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January 3, 2011

Microvolunteering Monday: Help Health Nonprofits with Online Giving, Logos, Thank You Letters, Business Cards and Social Media

by Britt Bravo

Welcome to the first 2011 edition of Microvolunteering Monday, where we highlight a sampler of microvolunteering challenges on Sparked.  This week's Microvolunteering Monday is focused on challenges posted by nonprofits working on Health issues.

To start working on one of these micro-volunteering challenges, log into your Sparked account.  Also, if you know of other health-related nonprofits that could use help from the Sparked microvolunteering network, send them a link to the nonprofit sign-up page.

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana needs your help with:

  • Writing a witty thank you letter
  • Optimizing their website for online giving

Chimo Animal Assisted Therapy needs your help with:

  • Designing a logo

Miami-Dade Area Health Education Center needs your help with:

  • Social media tips
  • Brainstorming 5 revenue-generating ideas

Moebius Syndrome Foundation needs your help with:

  • Creating a newsletter template

Philos Help needs your help with:

  • Brainstorming ways to use social media to get the word out about their fundraising campaign
  • Optimizing their website for online giving

Progressive Health Partnership needs your help with:

  • Designing a business card

 Save a Mother

  • Identifying bloggers they should connect with

Britt Bravo writes for the Sparked.com blog and her personal blog, Have Fun, Do Good.

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November 6, 2009

New @Extraordinaries mission: Help MoveSmart.org compile access to community information nationwide. #moving #housing

by Sparked Team

ABOUT MOVESMART.ORG

MoveSmart.org fosters vibrant and diverse neighborhoods by empowering housing seekers to move to opportunity.

Until now, information on neighborhoods has been buried in the back of academic reports, pinned to community center bulletin boards, and locked in data sets only available to planners, inaccessible to those who would benefit from it the most: housing seekers looking for a better neighborhood. MoveSmart.org will leverage the power of this information by combining these and other data sources into a single mapping engine built into a full-featured site that includes guides, tools, calculators, forums, and social networks, all designed to foster racial and economic integration.

Previous integration initiatives have proven costly and focused on families receiving public aid. Housing seekers with unlimited funds have always had the luxury of living where they choose. But for millions of families who have limited resources, finding the right neighborhood is difficult. MoveSmart.org will educate housing seekers about the benefits of integrative moves while at the same time providing suggestions on where to move, guides on how to move, and information on how to get involved in their new neighborhoods, inspiring pride in a new community and putting them on a path to true integration.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

MoveSmart.org has called in The Extraordinaries to help them compile information about communities nationwide.

Download The Extraordinaries iPhone app, and get involved today:
http://download.BeExtra.org

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Kim Bale is the Community Outreach Intern for The Extraordinaries. She has also been published in Curve Magazine.

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November 6, 2009

New @Extraordinaries mission: Help @autisumspeaks raise autism awareness around the world. #autism #iphoneapp

by Sparked Team

Screen shot 2009-11-05 at T5-9.34P (PST) ABOUT AUTISM SPEAKS

Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). The other pervasive developmental disorders are PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified), Asperger's Syndrome, Rett Syndrome and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. Many parents and professionals refer to this group as Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Today, it is estimated that one in every 150 children is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. An estimated 1.5 million individuals in the U.S. and tens of millions worldwide are affected by autism. Government statistics suggest the prevalence rate of autism is increasing 10-17 percent annually. There is not established explanation for this increase, although improved diagnosis and environmental influences are two reasons often considered. Studies suggest boys are more likely than girls to develop autism and receive the diagnosis three to four times more frequently. Current estimates are that in the United States alone, one out of 94 boys is diagnosed with autism.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Autism Speaks has called in The Extraordinaries to help them document and raise autism awareness in communities around the world.

Download The Extraordinaries iPhone app, and get involved today:
http://download.BeExtra.org

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Kim Bale is the Community Outreach Intern for The Extraordinaries. She has also been published in Curve Magazine.

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November 6, 2009

New @Extraordinaries mission: Help @natureabounds take environmental action. #nonprofit #environment #iphoneapp #eco

by Sparked Team

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ABOUT NATURE ABOUNDS

Nature Abounds educates and empowers citizens to sustain their community through environmental stewardship such as watershed protection, conservation of native flora and fauna, and overall "going green".

Nature Abounds takes a two-tier approach to achieving our goals.  For example, while educating citizens of all ages about "going green" and "environmental stewardship" on the national level, we also work with local officials overseeing public lands, such as national and state forest areas and designated waterways, on preserving our local environment through community involvement.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Nature Abounds has called in The Extraordinaries to help raise awareness and create more sustainable, environmentally conscious communities

Download The Extraordinaries iPhone app, and get involved today:
http://download.BeExtra.org

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Kim Bale is the Community Outreach Intern for The Extraordinaries. She has also been published in Curve Magazine.

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May 5, 2009

How nonprofits are using the iPhone: AMBER Alert

by Sparked Team

Featured Today: AMBER Alert
Gone are the days to look out for missing children on milk cartons and junk mail flyers. Keeping up with the times, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has created an iPhone application that not only holds a repository of all missing children in the U.S., but allows the user to filter missing children by state. Kind of a chilling way to start the day, but nonetheless a great way to increase public awareness and public response. One thing I would like to see in the app are statistics and studies to how and why kids go missing in the first place, especially 2 year olds. For more posts on how nonprofits are using the iPhone, click the "Nonprofits & iPhone" category.

Who?
Amber Alert

Where to find it?
http://www.zdziarski.com/projects/amberalert/

What is it?
"This application from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is designed to help in the search and safe recovery of missing children.

It includes:

-A real-time feed of active AMBER Alerts including information about the vicitm, the abductor, and other details like the kind of vehicle they may be traveling in or the area where they may be located. -A listing of missing children from NCMEC including photos and any known details about the circumstances of their disappearence.-A listing of missing children from NCMEC organized by the states from where they are missing.

If a user has information about a case or has seen one of the missing children, they can press a button and automatically call NCMEC's toll free 24-hour hotline, or send a resport that inclues their current GPS coordinates and their phone number in case more details are needed."

Cost: Free

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January 29, 2009

Presentation to Stanford Computer Science for Social Good Class

by Ben Rigby

Just went down to Stanford to present to a class of CS majors (most of 'em) about doing technology work in the social sector. Great that a class like this is happening – wasn't much crossover between engineering and people concerned with social impact when I graduated 14 years ago. Change. Good. I like it. Here is the PPT preso from the talk (minus some of the top secret parts):

Stanford Computer Science for Social Good Presentationhttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=stanford012909v1-1233292270945042-3&stripped_title=stanford-computer-science-for-social-good-presentation-presentation
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Hey, Stanford, if you have that video of the class up somewhere public, let me know and I'll link to that too.

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