Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Photo by Idea Constructor. Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. The first network is TechSoup Global that was launched over 5 years ago, [.]

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

It may sound less grand perhaps even uninspiring but to me, it captures the reality of the world we live in. Leadership in an Exponentially Complex World Theres a well-documented idea that has emerged in recent years: We are living in a world that is becoming exponentially complex.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Explore this definitive guide to learn more about Giving Tuesday, get great campaign ideas, and soak up some best practices. Let’s get started! Request Demo. Giving Tuesday FAQs.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

What are the top GivingTuesday best practices and fundraising ideas to make you stand out in 2024? Keep it simple – You may have grand ideas but we recommend not getting too ambitious and coming out with a sloppy product. Since 2012, GivingTuesday has become a worldwide day of (mostly) online giving.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

My perspective on college admissions is informed by supporting thousands of ambitious students globally aiming to get into the world’s best universities and then seeing what happens next in their careers. A closer look reveals the opposite. two Stanford MBAs, a Stanford J.D.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Now, NPE will begin testing out a new thesis: that the next big idea may come from a market outside the U.S. WhatsApp, for example, grew in popularity in regions where SMS text messaging wasn’t free before it was adopted globally. This thesis itself sounds solid enough — after all, history has already proved it right.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

AI has garnered a lot of global and national attention across most industries in recent months. AI’s Impact on Staff and Members Let’s say your team is on board with using AI, but you have no idea where to start. A simple first step would be to complete a time study of all your tasks to determine what you might want to automate.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

An incredible added benefit is that you can see who else has joined Jumo from your Facebook social network and get an idea of what causes they’re interested in by checking out their Jumo profile. ammado is one that might not sound familiar, but don’t worry, their doing something really special. 4) Razoo – [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. It sounded great, until her last comment: She told me that it was a really important program, because libraries are the heart of the community…well, in elementary schools at least.

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The Next Web

JULY 24, 2013

Xan Blacker, co-founder of Ticckle, explained to The Next Web that Ticckle’s main aim was to “tickle your brain” through discussion of ideas – he actually doesn’t really like the word debate, he explained. It all sounds very light-hearted. Shortly after, Hardisty and Blacker met up with Fry and he was on board with the idea.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A global biological disaster was unique in our current experience. It introduced the idea that disruption is more like a wave than a precipice. When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

“They have a ton of experience in investing in global IT services, companies like Cognizant and GlobalLogic,” said co-founder and CEO Jonathan Siddharth of its lead investor in an interview the other day. Ideas & Capital (Xavier Ponce de Leo?n), “We see Turing as the next iteration of that model.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 22, 2024

Jen Wong, Chief Design Officer at Canva, expresses the idea like this. Brian Solis, Salesforce, Vice President, and Global Innovation Evangelist, explains it like this. Solis’ advice sounds complex. The same idea applies to getting acquainted with members online. “It’s not enough to just build cool technology.

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

When they need to quickly come up with a new idea, they pulled out all the stops to help them reach their goal and support their mission of serving families and children facing a medical crisis. Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound has been hosting their Puget Sound Buddy Walk for over 20 years … long before any of us had a smart phone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

As discovered in the Global Trends in Giving Report , the.org domain is by far the most trusted domain for nonprofit website and email communications. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. Gmail, Yahoo, etc. Once you have claimed or created your LinkedIn Page, the set up process is straightforward.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Some companies are global by default — think mobile gaming companies — or simply require language localization. Levin Bunz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. Sounds pretty awesome, right? I have to admit it sounded more than a little daunting for several reasons. Learning in Public. And finally, the so what?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 28, 2014

If it’s your job to come up with a subject line that is compelling enough to cut through all that clutter, it’s a good idea to leverage your experience as an email recipient to help you craft the perfect subject line. There are proven ways to tame overflowing inboxes, and every professional needs a sound strategy.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The idea sounds almost too simple. In the middle of a global pandemic, when industry insiders are all trying to find out who is an expert in particular fields of medicine that are most impacted by a novel virus spreading like wildfire around the world, that simple idea becomes a necessity.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan. I had no idea when I agreed to the mentor gig that there would be something like this I actually know something (a lot) about. What a great kick-off for a day!

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

It’s also the year that data was demonised—everything from government leaks to questions surrounding privacy and personal security has turned our idea of data from a neutral concept of tiny bits of information to a murky shadow that follows us around whether we want it to or not. Changing our lives.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them! And I hope that some of these principles and ideas, though maybe just beyond where your organization is now, will help you navigate the distance between now and what’s ahead. Global campaigns may be ignited by an individual. Holistic Paradigm.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2013

It’s hard to have a good idea. It’s even harder to have a good idea that no one else has done, which makes it even more surprising that Dattch claims to be the very first dating app with a user experience designed for women. It’s a simple sounding premise, and a worthy goal; time is of the essence in any emergency situation.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

That’s how “the early days” look for a lot of founders and I believe if you rent a space in the center of a startup hub, you will find it much easier to connect with likeminded people and share ideas. When we started our business, only a few global tech businesses were also located in Berlin – most famously SoundCloud.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

But Michigan Central doesnt just offer an architecturally striking space to incubate ideas; it provides a test bed. The continent has experienced rapid growth in startup venture funding, which has grown six times faster than the global average since 2022, as well as an explosion in tech savviness among younger populations.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

The company has been on a fast pace of growth in the last year, spurred in no small part by the global shift to carrying out life and business online in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapyd has built a borderless embedded fintech infrastructure critical to all digital businesses that operate globally. ”

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

The round is being led by Lakestar and Tiger Global, with previous backers Index Ventures and Thrive Capital also participating. Reber says his inspiration here was the world of design forums like Dribble, where an exchange of ideas has thrived.). If this all sounds a little WordPress-like, that’s not a coincidence.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

It shouldn’t be the case that there’s a “better” or “worse” accent, but in today’s global economy (though who knows about tomorrow’s) it’s valuable to sound American or British. To tell the truth, the idea of Sanas kind of bothered me at first. Image Credits: Sanas.ai.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Global macroeconomic instability, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, funding shortfalls, supply chain disruptions and many other factors made running a company an extremely challenging experience. It sounds like a cliche, but in the midst of difficulty lies opportunity. “Growth at all costs” isn’t a good idea anymore.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

It’s not hard to predict where this idea goes: Straight to gross out fart sfx and pwning troll clips — which are indeed plentiful on this fledgling platform for user-generated (or, well, sampled) audio. Borat clips, for example, or Squid Game sounds. They also say a Voicy user plays, on average, 20 sound clips and shares one per visit.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Amidst the rehashes of the PS5’s haptics and 3D audio and a demo reel of Sony’s admittedly awesome displays for making virtual movie sets , we got to see a robot hand that Sony said could figure out grip strength depending on what it was picking up, a slightly dystopian-sounding “global sensing system,” and more.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The company estimates that there are some 43 zetabytes of data stored by enterprises today globally that is not being used as it could be because of the limitations imposed both by these and other data protection rules, as well as general hesitancy over sharing IP and other issues around sharing data. President of Mayo Clinic Platform.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Scaling Training for Global Teams: Overcoming Challenges and Ensuring Consistency GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - A global team constitutes employees working from around the world. organizations need to train their global teams. They regularly communicate with each other via virtual spaces.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Scaling Training for Global Teams: Overcoming Challenges and Ensuring Consistency GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - A global team constitutes employees working from around the world. organizations need to train their global teams. They regularly communicate with each other via virtual spaces.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Scaling Training for Global Teams: Overcoming Challenges and Ensuring Consistency Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems A global team constitutes employees working from around the world. organizations need to train their global teams. They regularly communicate with each other via virtual spaces.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Nokia phone maker HMD Global signed up too, as did Sony, Sharp, Xiaomi, and another unnamed brand. If those tactics sound familiar, it might be because 36 state attorneys general alleged that Google used the exact same hush-hush deals against Samsung’s Galaxy Store , in the antitrust lawsuit they filed against Google in July.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

It sounds like science fiction, but let me share a few examples I heard about at the conference. This is only a small slice of the ideas and projects I learned about at the conference, but the inspiration will be enough to last the whole year!

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