Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Instead of serving everyone at a single location, consider a catered meal delivered to each of your donors from a local restaurant. Cooking classes have a broad appeal because they attract not just gourmet food, but also individuals who want to learn new skills. 4) Happy hours/wine tasting. 5) Online classes. 18) Karaoke night.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Still, our team-building exercises included cooking classes, go-kart races and trips to local driving ranges. ” What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? One black-tie work party I attended caused a run on several area tuxedo rental shops. When my company’s softball team played against Yahoo!

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The Next Web

JUNE 13, 2013

Code Club UK, the network of volunteers that teach kids to program, is celebrating its first birthday today and is doing so in style by announcing the expansion of the initiative to the entire world. Code Club is a free scheme that relies on volunteers around the UK to teach children aged between 9 and 11 coding skills.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. with the tools to teach reading to adolescent and adult beginning readers, such as those with developmental disabilities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

In the past week, Coderhouse, a live cohort-based learning platform, and Crehana, an on-demand skills development service for the enterprise, both announced financing rounds. The founder estimates that only 8% of teachers are accepted to teach on Coderhouse’s platform, resulting in nearly 2,000 active teachers with the company today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. To encourage consumption of local information.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

11NTC Day of Service Volunteers Now in its thirteenth year, the Day of Service provide an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give something back to the local community where the Nonprofit Technology Conference is held. Join this project to work one-on-one with seniors to develo basic computer skills including email, Skype, and Facebook.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

He is also teaches at the Stanford d.school. . If you are someone who believes in living like a local to authentically experience a foreign place, this is where your missions align. Ideally, you can surround yourself with teammates who are “better” than you in many ways because of their diverse backgrounds, skills and experiences.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

As such, most venture-backed startups build around upskilling students and professionals in software engineering and generally tech-facing skills. Bouhlel says the company has local teachers in every country — over 500 in number — and they teach students in over 12 languages.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Here are some ways you can find and get in front of new funders: Attend a “ Meet the Funders ” panel in your community or ask to take a local funder out to coffee to learn more about their organization and funding priorities. Take your fundraising skills to the next level by: Attending that conference you’ve wanted to go to for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US. They will also spend time with and encourage girls from local schools to explore tech careers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Frustrated, she decided to try training engineers to meet her team’s hiring standards by mentoring at a local coding bootcamp. The platform continuously assesses their skills and adapts their roadmap, according to Sophie. After two and a half years of mentoring on nights and weekends, Novati decided to turn her passion into a career.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

This year I facilitated several labs, including several for the Knight Foundation Arts Program to learn about the local arts ecosystem in four cities, including Philadelphia, San Jose, Charlotte, and Macon. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The people with skills are out there.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Specifically, Digital House offers courses aimed at teaching “the most in-demand digital skills” to people who either want to work in the digital industry or for companies that need to train their employees on digital skills. Global players have succeeded for many years in our region.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

During my first visit to the Nigerian capital of Abuja last April, I learned that a member of the NHRC who had been monitoring local elections had been beaten and unlawfully detained. For five days, we focused on teaching the NHRC staff to use the Martus software. Human rights monitors in Nigeria continue to be harassed.

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Tableau

MARCH 3, 2023

Britt Staniar Senior Community Program Manager, Recognition Programs Brittni McCafferty Community Global Program Manager – User Groups Sarah Molina March 3, 2023 - 9:04pm March 4, 2023 Tableau Ambassadors teach and share while fostering a positive and supportive space within the community.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. During the hiring process, make the skill of writing a top requirement for all positions. At many nonprofits, the skill of writing is an afterthought in the hiring process. That won’t cut it.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

When it comes to education, mathematics has long been considered one of the most challenging of subjects both to learn and to teach. That business has seen some encouraging traction, with 15,000+ teachers from 2,000 schools using its tools to teach math to 350,000 students. Most recently, it started its first K-5 pilots in the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Offering virtual volunteer opportunities helps many nonprofit organizations connect with new audiences and grow their reach beyond their local communities. That’s one of the best things about volunteering; there are a variety of ways for individuals to make an impact according to their interests and skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Both language and what you’re teaching. Localize and make it relevant. Often it gets messy when you’re training the trainers in a skill they will need to acquire along with having them train others. Mary’s session was one where she was modeling how they might teach the topic, not teaching them the topic.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 14, 2024

If you notice a large number of volunteers from a local bank, go talk with the business about its corporate giving program. With a tool like Rosterfy, organizations can create custom registration forms that help them screen candidates and recruit those with the specific skills and credentials they need.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 28, 2011

Form a corporate culture committee and a local culture committee that organizes low-cost employee events throughout the year. Here are some of the ways that SWA keeps its winning culture in the forefront that you can also do to keep employees motivated and to drive great customer service: 1.

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NTEN

JUNE 15, 2012

Maybe you're passionate about teaching computer programming skills and want to inspire the next generation of tech pioneers. Or maybe you want to improve the tech systems of your local nonprofit so that you can have even more impact. Perhaps you want to develop a cool app to improve mobility in your city.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners. Training in breeding is part of the program.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free. My role is to contextualize those tools and teach customers how to best use them.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

During her work, she met Jake Soberal, an intellectual property lawyer, who shared Olguin’s desire to leverage the tech industry to effect change at the local level. Olguin and Soberal started by co-founding Geekwise Academy, a coding and tech skills bootcamp that teaches HTML and JavaScript.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But Latin America has the biggest skills gap in the world, with more than seven in 10 firms saying they have difficulty finding workers with the right skills. In addition, Parallel18 released a talent app for freelancers, students and professionals to find and apply to work with local international startups.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We we use the “with” instead of the “for” perspective, we are able to see skills and contributions the community can make, opportunities for growth outside of your programs or your walls; we are able to see that we are part of a solution and not responsible for engineering the entire fix. Your organization has goals, too.

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Tableau

MARCH 3, 2023

Britt Staniar Senior Community Program Manager, Recognition Programs Brittni McCafferty Community Global Program Manager – User Groups Sarah Molina March 3, 2023 - 9:04pm March 4, 2023 Tableau Ambassadors teach and share while fostering a positive and supportive space within the community.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

would flock to seminars scheduled either locally or afar. The seminar presenters don’t necessarily come with advanced degrees, or any degree at all, but they are usually well-vetted by the sponsor organization for their practical experience in what they’re teaching. board members. Galaxy Digital. Live Webinars and Online Conferences.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 30, 2023

Here are some ideas to get you started: Host an educational event or workshop : Why not organize events that teach your community about LGBTQ+ history, rights, and issues? Collaborate with local LGBTQ+ organizations : Team up with local LGBTQ+ organizations to support their initiatives, share resources, and amplify their voices.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2023

Service-Based Sources – Apps like VolunteerMatch and local volunteer resource agencies like HandsOn Network affiliates allow nonprofits to post volunteer positions on their platforms. Specify the Jobs and Skills Needed. The skills you need them to possess. Helping others in need by using skills and talents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2014

They create social capital or value by making their skills, resources, and knowledge available to each other. Engagement in the network provides a bigger benefit than to the individual member, the networks can work on finding solutions to big social issues. A generative social impact network links people together through relationships.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Fundraising is a skilled profession. To become a fundraiser, start by learning the skills and commit to mastering the craft – which takes time. My professional fundraising career began when I accepted a position on the Board of the local rescue mission. When he wanted people to understand his teachings, he told stories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

Remind me again how this is linked back to reducing poverty in this country, or creating sustainable local food systems, or increasing graduation rates, or fighting institutional oppression? It demands a perspective that is self-reflective, microscopic, local, and grand. Can we break that down one more time? Because I'm lost.".

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