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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Zonta International, where Allison served as Executive Director* and Chief Staff Executive, was honored with the 2021 ASAE Summit Award for the UNFPA-UNICEFF Global Program to End Child Marriage. See Through a Wider Lens Zonta International is uniquely positioned to accomplish this and other female-friendly goals.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

This Impact Lab cohort sets out to address the question: How might we enable female, small-scale farmers in maximizing food production and planning proactively? He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. What Ideas Were Generated?

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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

ASU Lodestar Center

His stance raises the question: Does being committed to social change require making one less comfortable or resisting being “too comfortable?". “If I’m comfortable, I feel much less urgency to try to change things.”. My friend is deeply committed to issues of social justice, which includes equal access to affordable health care for all.

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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region. I began to question everything about our desire to aid “developing” countries. As part of a.

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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

The Society for International Development has done it again! Earlier this month, I attended their tremendous annual conference with notable and unforgettable speakers that make you leave the glimmering chandeliers in DC's Omni Shoreham ballroom thinking to yourself, what more needs to be done in international development?

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The Power of Innovative Tech in an Evolving Fundraising Landscape

Saleforce Nonprofit

Whatever the future of fundraising and engaging donors looks like for you, the essential question is how will you prepare for it now? This changing behaviour has been further complicated for international nonprofits as they operate across borders, language barriers, and currencies.

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