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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. These examples not only show how far the philanthropic sector has moved in connecting climate change with natural disasters. That is no longer the case. They also demonstrate how much progress is left to be made.

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Corporate Altruism: The Blurring of the Lines Between CSR and Cause Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our research started several months ago with a literature search, is focused on best practices in incorporating a social media strategy into CSR and Cause Marketing programs. In our quest we have interviewed, and continue to interview, top brands engaged in social media for social good. on November 5, 2010. If so, how?

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits and Businesses – Debra's latest post has a list of ten guiding principles for social media in our work – they aren't necessarily new, but they are incredibly important and true! "A Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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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

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters. Another more recent example of Ushahidi's expanding work is its efforts in the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

Museum 2.0

I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. I came on in 2010 to start the statewide nonprofit network. For example, kids and tools. I knew I could learn a lot from it. It''s powerful.

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TechSoup Global Donor Partner Profile: BetterWorld Telecom

Tech Soup

BetterWorld Telecom is one of our newer ones having been with us since 2010. B Corps are private sector companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Upon occasion we like to say a bit more about our now 75 great donor partners.

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