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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Why Small-Scale Farmers? That number is expected to increase in the face of climate change, conflict, and COVID-19. Emma Visman.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

They work with colleges, universities, and other organizations that embrace equity in higher learning, with a focus on historically underserved populations, including nontraditional and incarcerated students. . Areas served: US, India, South Africa. Areas served: Worldwide. International Paper Foundation. The Kresge Foundation.

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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

ASU Lodestar Center

Tan , University Service Learning /. Historically speaking, great movements occur because the conditions in which people live are intolerable. Tan is a Coordinator in ASU’s University Service Learning department, specializing in community partnerships and AmeriCorps programming. AmeriCorps Coordinator. Could I be doing more?

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8 Superpowers For Thriving In Constant Change

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Change is universal and inevitable. Seeing what most people don’t look helps you get ahead of problems. I find this is especially the case for people who haven't really thought much about their relationship to change before. Are select people, teams, or departments fluxier than others? Change is disorienting. Run Slower.

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Webinar: Monthly Donors, Social Media, and Cross-Channel Integration: Critical Tactics to Boost Your Fundraising in 2013

Care2

Finding out which people on your email list are on Facebook (without annoying them). Eric has an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University, an MA in Government and International Studies from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Political Science from the University of Wyoming.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: One of the things that I enjoyed most about IFCAsia was the networking opportunities to connect with other people in the region who share interests. We know that young people like Generation Z are future donors, so programs that help introduce philanthropy at a young age will a big pay off down the road.