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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

Have Fun - Do Good

He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. He was named the 2012 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Before graduating he was accepted to Teach for America and has been placed at a nonprofit preschool that provides early childhood education to low income families in Los Angeles. While working for Teach for America, Alex will be pursuing his master of arts degree in early childhood education at Loyola Marymount University. Dato-on, M.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

The social enterprise model that connects marketing and financing has shown some success in addressing social problems with revenue not solely generated from donors and the government (Artz, Gramlich, & Porter, 2012). However, the impact of the “Great Recession” in 2009 and 2010 left its founders with dwindling funds.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2010. As CEO Brad Damphousse explained to TechCrunch in 2012, the company’s growth was “due to the maturation of payment processing — allowing individual users to accept credit card payments — as well as social platforms like Facebook, which tie campaigns to identity and link them to people users know.”.

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Ze Frank Takes Over (My) Museum

Museum 2.0

This 2010 TED talk is a good introduction if you haven't experienced his work before. To recreate childhood photographs. The exhibition will run from December 14, 2012 to March 4 of 2013. He is an authoritative artist of the social web with a slew of accolades and a suite of diverse projects under his belt.

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Announcing… 29 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2012!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Educate about the reality of rampant childhood sexual abuse in America: @ Darkness2Light. In addition to increased exposure and promotion, the 2012 Nonprofits will also receive 10% of the proceeds from DIOSA Communications Webinars. Related Links: Favorite Nonprofits 2010 and 2011.

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