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Client Spotlight: Joseph Maley Foundation

Qgiv

According to the WHO, “The day is about promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities at every level of society and development, and to raise awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of political, social, economic, and cultural life.”. Who they are. What you can do.

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Has Your Nonprofit Considered Race and Class in Your Social Media Strategy?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd (@ zephoria ) says though experts once thought the internet would help destroy racial barriers, “all of the divisions that exist in every day life, including those by race and class, actually re-emerge online” Excerpt from Social Media for Social Good : .

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

In recent years, we have seen the growth of technology interventions that help small-scale farmers access life-saving information to protect their livelihoods and their families. Senior Humanitarian Climate Crisis Advisor, Save the Children International. However, there’s a lot more work to be done. These ideas are just the start.

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Guest Post: Why Haven’t Foundations Responded to the Newtown Shootings?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On a personal note, I come from a small town in Western Pennsylvania, where “people cling to their guns” as President Obama clumsily stated in the 2008 campaign. But the reality that has struck home in the wake of the Newtown school shooting is this: most people cling to their children even more dearly than they cling to their guns.

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Qgiv Partner Showcase: Achieve

Qgiv

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Research Friday: So, where is Bob?

ASU Lodestar Center

So, I was intrigued with a report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites. 1] (In 2008, 26% of adults used an SNS.) This is significantly higher than the 65% of Americans that belonged to at least one voluntary group in 2008."

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Metaphors

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Think about how powerful the use of the metaphors around the "war on terror" are, and how differently we’d think about our world and our life if the prevailing metaphor were one of "catching criminals who use terrorist tactics." Metaphors are powerful in terms of the way we think about things.