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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. BB: Can you talk a little bit about the program, how long it is, what the women learn, and what some of the challenges are for them to make the training happen within their every day life?

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

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For me, meditation is a practice of sitting down for half an hour every morning, or whatever the case is, and practicing awareness. What that means is that sometimes I start seeing things that I wasn't aware of before in myself, like my own motivations for things. Essentially, I came to activism from compassion.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

They can share their own personal story for why they’re involved in your organization, how their involvement has perhaps changed their life or their perspectives, and how we can really leverage their stories to help generate momentum and energy around the work that you’re doing. We also want people who have a unique perspective.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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I actually started out with International Studies, and more academic. I realize now that it wasn't an accident, this life journey. They wanted more training in-depth, and they wanted to really learn how to use all these different tools to get ahead in life and advance their dreams. I've realized that they're very related.

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Girls' Night Out with a Twist: Dining for Women and the Power of Giving Circles

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Marsha Wallace: Dining for Women is an international giving circle, and our mission is to support and empower self-sufficiency for women and girls who live in extreme poverty in developing countries. And most people are not aware of all these kinds of facts, and the struggles that women face. In 2011, we're going to Nepal.

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How Technology Barriers Slow Down Nonprofit Innovation In the Global South

Global Giving

Heartbreakingly, this reality is amplified further when you examine the Global South, and the life-changing work being done by small organizations there. In order to democratize the nonprofit technology space, a few things have to happen: Companies need to understand how international and local development actually works.

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