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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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are unemployed or considerably underemployed despite having worked as engineers, doctors, scientists, accountants, and nonprofit professionals in their home countries. Upwardly Global, also known as "UpGlo," is working to combat this disparity. college-educated immigrants in the U.S. at their full potential.

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Win 2 Tickets to the Global Fund for Women 20th Anniversary Gala

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Many of you contacted me to say that you enjoyed my interview with Kavita Ramdas , the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women. If you are excited about GFW's work, take a moment to enter their raffle for a chance to win two free tickets to their 20th anniversay gala fundraiser in New York City on June 5th.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. The finalists were paired up with technologists to develop a platform that could be worked on in a series of code sprints. The goal of OBJEKTIVno bolje is to stop hateful graffiti in Serbia.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

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Globally, 34 percent of people report owning smartphones. Online video consumption rates are now as high as television viewer rates globally. which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. Does Facebook Work for Fundraising?

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Then after the project is funded, the money goes to TechBridge to implement and complete the work. Move Over Cloud Computing – Make Way for The Fog.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. CNET Coverage on Digital Wallets.

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