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Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking

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Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. The first step to creating more inclusive grantmaking is understanding whose voice is being lost. Artwork by Toya Beacham See Women and Girls. Intentionally.

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5 Trends in Grantmaking that We Think Have Staying Power

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Getting Closer to Your Community with Participatory Grantmaking Nonprofit organizations such as Maine Initiatives have been using Participatory Grantmaking for years to distribute the decision-making power to people closest to the problem. There are several benefits to adding participatory grantmaking to your funding programs.

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What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. There was also awards ceremony co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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Guest Post: Lessons Learned Designing a Mobile Game for Balboa Park

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GISKIN ANOMALY is now pretty much complete, getting good numbers, and winner of the silver MUSE award at AAM in the Games/Augmented Reality category. The lesson here is a really important one for today, and it’s this: the storytelling ego that’s so important in non-participatory media can be a liability in participatory media.

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session included an update of Celgene’s work in patient advocacy and an announcement of their Innovation Impact Awards Program , focused on incorporating the patient voice into pharmaceutical and biotech research and development. This “Dr.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

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Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Capturing Voices from the Field in Tanzania.

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

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SXSW Web Awards : Last year was the first year SXSW introduced the Advocacy award and this year there are some amazing nominees up to be recognized for their creative and effective use of interactive for social good. For news and happenings from the live event, feel free to follow me at @jordanv on Twitter). Data will be shared!