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Tech2Empower: The Llama Pack Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners. She walked up the steep climb with a the baby on her back.

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How can nonprofits adopt social enterprise strategies to create sustainable revenue streams?

ASU Lodestar Center

It is best to take the time to plan and evaluate issues before making a debut in the marketplace. In Larson’s "Venture Forth," he outlines a venture planning process that includes time estimates and worksheets to help organizations build a successful foundation for a new social enterprise. foreign policy.

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Social Media and Community-Building Tips from Not For Sale's Sarah Potts

Tech Soup

Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania. They offer training, education, and employment opportunities, as well as working to inform companies and consumers of the social impact of their supply chains and purchasing decisions. Choose Your Message. " Associate yourself with inspiring content.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

This time I wanted to feature NGOs around the world that are making a humanitarian impact internationally across several countries. The organization has nine full-time staff. Its projects in Japan focus on educating and connecting Japanese youth with the young people KnK serves outside of Japan. Our Local Impact Map.

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GOOD Magazine

Have Fun - Do Good

While on the plane to and from Peru I had A LOT of time to read. I read my new issue of Ode , With All Our Strength by Anne Brodsky, and a new magazine, GOOD. Christine was nice enough to send me a review copy before I left on my trip.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

Afterwards, one woman told me that she hadn’t felt anything in such a long time, and now she felt happy. Education, healthcare, violence, lack of economic resources, trafficking, to name just a few. We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education.

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Interview with My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship

Have Fun - Do Good

Towards that vision, they are creating a networked community of cultural entrepreneurs, cultural investors, and cultural entrepreneurship educators. There were many artists painting part-time in this genre, but none of them really had a market. A dedicated maritime gallery did not exist before. That's the difference between the two.

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