Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

By 2004 she had come back to her hometown of Baton Rouge and was working as a management consultant to a failing nonprofit. Each year the International Computer Refurbishers Summit awards a lifetime achievement award. It was not an easy road for Nancy. To be sure, Nancy Jo Craig is an accomplished woman. It as a lucky thing they did.

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Selfish Giving

JULY 2, 2012

million since 2004. Today, over at the Razoo blog , Inspiring Generosity , I wrote a post on a successful pinup program between Shake Shack and Share Our Strength that raised $135,000 at just ten store. It’s definitely worth a deeper dive if you’re interested in pinups as a fundraiser for your business partners.

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GrantNews

AUGUST 7, 2024

Jordan Sr founded National Black Business as an annual observance in 2004 to “drive the policy agenda affecting the 2.6 It’s important to acknowledge and recognize our Black business communities across the nation! Let’s celebrate the progress made and the strides to overcome challenges. up from 124,004 in 2017. growth rate.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 28, 2024

In many ways, 2004 doesn’t feel so very long ago. Since 2004, I’ve experienced learning to balance marriage, motherhood, graduate school (twice, because I’m a glutton for punishment), and countless career ups and downs. In other ways, twenty years feels like two hundred. In time, I learned to love her job, too.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Jobs was as usual quite prescient. bring your own device) movement has been a staple topic in the IT press, and it is commonplace for us to use our own mobile phones and tablets for work related activities. As adoption of mobile devices increases for both work and pleasure, IT will no longer be dominated by PCs.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2011

They've been around since 2004, but have really caught on only within the last couple of years. E-readers are electronic devices with LCD screens between five and nine inches that are designed for reading digital books, magazines, and other electronic documents. They largely use e-ink technology to display content. read more.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I’ve followed Darren since the very start of my blog in December 2004. I also presented in the program’s cause track with two talented cause practitioners: Noland Hoshino and Megan Strand. A big thanks to Chris Noble for leading the cause track this year. It was great to talk and visit with many old friends.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Jude since 2004, raising tens of millions of dollars for the hospital. My timing was perfect because the store had just kicked off Thanks and Giving to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Thanks and Giving has been a significant cause marketing program for St. It’s also greatly increased St. Retail is retail.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 9, 2009

Since 2004, I’ve been a director of cause marketing for a Boston hospital and have developed initiatives that have taken traditional sponsorships to new levels so they are easier to close and renew, more lucrative, more effective promotional tools and better event drivers. Now it’s time to share it with all of you! But not now.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, in The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism , John Bogle estimated a nationwide ratio to be approximately 280:1 in 2004 (up from 42:1 in 1980). Research in the for-profit sector has found that CEOs might make anywhere from six times to six thousand times as much as the median worker. those on the S&P 500).

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

But you can get away with asking 20% of the time. And the way you want to think about it is that social media is really like putting deposits in a bank. You want to put more deposits in than you take out, and it’s really about how you show up for your audience week after week after week. That’s what the really big organizations do! Summarize it!

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

First, she was the first member of my cause marketing team when I joined BMC in 2004. Held in the Short Hills/Millburn area of New Jersey, Jake’s Ride is named in honor of 11-year-old Jake Silverman , who has dystonia, and last year raised $270,096. I wasn’t surprised when Beth called me six months ago to talk about cause marketing.

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The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 25, 2022

And back in 2004, I wrote on how both extroverts and introverts can effectively fundraise : [link]. But in Western organizational leadership models, more leadership authority tends to be accompanied with more isolation. This is why many leaders in nonprofits find it hard to ask for money. The mask of having it together. So we put on a mask.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 4, 2010

After I started my blog, Selfish Giving , in 2004, Carol was a frequent visitor and to this day she still reads all my newsletters (which is more than can I say for my real mother). The person from Cone we were suppose to meet with wasn’t there, and my colleague was none too pleased about it. I remember being very nervous.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2014

management in 2004, sponsored by the Corporation for National and. Everyday, people across the country mentor students, beautify neighborhoods, help older Americans to live independently, restore homes after disasters, and much more. Not only is volunteering. one way for individuals to help their neighbors and enhance their.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

In our weekly GreenTech columns, we've been closely following the career of Van Jones , author of The Green Collar Economy and more recently special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality in the Obama administration. Bush might have knowingly allowed the September 11 attacks. read more.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 3, 2021

It really shouldn't surprise ME since I've been posting on my site since 2004/5. Did you know that I literally have hundreds of posts on my Selfish Giving web site??? Honestly, I'm so focused on creating this week's post that I often forget all the wicked awesome stuff I've published before! Try it for yourself. Sponsor] ?? Brain Food 1.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Since 2004, Iron Hill has raised $200k by selling the dessert at 12 locations. Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to co-founders Kevin Finn and Mark Edelson of Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant. Along with its handcrafted beers and New American cuisine, Iron Hill is known for its cause marketing. Download the transcript.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2004 he founded the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado where he still resides as board chair. So, you’ve decided to have a silent auction to raise money for your cause. Good for you! When you do it right, hosting a fundraising event that includes an auction brings many benefits.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The 2004 Volunteer Management Capacity Study. When considering non profit volunteer management, we need to recognize. volunteers both through an organizational culture that values them and. through specific appreciation practices and events. But how can you. contributions. It is imperative that we have a good hold on our.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S. TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. How It All Started. Using the U.S.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in September 2009. During those two years, not only has the used computer market been in question, but also there has been major buzz in the IT press about whether or not we're entering a “post PC” era. How Does This Impact the Used Computer Market?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

In 2004, Joaquin began the National Public Lightpath, advocating high-speed, fiber-optic network as the next generation of the Internet. He is the founder of CoCo Studios, which promotes media collaboration and game development for fiber and mobile networks. Joaquin currently serves on TechSoup Global's board of directors.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

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Critical Fundraising

OCTOBER 3, 2022

For more on how nostalgia has been/can be used in fundraising, see : The account of 2004’s Giving Scotland campaign – which made a deliberate and concerted effort to play upon nostalgia – on SOFII. So, asks Ian MacQuillin , what does this mean for the ethics of asking for donation for ‘less effective’ causes?

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2023

Pride Month is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ communities around the world during the month of June! As a joyous celebration of visibility, identity, and expression, Pride Month is known for its rainbows and parades. But there’s more to Pride Month than just fun celebrations. A year after the riots, the first pride parades took place in several U.S.

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Pacific Quest Foundation The Pacific Quest Foundation is a mental health program founded in 2004 for adolescents and young adults on the Big Island of Hawai’i. Exploring Asian and Pacific art is also a great way to delve into AAPI history. You can even visit virtual museums or look up educational resources online.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 16, 2009

Nearly all of the sponsors that we’ve recruited since 2004 are due to one or more of these three life-giving springs! There are four key questions that every nonprofit should ask themselves before ever researching a prospect or making a sponsorship call. Where is your nonprofit at the intersection of marketing, business of philanthropy?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S.-based TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. A Bit About How RCI Started. With a catalog.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The book is God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life (2004). Surprisingly, neither of us native Californians had ever visited Death Valley, despite the fact it is only a four-hour drive away. In February, however, we took a tour of it and tasted the exceptionally pure salt at Badwater Basin, a salt flat located 282 feet below sea level.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Billy was formerly director of partnerships at Meetup.com and had shown the power of it during the 2004 presidential campaign. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The buzzword then was Web 2.0, which heralded a new, participatory web culture. Online social networking was just being born.

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Sharpshooter Communications

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 2004, Austin, TX began a pilot program to create a pathway to independence for women. You’ve got a brilliant idea to make the world a better place. A grant would help you implement it. Never assume a grantor will share your vision. Or even understand it. You have to PROVE it to them! link] What is the PROBLEM you want to fix?

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Since I started Selfish Giving way back in 2004/5, I've had a very simple business model: I publish valuable content on win-win partnerships and readers contact me with business opportunities. It really is that simple. Crazy way to run a business, right? But I love it this way! ?????? I can't remember the last time I made a cold call.

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Blackbaud

MAY 21, 2025

In 2004, the average adults attention span on a screen was two and a half minutes. Whether you have one donation form or hundreds, you want each to encourage the highest conversion rate and gift amounts for your mission. Why Is Finding the Optimal Donation Experience Important? People have lower attention spans than ever before.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Jenkins has served AARP in various capacities for 20 years, beginning when she joined the board of AARP Services in 2004 and later when she chaired that board during 2009-10. She earned $1.17 million at CareQuest Institute during 2022 and Jenkins’ base was $2.38 million, according to the most recent Form 990 from both organizations.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 5, 2025

Tampa, Florida This reminds me of when I launched Selfish Giving in 2004. How are you currently keeping partners informed about your partnership program? Chances are, its weak and inconsistent. Maybe its a mention in a donor newsletter or an occasional social media postburied among other priorities. Thats a problem. Bottom line?

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