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“Seeding by ceding”: What we know about the latest group of organizations funded by MacKenzie Scott

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Her third round of grants in less than a year, Scott wrote that grant recipients were “286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked.” entities were also supported, including 11 based in India, two in Africa, and one in Mexico. . Geography . and Puerto Rico.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. or “I love filing so much! Focus on your mission. That’s why I volunteer.” Final Thoughts.

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. To help you understand it better, let me pick it up where I left off, back in 1993.

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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

All of us at Benetech felt that it was absolutely essential to once again rely on our user community as we plan how to utilize these limited resources most effectively. What if you could quickly and easily import data from other formats, like a Word document, PDF file or photograph?

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11 Donate Now Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Business Master File (BMF), thus limiting their capacity to receive online donations from giving portals and social networking sites. International Development Exchange touts that a $100 donation initiates a rural women’s organic farming collective inSouth Africa. before their communities were ready.

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SEO For Nonprofits: A Beginners Guide To Digital Marketing Success

Nonprofits Source

If there’s one thing I see the community adopting quickly, it’s optimized pages for mobile devices. To rank for image packs you may also want to consider adding your keyword to the image file name. How to use a Robots.txt file to lift search rankings. Another easy win for off page SEO is to create a Robots.txt file.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Social Media in Disaster Response.

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