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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. This concept addresses the needs of nonprofits for continued support, training, mentorship, and engagement with their communities.

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

Tech Soup

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. TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group and Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims. We launched a global crowdsourcing campaign to collect homegrown solutions and ideas to spread digital empowerment.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

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. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. It had been bombed.

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Girls' Night Out with a Twist: Dining for Women and the Power of Giving Circles

Have Fun - Do Good

Last month [August], we featured BeadforLife , which is an organization that sells paper beads made by women in Uganda. All that money goes back to support the beaders in Uganda. What will.especially if folks hear this, and say, "Oh, I want to start a circle" help them have a successful one? Actually, they're jewelry (e.g.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

Have Fun - Do Good

"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. On one level, Off the Mat, Into the World is bridging the yogis and activism through training programs.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Consulted with some peer social entrepreneurs about whether we could help them with specific technology for their nonprofits. The Benetech team is very excited about helping with this important application: we’ve already built an initial prototype of the app for Kipp and his partners to evaluate. This time, I had the benefit of help.

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