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6 Generations of Giving: Who Gives the Most and How They Prefer to Give

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When we look at the giving landscape in North America, the preferences and motivations for giving vary across different generations. Environmental issues, education, and children’s welfare are some of the areas that resonate with this generation. Donate their time and spread the word on social media.

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25 Global Trends in Giving That Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Increased access to online and mobile giving technology in Africa, Asia, and South America will likely grow these numbers significantly in coming years. Launched in 2012, #GivingTuesday has tremendous opportunity to grow into a global day of giving that could raise hundreds of millions of dollars for organizations. North America.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The intent is to create an annual national day of giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving or this year on November 27, 2012. The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. Giving Tuesday is also promoting many of the ideas in Giving 2.0 by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not only is this unjust, it’s also a huge waste of potential with serious global consequences. Millions of girls are being denied an education right at a time when it has the power to transform their lives and the world around them. Every day, girls are taken out of school, married far too young, and subjected to violence in school.

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Great reads from around the web on June 15th

Amy Sample Ward

About 75 percent of young people who provided data for the 2012 Millennial Impact Report said they gave money to a nonprofit in 2011, while 70 percent said they have helped solicit donations by encouraging colleagues and others to support a cause." Feeding America has utilized numerous Call2Action Sparks.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My biggest takeaway from the summit: the time could not be more urgent, and more hopeful, for the future of braille and the prospects of those who need it. One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Alex Flores , Teach For America. This brand recognition is what makes The Red Cross the go-to organization in times of disaster. 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. As part of a.