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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. Supporting them is not only essential to the global community’s food supply, but also to the day-to-day well-being of the communities in which they work and live. Why Small-Scale Farmers?

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Why I gave $20.09

Amy Sample Ward

years, I have been working extremely hard to build an organization from scratch that makes it really easy for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference. I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. fundraising campaign started: For the last 2.5

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. David Wilcox has been doing a lot of thinking about re-inventing membership organizations or associations given that one can connect and meet people who share their interests online more easily with social media tools. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge !

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Global delegates. The BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) is a global conference focused on nonprofit leadership at the highest level – the board of directors. TechNow connects you with the resources, information and people your nonprofit needs to succeed! Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews.

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How 7 Nonprofit Organisations Amplify Their Program Impact

Saleforce Nonprofit

Thomas Pocklington Trust, whose mission is to support blind and partially sighted people of all ages to live the life they want to lead, uses Salesforce Long-Term Case Management to better manage their cases and programs and elevate the level of service they provide to users. Aligning Across Affiliates. Reporting on Impact.

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