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Bitcoin for Nonprofits: Cryptocurrency Fundraising for the Future

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Bitcoin was launched on January 3, 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis and bank bailouts. Bitcoin is a digital cash with no middle-men, no central authority, and truly peer-to-peer in a way that couldn’t be censored or controlled. By Alex Wilson , Director of BlockShop DC and founding partner of The Giving Block.

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Research on Gender Pay Gap in Nonprofit Sector

Top Nonprofits

The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University has been listening to those working in the nonprofit sector for years. Since 2008, extensive research and conversations have revealed the state of women in nonprofit careers. About Author. Amy DeVita. Amy DeVita is managing partner at TopNonprofits.

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The Mother-Led Movement to Save Our Kids’ Climate

Saleforce Nonprofit

It embodies the universal instinct to protect and care for children. FBE: I’d say three things: Motivation — As a parent who has been involved with climate change since 2008, I know what’s at stake for our children. About the Authors: Photo credit: Appendix Fotografi. The parent voice carries acute moral and emotional weight.

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Interview with Lindsay Gruber: Building Corporate Resilience through Pro Bono Volunteerism

Saleforce Nonprofit

When that happened, it became clear that the same skills were universally applicable, and the value in offering those skills became clear. We did a survey of hundreds of professionals during the 2008 and 2009 downturn, and found that often wasn’t the case. That’s been a really big shift in volunteering over the last few years.

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New Girl Effect Video: What Are Your Favorite NGO's Serving Girls?

Have Fun - Do Good

Many of you probably saw the original Girl Effect video in 2008, which laid out the connection between educating girls in the "developing" world and reducing poverty and HIV/AIDS. I was hesitant to promote the Girl Effect, just like I was when I wrote about it in 2008 , because it is produced by the Nike Foundation.

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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

ASU Lodestar Center

Some academic authors are going to use the hyphen. Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. in organizational sociology at the University of Minnesota with a study of the causes of nonprofit organization closure. My newspaper is always going to use the hyphen. Some of my students are going to use the hyphen. think tank.

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6 Road Trips Reveal Critical Lessons For Business Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Applying economic reasoning to the strategic questions that challenge any business, the authors reveal what real American small businesses can teach us beyond the bounds of most MBA programs or curriculum. For the small businesses we met with, growth was a nearly universal aspiration.

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