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Cryptocurrency in the nonprofit sector: What you need to know

ASU Lodestar Center

Cryptocurrencies, particularly older " proof of work " blockchains like Bitcoin, require an enormous amount of energy, which has drawn the ire of environmentalists because much of that energy is currently generated by fossil fuels. Some estimates put crypto's global carbon footprint at a level comparable to the entire country of Argentina.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

With ingenuity and resourcefulness, women are coding new strategies to bring more women online and empower them. Over the hum of her café’s fuel-powered generator, Olutosin types, “Our center is the safest place for any woman to access the Internet in my community. Even if it is for an hour each day, women will access the Web.

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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What is Jumo? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

sgEngage

It’s a discovery process that first matches, then helps people build relationships, then let’s people share their resources.”- There are still some job openings , including a Monetization Director to help Jumo “achieve financial self-sustainability through the development of revenue-generating products.&# All Rights Reserved

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Data Digest: Global Open Data Initiative, OpenData Latinoamérica, Big Data for Disaster Response

Tech Soup

It aims to share principles and resources for governments and societies on how to best maximize open government data opportunities. A new Global Open Data Initiative has been launched through a partnership with the Web Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, Open Institute and Open Knowledge Foundation.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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