article thumbnail

Member Round Up: Doing Good and Using Technology

NTEN

This week our members are giving away free HD video cameras, improving free phone service, creating awesome online surveys, and talking tech over breakfast. Online surveys are a great way to get feedback from your community. Make sure you get the most out of your next online survey by using Anna Lindow ’s tips.

article thumbnail

Research Friday: Strengthening the Economy through Civic Engagement

ASU Lodestar Center

Census Bureau’s 2010 Current Population Survey (CPS) of 50,000 households, which looked at the following measures to examine how communities weathered the recession. These states are Arizona, California, Alabama, Florida, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Delaware. Data were taken from the U.S.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Popular online businesses are opening storefronts thanks to TikTok

The Verge

Rachel Parker, the owner of clothing boutique Little Lady Baby in Newport, Rhode Island, is adapting in a different way. While online success on Instagram and TikTok allowed her to open the store in October, most of her following is spread across America and can’t make it to Rhode Island. So she’s coming to them.

Open 65
article thumbnail

What we’re reading: 5 popular Issue Lab reports from 2024 

Candid

Every day, social sector organizations publish reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more to share the knowledge they’ve gained through the work they do. This brief captures the results of a 2024 survey of registered voters in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island about offshore wind farms as a renewable source of electricity.

Issue 52
article thumbnail

It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Tech Club Organizers

NTEN

- Kathleen Malin, 501 Tech Cub Rhode Island How do you identify and develop emerging Tech Club leaders in your community? "We We perform pre and post meeting surveys to get information about the effectiveness of our events, and also ideas and needs for future events. I personally follow up with everyone who returns a survey.

Tech 85
article thumbnail

Google launches new tool to help cities stay cool

The Verge

That’s often done by sending people to survey each block. That tool, created by conservation organization American Forests with support from Microsoft, was piloted in Rhode Island, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Maricopa County, Arizona. Historically in the US, systemic racism has pushed people of color into cities’ hotspots.

article thumbnail

The impact of COVID-19 on civil society, part two

Candid

In July 2020, Candid published a blog post examining the many surveys inquiring about social sector organizations’ needs in light of COVID-19. In the year since the outbreak, we have continued to track surveys from around the globe. This blog presents several common insights generated through these surveys.

Impact 75