Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

1) Ellen Toscano, 2024 Bid Master Winner Voted as the Top National Auctioneer Ellen Toscano (yoursingingauctioneer.com) , voted as the top national benefit auctioneer of 2024 is the founder, CEO and Principal Auctioneer of The Singing Auctioneer LLC, has been a professional singer, actress and stage performer her whole life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I love connecting with nonprofit technology colleagues who are also promoting work/life balance and how to avoid digital distractions. I was seeking a way to combine my interest in technology and helping people. Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. The latter may be due how children are taught in the Finnish educational system.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different. People often don’t recognize the real reason for their procrastination, they just beat themselves up for it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different. People often don’t recognize the real reason for their procrastination, they just beat themselves up for it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different. People often don’t recognize the real reason for their procrastination, they just beat themselves up for it.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

If we focus our work on feeding the hungry, for example, do we actually create a system in which we rely on people needing our services? My mother taught me many things, and I feel like with every year she teaches me more – whether she knows it or not. What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?)

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“Why is a hospital foundation getting involved in quality-of-life issues?”. Health starts long before illness, and all of our patients should have the opportunity to make the choices that allow them to live a long, healthy life – regardless of income, education, or cultural background. This is one of the first questions donors ask.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 3, 2021

Dear Can’t Move the Mountain, Getting people to visit their attorney for the sole purpose of leaving a charitable bequest is a tall order. Did you know only 42% of people in the U.S. Most people would prefer to have some say over how their hard-earned assets are allocated after they die. — Can’t move the mountain.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Paul is an authority on storytelling and has helped business people around the world to more effectively use storytelling. Paul Smith Now, Paul has a new book, Parenting with a Story: Real-Life Lessons in Character for Parents and Children to Share.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

And our Twitter chat was more global than ever before, with people from 20 countries participating! Best Video Winner — Learning to Improvise Can Be Life-Changing. There, we see hearts, bodies, and minds coming to life through improvisation and the creative arts. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. Pueblo Sin Fronteras is a collective which operates permanently in solidarity with displaced peoples. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Pueblo Sin Fronteras.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, Ballet Lubbock seeks to enhance the cultural vibrancy of West Texas, using educational and outreach programming to not only teach dance but also impart the value of creativity, discipline, and commitment. The team at EdVenture Children’s Museum is spreading the value of play. Think global.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Making the Play: Successfully Engaging Youth Within the Nonprofit Sector posted by David "DJ" Heyward , American Humanics Student / Team MPhasis Coach Many of us in the nonprofit sector work specifically with children and young adults. Kids know they can expect two things from us: sports and God.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

At the age of 13, my grandfather left his country and ended up as a refugee in America. Despite harsh conditions, he made a new life in a new country, but never forgot his homeland. I’m giving my support as well as sharing my teaching and technology skills with Women’s Rights organizations in Ukraine.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2017

Researchers at the London School of Economics found that people become happier by volunteering more. Contributes to a longer life. Happier and healthier life? As people get older, they experience a higher risk for isolation. Volunteering combats that statistic by adding a sense of purpose to your life.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

Stevenson is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and started EJI to dedicate his life to fighting the unequal treatment of marginalized communities. Enslaved people were so disrespected that those who enslaved them didn’t even tell them that they were free for months after the South had surrendered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Yesterday, I was able to interview Greg to learn more about his massive social experiment called EssentialLive to get many people to try Essentialism for a year. The principles of Essentialism teaches us to know the difference and use our resources wisely. Greg describes it as “Living a happy life.” Video is here ).

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Your numbers of people served have stayed the same, or contracted. If your current mission simply doesn’t mean enough to enough people it’s time for some serious introspection. Deep enough people would be sorely troubled were something to endanger your mission. Anything to bring your work to life for more potential donors.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 19, 2015

Meanwhile too many of our people continue to be unemployed, too few can even earn enough to pay taxes, our medical entitlements continue to grow through the roof, we are spending considerably more than we take in, we have no long-term economic strategy-let alone a tax policy to enable it. I have shared it my entire life.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 21, 2013

Meanwhile too many of our people continue to be unemployed, too few can even earn enough to pay taxes, our medical entitlements continue to grow through the roof, we are spending considerably more than we take in, we have no long-term economic strategy-let alone a tax policy to enable it. I have shared it my entire life.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

While a large portion of this wealth will be designated for charitable giving, the people who will inherit this wealth—and direct the charitable giving—are relatively small in number. Next gen major donors" are defined as people aged 21 to 40 who are persons of wealth and are involved with their families'' philanthropic activities.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

If you only accept cash or checks during your Sunday services, you’re likely missing out on tithes from people who’d be more than willing to give. Your t-shirt designs should include your church name and logo so people who see your shirts know about your church. This idea is inspired by Save One Life, Inc.’s The problem?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Both of these organizations have both been able to figure out how to bring people together across ages, cultures, etc. I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I have been moved to give by the simple, human decency of an organization that sends volunteers into the streets and under bridges to offer food, clothing, and tents to people who call the streets home. It’s also not the time to invite people to purchase event tickets or buy something from your Amazon wish list.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 14, 2009

How awesome is it that the adults in his life gave him the support, skills and encouragement he needed to have this experience? If you have a child in your life who wants to make the world a better place, how do you support him or her? I'd love to hear your ideas about how to support children who want to make the world a better place.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

In fact, you’ve most likely heard every industry leader teach this until they’re blue in the face! Showing the impact of your organization by providing real life examples of your services and telling your story throughout the donor experience. Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester added a banner image with cute pictures of children.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Cyclists sign up for the ride and seek out people in their network to sponsor their participation. One of the reasons that challenge events work so well is something called the “martyrdom effect” which finds people feel better about a thing if they have to undergo adversity to achieve it. Use that to your advantage! Yes, they are!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The number of people your nonprofit serves has stayed the same or decreased. You can make sure that people would be sorely troubled were something to endanger your mission. There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people, and enrich more lives.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2020

In the coming days many people may start to feel lonely or isolated due to the necessary public health emphasis on social distancing. People think fondly about nonprofit organizations that they support and will want to ensure their continued growth and impact. If you offer classes (like a children’s center, YMCA, art classes, etc.),

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. Her career has been dedicated to connecting people and places through performing arts . Personally focused on positioning The Trevor Project to serve more young people than the 20,000 youth served today. Shriners Hospital for Children. Sam Dorison.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Feed people? If you want to increase capacity, open another shelter so more people in need of shelter will be able to find a bed, work closely with existing shelters to understand demand. Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? How will yours make a difference?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2019

Children see play and imagination as their job. We are a field of people who truly care about our work. Front of House is Hard Work: While I did gallery teaching for many years, for most of my career, I’ve had a desk and a phone in non-public space. When we show we are growing, we invite people to see our changes.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. Not enough people really know what NGOs and nonprofits do for the world. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

We hear, “My wife is pregnant and I want to model ‘giving back’ for our children,” “I was always a leader in college and grad school but until now I’ve been too busy to give back,” and “I feel an obligation to share because I’ve been so fortunate” among many other great reasons. Why should you consider filling one of the 1.8

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is a perfect fundraising idea for late April or early May because you can use catalogs that feature Mother’s Day presents to motivate people to make a purchase. Spring decorating competition Since many people like to decorate their homes for holidays and seasons, why not host a little competition?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Like all people, my insides broil and burble with the stresses of life. Some of us have children. The aches of life and work seem to make the fissures in your facade expand, like wood cracking from moisture. And to end this month of positivity, I thought we could all think about all the amazing things are jobs teach us.

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