Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

It's taking place this year in San Francisco from April 26-28th. The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. While the challenges were focused mainly on local or statewide issues, they came up with solutions that could be adopted for national issues as well. freespace], San Francisco.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

May 29, 2019; San Francisco Chronicle. Now, San Francisco Chronicle business reporter Carolyn Said writes that Benetech is “almost halfway through a six-month pilot with six Bay Area social-service agencies to collaborate on maintaining their crucial databases of local resources through an open-standards data exchange.”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California. Thursday, September 7, 2017.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

San Francisco, CA: Let’s Learn About Project Homeless Connect SF: Discussion and Brainstorming. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? Vancouver, Canada: NetVideo² -A casual get together that will make you more awesome! Washington, DC: NetSquared meetup. Wednesday, October 16.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly). Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Trans*H4ck is based in San Francisco, but has held events in Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. This location-based apps helps users find LGBT-friendly healthcare providers, mental health specialists, and providers that specialize in transgender health in San Francisco. Liberating Ourselves Locally.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

I spoke with Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented LocalFreeWeb at the previous breakfast. Joseph first heard of the LocalFreeWeb project a little over a year ago at Hack Night for Code for San Francisco. A Simple Digital Inclusion Tool.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

As in other maturing markets, companies that have seen success in the past are now spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs as well as attracting others from various locales. While they are not primarily focused on Texas, they are starting to invest locally, as well.”. Notably, S3’s investment thesis is focused on Texas.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94107, U.S.A. Poke around the map and see for yourself.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 21, 2022

We did this for the International Civil Society Action Network , who asked us to help them unite women peacebuilders to amplify their power in order to decrease violence on a local and global scale. Movements must grow and mobilize their networks and develop the groundswell they need to move their cause forward.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

growth over the years, we recognized that with increased growth, it was the right time to increase our local presence to better support our customers with more face-to-face engagement,” McCullough added. San Francisco-based API and microservices platform Kong opened a new London office in May.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

As I wrote this post on the flight back from my third NTEN Conference I know I felt similar to many of the other 1,600 “NPTechies” (Nonprofit Techies) who are leaving San Francisco. Some people work one-on-one with organizations consulting on anything from technology budgeting to online social media strategy.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The homeless community? The Brooklyn Museum allows skateboarders to use their public outdoor space, much to the chagrin of some locals. Be free, nearly free, often free, or free for locals. Pick a specific community (or two). Don't say that your institution will be a "town square for the community." Which community?

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

In doing so, they provide 2,500 meals and 200 bags of groceries for clients in the San Francisco and Oakland area every day. The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society works to improve the lives of homeless and in-need animals across the Ontario region. These include: Local events calendar. Top Nonprofit Website: Ontario SPCA.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

That's where this work really sprung out of in looking at issues of homelessness, looking at issues of women on welfare, and looking at women in prison-- those who were really most affected and most in need of their voices being lifted. Locally, we run a project called the Technology Empowerment Project of Oakland.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

If it was more affordable, if there weren’t homelessness issues, would I consider settling down here? But from my very first weeks in San Francisco I wanted to leave.”. “I Now, employees are pushing for more flexibility post pandemic, citing the unaffordable housing market and local hostility toward tech workers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Mike Rocco | City Hall Fellows | San Francisco, CA City Hall Fellows creates the next generation of enlightened leaders for local government empowering them to be effective change agents. Twitter: @PDXJrScientists ) 16. Twitter: @cityhallfellows ) 17. Twitter: @americasvoice ) 20.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. in Environmental Management with a concentration in Water Management, both from the University of San Francisco. Jennifer Anderson. Isabella received her B.S.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

" Outside of work, he enjoys playing soccer, disc golf, and going to live concerts, and he is really getting to like San Francisco. " His charitable interest is addressing homelessness. They were a homeless services center, something I'm passionate about. I ask, 'Can I at least travel?' ' Maybe.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." I moved to San Francisco. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

We have these little 29 Gift cards that people would tie onto the flowers, and she actually made a couple vases full of those, and took them into a local coffee shop. Now there are organized events happening locally. There's actually a homeless couple who is taking part. They were free for anyone to take. That's the reality.

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Futurism

MARCH 19, 2025

Its effects can be catastrophic, leading to evictions, homelessness, food insecurity, and more. Spending what remained of his cash, he flew to San Francisco, where he called in some favors to get a ride from the airport straight to Uber headquarters. Desperate to claw back his livelihood, Sawadogo went all in. "I

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 29, 2007

In my surfing around for adoption opportunities, I came across the incredible story of Pali Boucher, the founder of Rocket Dog Rescue in San Francisco. Boucher was the child of a homeless, drug-addicted mother who died when she was ten. As a homeless adult, she visited animal shelters to spend time with the dogs there.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2021

Small to medium-sized and local nonprofits are challenged to create awareness. When I worked at the San Francisco Food Bank, we noticed our audience followed food and Mommy bloggers, so we reached out to these folks for endorsements. The first step of the marketing or fundraising continuum (or funnel) is awareness.

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