nonprofit, Urban Sprouts, recently posted about an experiment she did with some of her students from June Jordan, a San Francisco public middle school. Each student kept a 24-hour food diary and wrote down the nutrition facts for all the foods they ate.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

But such educational opportunities are “often highly selective, and many barriers exist for students of color to both prepare for and access these programs,” the founders add. Both nonprofits are using tech to help students of color gain access to educational resources, readying them for high-paying careers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. A co-worker recommended that I go to the Green Festival and hear Van Jones, who was the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights at the time, speak about, "Green Jobs, Not Packed Jails."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Do Good Well is written by Nathaniel Whittemore who is the founding director of the Center for Global Engagement at Northwestern University. Subject To Change is written by a recent Yale alum, Vanessa Mason, who is just starting out a career in public health. The blog is about citizen-led social change efforts. $5

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. My director and I sat down and talked about how they could help me reconcile my identity as an out woman with having to be “closeted” in the workplace.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I just had the thrill of spending an hour with Janet Gornick, the Director of LIS, an international data archive that is located in Luxembourg. Which individuals and households are most at risk – the youngest children, all children, women, the elderly? Which national-level public institutions (e.g., family structure?

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a dynamic public research university integrating teaching, research, and service to benefit the citizens of Maryland. This is particularly valuable to the university for scouting prospective students and understanding what they’re looking for in a college experience.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Film Screening Screen a thought-provoking documentary related to your mission, an independent film from an up-and-coming director, or a cinema classic that both parents and kids can enjoy. Gather a group of volunteers to pick up litter, plant trees, clean public spaces, and create a cleaner, more beautiful environment for everyone.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. This is a system that works.”

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

Or produce an art exhibit with elementary school students. While Kickstarter is not likely to be the best solution for a huge fundraising project, it could be the perfect way to fund a discrete part of a capital project with high public appeal or a small wacky experiment that doesn't fit into the budget. Or sail around the world.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

Her research has been featured in tons of magazines and publications and is all over the place delivering those findings, but was again gracious enough to carve out an hour to share all that with us. When your child is diagnosed with leprosy, other moms think that you and your children are cursed. . So I’m so excited.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Early on, the directors had decided that the lifespan of the permanent exhibition would be about ten years, and in 2006 the first meetings on innovation were convened. Naturalis will give the public an active role. Naturalis has a Camarasaurus, a Edmontosaurus and an enormous collection of stuffed animals. A completely dark museum.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

March of Dimes' Share Your Story blog allows families with children in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) to share their experiences with one another. If you post organizational news on your blog regularly, when it comes time to pull stories together for other publications, you will already have a lot of the material written.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2015

After publishing this post about Save the Children’s Crowd Funding Campaign – where I mentioned the Dalai Lama Foundation’s successful campaign , I noticed this tweet in my stream from Brian Rusch the former deputy director for the DLF : Woohoo! Peter Coyote – actor and Zen Buddhist teacher.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

How about break it down for younger children?" What a wonderful resource for classes." --A University of Pittsburgh professor "People who did the responses are older than I expected." --A college student "I really like the post-its. This is a perfect example of a museum using participation as a design solution. She did it anyway.)

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

Light argues that while in business, any new idea that generates revenue can be an innovation, a new idea or technique is only valuable for a non-profit organization if it contributes to that organization's ability to deliver on its public mission. It only matters if it matters. and they go home for dinner.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

I have actually one of my students on the on this call which is fabulous. For anyone who’s been my student or come to my trainings, I’m really focused on usable knowledge. Every nonprofit was formed for the benefit of the public good and to serve a certain purpose, right? Hi, Shelton. . My contact info is there.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

1 Another great example is the Flores litigation , which guarantees basic levels of treatment for children held by federal immigration authorities. The Lab was the vision and brainchild of the brilliant Adina Appelbaum, who is currently the Lab’s Director. ︎ Maybe not—if you are thoughtful in your approach.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The program was designed by LimeRed Studio’s Emily Lonigro Boylan, Owner and Creative Director, and Demetrio Cardona Maguigad, Director of Strategic Design, who teamed up with NTEN to carry out the event. Stones Worldview Tango - Richard Cirille Empowering learning for students world wide.

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