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Storymakers 2014: Meet Our Esteemed Judges

Tech Soup

Vanessa Chase is a fundraising and communications strategist. Mikey has published two books, including the Bradt Travel Guide to Bangladesh. He also founded the Positive Light project, a crowdsourced and crowdfunded photography project and coffee table photo book that is changing the way the world sees Bangladesh. Vanessa Chase.

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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

Raising money for personal causes, and medical fundraising, in particular, is having a moment in places like India with crowdfunding websites like GlobalGiving’s partner, Impact Guru. As people become digitally connected, they gain access fundraise from empathetic individuals around the world.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. As each fundraiser shares their campaign with their personal network via word of mouth and online, the number of people who know about charity: water quickly multiplies.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Association of Fundraising Professionals: Philanthropy as a tenet of Islam. The Muslim world has a population of one and half billion people or just under a quarter of the world’s population. World Congress of Muslim Ph?lanthropists

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A Round Up of Food Charities and Causes to Fight Hunger

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The victims of Cyclone Sidr in the southwestern region of Bangladesh have immediate needs for relief items, including food and non-food items, emergency shelter, basic health care, clean water and more. I thought I'd highlight a few charitable organizations that are working to end hunger and some opportunities for donations.

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Blog Action Day: Can One Person Make A Difference? Challenging Poverty With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  He is doing this on his own - and not as a nonprofit organization, fundraiser, or charity.   He chronicled his story and work in Bangladesh using social media tools and engaging story telling techniques.    He says it better in his own words: I???m m a 27 year old Canadian from Toronto. uncultured???

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To Profit or Not To Profit, That Is The Microfinance Question

Have Fun - Do Good

On October 13th Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank, which provides credit to the rural poor of Bangladesh. Microfinance and microcredit are all the rage among do-gooders right now.

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