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MARCH 27, 2012

Virgin Money Giving hits 100m in donations - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits : Virgin Money Giving has facilitated 100m of donations two and a half years after its launch, the online giving platform has announced.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Who is Corporate Philanthropy for? Arundhati Roy Says It’s Not Who You Think - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy. : For India, “Trickledown hasn’t worked,” Roy writes. “But Gush-Up certainly has.” And it’s not just Roy’s analysis that makes this piece worthy of your time. It’s also her utterly stunning prose. Take, for instance, this passage: “As Gush-Up concentrates wealth on to the tip of a shining pin on which our billionaires pirouette, tidal waves of money

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MARCH 30, 2012

Press Release Leading Businesswomen and Philanthropist Launches Online Gateway Connecting People Wanting to do Good - MarketWatch : Shari Arison launches 'Goodnet' - providing thousands of global opportunities for doing good Launched today, Goodnet.org is a further social investment by Shari Arison to support people to independently take action globally and do good for community and society.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Using Pinterest to Drive Social Commerce | NetWitsThinkTank.com : So, instead of stopping at 101 tactics, we are forging ahead. I recently debuted tactic 102 on the Frogloop blog. Enjoy! Use Pinterest to Drive Social Commerce.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Patents for Humanity : Participants will send in applications describing how they've used their patented technology or products to address humanitarian challenges. Judges will choose winners in four categories: medical technology, food and nutrition, clean technology and information technology. Winners will receive a certificate for accelerated processing of select patent USPTO matters.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Institute's Mobile Apps Are Built By Hands of Those with Autism CIO.com : Called the nonPareil Institute (for "no equal"), the company builds apps for iPhone and Android phones and PCs. The 11 staffers provide 80 students who are on the autism spectrum , which includes Asperger's Syndrome, technical training and help adjusting to a work environment.

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MARCH 27, 2012

ATM giving to be widely enabled in 2012 - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits : UK cash machine network Link plans to enable users to make charitable donations from any of its 64,500 nationwide ATM sites before the end of the year.

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