TechImpact

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Image courtesy of Etiquette Consulting Inc. Handing out food to the homeless for a day or attending the completion celebration for a water purification system at a small village overseas can impact a generous donor in a meaningful way that other charities they may contribute to do not. Hands-on participation.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 19, 2023

Consider this example: An animal shelter’s mission statement might be: To provide lifesaving care, shelter, and forever homes to homeless pets in our community. The core message of your case for support would detail how you enact your mission: Donations make a life-changing difference for homeless pets.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Pedraza Martinez , University of Notre Dame Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Telesilla Kotsi , The Ohio State University and Alfonso J.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Highest level of effort for implementation – ranging from $5K to $25K and up depending on the scope of the project. The required skillsets usually necessitate hiring a consultant for initial implementation and future modifications . Advantages: Ability to manage complex queries and large datasets. Your budget.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Principal Consultant, Heller Consulting. Jennifer has been working at Heller Consulting for eight years. “ Jennifer Thall.

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BoardAssist

JULY 8, 2014

On the other hand, a homeless shelter cannot turn away the needy when the building becomes full. For the homeless shelter, the number of clients is too variable to form the basis of a budget. The homeless shelter budgets expenses by analyzing historical trends and relying on expert predictions of future trends.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Nearly 70% of customers noted that they have worked with one of our approximately 570 consulting and product partners last year. Cohorts have addressed housing and homelessness, equity in education, and climate action. Building social innovation capacity with partners Our customers continue to make use of our robust partner ecosystem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

But, this wasn’t a just a tourist trip, I was on a mission to see technology social change projects in action and better understand how technology can impact social on the ground in rural areas with limited connectivity and resources. Others may donate.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Whenever I find myself with a few hours of free time, I like to consult nonprofit professionals to help make their organizations more robust and self-sufficient. For one, grant applicants often grossly underestimate the cost of their projects, necessitating other funding sources that they don’t have on hand.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Nearly 70% of customers noted that they have worked with one of our approximately 570 consulting and product partners last year. Cohorts have addressed housing and homelessness, equity in education, and climate action. Customers Build Social Innovation Capacity With Partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

According to a November 2012 Pew Internet and American Life Project report , a higher percentage of African American and Latino cell phone users have downloaded at least one app in comparison to Whites. Image: homeless man on cell phone, artie*.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

Review the mission statement - cure cancer, end homelessness, provide affordable housing for working families - whatever it is, ask yourself if the programs from last year helped the organization reach its goals. Consider hiring a consulting firm that specializes in developing strategies and training nonprofit executives.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In homeless family; it is more proactive and cost-effective to focus on. family becomes homeless. currently lives in poverty. Get another!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Some courses are also project-based, and let you download resources that supplement the video presentation, while others are workshop-based, in which you can learn about broad topics like blogging. About Atomic Training.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. It’s a GREAT place to share volunteer opportunities and open houses, and even recruit staff or find consultants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter! There's also a high demand for social media consults.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Patton, Senior Consultant at Donorly. For example, you might explain the story of your humane society this way: “Emma and Jennifer, our founders, noticed there was a great need for humane homeless pet care in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Or you might mail out brochures to promote your capital campaign project. Next up is Scott G.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help and Consultations. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Mason, Ohio: Connecting Nonprofits and Techies in Cincinnati. Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Thursday, October 5, 2017.

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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. Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group and Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help Consultations. Tuesday, September 12, 2017.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Graphic Recording by OTH Consulting. Some times they go on to form their own nonprofits like Amanda Rose and Manny Hernandez and like Mark Horvath has for his Invisible People and WeAreVisible project. Photo by Mark Horvath. Someone in the audience asked about the ecosystem of Free Agents. It got me thinking.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2012

You want your volunteers to be able to share their stories of volunteering at a homeless shelter, building homes for their neighbors, and running marathons for great causes within your community. This also builds a knowledge repository and archives of the agenda, project management, logistical, and budgetary plans.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. one of my favorite things about our guests is she’s been in her shoes, right, she’s been an ED, she’s been not just a consultant but also has worked for and with nonprofits directly, which is great, over two decades.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Be sure to make infographics with software that allows you to easily scale the project for different platforms. For example, you could also explain goals such as building a new homeless shelter by pulling statistics about how long the process will take or how much funding per day would be necessary to cover the length of the project.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

A year ago, I put my consultant hat on the shelf and decided to jump into museum management (a sentence I NEVER would have imagined writing five years ago). We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Are there actually really any fewer homeless people? But I think the jury is still out, at least from my perspective, on whether or not this sea change in communication has actually resulted in very much on-the-ground social change. Did MoveOn actually manage to help elect someone more progressive? Is the environment any cleaner?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Considering making Giving Tuesday all about one project or need – something tangible, compelling, and urgent. For example, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide food and supplies for the homeless might create a registry with nonperishable foods, shower products, vitamins, and other useful products.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

Some people work one-on-one with organizations consulting on anything from technology budgeting to online social media strategy. I joined a group project installing a mesh wireless network on Treasure Island, a community in San Francisco which is home to many low income families many of who were previously homeless.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Internally, we use a wiki to manage many projects and communicate across the organisation. From a presentation by www.jamkit.com Pre and post-election blog by homeless writer as campaign tactic [link] Greenpeace Ocean Defenders campaign ???weblogdirect E-consultation: here and here. Miles gave me some excellent Web2.0/UK

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

In the last couple of years, we've begun two new organizing projects. The other organizing project is organizing in Bay View Hunters Point, the last remaining African American neighborhood here in San Francisco, organizing for housing justice and equitable development. Britt Bravo: Have you always done this kind of work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

David Kinard, nonprofit marketing consultant , mentioned a big concern about peer-to-peer fundraising: the big picture is lost, and the impact to the greater good is diminished. This small group organized the first Twestival to raise money for The Connection , an organization that helps homeless people by providing specialist services.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2005

(. in which I continue to interview my former dorm-mate, Mark Liu, now the project manager for TechSoup's NetSquared initiative) [Me] What can you tell us about the April NetSquared conference? Bryght also generously offered to sponsor our work by donating hosting and consulting services. [Me] Me] Mark, tell us a bit about you.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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