How a Small Nonprofit Succeeded in Digital Transformation
Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 3, 2020
One of my favorite clients, Charity Navigator, just released a major upgrade to how they process and rate nonprofit charities.
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Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 3, 2020
One of my favorite clients, Charity Navigator, just released a major upgrade to how they process and rate nonprofit charities.
GeekWire
JUNE 3, 2023
The nonprofit has worked with Microsoft Philanthropies to improve its tech capabilities. Team Rubicon Photo) The nonprofit sector — which encompasses some 1.6 Kanter and other experts are advising nonprofits to explore the technology — but also to proceed at a measured pace and embrace the edict of first doing no harm.
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Kitaboo
MARCH 30, 2024
Conclusion Top Features of Digital Library Solutions for Non-Profit Organizations Let’s now explore the aspects that set digital library solutions apart as essential resources for nonprofits looking to improve the lives of people in their communities.
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 12, 2023
For IT organizations looking to make a difference on gender diversity, or for women seeking to develop rich IT careers, several nonprofits have been created to empower and uplift those who identify as women in IT, improving gender diversity in the industry, and closing the pay gap between men and women. Here are three of note.
GeekWire
AUGUST 22, 2020
The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. (Brent Roraback Photo). Game to Grow Photos). Foundry10 Photos).
GeekWire
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Their solution is a platform that allows companies to find and sign up for volunteering opportunities with local nonprofits. Launched earlier this year, Field Day is rolling out a private beta version of its platform in January for a six-month trial run with a limited group of companies and nonprofits. Community Warehouse Photo).
Venture Beast
MAY 12, 2020
Riot Games' Social Impact Fund has given $8 million in grants to nonprofits that its League of Legends players care about. Read More.
GeekWire
MARCH 8, 2021
iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. ” Exposure and access is something Pierott would like more of for herself, for iUrban Teen and for the work the nonprofit has been doing over the years. Photo courtesy of Deena Pierott).
Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 1, 2022
Earlier this summer, I rebranded my YouTube channel from 5 Minutes with @NYIke to the Driving Digital Standup. . The change reflects a broader mission that includes sharing insights from CIOs, CDOs, and other digital transformation leaders.
Gizmodo
OCTOBER 19, 2021
An animal rights nonprofit is suing YouTube for failing to take down videos of animal abuse, and often allegedly profiting from them by selling ads running alongside the content, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Read more.
GeekWire
MARCH 25, 2023
(Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Seattle nonprofit Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters — even in the face of escalating housing shortages and soaring costs of living. The organization also works with community partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support, and other social services for renters.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The organizations include: Mary’s Place : Amazon is giving $6 million to the nonprofit to support its ongoing operations and to provide funding toward a new development of co-located affordable housing and family shelter and services in Burien, Wash.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Social responsibility We drive digital inclusion and champion volunteering to promote prosperity across our communities. Equinix has +22,760 volunteered community service hours to over 1,700 nonprofits in 2022. They will utilize 100% recycled and renewable materials by 2030. And we advocate inclusivity for our employees and suppliers.
GeekWire
MAY 16, 2020
Libes had been involved with Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School ), a program focused on how to use capitalism for social and environmental benefit. ” So in 2012, Libes launched Fledge , a startup accelerator that focuses on socially conscious, mission-driven, for-profit companies.
GeekWire
JUNE 28, 2023
Microsoft says its related Generative AI Skills Grant Challenge will support nonprofit, social enterprise, and academic or research institutions that use generative AI for social and economic good. The skills initiative includes what Microsoft calls the first Professional Certificate on Generative AI in online learning.
GeekWire
MARCH 25, 2024
The nonprofit acts as a matchmaker, connecting landlords looking to fill vacant units and would-be renters who lack perfect rental records due to eviction, low credit scores, or other factors that can contribute to homelessness. It works with partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support and other social services for renters.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
(Treefish Photo) When 16-year-old Anika Krishnan isn’t playing the violin with her band or board games with her family, she’s helping teens find volunteer opportunities through her nonprofit Treefish. “Volunteering helped me feel like I was doing something to help my community.”
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 6, 2023
Maven Youth Maven Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth to “network, organize, and educate for social change through technology and the tech sector.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,
GeekWire
JULY 29, 2020
Three years later, the high school graduate is doing her own teaching for the nonprofit. It’s another lesson for a young woman intent on working in social justice and tech. My passion was to do a lot of social justice work,” Ambachew said. Ambachew, of SeaTac, Wash., “I consider myself a community organizer.
Kitaboo
JUNE 8, 2021
Using computers and mobile phones, and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, help in gathering and circulating knowledge and information quite effectively. Technology assists associations by helping them create a greater social impact as well as taking forward their social mission as a whole. Social networking sites.
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Your preferred social network? I’m not big on social media.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 23, 2021
Screenshots of two rambling social media posts—one from Facebook, one from Instagram—form the sum total of the evidence police used last summer to justify an aerial surveillance operation in North California, records obtained by the nonprofit transparency group Property of the People and reporting by the Guardian… Read more.
GeekWire
APRIL 22, 2021
That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. Then submit your votes below , grab your tickets and keep reading to learn more about these worthy finalists. iUrban Teen.
Trends in the Living Networks
JUNE 14, 2021
Companies giving away a percentage of their profits to charity is the result of two trends converging: nonprofits becoming more commercial, and fully commercial businesses seeking to have a social impact. Griffiths hopes the company’s model will inspire other business owners seeking to solve big social problems. “We
GeekWire
JULY 20, 2020
Comcast is providing $50,000 to purchase 200 refurbished laptops from the computer recycling nonprofit InterConnection to provide to participants in the SJI job training program. The first round of refurbished laptops were donated to 20 participants in the program earlier this month.
GeekWire
MARCH 26, 2024
Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good. Statsig raised $43 million in 2022 from Sequoia Capital, with participation from Madrona Venture Group. The company’s total funding to date is $53 million.
GeekWire
JANUARY 19, 2022
Washington STEM announced Milton Lang as the education nonprofit’s new CEO. Washington STEM is a nonprofit organization focused on statewide education and social change. Milton Lang. Washington STEM Photo). He also held roles overseeing student life at University of California, Davis and Washington State University.
Vox
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining. That has puzzled researchers and nonprofits. But it only counts donations to religious and nonprofit organizations.
GeekWire
JUNE 5, 2023
LinkedIn Photo) Washington STEM, a nonprofit focused on statewide STEM education and social change, named Lynne K. Varner as its new CEO, effective Aug. Varner comes from Washington State University, where she held multiple leadership roles including associate vice chancellor on the Everett campus.
GeekWire
APRIL 28, 2023
His role at Portland Seed Fund is being funded by nonprofit Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network Catalyst, the Portland Business Journal reported. Former Funko Associate Director of Social Media Ashley Anderson is joining action figure-maker Super7 as director of community and social.
Venture Beast
OCTOBER 7, 2020
In a recent report, nonprofit InfluenceMap revealed evidence that Facebook is allowing climate disinformation ads to flourish on its platform. Read More.
GeekWire
OCTOBER 13, 2020
The nonprofit organization “Two Screens for Teachers” announced Tuesday that it’s purchasing a second computer monitor for every teacher who needs one, and plans to deliver about 3,000 monitors at a value of around $430,000. The two-screen setup of an elementary school teacher in Seattle. Matt Lerner, left, and Mike Matieu.
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The majority of Seattle tech workers don’t expect to ever return to their offices full time and the effects of that transition could alter everything from commercial real estate, to what social issues tech workers spend their time and money on, to downtown’s status as a business district. “This is significant,” Merriam said.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 23, 2023
FY23 report highlights Our annual environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report is how we hold ourselves accountable and stay on track to deliver on goals we will achieve by 2030 and beyond. Supported 123 nonprofits on their digital transformation journeys, keeping us on track for our goal to help 1000 nonprofit partners by 2030.
GeekWire
JANUARY 10, 2022
She also sits on the board of Seattle marketing startup Amperity, leading corporate social responsibility efforts. In 2017 he teamed up with Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs to launch social networking startup TraceMe , which was eventually acquired by Nike. They also run the nonprofit Why Not You Foundation.
The Verge
AUGUST 14, 2020
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). However, the ICE contract would appear to comply with Clearview’s earlier pledge.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 13, 2020
When Jasper Kuria considers strategies for addressing racial inequity and social injustice in the U.S., Kuria is doing his part in trying to drum up awareness for the support of Black-owned businesses, sometimes called BOBs, including a social media campaign dubbed “Do The BOB.” BOB Photo). BOB Image).
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 4, 2020
According to nonprofit group Avaaz, Facebook is failing to flag false information about the upcoming U.S. special elections in Georgia. Read More.
GeekWire
JANUARY 16, 2023
RELATED: Seattle Schools vs. Social Media: What’s at stake in the suit against TikTok, Instagram, and others. The district also blocks other “cheating tools,” Robinson said. Other school districts in New York City and Los Angeles blocked ChatGPT , which has also drawn scrutiny for producing inaccurate answers.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 18, 2023
Reports overnight indicate that a conflict between Altman’s ambitions for OpenAI and the mission of the nonprofit were at the core of the board’s decision to oust him as CEO and remove OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman as chairman. At the event, on Nov. The developer day was an issue.
Vox
APRIL 19, 2021
Now, two senators are turning their attention to the vaccine misinformation superspreaders that push the bulk of conspiracy theories and lies on social media — and asking the social media giants to take more aggressive action. Kennedy Jr., Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.
GeekWire
JANUARY 23, 2021
Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”
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