Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. As extreme weather makes front-page headlines year-round, each news cycle brings fresh evidence that we are living in unprecedented times.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Bezos Earth Fund awards $443 million for climate justice, conservation. The Bezos Earth Fund has announced grants totaling $443 million in support of nonprofits working to advance climate justice, nature conservation and restoration, and the tracking of critical climate goals. Grants totaling $23.5 December 8, 2021.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Earth Day is a great time to support these initiatives, in addition to the year-round work that nonprofit organizations commit their mission to achieve for us all. CELI does this work by equipping emerging leaders and professionals with the skills and expertise to lead the transition to a clean energy economy. Connect with CELI: .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

A citizen of Paraguay, he is the founder of Fundación Paraguaya , a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurs in Paraguay and Africa through microcredit and entrepreneurship education. Martín has worked tirelessly to disseminate the social innovations he has created in Paraguay throughout the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For example, you can learn how much money you need to raise to sponsor a client, fund a meal, conserve an acre, etc. Then, create a crowdfunding site for your campaign and get to work sharing it with your networks. One example is Innovation: Africa ‘s ongoing iCampaign. Innovation: Africa’s Fundraiser Signup.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We know technology alone won’t solve these issues alone, but we think it can help those who are working to address the issue amplify their impact. For the last 20+ years, she has worked in management with and for nonprofit organizations. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy. Clayton Aldern.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We need a multi-billion-dollar nature restoration and conservation market to support the climate and the SDGs, but we also need to educate investors. Often, we don’t invest in nature restoration or conservation because we don’t know what large-scale restoration would look like. We need to show people what is possible.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2013

Jim Shemaria from Grace Ministries International walked in to Interconnection in Seattle and asked for a 20-station computer lab that he could fit in his luggage and take with him on the plane to a school in Africa. It is a sub-Saharan country on the East coast of Africa that is about twice the size of California.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

From famine in Africa to war in the Middle East to global economic collapse, people are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by all the tweets, status updates, photos, and videos of gloom, doom, and despair. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival. 2) The rise of the Internet troll. 3) Social media burnout.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

Sure, work is being done and lives are being improved, but the impact is often times minimal. A portion of sales from each shirt also aided the zoo’s work to conserve wild orangutans. Similarly, a portion of proceeds aids CCF’s work. But this is just one way that nonprofits and causes can combat slacktivism.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 29, 2014

Last week, I learned that ninety-six elephants are killed every day in Africa. I would guess that most people have no idea that this work is happening at zoos. I had a vague sense of how conservation fit into their educational missions, but I didn''t realize the extent of the direct advocacy and activism happening every day.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

He also ran his own Internet marketing business working with brands such as VitaminWater and SmartWater. Over the last 10 years, Sarah has worked on issues related to food sovereignty, genetic engineering, and local food security. REGISTER to attend this FREE Expert Webinar on TUESDAY, JANUARY 29th at 2PM ET.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. They are perfect for wildlife conservation, search and rescue, and understanding what is needed in disaster relief. In Africa, conservation drones are being used to locate rhinoceros poachers. Assessing disaster-stricken areas. Tracking storms. Search and rescue. In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

North Africa who have university degrees, but they are more likely to be unemployed than their less-educated peers due to the realities of the. dramatic decline in the working age population, due to emigration and. In Asia, we see a large number of working poor, particularly in rural. In Asia, 70% of working youth.

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Care2

JULY 23, 2012

Prior to this, Ghazal worked at the award-winning public relations firm Hayes & Associates as a development consultant leading event fundraising efforts. In addition to his work in the environmental advocacy arena, Eric has extensive experience working on political and issue campaigns from Wyoming to South Africa.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Did you know that actively disengaged employees cost the organizations they work for $483-$605 billion per year ? Plus, 71% of employees say it’s important to them to work at a company that contributes to nonprofits, demonstrating that corporate giving programs can help businesses retain their employees.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

To recognize the tireless work of volunteers that support the nonprofit sector, we’ll be publishing a blog post every day this week to celebrate their contributions. NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Even more inspiring was to learn more about the work that PopTech Fellows are doing to change the world. The goal: a movement powerful enough to respond to any conservation emergency anywhere swiftly and efficiently, reverse the catastrophic loss of habitats and species and secure the future of wildlife in Africa, Asia and around the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The more work you can do before publicly launching, the more time you’ll have to focus on communicating with your donors and fundraisers. We purposely set a more conservative goal so that our staff could feel the motivating rush of achieving it, and then we could push to exceed the original goal. Keep up the great work!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2012

In my mind, the comparison works this way: DM=oil TM=coal DRTV=Nuclear Email= Natural gas Mobile, social, geolocation= solar, wind, geothermal. Campaigns aren't going to work like you thought they would. To reinforce the two points above, "conservation" alone is not the solution. Starting to sound pretty familiar?

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Even better, nonprofits are giving back to the web analytics community because our experienced analysts work directly with “student learners” so that they can gain valuable “hands on” interaction with web data. . Cindy Olnick, Director of Communications, Los Angeles Conservancy). It is that simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

Joitske Hulsebosch, who lives and works in Netherlands, writes a blog called " Communities of practice for development " where she writes about topics related to her work of facilitating processes at different levels; teams, groups, organizations, networks, and communities of practice. You work, you travel for work, you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

February: So, maybe your true love is trying to work off those extra pounds holiday pounds and really wouldn't appreciate the chocolate. So, what better way to love the earth than contributing to a charity that works on environmental issues. What about a gift in their honor to celebrate the special day. It's your choice.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

Oxfam Unwrapped – Oxfam is well-known for working to end poverty and injustice worldwide, but wanted to find a way to show how the money supporters donated went to provide simple things to people, villages and movements around the globe.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

I just read the new book from Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, and strategy guru Roger Martin, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works. But, it’s always useful to explore the framework of one’s work. Osberg & Martin, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, 2015.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

To this day, it is still considered one of the finest works in the history of Japanese literature. Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga (under her literary pseudonym Gabriela Mistral) was the first Latin American woman to win a Nobel Prize for literature for her poetic work, Sonnets of Death. Gabriela Mistral. Do you love ladies in literature?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

A short case study about the Nature Conservancy uses e-metrics. Global NpTech Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT to those in remote and rural communities in the developing world, mostly in Africa. Here's your chance to vote on sessions and suggest speakers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

So, our role at TransFair is to work with the companies to certify their supply chain, to audit their books and to give consumers that guarantee that when you see the Fair Trade Certified label on a product, you know the farmers got a fair deal. BB: What are the challenges of your work? BB: What brought you to this work?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

This latest one spotlights the many great interns, associates and fellows that are or were working for Benetech over this summer and into this year. Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

My brother, at the time, he was working in Europe, and Rooibos and Honeybush were very popular there and here nobody had ever heard of them. Then, of course, when you run a business, it's not that easy, you always have to have cash flow working in your favor, so I think we have become profitable this past year, so that's good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. What were the concerns?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For example, check out this video for Village Enterprise , a nonprofit devoted to ending extreme poverty in rural Africa: The video shows the story of Margaret, a small business owner, told through the perspective of Margaret’s grandchild. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

After completing the course, the students will be doing an internship as part of their field work, being placed in international organizations in the US and other places in the world. They will be doing a variety of work tasks (not just social media and networks). Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.

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Global Giving

MARCH 26, 2018

Having been blessed with the opportunity to spend decades in the nonprofit sector, and now working everyday to build technology for the sector, I’ve gained a further appreciation for the value of accessibility—especially when it comes to technology. The global need for accessible technology. Innovation in the Global South.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day. That donors in an age of social media, will come to your organization with the expectation of being full partners in your work, not just an ATM machine to be tapped when cash is needed. . We treat our donors as partners in our programs.”.

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