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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

This week the revolutionary data driven philanthropy of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is featured and a call for beneficiary inclusion in Markets for Good goes out. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy. Data Philanthropy: Where are we now.

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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region. It began with a bench, and how I came to be standing before that particular bench.

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The Networked NGO: Translating the Networked Nonprofit and 1-11-11 Club

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The presentation was an opportunity to share some insights about working internationally and from sharing the ideas from the book from trip to Kenya / UK last November. I got a chance to meet Stephanie Lai , who works at the Packard Foundation and is a member of the YouTube Symphony.

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What is Corporate Giving? The Ultimate Guide to Earning More

Nonprofits Source

Whether you’re a nonprofit trying to raise funds or a business looking to expand its corporate philanthropy programs, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know about corporate giving. Did you know that actively disengaged employees cost the organizations they work for $483-$605 billion per year ?

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. Find a summary of the report by Chronicle of Philanthropy's Nicole Wallace. The social good impact of this field to encourage wealth distribution in Africa is immense. Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent.

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2012 Nonprofit Technology Year in Review

Tech Soup

"Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. " She maintains that we are only at the beginning of learning how to use data well for social purposes and philanthropy. Smartphone shipments exceeded those of PCs in 2011. Social Media Really Does Work for Fundraising.

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