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10 Years of PeaceTalks: What Does Peace Mean to You?

Saleforce Nonprofit

Beyond the news headlines, there are great stories of people who are making a positive difference for peace. Today, PeaceTalks is a global platform dedicated to telling and sharing real-life stories of people positively contributing to peace. Showcase and amplify inspiring stories and what is working to build peace.

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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According to a guideline published by M+R, a useful quick test for your own messaging is to simply answer the question: If the subject of this story were to read it, how would they feel? The challenges of strength-based messaging Finding the balance in your story. Consider lived experience and amplify community voice.

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

We are starting a movement that has love at the very foundation. She originally founded the Voice of Women Organization (VWO) to educate girls in Kabul in secret schools under the Taliban, and has since expanded to support and assist underprivileged women and children throughout Afghanistan. Join me in sharing the love.

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How Text Messaging Has Revolutionized Giving

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Most of our board placements love nothing better than joining a board where they can be a voice of change. Perhaps that voice in 2017 will be to help your nonprofit adopt text messaging as a new way of fundraising. SAWA-Australia is a nonprofit organization aimed at providing Afghanistan women with education and health services.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

Have Fun - Do Good

Her newest book, the story of a Brazilian diplomat who worked for the United Nations for 34 years, has inspired an upcoming documentary and feature film. Proceeds from every copy of What is the What goes to The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation. Check out the Chasing the Flame blog for more details. books 2008 activist nonprofit

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

It's been a foundation to begin with, and to return to. India is next to Pakistan, which is right next to Afghanistan, and the US had just gone to war in Afghanistan. In the process, I felt like I came into contact with my own creative voice, and that voice wanted more, it wanted more room.

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Nonprofit Technology News for September 2013

Tech Soup

The UK NPTech website, Charity Digital News reports that the Royal London Society for the Blind and IBM are creating a new voice controlled screen reading application called the Chatty Web. Move over Gates Foundation. I like their review of the top five smart watches. Accessibility. The Future of NPTech. Image: Shutterstock.

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