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In Times of Crisis, You See Nonprofits Helping, Solving, Rebuilding

Saleforce Nonprofit

Because when you look around at today’s crises — whether that’s the recent floods in Pakistan or providing meals to children during the pandemic — you see nonprofits helping, solving, and rebuilding. Salesforce.org believes strongly in a shared commitment to use our resources to address urgent global needs together.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

When resources are scarce our. For those nonprofits working on political engagement issues/activism - When media bans were put in place at the end of Musharraf’s rule in Pakistan SMSall , or as its founder Umar Saif, says “Twitter for SMS,” or “Twitter for. established groups on SMSall in Pakistan.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

Dara is motivated by bringing together organizations that offer corporate social responsible resources through our network to the people and organizations who really need help. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground. Additional Resources.

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Visualizing the World's Seven Billion

Tech Soup

SAP , a TechSoup Global donor partner and a leader in enterprise software applications partnered with the UNFPA to unveil two interactive population dashboards to mark the milestone. In my country of origin, Pakistan, half the population is under the age of 19. Data Dashboards to Demonstrate 7 Billion.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of the design process, I focus on “ real world application ” for the material I’m going to cover. When I taught Networked Nonprofit workshops for NGOs from India and Pakistan , all the examples and even the icebreakers were relevant. Training is only valuable if participants apply what they learn.

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Guest Post from ThinkSocial: Building A Movement in An Interconnected World - A Conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you have written a post on this topic and would like me to consider it as a guest post, please fill out this form or if you know of a good resource on the topic, add in the comments and I'll aggregate. Note from Beth: This week I'm researching and thinking about the topic of creating movements. The purpose of ThinkSocial.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

I believe if we go in that direction, and our intention is to be true to ourselves, and also to remember our own interconnection, and the state that the world is in right now, that it will guide us to a place where the work that we are doing is actually helping, and has an application.