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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Back to School in Brazil. Even in the U.S.,

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Back to School in Brazil. Even in the U.S.,

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Microsoft YouthSpark: A New Chapter in Citizenship at Microsoft

Tech Soup

In Brazil, approximately 40% of firms have difficulty finding qualified staff to fill vacancies due to low quality education. highest youth unemployment rate in the world (approximately 25%) and to. avoid increases in this rate, 15 million new jobs per year will need to. In Latin America, more young people. This region has the.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. On the one hand, three countries have the highest electronics recycling rates in the world. Africa has a 1 percent recycling rate for mobile phones.

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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Presenting the banner ads in a way that linked them to the Hyves site was another excellent marketing strategy that led to a much higher click through rate. 6% rate as opposed to.3% First, in the Netherlands we used them as a tool to influence the Dutch government and get the media on board. Ads liked to the site had a.6%

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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Presenting the banner ads in a way that linked them to the Hyves site was another excellent marketing strategy that led to a much higher click through rate. 6% rate as opposed to.3% First, in the Netherlands we used them as a tool to influence the Dutch government and get the media on board. Ads liked to the site had a.6%

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Taking Local Currency Digital: A New Experiment Emerges

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There are now over 200 local currencies in use worldwide, according to a database maintained by the Schumacher Center, with popularity greatest in Europe and Brazil. Digital BerkShares will be backed by US dollars and will be redeemable at a 1:1 rate. Now 15 years in, BerkShares, Inc. is taking the local currency digital.

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