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Great reads from around the web on June 29th

Amy Sample Ward

They note that nearly 50 percent of their policy reports have the goal to inform and influence the social impact sector, yet more than 31 percent of these reports are never downloaded, and 87 percent are never cited.” – Amy Schiller – The Atlantic – “Charity is for patsies.

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

50CAN is an organization that drives the creation of stronger, more equitable schools in every state and community within its national network. That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. As a national organization, it has just over 4,700 local clubs in nearly every community across the country.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Although we had been trading letters for two years , I met Sopharath face-to-face in 2007 and recorded this interview. The Empire State Building and London Eye are among a number of landmarks that will be lit up bright pink to mark the occasion. Why girls ? Why is this all important? She graduated from college and is married.

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Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges

Have Fun - Do Good

I've been hearing a lot about the Social Innovation Fund lately, an element of the Serve America Act. To learn more about the Fund, I attended a panel called Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service.

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How Can Nonprofits Increase Leadership and Staff Diversity?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many nonprofits whose missions have a human welfare component are addressing issues that occur as a result of a lack of inclusion and respect for the rights of people who are not part of the dominant culture in America. An organization needs to have a foundation of policies and procedures that will house diverse personnel. Ostrower, F.

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Transmedia — Making Change Across Mediums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The digital tools we have at our disposal are limitless — allowing great stories to reach more and more people, and providing new opportunities for recruiting advocates, changing policy, public education, and creating real change on the ground. But simply put, cross-platform campaigns are the future of documentary film, and issue advocacy.

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Interview with My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship

Have Fun - Do Good

." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below. Or you take somebody like Dan Storper, who started Putumayo.

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