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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. Meanwhile, European philanthropy is spending just 5% on climate-related funding. Thinking big on climate change There is good news.

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What Mesh Businesses Should Support Philanthropy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Efurd’s question demands an examination of the functions that philanthropies need to tap — functions that could be commoditized and procured and delivered over a network. A number of standard philanthropy business processes, like financial due diligence, come to mind. Philanthropic Functions.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Dara Westling.

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Research Friday: Attention Philanthropy: The Good, the Bad, and the Road Ahead

ASU Lodestar Center

To celebrate my very first blog post, I decided to be brave: I will introduce an emgerging concept: “Attention Philanthropy” (AP). I define AP as philanthropy that is primarily concerned with getting donors and supporters to pay attention to a certain cause. These books have given him a large and intense fan base.

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Packable philanthropy: Donate a TEDx in a Box

AFP Blog

Packable philanthropy: Donate a TEDx in a Box : What is a TEDx in a Box, you ask? So far, boxes have been shipped to organizers in Ecuador, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, India and Pakistan — and counting. TEDx in a Box was an idea that originated at TEDxKibera, a vibrant event held in the slums of Nairobi.

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Strategies to Manage an Online Crisis

Care2

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to share my best tips for managing an online crisis, with Allison Fine, for a podcast on the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Of course some mishaps are bigger then others and can damage your reputation among important stakeholders like your activists, donors, and volunteers.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

Have Fun - Do Good

Grassroots Philanthropy by Bill Somerville and Fred Setterberg As I wrote in my review, I Want to Be a Grassroots Philanthropist!, PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008. Check out the Chasing the Flame blog for more details. tools, it was about how Web 2.0