Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

This year’s Day of Service featured three different projects – a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC’s largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. He will interview them for five minutes or longer, knowing that they will ramble.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. During SXSW, Mark was doing interviews in the Beacon Nonprofit Lounge. He doesn't give up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? So, I took the extra step of an interview. Mensajeros de la Paz with a virtual homeless kid has received enough Money to. The homeless. Have you been able to draw attention to issue of homeless youth? sponsor a child.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. To help applicants overcome these challenges, Housing Connector partners with property owners and managers to lower screening criteria and increase access to housing for individuals exiting homelessness. Jason Schumacher. Doug Minkler. Kristin Adderson. October 29, 2021 - 9:45pm.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. The Nonprofit Quarterly shared an interesting story from the National Desert News about the benefits of mobile access for homeless populations.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. To help applicants overcome these challenges, Housing Connector partners with property owners and managers to lower screening criteria and increase access to housing for individuals exiting homelessness. Jason Schumacher. Doug Minkler. Kristin Adderson. October 29, 2021 - 9:45pm.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

This year's Day of Service featured three different projects - a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC's largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Mark and Shawn have different approaches and philosophies, but the interviews yielded some insights about best practices.

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JUNE 3, 2024

This includes data that SAGE generates from constituent surveys, intake interviews, and focus groups, as well as data from external sources, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the U.S. That information led the organization to expand its housing programs.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

African Americans make up 40 percent of the homeless population despite only representing 13 percent of the general population. The good news is that nonprofits like Larkin Street Youth Services are working to help address homelessness. You can support their work here. Practice Inclusive Marketing and Hiring.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 20, 2014

While listening to Kimberly Wilson''s Tranquility du Jour podcast interview with fundraising and philanthropic consultant, Lauren Brownstein on Saturday, the quote above really resonated with me. Groups working on poverty and homelessness issues. Having arts and great theater and writing teachers in school changed my life.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

NTEN’s Education Manager, Julia Smith volunteered at Upwardly Global in Chicago, where she did mock interviews. Upwardly Global helps immigrants to rebuild their professional careers in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. The more is raised, the more impact they can make. There’s no limit to either.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

This week, Brian Spicker of Valley of the Sun United Way sat down the with Center's Stephanie La Loggia for a short interview about the meaning of "collective impact." Below is part of the interview. So, by focusing collectively around the chronically homeless we’ve made some wonderful strides. Click here for more information.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

How many times have you seen a local shop serving as a drop-off point for donations to a homeless shelter or food bank? Or perhaps ask a boutique to send out a call for used clothing that can be used by someone as business attire for a job interview. Or donating a percentage of their sales to a local charity?

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Check out this “Storyteller’s Bill of Rights” created by the PSU Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative. ? Make sure the storyteller feels safe and comfortable and gets to choose where and when they are interviewed and filmed. Be very clear with storytellers about the process and that they have agency every step of the way.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The latest round brings its total funding to “just shy of $40 million,” co-founder and CEO Joel Birch told TechCrunch in an interview. . Once a homeless immigrant, Birch got his start as an entrepreneur launching a dropshipping business at age 17. “So I started looking at a place I could move to work for a startup.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It was the landlords who needed convincing, but it helped that we already had a network of landlords,” said CEO Adesanmi in an interview with TechCrunch on the company’s takeoff. “So “Our solution on the tenant side was a no-brainer. Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital. Nigerian proptech Spleet gets $2.6M

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

StoryCorps provides a free, downloadable Do-It-Yourself Instruction Guide , as well as an Education Toolkit to use in a classroom or library, and a Community Service Toolkit to use in, "veteran’s hospitals, senior centers, homeless shelters, and other community centers." It is organized according to the type of person you'll be interviewing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

Especially around this time of year when all of us are getting piles of direct mail from national and international nonprofits, have you received mail from your local homeless shelter? Local and small nonprofits have limited marketing dollars and resources and they aren't typically some new sexy micro finance operation in an exotic locale.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Conduct stakeholder interviews, run focus groups, send out supporter surveys, look for patterns in your comments on social media, or comments on news articles related to your issue area. And they certainly don’t want problems that seem insurmountable like sexual violence or homelessness. Frankly, people don’t want any more problems.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

If you don’t have a degree you won’t even get an interview.” ” (And the interview isn’t likely to be much fairer, he added.). I went from being homeless to owning a home.” . “Getting the skills is a necessary but not sufficient condition for getting hired,” said Hsu.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Conduct stakeholder interviews, run focus groups, send out supporter surveys, and look for patterns in your comments on social media, or comments on news articles related to your issue area. And they certainly don’t want problems that seem insurmountable like homelessness, for example. Frankly, people don’t want any more problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

I told the conference co-founders, a husband and wife literary agent team, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen , that I'd help to spread the word about the conference so I interviewed Elizabeth for the Big Vision Podcast. Elizabeth Pomada: Hi, I'm Elizabeth Pomada. Britt: How are you making the event green?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Note from Beth: Shonali Burke, who we interviewed in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , let me know about an exciting project she is working on with the Center for Community Change that is hosting the 8th Annual Change Champion Awards (in DC) today (Sept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people. Invisible People uses crowd sourcing to select the best stories and interviews. I think with Oprah style "person on the street" type interview - you want to begin with someone you already know, perhaps seed a few opening stories. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

consumers, including at therapists’ offices and homeless shelters. The industry has to provide attractive career paths to allow people to build their careers and have long-term stability.” After all, it was just in August that the U.S.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian went out and conducted a video interview last spring using one of the donated Dell phones. They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly. She is also grateful for renewed funding in this area, and says " BTOP opens new doors for homeless families.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Try to make the conversation a conversation, not an interview. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. It’s easy to gobble up all the time allotted for the conversation just talking about the organization’s latest programs and outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Sure $5,000 sounds like a fantastic fundraising goal, but what if I told you by meeting that target, a local cause would be able to launch an evening food program for the homeless, or make much needed repairs to a home for abandoned girls and boys. I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2013

For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. Then we conducted volunteer interviews. My first day on the job was to familiarize myself with the organization by learning about their history and development. The next big challenge was researching how to open an emergency youth shelter. and Canada.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. Below is an edited transcript of an interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. For folks who don't know, what is The Engage Network? If somebody needs childcare, who takes care of them?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

You can drive social media to your blog as well, where you can post more substantial content within your updates , such as interviews, photo galleries, Q&As, and more. For instance, you could feature a video of someone who once was homeless but now is a proud homeowner.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Interview Constituents. 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. Interview Constituents. One way to do this is by interviewing your constituents. . Volunteer Opportunities.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 6, 2021

A volunteer’s mistake ruins ten perfectly good suits at a nonprofit that gives interview clothing to jobless women. Or a residence for homeless veterans serves meals with durable dishes and metal silverware when simpler (but recyclable!) A whole shelf of canned peaches expires at a food pantry. materials would work just as well.

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