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Veterans Leverage Their Pro Bono Skills to Rise to the Call of Duty from Afar

Saleforce Nonprofit

When the Afghanistan government fell to the Taliban just days after the U.S. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. Hooper quickly mobilized a team of volunteers with a wide variety of skills from across Salesforce. I was heartbroken by what was happening in Afghanistan. Veterans Called to Duty Digitally.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If anything, I have been encouraged to develop a solid social media strategy with help from our Director of Marketing, as well as continued support from my fellow marketing staff here. What do you think are the most important skills necessary in a social media practitioner?

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Behind the Scenes of IAVA’s Cutting-edge “The Rucksack”

NTEN

The Rucksack" -- a cutting-edge project that I led recently for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) -- is an especially powerful example of an organization using technology in a strategic and transformative way. That takes an ongoing commitment of time, energy, and resources in order to be successful.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well-being of women and girls of color.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

I mean, who doesn’t want more time and more money and more people and more skills and more expertise and more influence, right? And here’s Anthony, he was in one of my wounded veteran programs that these young men and women who’ve lost their legs and arms in Iraq and Afghanistan. Plus, it’s super competitive.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

She also goes through a vocational skills and business skills training track, where it ends up giving her tangible skills, so she can get a job. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. Our country director in Rwanda was a refugee all her life.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

Have Fun - Do Good

If not director of a school, I would like to be someone of importance, someone of value again.'"--Honorata (pictured left) about her experience with Women for Women International. In small groups, the women learned basic business and marketing skills.

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