Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I think most people have heard of the One Laptop Per Child little XO portable computers that are designed for the rural developing world, but I suspect far fewer people have heard of the great work that the San Francisco, California based nonprofit, Inveneo , is doing in this area of nonprofit computing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Here is a case study of Red versus Green. Testing different combinations allows you to maximize the results you want to get. Images: Images convey more than mere text, shapes, and colors. They help set the tone — serious, playful, clinical, provocative —instantly establishing an emotional connection with the viewer.

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AUGUST 28, 2009

While preparing to teach a social media webinar recently, I discovered quite a few environmental/green nonprofits that have YouTube channels. YouTube green environment nonprofit Inspired by the post, 80+ Environmental Organizations to Follow on Twitter on Planetsave , I thought I'd share the list with you.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook. Recycling.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. They also carry on the work of visionary founder and board member, Van Jones, especially in the area of developing green jobs training programs for low-income youth.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Blogging for ChangeWriters View more presentations from Britt Bravo Tomorrow I'll be speaking about Blogging for ChangeWriters at the 2010 Writing for Change Conference in San Francisco. I'll be showing examples of "changewriter" blogs and sharing Ten Tips for ChangeWriter Blogging Success.

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APRIL 16, 2021

Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. Organization Mission: SF Parks Alliance champions, transforms, and activates parks and public spaces as the only 501(c)3 citywide nonprofit dedicated to this work in San Francisco. A $10 billion Great American Outdoors Act passed in July 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

Yesterday, the Social Media for Nonprofit Conference series kicked off in San Francisco yesterday in War Memorial Green Room with support from Microsoft.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In you are in DC please join us (I'm co-hosting) for a great discussion by the United Nations and Screen on the Green at 1331 G St, NW, Suite 900 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM. San Francisco Meetup 7PM PT 9/24. Following the Meetup there will be a happy hour at Laughing Man Tavern. RSVP here: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

While preparing for the “ Leveraging Social Media Masterclass “, I reviewed social media presences of over 260 arts organizations looking for interesting “ living case studies.&# I discovered how the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is using QR codes to encourage audiences to download program books onto their mobile phones.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In San Francisco, it took a small group of motivated people to come together to create a nonprofit. Starting with a Small Budget, FUF Plants Nearly Half San Francisco's Street Trees. The group eventually even worked with the city to create San Francisco's first ever Urban Forest Plan.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

NEWS This week, Echoing Green partnered with Jobs for Change on a new Be Bold Podcast. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. It's been a been a busy few weeks! Early registration deadline is Nov.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

I had a chance this week to preside over TechSoup’s booth at the latest Social Capital Markets conference (SOCAP) in San Francisco. I hope you'll pardon me if I start with a green tech thing. Stand is a San Francisco Bay Area domestic violence nonprofit. It’s one of the premier social enterprise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

" We'll also be at the, "Blogging Birds of a Feather Meet-Up: Green/Social Change" on Friday, July 18th at the BlogHer Conference in San Francisco and I'll also be on a panel on personal fundraising.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

This month, Forum One and Autodesk hosted a panel titled, "Social Media for Social Impact" during Social Media Week in San Francisco. Amy Skoczlas Cole from eBay explained how a grassroots employee effort for office-wide green initiatives grew to an online movement around the environmental impact of reused goods.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

August’s Online Community Meetup featured Zoey Kroll of Hayes Valley Farm , an urban farm located in San Francisco. Appearing as her super hero alter ego, complete with green cape, Super Green, Kroll spoke about how online activity can be used to inspire offline action. Photos: SusanChavez.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The San Francisco Bay Area has earthquakes, and our old data center was in a similar earthquake zone to our main offices here in San Francisco. An earthquake that interrupted services in San Francisco might also have affected our old data center south of the city. Why We Moved.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2009

One free video conferencing service is Gmail voice and video chat that has been evaluated below by Monica Skinner , who is a San Francisco-based LEED architect , environmental designer, and GreenTech volunteer. Tags: Green Office Web 2.0 I pondered the idea and decided to test it out and few clicks later I was up and running.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Using TechSoup products or educational resources to stay GREEN ? Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Check out our Green Technology Page. Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge").

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Using TechSoup products or educational resources to stay GREEN ? Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Check out our Green Technology Page. Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge").

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MAY 28, 2008

We'll also be at the, "Blogging Birds of a Feather Meet-Up: Green/Social Change" on Friday, July 18th at the BlogHer Conference in San Francisco along with BlogHer Green Editor , Green LA Girl. I'll be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session. blogging conference Beth Kanter

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AUGUST 4, 2011

And at month's end she and Robyn, Care2's Editor in Chief, will be presenting the Care2 Environmental Impact Award to filmmaker Alexandra Cousteau (granddaughter of renowned oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau) at the Women In Green Forum. Women In Green Forum Santa Monica, CA. Dreamforce '11 San Francisco, CA.

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AUGUST 9, 2007

As I mentioned last week, I'll be speaking about blogging at the Writing for Change Conference in San Francisco this month. I'm a literary agent in San Francisco, with the Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents , and we've been in business a long time here in San Francisco. Britt: How are you making the event green?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. I spend a majority of my time listening and responding to questions, commenting on blogs, and tracking NWF's mentions and various programs.

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APRIL 19, 2007

In San Francisco, Yoga Sangha is hosting a "Spiritual Activation Series" with lecture, yoga and meditation. If you are a environmentally conscious yoga studio or instructor, you can join the Green Yoga Association, and check out this month's "green" issue of Yoga Journal. It's about getting the world in shape too.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Pie Ranch is a Bay Area nonprofit that teaches urban youth about food and farming: "We have planted wheat for pie crusts and berries for filling, and are raising bees for honey, goats for milk and chickens for eggs on a 14-acre parcel above the historic Steele Ranch at Green Oaks Creek.

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AUGUST 15, 2008

I'm speaking tomorrow at the Writing for Change Conference in San Francisco about "Changeblogging: How to Create Positive Change With Your Blog." My list is rather heavy on "green" topics. The conference is for nonfiction writers who want to write books that will create positive change, "from the personal to the planetary."

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

If you have suggestions for people to interview for the Big Vision Podcast, email me at britt@brittbravo.com podcast social entrepreneur nonprofit activist green women activism visionary

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APRIL 9, 2009

Flickr Photo by Green Moon Penguin Day is coming to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009, right before the NTC. Penguin Day San Francisco is happening at the Odd Fellows Hall at 7th and Market Street, in the heart of downtown. Full details about this opportunity to explore open source software are at [link].

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OCTOBER 9, 2005

Yesterday I went to the San Francisco session of the second annual Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp. The next session I went to was Building the Local Green Economy presented by Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange. He also listed the following Green Economy Trends that are also available here : 1.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Listen / Read Elizabeth Pomada Co-Founder, Writing for Change Conference Listen Read Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women Listen Read Shalini Kantayya, Filmmaker, A Drop of Life.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Listen Read Elizabeth Pomada Co-Founder, Writing for Change Conference Listen Read Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women Listen Read Shalini Kantayya, Filmmaker, A Drop of Life.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Impact Investing 101: Panel Discussion. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Tuesday, January 3, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

This past year alone she has been a presenter at NTEN's NTC (in San Francisco) , Blackbaud User Conference in Charleston , SxSw in Austin , the list goes on. He is a member of the national CIO 4 Good and Green IT Consortium Groups in DC.

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JUNE 19, 2007

Ten years ago I used to take the bus every day from downtown San Francisco to South San Francisco where there was an Odwalla office. Before being green was cool, Hawken was writing about the environmental impact of business and the importance of balancing profit and planet.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Jon Stahl has some awesome pants: the front and back of each leg is a different color -- red, green, blue and yellow. Amazingly, he still fits in them -- and he's bringing them to San Francisco in April. I first saw them back in 2002, when the NTC was still the Roundup.

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AUGUST 6, 2008

Here are a few ideas for your husband's new business venture: • Be green. Natural Resource Defense Council has an article, Greening Your Business , which lists tips for making your business green like recycling, using copier and printer paper that is post-consumer and recycled, using Energy Star office equipment, and getting an energy audit.

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