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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Culture, Microsites, and The Kiss of Death

Connection Cafe

President Obama publicly addressed the situation surrounding Syria. Speak to the part of the brain that controls action-taking. Steve Maclaughlin’s 10th episode of npVoices rallies some of the nonprofit sector’s brightest minds. There were some pretty huge moments this week. Fashion Week came to a close in NYC.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One axis represents nature of action: direct or indirect. They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. They then place social entrepreneurs in the direct action and systems change box. and Osberg, Sally R.,

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, the UN Refugee Agency, encourages all field officers to tell the stories of the refugees they are working with as this recent tweet from Syria illustrates. Citizen Digital Engagement in Policy Discussions and Action. UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) January 13, 2014.

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Building the World You Want: 6 Nonprofit Campaigns to Consider on International Day of Charity

EveryAction

While very alarming, this statistic and many others like it aren’t necessarily in the forefront of our minds. Take Action |. Take Action. Consider this fact: unless the world tackles inequity today, 167 million children will live in extreme poverty by 2030. Enter, International Day of Charity. Twitter | Facebook.