Everyaction

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more.

National 59

National Foundation Global Empowerment 59

Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. Art and Media. Children and Education.

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South Africa Africa Profile Case Study 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some things have not changed: Time and attention are finite. I gave the example of charity:water that tells the story about how clean drinking water can change people’s lives in development country. The UN Global Report is also using Facebook Messenger bots to engage young people around different issues. Empowerment.

Learning 86

Learning Donor Online Fundraising 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The royalties that I earn from my books have been donated to nonprofits to support women’s and girl’s empowerment work and given this past week, I am all the more convinced of the need to support such programs. I am honored to be an advisor to WAKE, whose mission is to amplify the work of women leading change globally.

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Cambodia Empowerment Nonprofit Training 50

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

engagejoe : Hmm…What about ‘using webby tools 2 organize ppl for impact on an array of issues, w/the goal of creating real world change?’ rootwork : @annanten To me the goal should be change, not growing one’s base. Good campaigns move away from awareness 2 spur action. Both important.

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Campaign Org Social Media Measure 108

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

." ~ Caroline Lovell, Founder, Traveling Postcards Traveling Postcards facilitates the creation of handmade art postcards that are hand delivered all over the world to bringing awareness and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence, or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind. Each card is unique.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Discover how the power of social sharing can shine a light on a serious issue and poke fun at the inanity of discrimination. Events like GivingTuesday are helping condition people to give online and raise awareness about the importance of giving. Data is becoming more and more transparent and that is changing the world.

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NTC Slides Digital Director 36

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The behavior of people is hard to change and can take time – usually more time than you’d like. In 2007, UNICEF’s creative agency designed an awareness campaign where restaurant customers were encouraged to donate $1 (or more) when ordering tap water (which is typically free). Take the UNICEF Tap Project , for example.

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Teen Social Empowerment Audience 20

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

have changed. Here are just a few of the many examples of how the humble mobile is being used for development: For those nonprofits working on agricultural issues - The Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (Kace) , provides crop growers with the very latest commodity information via SMS and has helped farmers to quadruple earnings.

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Mobile Phone Develop Pakistan 52

Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance.

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News Charity Mobile New York City 61

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Given the quantity of organizations, and the enormity of the issues we're faced with today, five qualities are important when designing an action: 1. Many people feel like they can't change issues like the genocide in Darfur, they feel too big. Darfur activism philanthropy advocacy social change Make it simple.

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Darfur Kiva Mobile Donor 40

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Foundations can make greater progress on addressing critical social issues by using digital platforms to elevate the work and success of the many players in their sector. Foundations are in the business of making the world a better place by providing grants to organizations they see making an impact on the issues that they care about deeply.

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Platform Foundation Examples Digital 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social Change Behind the FireWall submitted by Holly Ross Successful nonprofits using social media are masters of social change behind the firewall. Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office.

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Comment Open Source Social Media Drupal 50

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

That's where this work really sprung out of in looking at issues of homelessness, looking at issues of women on welfare, and looking at women in prison-- those who were really most affected and most in need of their voices being lifted. Young women of color, what are the issues that are most important to them?

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Resource Interview Policy Issue 40

Givinga

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Those pillars have helped companies increase their awareness and close sales. Flexible Giving Accounts provide empowerment with control, giving employees complete flexibility and access while allowing companies to retain control of their giving pools. That’s a distinct change from the past market. Do they participate regularly?

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Philanthropy Business Trend Influence 45

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Our essential intention is to cultivate partnerships of grassroots women who are working at the community level on issues of environmental sustainability and social justice, so that they can really find opportunities to collaborate and to exchange best practices, exchange resources, and really build a collective agenda.

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Green Global Action Network 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

But, this wasn’t a just a tourist trip, I was on a mission to see technology social change projects in action and better understand how technology can impact social on the ground in rural areas with limited connectivity and resources. A man came to the Remand House looking for his son and wife, who had apparently run away.

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India Social Homeless 124

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They broadcast and unite women's voices from around the world into a powerful force for change. We unite those voices to accelerate change. I felt an emptiness inside, as a woman, that I wasn't hearing from the teachers that I wanted to about world issues. I've posted an edited transcript below.

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Voice Global Saudi Arabia Journal 69

Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Ephraim Gopin moderates a panel of nonprofit pros – Mimosa Kabir, Sarah Willey, and Lisa Chmiola – to look at the issue of being laid off and ask: what next? So I was at a university and in the early part of the pandemic, the university was hit hard by just the economic changes that were happening in the country and in our state.

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Job Video Interview Nonprofit 104

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

The Somaly Mam organization focuses on rehabilitation for girls who are victims of sex trafficking, and that's a really, really tough issue, but really important. And most people are not aware of all these kinds of facts, and the struggles that women face. The essence of Dining for Women is connection, education, and self-empowerment.

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Chapter Uganda Giving Interview 57

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

On September 5-6, during the Microsoft evening reception and Idea Accelerator finale at the 2014 Leading Change Summit, 24 brave individuals and teams pitched ideas for social good. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness. Will they laugh at you, start to cheer, or be intrigued?

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Ideas North Carolina Map Children 94

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. PG: Some 12 years ago, or so, I made a career change at then, age 55. It was a book called In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World. BB: Can you talk a little bit about what path brought you to this work?

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Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

Social media has changed the world. Today, a second wave of innovation is defining a new era and setting the stage for change over the coming decade. Can location-based services (LBS) change the world? In time, location-aware apps will guide us not only to the grocery store or farmer’s market but through them.

Change 108

Change Disaster Green Los Angeles 108

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

She utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. It could be the environment, it could be educational issues, political issues, international, national. We were starting to build small circles within the local communities that are all doing really magnificent work in order to create change.

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Interview Cambodia Children Uganda 46

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

To me, that sort of sums up something very special about the way in which we try to make these resources accessible to women-led initiatives that are often some of the most creative that we are seeing on issues ranging from the environment, to health, to education, to building peace and sustainable communities around the world.

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Global Fund Interview United States 44