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October Awareness: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Every October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Breast Cancer Awareness Month serves as an annual reminder of the importance of early detection and preventative care for breast cancer, as well as an acknowledgement of breast cancer patients, survivors, and researchers who do important work searching for a cure for the disease.

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Tips to strengthen your volunteer program and empower member volunteers

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If so, you’re well aware that v olunteers are an invaluable resource , helping to advance your mission and drive success across your organization. A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization! Consider hosting listening s essions to ensure your volunt eers feel heard.

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Quick Guide to Grants for Nonprofits: Tips, Resources & More

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While applying to grants can be time consuming, they offer plenty of benefits to nonprofits, such as more awareness for your organization and a positive reputation for the work you do on top of the financial benefits. Grants can be competitive, but there are many out there for you to apply to. The Ford Foundation granted $1.07

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

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As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Facebook’s Problematic News Feeds.

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Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

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Today, most foundations already use digital strategies to communicate effectively about the work and impact of their grantees; however, there are still so many opportunities to expand these digital strategies to make better use of interactive digital platforms to raise awareness and communicate impact. Images of Empowerment.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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And then what we see is that people really get to work, and really forge partnerships that are ongoing, and that keep feeding themselves and their work and their communities. I think it started--I know it started--when I was very young, although I probably wasn't aware what was going on at the time. It was really tremendous.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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She utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. The rice is used to help feed the children at CCF. Seane has been featured in commercials and has appeared on the cover of Yoga Journal , Fit Yoga , and many other magazines. Such intense, hard work. We worked in a variety of ways.