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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. The government printed money like never before to pay for quantitative easing in an attempt to save the economy, devaluing everyone’s savings in the process. Let’s start with the basics. Why does that matter?

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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following the disputed re-election of the sitting Kenyan president. With Ushahidi’s help, election watchers, human rights activists, international media, and foreign governments will have a much better view of developments on the ground. The tool was Ushahidi.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

So, to help these ideas come to life, our next phase will focus on working directly with farmers and those in the field to get their feedback, and shape a useful, scalable, sustainable solution. These ideas are just the start. In order to make them successful, we need the input of those using a potential solution. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Revamped Politics Online Conference Ready for Its Closeup - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List | Main | Props to MyEmma for Doing Good » Wednesday Feb 27 2008 Revamped Politics Online Conference Ready for Its Closeup Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:02PM | by Heather Holdridge I’ve been attending IPDI’s Politics Online Conference since 2004.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

Have Fun - Do Good

On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. We now know that groups of people who are strongly tied together, there are government studies, Harvard studies, that show us this, vote more often. They're less sick. They're less in poverty.

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