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Why Ongoing Professional Development Is Essential For The Nonprofit Community

Bloomerang

A recent project by NTEN and Cornerstone, “ The State of Nonprofit Professional Development ,” uncovered that “nonprofit staff want to learn and grow in their jobs and careers and that they seek to pursue professional development even if it’s not an official part of the expectations and evaluations in their jobs.”.

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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

Do these same sites appear the same to those in Ghana? Is the rapid growth of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) more important than the basic social needs of health, education, etc.? Are we, and if so, how are we configuring our websites in the States so that people anywhere around the globe can see them?

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. Others were more focused on investors needing to act differently based on the information, to “shut down” ineffective organizations. The social capital market is the arena that allows investors to "do well by doing good."

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004.

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