Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. At that time, (RED) spoke at length about investments in global health systems, the importance of antiretroviral drugs, and so on.

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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. Seeing a problem—like the February earthquake in Turkey and Syria —many will act to mitigate it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others. TechSoup Global's Ale Bezdekian attended another San Francisco event, but it was much different from the one at San Francisco State.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2016

Silicon Valley has a problem. and globally. This is not a theoretical problem. We have seen this problem here in the United States and around the world. When we called an LGBT organization in Africa last year for a regular check-in, we found that they took the call from the back yard of their offices.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. OK, these are hard problems to solve. We'll continue to explore that key question in a couple of months when we meet again.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

These are internet-related projects which we think are worthy of funding because they address important civic problems, they will catalyze important work by others, they are imminently scalable, and they are projects which the private sector lacks sufficient incentives to undertake. Project #1 Global Development Commons. public goods

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Prior to her trip to Malawi her biggest problems revolved around school, boys and the mall. Doing Global Aids Relief from a Home Office. Maddie is from a small town in Michigan.

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Global Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Kiva’s team of data scientists and software engineers partnered with the DataRobot AI for Good program to help solve this problem by improving the way loans are promoted to lenders. Featured Photo: ICT Education and Job Creation for Rural Africa by Learning Lions gUG. LEARN MORE.

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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. All day, everyday the online masses are being bombarded with terrible news. That’s not good, not good at all.

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See3

DECEMBER 11, 2007

The goal with this project is to engage US citizens during this election year on issues of global development. The video below is called “The Problem with Subsidies&# and it is a look at how US farm subsidies impact farmers in Africa.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. Local problems, local solutions. I assumed I was well-equipped for this adventure. I got this. But that bench.

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

dollars and British pounds, and donors in India and East Africa can contribute in their local currencies via our partnerships with ImpactGuru and M-Changa. Part of being “GlobalGiving” is making sure we’re helping members of our community literally give globally! The Big Question. GlobalGiving accepts donations in U.S. Why It Matters.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. I believe the best ideas are born from a personal connection and a need to solve a problem that really matters to someone,” says McGruder. “I

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The initiative brings together an array of existing, new and enhanced global programs and partnerships that connect young people with better education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Peter has extensive international experience in Latin America and Africa and discussed the problems and solutions he sees from the ground.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Highlight the Severity of a Problem. Sometimes words alone just can’t convey how worrisome a problem has become, especially gradual ones such as climate change. Many people are under the impression climate change won’t cause problems in their lifetimes, so they don’t feel compelled to take action to stop it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Priscilla Chomba Kinywa is a digital transformation strategist with twenty years of experience working with large non-profits in 55 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Americas and the Pacific. “As Now with C40 Cities, she supports cities in the global network to develop and implement inclusive climate action plans, policies, and programs.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

TechSoup Global's vice president for Africa David Barnard did. David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). Would you do it for charity? " He's Just Getting Started.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

by Dinesh Venkateswaran, Manager - Global Data Acquisitions, TechSoup Global. multilaterals, and high-impact entrepreneurs in the social media space, mostly from the western world and Africa, besides others. most fundamental problems that people in less favourable environments. development in Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Isadora, who is only 13 years, created a Facebook group to help other teens in her country who want to make a difference in their communities and to report problems in their schools. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going. ”If your cause is true and right you have to persevere. ” Philantroteens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

Most people didn’t “get to participate” in the Arab Spring because we didn’t have an effective role in regime change beyond global support and voice amplification (a crucial role, but not the change per se) and to think otherwise would be paternalistic. Here’s the problem – these simple narratives can cause damage.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

As ImpactMax writes so beautifully, tying individual stories to overall contextual problems and societal issues can really change policies. " Check it out! "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. Why limit yourself?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

Whatever your social media problem, we'll have a cure for what ails you this June. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

It also provides tools that facilitate program management, funding development, and global collaboration. Grameen Foundation : This global microfinance nonprofit improved collaboration across four continents with Box. Before Box, it had problems with employees accessing content because its internal servers crashed frequently.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Seeing what most people don’t look helps you get ahead of problems. April Rinne is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader ranked one of the “50 Leading Female Futurists” in the world by Forbes. v, AnyRoad, and Unsettled, as well as governments ranging from Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, Italy to India.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

The four grant categories you can apply for are: education in America, democracy, international peace and security, and higher education and research in Africa. Explain the problems that your organization works to fix and the solutions you supply. The Carnegie Corporation offers four different grant programs, each with a special focus.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Million Ton Problem. The scope of the problem makes efforts to organize and strengthen the electronics refurbishment industry in Europe a pretty big deal. The organization collects and refurbishes IT and biomedical equipment in Europe and supplies it to NGOs and hospitals in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

It is an outrage that girls account for 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa, and 40% of women on the continent suffer from anemia which results in 20% of maternal deaths. 2016 is the year that real money and reforms must start to right these wrongs. For T2E Cambodia , the focus is human trafficking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A Global Neighbour Network: NABUUR.com [link]. Addressing Africa???s s Problems Through Social Networking Sites [link]. Global Women's Leadership Network [link]. Strengthening the Social Web in Africa [link]. Congrats to the list of 21! A Light on Money and Politics: MAPLight.org [link]. Freecycle.org [link].

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

The event here in Zurich is the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Summit, where roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs get together with global leaders to advance the movement. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Women are underrepresented in the field of technology, and it’s a global problem. Symantec’s grant is applied toward their Global Partnership Businesswomen’s Network in the Middle East and North Africa. Symantec Supports Women in Technology.

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