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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $31 million investment in the Partnership for Healthy Cities and the addition of six cities to the initiative to create safer and healthier urban environments: Bucharest, Romania; Cairo, Egypt; Córdoba, Argentina; Dublin, Ireland; Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and Warsaw, Poland.

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Cryptocurrency in the nonprofit sector: What you need to know

ASU Lodestar Center

Some estimates put crypto's global carbon footprint at a level comparable to the entire country of Argentina. Cryptocurrencies, particularly older " proof of work " blockchains like Bitcoin, require an enormous amount of energy, which has drawn the ire of environmentalists because much of that energy is currently generated by fossil fuels.

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Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya

AFP Blog

Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya : his report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world.

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Igniting Your Passion

Connection Cafe

His one for one business model concept grew out of a day of volunteer work while on vacation in Argentina. Blake poignantly said it wasn’t the day that he came up with the concept of TOMS shoes that changed his life, it was the day he distributed his first donation of TOMS Shoes to children in Argentina.

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#IFC2014 International Fundraising Congress: Inspire, Connect, Transform

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Plenary content was a creative jigsaw puzzle, a creative collaboration curated by Derek Humphries and hosted by Marcelo Iniarra , from Argentina. The stage had a 22 meter screen with side screens that had a camera on the speaker and full tech team at the back of the house.

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NetSquared Events to Cure Your Social Media Ailments

Tech Soup

CABA, Argentina: El Festival de Innovación y Tecnología Social. Yaoundé, Cameroon: Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Group Monthly Meetup. Central and South America. Friday, June 5, 2015. Tuesday, June 9, 2015.

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# In the very early days of the website they had visitors answer a series of questions about interests, skills, and cause activities. Two of the questions were “Which of these places would you most like to visit? “The last thing I want to do is add yet another site to a nonprofit’s plate.

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