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Client Spotlight: Joseph Maley Foundation

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Joseph Maley Foundation , established in 2008, is cultivating a more accepting, respectful, and inclusive community through education and service programs for youth. The program includes speakers and different activities for children in preschool through eighth grade. Many schools wanted to bring this programming to their students.

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How to Keep Donors Engaged Using Emerging Technologies

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Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. To date, Pencils of Promise has built nearly 600 schools worldwide, and over 130K students are currently enrolled in those schools.

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Guest Post: Murphy’s Law — sometimes simpler is better in technology for volunteer management

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Some people emailed me their availability while others signed up on a google sheet (Google Forms wasn’t even a thing then, it came out in 2008). Fast forward to 2020 and I’m working with an incredible education non-profit in New York City which provides programming to and through college for underrepresented students.

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China Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just received an update from KK Tse entitled The Most Inspiring Story from the Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship, talking about 1KG More, a social enterprise that implemented Voluntourism: combining backpacking with delivering books and other gifts for rural Chinese children. The owners of these two books will become a "twin".

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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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Edwin Shneidman (left) at his home in Los Angeles, California with Maurizio Pompili, who was the recipient of the 2008 Shneidman Award. The foundation’s mission is to help people like Amber through their educational programs for students, parents, teachers, staff, and community members. Agencies from within the U.S.

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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. The teacher introduced me as a visitor from America and asked if there the children wanted to ask me any questions. They start the day with a student posting an inspirational quote on the board.

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Train for Humanity is looking for new participants!

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The initial phase of Train for Humanity ran for four months from September to December 2008. DPDO supports the operation of fifteen elementary schools in North Darfur and they are responsible for teacher salaries and providing classroom supplies (Total Enrollment: 8300 students; Teachers: 160 plus 56 support staff).

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