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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. They hope to reach out to residents and spark conversations about philanthropic work and to give advice and assistance to residents who want to advance charitable causes. We got advice not to do that.

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Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

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Foundations are in the business of making the world a better place by providing grants to organizations they see making an impact on the issues that they care about deeply. Images of Empowerment. Images of Empowerment was created in 2015 and was extended in 2018. Grand Challenges Awards Repository.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

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The role of digital activism is certainly growing in the nonprofit sector (though notably less for organizations outside of the big metropolitan areas like Istanbul and Ankara). Technology uptake has flourished in Turkey in the past 20 years. Here's a cool set of infographics depicting IT network growth.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

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Recently, I got to talk with Priya Haji, the CEO and co-founder of World of Good about their work and her advice for aspiring social entrepreneurs. Holly has now been out meeting with the International Labor Organization and thinking about different ways that you really help create empowerment for women who work in informal markets.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. BB: What advice do you have for artists who want to use their art for social change? In the last 20 years, they have given grants in the amount of almost $60 million to women in 164 countries.