Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In celebration of the occasion of getting to meet this huge hero of mine, I’ve outlined five ways that companies, institutions, and nonprofits can harness technological innovations to advance financial inclusion and empower the world’s most vulnerable people: 1. It’s making life better and business easier for people everywhere.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

Next, I went to the Social Entrepreneurs Corner (a space set aside for the SEs) and ended up talking in detail with Iftekhar of Waste Concern from Bangladesh about the idea they floated in the bar a couple days ago for software to help cities reduce their carbon footprint.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 19, 2006

People often ask me what is the benefit of being identified as a social entrepreneur? My answer is two things: it helps me raise money for Benetech and the people I meet who are also social entrepreneurs are my closest peers in the world. When I travel to new places, I always try to connect with other social entrepreneurs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 27, 2010

A few of the more experienced SEs join the Foundation staff in helping the new attendees get the maximum value out of the conference. Every year I’m amazed at the cool SEs I’ve never heard of, each of whom seem to be changing the lives of a million people already (something I’m still aspiring towards!).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I hope you can take a moment to tell us how donations you've gotten through TechSoup have helped you serve your community. It first works with local community people to see what its children need and then tailors programs that are specific to that locale. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. Below are five opportunities for nonprofits: #1 Be a connector Reporters are always on a deadline, and they are always looking for relevant people to quote that can offer a unique perspective. and James L.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 13, 2006

According to the organization's web site: The Grameen Bank provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. With 2,226 branches, GB provides services in 71,371 villages, covering more than 100 percent of the total villages in Bangladesh. As of May 2006, it has 6.61

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

charity: water , a nonprofit that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, is leading the way when it comes to redefining nonprofit marketing; they are exceptional at inbound marketing, focusing on creating powerful content to inspire people to join their cause. We want our donors to be advocates.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

1 Throughout the day, we''ll be live blogging sessions from MCON13 , a virtual conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. You find the number of leaders and the way people lead are so vast in the story of heroes that we forget the real story of leadership--we all have a shtick. Be: who am I as a leader?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Our biggest challenge now is finding the right people to join our team. Of course, the MacArthur people make a big deal out of the lack of obligation or reporting ("you'll never have to talk to us again," said Daniel Socolow, the head of the program). we need help. Here's my latest President's Update. But, I don't feel that way!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Send A Postcard from the Hunger site As we approach the annual Thanksgiving feast , there are more than 850 million people in the world who go hungry. The Hunger Site promotes ways to help prevent hunger deaths every day and to help promote awareness through easy and quick online activities. Visitors pay nothing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

   His goal was to inspire other people, just like him, to be the generation that helps end extreme poverty.  m just a guy who - like a lot of people - was always concerned about important issues like global poverty but wasn???t    He says it better in his own words: I??? .  

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims. There are digital literacy trainings for women springing up in Bangladesh, Internet cafés for women opening doors in Argentina, and women leaders in Kenya prototyping mobile apps that send out alerts if a woman’s safety is threatened. That’s just the beginning.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

On October 13th Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank, which provides credit to the rural poor of Bangladesh. either way, as Tess Thompson of the Arch Words blog , notes about the article, "[T]he underlying question-- What is the best way to help lift poor people out of poverty? --is

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2018

Inspiring people to take online surveys is tough! We are grateful to the 3,573 people who have taken the 2018 Global Trends In Giving Survey thus far. Anything you can do to help spread the word about the survey to your corner of the world is greatly appreciated. Bangladesh 2.1%. White/Caucasian 83.3%. Top 10 Countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Some times they go on to form their own nonprofits like Amanda Rose and Manny Hernandez and like Mark Horvath has for his Invisible People and WeAreVisible project. These are people who want to give their money, time, or personal endorsements to a cause or organization that can help solve significant problems facing our world today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

It includes international trade and development, security, micro-finance, LBGT rights, renewable energy advocacy, water policy, security, human rights for indigenous people, terrorism financing, refugee protection policies and rights, law enforcement, trafficking, peace in conflict areas, and poverty reduction.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Very innovative and clever way to turn something only seen by fundraisers to help drive year-end gifts. LAST CHANCE–PLEASE HELP! FWD: I now help others in the fight because of LIVESTRONG. Help Us Face the Challenges in the Year Ahead – Right Now. Last day to help birds 3x as much. Steve, will you help?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 8, 2006

And when we, my co-author Bryant Terry and I, were talking about doing this book project together, and we were trying to think about, is there one word out there to describe the food that we talk about in the book, and that we encourage people to support and to buy and to eat, and we celebrate? For instance, "organic".

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2013

It was so gratifying to see firsthand how Martus , a free and open-source software tool developed by Benetech, is empowering people to be the change they wish to see. ND-Burma member groups regularly send observers, at great personal risk, across Burma’s borders with India, Bangladesh, Thailand and China. Thank you in advance!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

"[T]hose of us who take pictures, even for our own personal trips, and share those pictures with friends, because we have that skill, also have an obligation to help people understand each other more completely. People write poems, and stand and recite them in public meetings. In 2001, I began photographing.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

Myopia undoubtedly affects those at the furthest reaches of other supply chains too – someone stitching garments in Bangladesh for Primark may not know, ultimately, which company their labour serves. Ostensibly used to help track the virus, the technology’s more obvious purpose has been to track and detain minorities.

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