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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An Interview with Ruy Fortini , Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research , there are 820,000 existing NGOs, also know as ONGs (organizaciónes no gubernamentales), in Brazil.

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Call for Partners! The 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The third edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report (the sister report to the 2019 Global NGO Technology Report ) will be published September 15, 2020 , and for the first time, we are conducting an open call for partners worldwide. Example 3: You are a crowdfunding website in Brazil. Benefits of Partnership. How to Apply.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

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Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities. Globalization and the digital transformation of the book industry also stand behind the recent big news in the publishing world about the mega-merger of Penguin and Random House , says Ed Nawotka.

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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Question: How would this help people with print disabilities globally? the European Union and others. The advocates for people with disabilities strongly favor a treaty.

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Sprint How You Can: Salesforce.org Commons Fosters True Community Collaboration by Going Hybrid

Saleforce Nonprofit

An inclusive environment that cultivates engagement from a global community. It embraced a truly hybrid model; that is, it facilitated real-time participation from every attendee, rather than just adding a digital component to an in-person event. Common Data Models.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

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Fair Trade is this exciting new model for addressing poverty around the world. At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. PR: I was in Brazil a few months ago, and in this village in Brazil there are about eighty or ninety families that are all very small coffee growers.