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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit 2007

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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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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. View more presentations from Akhtarbad.

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Your Tweet Can Leverage A 10 Cent Donation to Care March 2-5th

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The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter. (See It was launched by Dr. Mani who raised money for heart surgeries for poor kids in India. Twitter users are encouraged to craft their own Tweet or use one of the examples below. “I apowerfulnoise [link].

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

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good to highlight a few examples of its uses and briefly examine its. There are many examples of the benefits of the mobile in emerging and. It is an extraordinary example of one of these tools. Frontline SMS’ and Ushahadi’s collaboration is an example of this. A vast majority of these mobile users are in.

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SAP Gives Back

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For example: SAP continues to invest in their University Alliances program , which provides technology and expertise to educate students throughout the world and cultivate new IT leaders. Although one million people may seem like an enormous number, consider this: on October 31, 2011, the global population reached 7 billion.

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Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

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The following four examples developed by foundations demonstrate the value of a digital strategy in fulfilling a variety of awareness and impact needs. Images of Empowerment. Images of Empowerment was created in 2015 and was extended in 2018. Grand Challenges Awards Repository.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

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If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Mumbai, India: Storymakers 2017. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Bristol, United Kingdom: Tech4Good Global Development.