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TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs

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The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred 7 weeks and 4 days ago. The nonprofit sector in Japan has a major role to play now in providing services and support to the devastated local communities. Please share this Disaster Relief Program announcement with organizations in Japan that may need this support. About TechSoup Japan.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

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Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders) in Japan is a humanitarian educational association NGO that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Asia who are on the street, are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and natural disasters, or in conflict with the law.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too. Another great example is Epic Change.

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Unlocking the Magic of Creativity with a Cloud Business Productivity Platform

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” In fact, cloud computing is a broad category whose benefits exceed far more than obvious areas discussed in the report. One of the most valuable benefits for nonprofits comes from Business Productivity Platforms and their ability to empower nonprofits to innovate across the board.

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How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief

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(Disclaimer: I'm not saying there aren't downsides to hosting in the cloud, I'm simply trying to illustrate this particular benefit). TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition. Microsoft's Windows Azure and Disaster Response.

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Crowdsourcing Events: The Citizen Gulf Project

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Concerts took place mainly in the UK and the US, but also in Australia, Japan, France, and a half a dozen other places around the world. At the time, the most impressive thing about the concert was not how much money was raised, or how many musicians were involved, but how global it was. How would Live Aid look today?

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Games for Change 2011: Channeling Our Collective Power

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Solving real-world issues in a virtual world environment is a growing trend, present in initiatives such as Zynga’s in-game Japan Earthquake Relief efforts as well as games like America 2049 , Ecotopia and others. James Shelton , Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement in the U.S. Players raised over $1.5

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