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Whether it’s on listservs, forums, blogs, facebook, twitter or anywhere else – there are so many people looking to foster open dialogue on issues important to and impacting the work of changemakers, activists and innovators around the world. I really hope you’ll join me in sharing your Epic Thanks!
Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Instead, create a specific fund or give donors a tangible item or event to donate towards. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Be specific.
To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv. Julia Smith is Community Development Manager at NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network and Program Manager for the Communities of Impact (COI) , funded by Microsoft and currently in its pilot year.
This post from the npEnterprise Listserv Allen Bromberger does some great pro bono work for the field by answering questions on the npEnterprise list, which is the official list of the Social Enterprise Alliance (where I am proudly a founding board member and am in my last term). But you get the liability protection of a sub.
This is a resource directory and social networking space for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative, a 4-year funded project going into its 2nd year. This person will also oversee G4C's online presence, listserv, and future social networking space. For detailed info see here.
Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. " TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. This addresses the traditional reluctance of foundations to fund grantee technology for fear of ongoing costs. Hold a yearly conference.
Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds). Nonprofits -- just like people -- are often leery of talking about mistakes, because of the fear that it could cost them funding.
(You can review the slide deck to get the details of its growth in terms of global partners and software products). This first network was more formalized because of the risks involved in distributing software and also because of the funding investment. It required more structure, planning because of the risk associated with failure.
Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs. Pre-internet, people were limited to these passionate conversations with friends in person or by phone.
Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? What are the benefits of a YouTube Nonprofit Channel?
John posted a marvelous report on the NTEN listservs about what he learned. Australian nonprofits also operate in a funding environment that is much more similar to the environment in the UK than in the US, with a major part of funding coming from the government and less from individual contributors.
Jody Dilday , executive director of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas (SPSFNA). Project Hope Art engages its supporters to raise funds to help children affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti. Ideas for content can be sourced from staff, supporters, other blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and listservs.
When I left my position at Easter Seals , I had seven-plus years of research covering the field of nonprofits online flowing (more like gushing) in daily via email newsletters, listserve digests, etc. NPAdvisors e-Fund News: Thought provoking weekly articles on online donor development written by Rick Christ and Heather Fignar.
She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. Ali is the Founder of AVIF (ABLe Volunteers International Fund). She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. She lived in China for 8 months with her 2 young children.
Some possible uses: I put this out on the SalesForce Nonprofit Practitioners listserv. SpeedGranting is a tool for the Facebook community to help spread the good by getting funding for worthy projects. I'd love for it to have some javascript so you could embed it into a blog post. That's the only thing missing.
Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. " TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. This addresses the traditional reluctance of foundations to fund grantee technology for fear of ongoing costs. Hold a yearly conference.
The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Joining a group is one way to mitigate the risk, much as buying shares in a mutual fund reduces the risks of betting on individual stocks. Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. NTEN and TechSoup list a few.
They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. I'd like to get some funds or a partner to do some research on this question. Paying attention and contributing to listservs is a part of my job. It's not so much that I think they should have a blog as it is I think that they should practice blogging.
And we can't forget to highlight the fact that TechSoup 's NetSquared Mashup Challenge helps encourage, spread the news about, and fund this type of work each year. I'm also picking up on the buzz I hear on listservs, Twitter, and directly from you! Rockstar Beth Kanter presented on social media ROI.
If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? See also the post on TechSoup, " How to Fund and Cost ICT ," a publication from the ICTHUB. And now for a chuckle from LOLnptech about twitter.
Way more numbers had already started to circulate in audio-industry listservs when, less than a week ago, a bill was passed to mandate salary disclosures for all job listings in NYC, where many media companies are based. Icing on the cake. -AB. Subscriptions became a possibility for the industry’s future.
Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. David Wilcox shares an example of growing divided in the UK nonprofit sector between "traditional" online communities (listservs) and those who are adopting Web2.0 More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects.
Funded by the Nonprofit Technology Network and led by Beth Kanter , WeAreMedia is similar to the Horizon Project in that it brings together professionals and asks them to share their expertise towards the creation of something greater for the field. Woody launched it with an email to the ASTC listserv--a good group to target for his content.
They can then go online and create a wiki to share documents and lists together, they can also create a listserve and a blog to keep everyone informed of progress and discuss strategy. Unlock those golden handcuffs to traditional funding sources and unleash enormous creativity, vitality and get to all sorts of great places.
And so really, our focus was on the annual fund. We wanted to build a stronger culture of philanthropy at the school and secure new and increased gifts to our annual fund. But basically, we talked about why we have the annual fund, why we support the annual fund. So peer-to-peer solicitations. So our purpose here.
Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. So the first thing that I want to know, this is a chat question, Steven, you can tell me how people respond, what are your biggest funding needs now versus pre-COVID?
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