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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. Back to School in Brazil.

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. Back to School in Brazil.

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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement.

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Daniel Ben-Horin on Campus Party

Tech Soup

Since 1997, in Spain , Mexico , Brazil , Chile, Ecuador , Colombia - and soon in Peru - Paco and his team have been serving up their magic brew. Campus Party Brazil in February, 2012 is already sold out - 7,000 Campuseros. Winners will get cash prizes, loads of attention and, perhaps best of. It's not a. campus, it's.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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The Future of Social: Gen Z

NonProfit Hub

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

About five years ago, Brazil violated American intellectual property agreements by producing an AIDS drug for a fraction of the cost of the American company who developed it. Why should nonprofit organizations pay attention to copyright or your organization's goals? In fact, copyright is not necessary to accomplish that end.