Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

They have since expanded to become a leading advocate for resolution of global refugee crises by world leaders. Their model of empowerment amplifies the voices of refugee communities, allowing them to act as their own champions. Refugees International was founded in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Technology CSR teams have pioneered programs globally to provide access to technology. Join @TechSoup , @plus_socialgood , the United Nations Foundation , and special guest CSR representatives for an important conversation on the evolving relationship between CSR teams and civil society organizations. plus_socialgood. UN relations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

From our meetings with non-profits and national surveys, there is broad variation in how non-profits organizations are faring, but we can generalize them into three buckets. food banks, hospitals, community programs for seniors). From discussions with our global networks, these dynamics are experienced throughout the developed world.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Transcending "Social:" Visibility and Empowerment In An Uber-Mega-Meta Self-Conscious Age Speaker: Jianda Johnson, Business and Resource Development Specialist, Guadalupe Montessori School. How can we protect yet empower ourselves, our kiddos, families, and communities among the multiple data streams social/media converge?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Global Fund for Women. Wallace Global Fund. This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Boulware Foundation. Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Global Fund for Women. Wallace Global Fund. This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Boulware Foundation. Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Our goal is to help civic and cultural institutions become more representative OF, co-created BY, and welcoming FOR their diverse communities. We've see this model succeed at the MAH and at other community-centered organizations around the world. We see OF/BY/FOR ALL as an adaptable playbook for community change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

The event here in Zurich is the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Summit, where roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs get together with global leaders to advance the movement. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

That’s especially true coming off of a year defined by a global pandemic, social justice movements, and a tense presidential election. Employees now have more access to stress management resources and empowerment to seek the support they need on an individual level. Peers for Progress National Peer Support Groups.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

The conference, "One Year After Cairo," brought in scholars and political experts from all over the world to discuss policy, politics, socio-economic conditions and business from all walks of the Muslim world, including Farah Pandith , Special Representative to Muslim Communities, from the U.S.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. They contribute curriculum ideas, teaching, and even an interactive social network so that members of their virtual university community can participate in webinars, blogs, and peer-to-peer coaching.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Orlando, Florida: Microsoft Gives Back: Community, Education, and Philanthropy. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Nonprofit Quarterly quoted president Global Healthy Living Foundation, Seth Ginsberg, on the affect on charities: “The transformative power of Facebook — like the popularity of the site itself — is neither preordained nor guaranteed going forward. None-the-less, as California goes, so goes the nation – again.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

The city's OpenData goals are to improve city services for residents and businesses, produce jobs, enhance economic opportunities, and increase resident engagement and empowerment. Here's how it works: incoming reports from the community are verified by a dispatcher monitoring the Concrn dashboard. Tackling Global Issues.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

And even as these dire consequences are known, child labour has increased globally to 160 million. The building of coalitions between Ministries of Agriculture, Labour Inspectors with employers’ organizations and workers’ organizations is essential for ongoing dialogue and collaboration in developing national policies.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2023

Social Media – While this is a great tool for highlighting volunteers and the difference they make at your nonprofit and in the community, you can also use social media to advertise your need for volunteers. Some recognizable days of service are National Volunteer Week, Global Youth Service Day, Martin Luther King Jr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

event held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, we presented the first adidas x Parley prototype: a shoe made with plastic waste collected in the Maldives, and illegal fishing nets recovered from the Southern Ocean by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society during their record-breaking campaign to thwart notorious toothfish poachers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. Then, I moved into the world of teaching.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It highlights the importance of taking a digital-first approach, knowing that interruption is not an option for the beneficiaries and communities served by nonprofit organisations. An example of this type of collaboration is Gavi and their partners, who launched COVAX , a global alliance to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. TechCamp Global FB page - https://www.facebook.com/TechCampGlobal.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

Similarly, there has been a global rise of worker-managed platform cooperatives in response to the rise of platform companies. The development of a fully functioning on-demand app is expected to bring more visibility to the cooperative rideshare community in the coming year. million through its ongoing crowdfunding campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. National MS Society :: @ MSSociety.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

My presentation concentrated on a few case studies where certain technologies were the appropriate tools for engagement and aided work to connect, empower, and educate youth communities. Youth Empowerment with Social Media. headspace : The National Youth Mental Health Foundation in Australia. www.marketmakeovers.org.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

We believe change is possible in every community. Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

"We want to support anyone who is interested in engagement, but we want to help them do it in a way that is healthy for them, creates community, and creates longevity, so that everyone wins, and no one gets burnt out or sick. She utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. I targeted the yoga community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. She is a University of Minnesota law school professor who was born in Africa and is a terrific advocate for the Treaty and its empowerment of the blind community. Bookshare was there with two offers. Half Moon Bay, California After 2.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community.

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