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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

Qgiv

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a student-governed, nonprofit organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with chapters at universities all over the world. Eighty schools responded, many of which had similar initiatives at their universities, and students from all corners of the country came together at Purdue.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Different culture has different understanding of philanthropy and we use different words to represent various aspects of the concept. In most cultures, philanthropy existed a long time ago. Not only as a professional member, I served as a chapter president and on International Board of Directors for the past 4 years.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities.

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Tech Across Your Org: Program and Fundraising Innovation Sprung from an Internal Technology Project

NTEN

In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance. When we let this discussion unfold, it simply reframed how we looked at “internal” or “proprietary” data.

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Data for Global Health, Part II

Forum One

The conversation touched on various dimensions of the data-collection issue: The challenge of cultural assumptions embedded in standard health surveys (what is "jogging", exactly? how do you evaluate the health significance of "one glass of rice wine per day" in China vs. Japan?). OK, these are hard problems to solve.

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The Power of Trust and Data in Times of Crisis

Saleforce Nonprofit

Amy is an experienced leader with significant technology industry expertise and deep knowledge of Salesforce’s business and culture. She currently serves on the board of directors of BSA (The Software Alliance) and Habitat for Humanity International and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has a J.D. Dr. Bruce Aylward.

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American Express Leadership Academy alumna Elena Zee shares profound impact of 2019 Aspen Institute Fellowship

ASU Lodestar Center

I learned that while one person may be inspired by the UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights, another may be angered by it. Elena has represented the city of Phoenix multiple times to visit China for cultural, education, tourism, and business exchange.