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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Melanie Calhoun. Senior Director, Virtual Client Experience, Crossroads Community Services.

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Best Cloud Tools for your Nonprofit

Care2

Nonprofits are often among the earliest adopters when it comes to technology and cloud computing is no exception. Check out William Grassie's article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy out how the Metanexus Institute shaved $176,000 of their annual budget by shifting to cloud based infrastructure. The savings can be dramatic too.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. First, last June, the HRP received a generous multi-year grant from The John D. Moreover, in September, our Martus project received a 2-year grant from the U.S.

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Guest Post by JD Lasica -- Socialbrite: A new sharing & learning hub

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. As we explain on our About page, we're out to bust some silos.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts.

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Introducing The Grant Content Kit from Salesforce.org Impact Labs

Saleforce Nonprofit

Philanthropy, particularly from companies that are investing significantly in getting to net zero, is a powerful, yet currently underutilized tool to enhance, scale, and amplify the impact of the work being done by climate-focused organizations. CA: We created a tool called Grants Content Kit. SZ: So, what came out of this Impact Labs?

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