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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday. A simple commitment.

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

I have talked many times before about the way we as nonprofit organizations and changemakers set our goals. (If I see this lesson in the local councils of London trying to open up their data and their leadership. What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) Are you fueling with love? To Mama With Love.

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Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time

Have Fun - Do Good

One year she made each of us a sweater with a story. Betty Christiansen's book, Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time , captures 28 stories of people and organizations who are using knitting to comfort, empower and heal. This one definitely tops my list, and I don't even knit. Abrams site.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006

Have Fun - Do Good

I had planned to include his newest book, The Audacity of Hope , in this year's list, but now that I work from home and commute less, I have less time to read on the bus and BART. Dreams is his personal story, while Audacity is more of a reflection on American politics and culture. Both books are crazily well-written.

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Nonprofit Data Could Be The Missing Piece In Your CSR Strategy

Global Giving

To get a sense of the complexity involved in connecting these groups to make an impact, take three countries’ unique nonprofit data stories: Organizations have a variety of registration types. Local sources of data are decentralized. More than 100 individual courts house the registration data for their local nonprofit organizations.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

And we’re going to try to save some time at the end for Q&A so don’t be shy. Even ran into each other a couple of times in Idaho, which was cool. You know, with some fundraising coming up, end of year fundraising, as you probably know, 30% of all the money given comes at this time of year. Tell a story.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

"I think that people have long associated feminism with older white women and the idea of bringing that back to women of color, and bringing it back to young women of color and asking them what it means is an exciting time for me." In particular, it is important to think about what young women need to be thinking about in this moment of time.