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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

I was a lawyer for many years working for Microsoft in Australia and Europe and then had the opportunity to move to Redmond for a completely different role that grew into chief of staff for Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president. It’s mind-blowing. You have described yourself as a recovering attorney.

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Six New Games for Change: Check Out the Future of Gaming for Good

NTEN

Frontiers is a “first person shooter” style experience surrounding Europe’s migration policies. Frontiers may have better success if it were made specifically for those in migration policy work or the arts community. Ambitious, multi-layered projects like this have the issue of being hard to fund.

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Taking Your Professional Development Global!

ASU Lodestar Center

I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota. I already had some knowledge of the differences between philanthropic culture in Europe and the US but I walked away with a much more nuanced understanding.

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Taking Your Professional Development Global!

ASU Lodestar Center

I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota. I already had some knowledge of the differences between philanthropic culture in Europe and the US but I walked away with a much more nuanced understanding. Like this article? Get another!

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. Is that how it works?

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). tirme Merkezi (STGM) — or "Civil Society Development Center" in English — for the recent launch of: TechSoup Türkiye !

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