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Call for Abstracts: The International Conference on Knowledge Economy in South Africa

Forum One

This looks like a fascinating event to take place in South Africa this October: The International Conference on Knowledge Economy. OECD suggests that innovation has changed from a linear model to a non linear and more complex relationship-based model.

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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

By doing so, we’ve launched a new phase in the Martus project: the development of a truly interconnected Martus community, in which users work not only with Benetech, but also with each other. I head out again soon to meet with potential Martus users in Southern Africa – in other words, I’m returning to focus on specific projects.

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . I mean the resources really seem to be endless. .

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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit 2007

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Schwab Foundation board members Paolo Coehlo (the noted Brazilian author), Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa) and Hilde Schwab, the co-founder of the Schwab Foundation. But, tonight I'll be in Davos and getting ready for the next phase of this trip! Matthew Bishop of the Economist Magazine made some interesting points.

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8 Ways Nonprofits Can Help P2P Fundraisers Meet & Exceed Their Goals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The honeymoon phase is over and we’re in that mid-campaign slump… Have no fear though, it happens with every peer-to-peer campaign. Essentially, they noticed that mortality rates were decreasing for all age groups except adolescents, particularly in Eastern/Southern Africa. Hi Fundraisers, It’s official. Sincerely, Thomas S.

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Creating Jewish Connection with Harold Grinspoon Foundation + Salesforce

Cloud 4 Good

Phase 1: Service Desk + Customer Support. Establishing a scalable data model to support rapid growth helped create a holistic understanding of HGF’s impact on communities. A better understanding of customer support needs and a dependable single source of truth have both been achieved through the organization’s initial Salesforce phase.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The team laid out the figure below: Benetech's Equilibrium Change Model Looking at this summary of how Benetech operates, it was clear to me that our theory of change matched the framework from Osberg and Martin. We can just blow up the old model while striving for the next phase of equilibrium change. The first was the ebook.

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