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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. This prompted some amazing questions for children that age anywhere: How many jets did you take to get to India? I look forward to seeing how this start up transforms early childhood education in India.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. These ventures offer solid rates of return as well as environmental and/or social benefits, sometimes called blended value. An easy example is green technology. Some are calling it impact investing.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization. This blending of different groups interests me now. I heard about it in Hyderabad, India, at an Ashoka-Lemelson Foundation event.