Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

We must not accept any technology as the default solution for our problems. Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) . As a pilot, it followed a group of individuals for six months before its formal launch in August, with a 93% success rate in predicting when someone would become chronically homeless.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

We started the lab with an exercise to gain individual understanding of the problems, a technique called Rose, Bud, Thorn (described here ). Example using the issue of homelessness: First, use an infographic, picture, or video of homeless people begging for money from drive-by cars or pedestrians. No solution).

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Tableau

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. Factors like an individual’s credit score, past debt, or eviction history can quickly derail the process for an individual who would otherwise have no problem meeting their rent obligations. Jason Schumacher. Doug Minkler. Kristin Adderson. October 29, 2021 - 9:45pm. What comes next.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Architecture is, at its core, about problem-solving: balancing aesthetics, functional needs, and technical constraints to create effective buildings and environments. Isla Intersections, a supportive housing development for formerly homeless tenants, is built on a triangle of land right under L.A.s

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2011

, we also have individual concerns that are more outwardly-focused (Why are there so many homeless people on the street these days? For individuals who care about helping to alleviate a community problem (homelessness, for example), there are three options: Do nothing (which will also do nothing to alleviate their need to help!).

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

that serve the homeless population. Candid made it easy for us to search for nonprofits that serve the homeless and have tax statements on file. So, it was a natural place to turn to for data to use for this research. My colleagues and I randomly chose 200 U.S.-based based nonprofits from the Candid’s GuideStar?that

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2022

Complex Problems Aren’t Solved in a Vacuum. While many organizations are working on the problem, no one individual, government agency, nonprofit, or school can solve it on their own. Submit an Idea. To address these challenges, the connection between technology and community is critical.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2017

Department of Housing and Urban Development dropped the bombshell of defunding all but one nonprofit transitional housing provider for homeless families in Maricopa County, Arizona, the local nonprofit, private and government organizations began to scramble (Polletta, 2016). References: Grudinschi, D., Kaljunen, L., Hokkanen, T., Hallikas, J.,

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The article’s author, Kevin Collier, breaks down the shocking information it contains: It lists students by name and includes entries for their date of birth, race, Social Security number and gender, as well as whether they’re an immigrant, homeless, marked as economically disadvantaged and if they’ve been flagged as potentially dyslexic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

Six months later, I’m happy to report that my numbers are in the normal range. I’m also noticing that many of my colleagues are trying to become healthy, including my friend and homeless advocate, Mark Horvath, who is also raising money for a good cause while getting healthy. I have gotten good at taking notes while I walk.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. Factors like an individual’s credit score, past debt, or eviction history can quickly derail the process for an individual who would otherwise have no problem meeting their rent obligations. Jason Schumacher. Doug Minkler. Kristin Adderson. October 29, 2021 - 9:45pm. What comes next.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The online retailer sells socks, tees, and underwear — the three most requested items by homeless shelters. The lab will take visitors through three stages: meeting those who are impacted, understanding the problem, and visualizing the solutions. In 2023, it gave more than $1.7 Bombas is another popular B Corp organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. Focusing on those areas where your goals overlap enables you to create a common ground, share a purpose; and that’s where you can build a movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

The government run “Remand Houses” are shelters for homeless youth who are runaways, orphans, facing domestic violence at home, or too young to go to jail for a crime. This conversation was all done in the presence of a community official who did not have a problem with the accusation of domestic violence.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Bathroom access is a problem that extends far beyond gig workers. Lack of access to clean, private restrooms has always been an issue for people experiencing homelessness, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. As Vice points out , this is a problem that needs a societal solution. There’s a need and we should help out.”.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

How many homeless people will get a meal because your donor chips in $50? Let them know there is a serious problem in their community or elsewhere in the world, and they can be part of the solution by making a gift. Did a man who had been staying at the homeless shelter for a long time find permanent housing?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Dolapo Adebayo encountered this problem while searching for an apartment after returning to Nigeria from the U.K. So instead of going out and raising venture capital, we decided that we were going to bootstrap because we could convince some landlords to list their homes on this platform that we had built and derisk some of their problems.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Creating single-family homes for the homeless using 3D printing robotics. More than half of those homes have been for the homeless or those in chronic poverty. It also completed a series of homes serving the chronically homeless in Austin, Texas, with nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes. and Mexico.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Unfortunately, many founders or leaders skip creating one — which generally leads to fundraising frustrations and stalled services, among other problems. A good plan answers a number of who, what, when, where questions like these: What problem is your nonprofit trying to solve? What are the exact goals you are trying to achieve?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

So why do we call people experiencing housing instability “homeless”? It also has one of the highest rates of people experiencing homelessness in the country. Through working with the other Impact Labs Community Fellows, I learned about housing and homelessness resources that I was unaware of before.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 1, 2021

based nonprofits from Candid that serve the homeless population. However, if your organization’s annual budget is more than $1 million, consider putting more emphasis on the problem you’re working to solve and create a statement with that skews slightly less positive. . For each one, we recorded their mission statement.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

But startups are also solving local problems. In our experience international entrepreneurs need to work on being more confident in their pitches and succinctly communicating their idea, business model, market size and what problem they are going to solve. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Elevate the stories of people closest to the problem and who are eager to share their journey. . For our client All In , a campaign uplifting proven solutions to homelessness in San Francisco, we’re using supporter surveys to inform the content for a neighborhood resource guide intended to foster community leadership. .

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Qgiv

JULY 28, 2021

Family Promise knows nothing motivates people to solve a problem more than experiencing the problem themselves. The problem Family Promise of Spokane wants to solve is the cycle of families experiencing homelessness. Family Promise of Spokane’s Night Without a Bed Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

— Opportunity about to be missed Dear Opportunity about to be missed, You’ve actually named the problem in the way you’ve framed your question. That’s your problem, and it appears you’ve already solved it. Try asking yourself a series of “why” questions to get to the root of what your real problem is. What should I do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I loved hearing about Isadora Faber, a preteen girl who lives in Florianópolis and is the creator of the page Daily Class on Facebook, which aims to help other teens in her country who want to make a difference in their communities by reporting problems in their schools. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 22, 2011

Report on Community Internet Space for People who are Homeless released  Open Access Connections : "Report on Community Internet Space for People who are Homeless released “I speak to many homeless individuals, being one myself. One of the most pressing problems is our limited access to technology.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. Covenant House is the largest privately-funded agency in the Americas providing food, shelter, crisis care, and essential services to homeless and at-risk kids.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For our client All In , a campaign uplifting proven solutions to homelessness in San Francisco, we used supporter surveys to inform the content for a neighborhood resource guide intended to foster community leadership. While it may be tempting to lead with the problem, it’s actually more effective to lead with shared values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

You’ve got to have some social marketing because you have to have some social construct on how we think about these problems, as well as have communication across all the multi-sector groups that are engaged in this. So, by focusing collectively around the chronically homeless we’ve made some wonderful strides.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2012

Have a brilliant idea for how to end homelessness, train job seekers , or help small businesses go green? To generate innovative strategies and solve problems in underserved communities, SAP and Ashoka have created a global competition, " The Power of Small: Entrepreneurs Strengthening Local Economies.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

That insecurity can lead to a variety of problems as these vulnerable girls make decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We We cannot thank you enough.” .

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Are you tackling a problem in an innovative way? . Their fifth wedding anniversary would be a fun news story. .

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Achieve

APRIL 22, 2015

Business folks said social solutions are meaningless unless they eliminate problems. Nonprofit folks argued that problems were much more complex than their opponents would admit, and that there is a social benefit to simply helping people in need. I thought I was about to find out recently at a conference on social enterprise.

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Greater Giving

JULY 19, 2021

Golf tournaments are a fantastic fundraising solution to ongoing pandemic problems. An animal shelter might give homeless dogs some outside time and put a pup at each stop to encourage breaks. Social distancing. Plenty of circulation. Outside during the best time of year.

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