Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Children and youth – 10%. Human and social services – 8%. Education and literacy – 5%. Social media – 25%. 17) Of those inspired to give by social media, GivingTuesday donors find the following the most inspiring: Facebook – 52%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. September.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Goalsetter , a platform that helps parents teach their kids financial literacy, announced the raise of a $3.9 Founded by Tanya Van Court, who lost over $1 million in the 2001 bubble burst, the platform teaches financial literacy to children of all ages, helping them learn economic concepts, lingo and the principles of financial health.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 3, 2014

One of the joys of my role is meeting other social sector leaders: people with a powerful passion for good. She would bring books especially for children and women, and conduct a couple of days of workshops on wide-ranging topics about enterprise, culture, history, poetry and books. She was the first woman bookseller in Morocco.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. September.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. — Susan Dibble from Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Caring Comes First, Everything Else Can Be Taught Our board members must care about our mission. We serve children with disabilities and developmental delays, children that many don’t realize are in our community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Participants will learn how to create a social media strategy, how to craft a content marketing plan, and current best practices for using social media for community engagement and fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Clearly define the social problem the organization is working to solve. For example, an organization with the primary mission of providing financial literacy courses and counseling for low-income families may add service areas such as providing housing or food.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

Given he his background as founder of Blue State Digital and working with the Dean Campaign and Sunlight Foundation, he tells the story through the lens of political campaigns and movement building on the social web as well as a personal narrative. 8-10pm: Entertainment time – television, social media. 11-12: Email. 4-5: Email.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2021

Last year, as jobs, schools, government services, social gatherings, and everyday tasks moved online, there blossomed a growing recognition that digital access and skills are critical in our society and should be a universal human right.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

AIF is definitely part of the social entrepreneurship movement with a results oriented culture that appeals to the tech entrepreneurs who are some of the main funders. Lata Krishnan, the CEO, co-founded a billion dollar a year revenue company in tech before turning her hand to the social sector. The children were simply delightful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Yesterday, Twitter announced its first corporate social responsibility effort on its blog: We're just getting started as a company, but we believe thinking long term about making a positive impact will allow us to grow in the right direction to make a difference as both a technology and a business.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT Data Book , are alarming: Too few children are graduating from high school ready to earn because many aren’t arriving ready to learn—or not regularly attending school at all. Partnering with schools and communities to reduce chronic absence We know that all kids benefit from being at school.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

The idea that a social entrepreneur serving the poorest of the poor in India might bump into a world famous politician is not a surprise here at the World Economic Forum. The Schwab Foundation hosted a wrap up session on Sunday with twenty of the social entrepreneurs attending the Forum. The quiet response? "Al Instant accomplishment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. We get a huge amount of pro bono assistance from the legal profession, both because of our social impact as a nonprofit, and because of the challenging and interesting issues we tackle.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 26, 2006

Pointed out that most of the public does not know what social entrepreneurship is, and that in the nonprofit world it is such a buzzword that all groups seeking funds are saying they are social entrepreneurs. I have had great chats with different social entrepreneurs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Benetech melds the mission and heart of social activism with the powerful methods and tools of the technology community. Benetech doesn't give technology away, but instead develops socially beneficial and affordable products and services that are not financially attractive to for-profit companies. Matilda Ziegler Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

The real-time, in the moment nature of social media increases the likelihood that donors will be inspired to give to your nonprofit on cause awareness and giving days provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote them effectively. 20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay. 14: V-Day — #1BillionRising.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Mellon Foundation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Creative Galileo keeps children hooked by adding in their favorite cartoon characters. Its learning concepts include STEM, animation and graphic design, social and emotional learning and financial literacy. Essentially, these children were, and still are, set to enter adulthood without basic education,” she said.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. Here, we realized, was an opportunity to create real, lasting social impact.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Together they toiled in a library basement—the newly arrived with little knowledge of English and computers to create vibrant slide presentations about things they love, birthday cards for their children, and even résumés. At the time, many said that technology skills were a “nice to have” rather than a tremendous door to opportunity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The company had partnered with the TikTok star only a few weeks ago to promote the product and talk about financial literacy across her TikTok and Instagram accounts, which have 101.9 This is notably Charli D’Amelio’s first startup investment, Step tells TechCrunch. million and 34.4 million followers, respectively.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2021

Speaking of humbling moments and optimism, our own Sarah Perez wrote a piece this week about EarlyBird , an app that lets families and friends gift investments to children. While Acorns and Stash have similar offerings, EarlyBird is bringing a fresh UX play to financial literacy, freedom and education.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

Use consistent logos and messaging: In all campaign emails and social media posts On your main library website and your Library Giving Day fundraising page On all printed collateral Before rolling out your public campaign, make sure your team is on the same page. One quick win for your campaign is gift matching.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Today we’re excited to share that Matt Groch , Director of Solution Delivery at Mission Measurement , will offer a keynote called Moneyball for Social Impact, Or how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the implications of a discrete closed-loop factor analysis framework for social impact. How do we measure social change?

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Together they toiled in a library basement—the newly arrived with little knowledge of English and computers to create vibrant slide presentations about things they love, birthday cards for their children, and even résumés. At the time, many said that technology skills were a “nice to have” rather than a tremendous door to opportunity.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Please donate today to raise literacy of deaf children! link] #nonprofit #literacy #deaf. What benefit do they experience by spending their valuable time to visit wherever the link takes them? Tweet : It's almost December, month of giving! Nonprofit is @CuedSpeech.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. People told them that they wanted more social capital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. Roger Carr has written a wonderful post about the Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy School. The children sat at their desks, quietly writing the khmer letters on their little chalk boards. Is that cool - the literacy school is green! I want to mention a few recent posts.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

The donor experience doesn’t stop with social media and email appeals. Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester added a banner image with cute pictures of children. Leap for Literacy. Leap for Literacy added a video about their organization at the top of their landing page. Pet Resource Center of Kansas City.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Remote learning for refugee children in Lebanon: Malala Fund Education Champion Nayla Fahed created Tabshoura, an award-winning e-learning platform that helps Syrian refugees and girls in vulnerable communities in Lebanon learn for free. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM.

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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? Nichole Pinkard , Director of Technology and Research Associate, Center for School Improvement, University of Chicago, working to expand after-school media literacy programs. and Catherine T.

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