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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

With more than 75 events scheduled for October, there's probably an event scheduled for your community, so RSVP now for one of our meetups. If you're holding monthly events that gather the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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Experts Weigh In: Annual Planning Best Practices

Forum One

It’s our great privilege at Forum One to not only work with some of the best nonprofits, cultural intuitions, and government agencies around, but also to learn from them, and extend their expertise to the broader community of mission-driven organizations. Paul: Today, we serve so much more than US audiences.

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Start 2017 by Building Your Tech Skills and Community

Tech Soup

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. To be a part of a larger nonprofit community/networking. They come to us looking for practical tips and a supportive community.

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. She grew up in Central America, studied in France, and is a graduate of San Francisco State University. Even in the U.S., All that and she’s also a gifted writer.

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Why Nonprofit Workplaces Are Stressful and What To Do About It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Creating a culture of community and giving more control to staff over their jobs create workplaces are less stressful. Governments should address toxic workplaces in policies. This is already happening in Europe (France has a no after hours email law ) and many Scandinavian countries focus on work life balance.

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Join the conversation 4Change!

Amy Sample Ward

Great questions: Social media is becoming a key driver of social change, allowing for the dissemination of new ideas, the formation of new communities and coalitions and the realization of new efficiencies and reach by existing social change groups. Tags: community events. Why are we doing this and why would you want to join?