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TechSoup joins the #ALSIceBucketChallenge

Tech Soup

While there has been some high-profile efforts to raise awareness and money, most recently by former football player Steve Gleason and his Team Gleason House , research efforts and awareness have been low compared to the other fatal diseases. It is a debilitating disease with no known cure.

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My Birthday Cause: Free Geek!

Amy Sample Ward

Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day. just after sending in the message about the issue, he let me know they were aware of the problem and were working on it 2.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I reached out to my readers for suggestions about how to raise more charitable and socially aware children. The organizations listed are profiled by other young people. Not only was her daughter able to contribute to a good cause by playing a game, the experience also brought up a ethical dilemma.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. His work was recently profiled in this New York Times piece. Everyone is people.

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Generating Activist Impact: Political & Advocacy Call-To-Actions

Whole Whale

Cultivate awareness for your cause and organization. A well-crafted and well-timed petition can spread awareness of your cause and organization. Have supporters change their profile picture. While no single petition is going to be revolutionary, a good online petition can plant the seeds for future change. Use the same hashtag.