Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is the story of how a Michigan faith based organization called Hope Endeavors leads significant humanitarian work from a home office.( read more ).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Change is universal and inevitable. Change is disorienting. Change clouds your horizons and paralyzes your courage. Today’s ever-increasing pace of change is relentless. Each of the Flux Superpowers helps you see change in new ways, develop new responses to change, and ultimately reshape your relationship with change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

92% believe that NPOs and NGOs are ethical and can be trusted and 96% believe that NPOs and NGOs are essential for creating social change. 14) 16% of donors in Africa prefer to give through mobile devices which is the highest of any region. Currrently, WhatsApp inspires 20% of giving in Africa. South America.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events. Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events. Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. He is using his background as a trader to forward the foundation's approach and spends a lot of time doing research and evaluating data in the pursuit of high risk social change projects.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. Purchases support the NWF’s mission to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world. 21) PETA Shop :: shop.peta.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 9, 2020

A video from Charity: Water entitled Water Changes Everything is an excellent example effective storytelling. ?. Now in its fourth edition, this year’s report provides technology benchmarks for Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States and Canada. Transparency.

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See3

AUGUST 31, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.Help Us Save Lives in the Horn of Africa | :30 UNICEF This new PSA, from UNICEF, is extremely timely and important right NOW! As you can see in the news this last weeks there is a severe hunger crisis facing children and women in the Horn of [.].

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Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

Cultural change is needed to achieve long-term advances in justice and equity, making the role of transformational storytellers all the more important," said Mertes. In the face of these complex global challenges, we recognize the power of storytelling as a critical element in organizing for cultural and political change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

That number is expected to increase in the face of climate change, conflict, and COVID-19. Thankfully, this is changing. He is passionate about using technology as an enabler to drive change and improve last-mile service delivery. Mia is a development professional with expertise in health, nutrition, and climate change.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 30, 2012

Charity Grants Can Help Tech Solve Social Ills In Africa - Ventures Africa : Loren Treisman, trust executive for grant-making foundation Indigo Trust, believes that time has come for more charitable organisations to tap into technology to tackle social issues in Africa.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. On Darcy McLane’s first service trip to Malawi, she experienced something that would change her life forever: She met Isaac. Work Inspired By A Child’s Death.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Secondary Education in Africa , by the Mastercard Foundation This resource summarizes a research project, initiated by Mastercard Foundation and their strategic partners, which was conducted to examine the role of secondary education in Africa.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

When it comes to raising visibility on a given issue, nonprofits often strive to achieve broader impact—the kind of change that comes through collective action. These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 28, 2011

The market in Kayes I'd like to tell you why I believe technology can change the world. During our time in Africa, mobile phones became ubiquitous. Bypassing untenably expensive wired infrastructure, cell coverage kept families connected and changed the way business was conducted in a matter of years instead of decades.

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Achieve

MAY 28, 2014

I have had countless conversations with students and peers who want nothing more than to start changing people’s lives. We knew how to crochet, and we came to understand how this generic hobby could actually create life-changing jobs for people in Uganda. You have to travel to Africa to do it. We are Millennials.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Together, we must accelerate change to deliver progress at the scale the world needs.”. For example, AfrikaVuka , the digital organizing platform for 350 Africa, is a climate organizing platform now engaging about 100 groups across the continent. Liz is passionate about using clear communication to influence positive social change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

By Michelle Chen , an independent scholar who recently graduated with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. Paired with a compelling story that warns donors of the consequences of not acting, these campaigns can be extremely powerful in motivating them to donate or change their behavior.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

The company recently joined forces with the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Namibia – the largest research and education center for the conservation of cheetahs – to support the endangered cheetah in their race for survival by taking the cheetah’s plight out of Africa and placing it on the backs of activists nationwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 21, 2012

In Africa, Europe, the Middle East? Time: 2-3:30pm :: Honolulu (Wednesday, September 26). 5-6:30pm :: San Francisco (Wednesday, September 26). 7-8:30am :: Bangkok, Hanoi. 8-9:30am :: Hong Kong, Singapore. 9-10:30am :: Seoul, Tokyo. 10-11:30am :: Melbourne, Sydney. 12-1:30pm :: Auckland, Wellington. Click here. Cost: Free.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 3, 2011

Public Interest Capitalism is his personal brand of social change. He uses the Alliance Forum Foundation as one of his vehicles for making deals along these lines in Asia and Africa. He's written several papers on his approach, including this one entitled Retooling Capitalism.

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Candid

JULY 18, 2023

and around the world—be it through their investments in gender equality, the capacity to convene collaborators to streamline development financing for low- and middle-income countries, or the ability to make billion-dollar, long-term commitments in Africa. They are not the only pledgers with the capacity to set public priorities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

That’s changing (thanks to training and education from places like the ASU Lodestar Center ), but it’s a place where I knew I could contribute. My journey began with a nonprofit called TechnoServe where I began utilizing my consulting skills as a volunteer consultant in East Africa. He is the co-founder and CEO of Ascend Finance.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2009

This looks like a fascinating event to take place in South Africa this October: The International Conference on Knowledge Economy. OECD suggests that innovation has changed from a linear model to a non linear and more complex relationship-based model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

And here’s why we care so much about the cloud: We care about the ability of communities to create change. We heard that from Africa, India and Latin America. We’ve published those results and our partner network has translated the executive summary into a wide variety of languages.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Using the power of our voices Speakers stressed the importance of using our voice to create change. “As As a people, we have to tell our own story.” – Evans Okinyi, CEO, East Africa Philanthropy Network Coming from a family of storytellers and strong matriarchs, I was interested in “Black (Women’s) Power: Our Voices.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives. To do so, we definitely need your help.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As we prepare to mark World AIDS Day on December 1st, we sat down with Jennifer Lotito, the President and COO of (RED), to learn more about (RED)’s success model and how the organization is creating lasting change. Stickiness” and the ability to break through is key to driving change. And storytelling is at the very heart of that.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Launched in March 2021, the #Case4Reparations initiative is aimed at driving and amplifying conversations and campaigns in support of systemic and policy change efforts to realize reparations where wealth—money or land—can be redistributed by institutions and/or governments to Black and Native American communities. Read more. . Read more. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

The mission is to empower young women in East Africa to transform their lives by equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to find meaningful employment and launch ventures in the fastest growing sectors of the economy. I got an opportunity to do a workshop with second year students during their IT class.

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Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Organizations do not change overnight because of their leader, and Frank had to dig deep to produce lasting transformation. That choice also made possible Ford’s steadfast support for the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and Frank’s personal friendship with Nelson Mandela.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If he was on television today, he’d be telling us, “In 2020, the world changed.” The world has changed a lot, and it’s not likely to get back to the old normal. Just about every nonprofit made major changes in 2020. Chances are they changed. Now ask yourself, what changes are going to stay attractive for your donors?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. To explore ways to integrate the already large informal recycling sector in Africa in ways that provide income and also ensure personal health for these workers, and environmental health for Africa.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

This is a change from her previous round of grants, where more than half of the organizations had annual revenues between $10 million to $100 million. entities were also supported, including 11 based in India, two in Africa, and one in Mexico. . Organizational size . and Puerto Rico. This time, however, non-U.S.

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