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

Saleforce Nonprofit

He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Casper has 12 years of experience in managing scalable digital solutions in developing countries.

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Why I gave $20.09

Amy Sample Ward

I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. Peter Deitz is the man behind Social Actions and here’s is how the $20.09 fundraising campaign started: For the last 2.5

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Breadline Africa's Blogger Bakeoff: Bake Bread, Give Dough

Have Fun - Do Good

Sign on up for Breadline Africa's Blogger Bakeoff , a year-long campaign (October 15, 2008-October 15, 2009) to raise 1 million dollars for Breadline Africa's projects by, "baking bread and giving dough." Make a donation to Breadline Africa. Here's how it works. Join the campaign.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. South Africa / $250. South Africa. General / #fcny / @FastCompany. 2016 MNN Annual Conference. 2016 MNN Annual Conference. Massachusetts Nonprofit Network / Framingham, MA / $225. 11/28/2016. Global Summit on Community Philanthropy. Dec 13 - 14.

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Webinar: eCampaign 2012 - Killer Tactics to Drive Elections with Online Fundraising And Social Media

Care2

Her work has been recognized with a 2008 Golden Dot award for Online Dream Team and two prestigious Pollie awards. Eric has an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University, an MA in Government and International Studies from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Political Science from the University of Wyoming.