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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit 2007

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Schwab Foundation board members Paolo Coehlo (the noted Brazilian author), Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa) and Hilde Schwab, the co-founder of the Schwab Foundation. Skoll and Schwab have the two leading social entrepreneurship networks for senior practitioners, and it's great to see them working together to advance the movement.

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These are the best numbers we’ve seen since the beginning of the Great Recession in late December 2007. BFAS runs the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the United States and works nationwide to create a time of No More Homeless Pets. Best Friends Animal Society Store. Field Museum Online Store. for our children’s future.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too. There is an interesting case study of the marketing of Tampax and Africa on the Cause Related Marketing Blog. Recently, in working with a number of our domestic violence organizations we came up with a logo for the message. It’s pretty interesting.

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Michelle, the consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work. Gotta work on that.

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Nedspace Co-Working Space in Portland, Oregan will send three Cambodians to college if.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have used social media to help raise the money for her tuition through the Sharing Foundation in 2007 and 2008. NedSpace is a 7,500 square ft co-working space for startups, innovative tech companies, artists, nonprofits and social entrepreneurs located in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon. What could be better than that?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Organization: Women for Women International. Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Although we had been trading letters for two years , I met Sopharath face-to-face in 2007 and recorded this interview. She is working two jobs, one is at the Bamboo Indochine store at the airport. She graduated from college and is married. The photo above is Keo Savon with me this summer in Cambodia.

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