Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Be A Voice for Darfur is an excellent example of multi-channel campaign designed to bring attention to the appalling genocide in Darfur. As the Obama administration ushers in a new era of foreign policy, this nation has an opportunity - an obligation - to aid our global neighbors in Darfur. Darfur Voices. GI-NET's Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

The One Campaign has launched an open letter signed by 86 leading voices for women around the world. We need more better policies to address gender parity and more programs that build the capacity of nonprofits and the tech skills of women and girls in the development world. For T2E Cambodia , the focus is human trafficking.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

When problems emerge, you have to think of new and creative ways to deal with them. During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. For the first time in the nation’s history, people came together to fundraise on a global scale. This gave them greater voice in the government.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2014

If you experience problems with the website's submission form, you can also send a message to openinternet@fcc.gov (or do both!). Read what TechSoup Global staff think of their ruling, how the gutting of Net Neutrality hurts nonprofits , and why libraries need to be especially vocal. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

We discussed disaster response within a global company, the changing world of work and how it’s changing volunteering in the workplace, and how companies are expanding opportunities for customers and stakeholders to join their social cause support.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. According to him, Markets For Good has a flawed understanding of beneficiaries as primarily consumers of information.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

"[Y]ou don't necessarily have to solve a problem. I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. I don't have to solve the problem. You just have to take the steps that are available to you.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. Children love it. The privacy concerns are huge, though. " He was so right.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Because yesterday, the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA) opened at the UN headquarters: the largest gathering of world leaders, and a prolific environment for truly global conversations. Those global leadership conversations are still as passionate now as they were this time last year. It’s been said from a true global perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

David Saski from Global Voices summarized her presentation: Dee Dee's 10 minute introduction to why she blogs and what she got out of it put a big smile on my face. The executive director, Chim Manavy, was on the Cyber Cambodian panel and spoke about Cambodia's need for a telecommunications policy and action plan.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

The most sustainable, reusable, scalable solutions that will truly move the needle must be designed with the expertise of those closest to the problem – local climate action experts and the communities they serve. Climate change is a global, systemic crisis and there are many points of entry.”. Principle 1: Seek Community Validation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. What should people know?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

As our Industrial Institutions fail to cope and to help people, we are seeing a new model for coping where people are connecting to each other to find networked and personal solutions to problems. . The story has to be told from a personal POV by someone I can personally relate to who uses an authentic voice.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Leaders also began voicing concerns about the privacy and security of company information that employees may type into generative AI tools. Communicate openly with employees about these principles and policies to bolster trust and confidence. Consider the impact of policy changes on your organization’s talent and DEI strategies.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

Once again, our counterterrorism policy brings more terror. And when Congress presses the president to act on a foreign policy issue, the president responds. When is the last time you read a book or a magazine article about a social/environmental/political issue that not only addressed the problems, but also solutions?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 11, 2014

Social enterprises are collecting more and more data: data about social problems; data about intervention outcomes; data for collective impact; data for learning; data for dashboards to better operate their enterprises; data for funders; and the list goes on. In fact, a secure mobile app for data collection is merely the beginning.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Your way may be starting an organic catering company, or painting about issues that are important to you, or getting out on the streets and protesting, or maybe working with policy; there are all kinds of different work. But, we're attacking different problems today, so I do think we still need to come up with our own creative solutions.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

" "End Global Warming!," The problem is that the same challenges apply in any medium -- you need to cut through the noise, develop a list of supporters, get those supporters to pay attention, and encourage those supporters to do something. " or "Fight Hate." Crowd-sourcing. It can take a lot of time.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

" "End Global Warming!," The problem is that the same challenges apply in any medium -- you need to cut through the noise, develop a list of supporters, get those supporters to pay attention, and encourage those supporters to do something. " or "Fight Hate." Crowd-sourcing. It can take a lot of time.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2010

That's such a huge problem. Can you talk a little bit about some examples, and anecdotes about what is working, and some possible solutions for this problem? I think that word really hides a lot of the impact that we have, and the inter-connectivity that we have with farmers, and with food producers here in the US and globally.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. Make your voice heard.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

They were going to go out to those cities and try to form partnerships with the cities, to get the Mayors or the council members of those cities, at a policy level, to endorse the Plug-In Partner campaign, and then subsequently to get them to place a soft fleet order. They recognize that citizens are extremely concerned about global warming.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Global delegates. New voices energizing conversations.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. Make your voice heard.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Now, here's the latest: Global Digital Inclusion. Ah yes, another month and another massive global digital inclusion initiative. They plan to do it through policy and regulatory changes. The problem they’re addressing is that many households in developing countries pay up to 30 percent of monthly income for Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

Yes, this sounds dangerous, and yes, there are some dangers involved, but the cloud wants to be spoken to authentically, and authenticity has many competing voices, not a single monolithic tone. Tags: network effectiveness policy. First, we use a customized build of Salesforce, which the Salesforce Foundation has donated to us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

The number or organizations who joined causes in the past with enthusiasm and now voice frustration, or who have abandoned their efforts entirely, continues to grow. Organizations should assess what drove success for online, global, and activism campaigns to identify “next” practices — instead of just trying to emulate their efforts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

What is Women's Earth Alliance, and what problem you're trying to solve? Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. The problem that we are addressing is a great one. billion people are without clean water.

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Candid

JUNE 21, 2022

There was extensive discourse on the global pandemic and how health crises in one part of the world can disrupt all our lives. The conversation also focused on vaccination, the global collaborative process, and philanthropy’s response. Inna shared, “We do not want to be a humanitarian problem. Interconnectedness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

But what can you do about a problem that seems so overwhelming? Our members envision a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. It is all so far away, it doesn't really affect me, it is very sad, but there are a lot of problems that affect me more.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. The last few days have been equal parts terrifying, challenging, and complicated. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

As someone who's kind of an activist, an anti-war activist, I really had a problem with that. Frida, I think, a lot of her work, even though people constantly try to de-politicize it, a lot of it deals with this Mexican identity, it deals with globalization and so, of course, she was one of my inspirations. I never went to art school.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 31, 2019

As we all prepare to get out the vote, it’s important to remember our responsibility—as a sector, as organizations, and as individuals—to protect, support, and enable marginalized voices and democratic action. Allowing others to fight for global justice unprotected is not supportable. It is an invaluable resource for our sector.”

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Amazon, born in 1995 as an online bookstore, grew by the 2000s to become the largest global e-commerce platform company in existence. Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. 9</sup).

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. This is a particular problem when – as with Project Maven – the technologies supported by microwork are built for explicitly oppressive ends. A global ‘servant economy’ beckons, writes Jason E.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And Derrick said, “Millennials are working to fix the problems they see in society using non-traditional methods without waiting around for anyone else’s approval or participation. They will find another way to solve the problem that they care about. They’re very solution-oriented more than organization-oriented.

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