Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

To kick off our new success stories. section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. The challenge was that organizations had to tell their story with very few words – under 1,000 characters to be exact.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Invite people to send you stories about why they got involved with your nonprofit. When a donor shares a great story, consider asking them to let you use it in a future fundraising appeal. Teaching them something.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Regardless of what work you are doing – campaigning for political change, providing services to your local community, educating others, or anything else – would it look different, would it feel different, would it operate differently if love was the central message? Are you fueling with love? To Mama With Love.

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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. Leverage technology.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This facility will offer a nationally standardized curriculum and evidence-based programming for 200 children ages 0-3. Transportation: MHP has a long-standing partnership with a local transport system, ShelbyGo. We can tell stories, find new donors, reconnect with old donors, and feature testimonials.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. You May Also Enjoy: Success Story: How Zero to Three Improves Childhood Development Through Salesforce Technology.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

And that’s not to mention the hassle that sometimes comes with trying to get young children excited about reading. However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

During this time of year, when the news media is dominated by stories of pepper spray attacks over video game consoles and hoards of shoppers stampeding stores at 4 a.m., PEC has partnered with local supermarkets to drive food donations and has directed the Philadelphia community to their donation site s. million books per year.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 22, 2018

It is what happens in times of crisis that leadership, collaboration and partnerships come together to create something magical and positive in the hearts of all those affected – in this case, the children of Arizona. However, the children are the great futures that we must never allow to suffer alone. This is my story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

I was curious about my colleagues, who work for nonprofits and are parents, what do they do to encourage their children's spirit of giving at a young age? Hans shared a story about how his wife donated her hair to Locks of Love which sparked a conversation with their 4 year old about children who are in need.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The story of that passion in action brings in the donations that pay for your programs and services, which have an impact and change lives. Your local United Way or similar organization may have a bank of qualified people seeking Board roles, saving you some time and work to find the right person. Build a solid foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. The author not only wants to change our habits, but start local campaigns to encourage our social connections to change as well. To encourage consumption of local information.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Borrow from political organizers to build a grassroots movement at scale by empowering supporters locally with the right messages and tools to spread your mission. Host a virtual phone bank for supporters to contact local businesses and grocery stores requesting excess food donations. Supplies are disappearing (food/financial).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders - many who are adoptive parents and have encouraged their children to give back to Cambodia. And, my own children have participated in many Cambodian fundraising projects and more recently Harry has taken to environmental activism and fundraising.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. About the Success Stories Contest. Getting Creative with the Help of Technology.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We do this in in urban settings in Asia and Africa, where children live at the intersection of two streets: (1) worst water quality conditions and (2) greatest degrees of poverty. The children living here are our exclusive focus. In the end, we believe that children and donors are both better served.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

" As a mother of eight, including two children with special needs, Carr knew that "families with children that have special needs often can't afford basic programs such as sports, arts, dance lessons, or other services that many families take for granted. Birth of Dreams: Creative Expression for Kids.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

All April long, we’ll provide your organization with training and resources to tell its story digitally. Get started on telling your story with tools from the TechSoup catalog. Read about how your community can breathe new life into an old story from Connecting Up, our Australian partner. 3D printing at your local library?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

She is an expert in developing and teaching practical, ready-made tools that inspire people to take action. In October 2017, she published her first book, “Permission To Screw Up,” in which she tells the stories of her biggest mistakes in leadership. Kristen Hadeed imagines a world in which all organizations have cultures that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

Making media together is another way to teach your children about various causes. This ended up being a collaboration because Harry had to go to bed and I didn't want him to miss story time -- so I finished the narration. Sina helps makes school uniforms that the Foundation provides to over 1,000 street children in Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. More than 15 million children. Idle unsupervised children of all ages can really get in to trouble. TechSoup is a great.”

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

that] allows local affiliates to innovate solutions to poverty. My main focus is to offer a safe place for our guests to be part of a community where someone knows their name and part of their story. The program teaches children how to protect wildlife and habitat, and what to do when they encounter wildlife in need.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2014

Don’t think that just because a wealthy businessperson or local philanthropist went to your school you have a strong relationship with that person. The relationship can start with someone attending your school or sending their children there, but you need to work on the relationship and build on that foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. You don’t hear about it much anymore, but in 2007 there were many stories of how MySpace was helping bridge the digital divide because low-income youth were logging in and teaching themselves HTML code.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt. I hope to teach my own children, someday, all that I’ve learned about service and citizenship. Thank you, Michael for sharing your story and reminding all of us Americorps Alums of our service to this Country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

Meanwhile, Mean Lux has become a digerati of sorts -- his story and the story of other bloggers was published in the Cambodia Daily, one of the largest English language newspapers in Cambodia, in an article in Wired News , and Global s Online. Participants of the training are selected from local NGOs. This is what I really need.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

And at 12 noon, veteran cemeteries across the country and over seas will adorn soldiers’ graves with wreaths in an effort to remember, honor, and teach. This past September, Executive Director Karen Worcester shared their incredible story at Blackbaud’s annual conference for nonprofits. “I have never forgotten that.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. Sports Tournament Organizing a sports tournament can attract local teams and sports enthusiasts to compete in games like soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, and more.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Foundation supports organizations with a principal focus on the creation and exhibition of visual and multimedia art, as well as those that use or teach design as a tool to address social issues and to improve lives and communities. The Bronx Guild in New York brings you the story of a young woman coming out to her family.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

I want a program director who can write compelling stories about the experiences of our participants. Your star writer can also help fellow staff members learn how to organ­ize thoughts, write compelling stories, and write with rhythm so words glide across the page. Write compelling stories. Tactics and Tips.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Conduct a peer-to-peer campaign with food trucks and other local vendors within your community. In a recent study with Campaign Monitor , it was revealed that members are more likely to give outside their regular cadence if fundraising appeals include real stories from the community members who will benefit from the gift.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. Campaign supporters are asked to bring pies to their local Congressional offices and let their Congresspeople know that "Peace wants a Piece of the Pie" (the federal budget).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? So let me navigate around that. Well, thank you so much.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES. Rather than making their powerful writing skills even stronger, children weak in geography waste time on remedial geography with few results. In my view, management now has no choice but to teach values.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

Having managed adult volunteers to work with the young people in Streetside Stories workshops for many years, I know what a difference adult tutors and mentors can make in a young person's life and I appreciate Daniel's creating an online space for them to nework and share experiences.

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