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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research , there are 820,000 existing NGOs, also know as ONGs (organizaciónes no gubernamentales), in Brazil. What would you like the world to know about NGOs and fundraising in Brazil? But small causes here in Brazil make a very big difference in social impact.

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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

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.” – Susan Taylor Batten, president and CEO, ABFE After the session ended, the Shaw band played “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (also known as the “Negro National Anthem”). Using the power of our voices Speakers stressed the importance of using our voice to create change.

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Bookshare International Now Serves Thirty Countries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

These partners include the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB), the Hoerbuecherei des OSBV Talking Book Library in Austria, and the Dorina Nowill Foundation in Brazil.? These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer.

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What Pride Month Means To Our Team

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We are working on building a diverse team and ensuring that each member of the team that joins us feels their voice is valuable regardless of their identity. And while Pride is recognized on a large scale for only one month out of the year, to me it is truly a daily mindset of education and elevating marginalized voices.

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Member Round Up: Brain science in fundraising, website tips, and Do Good Data 2013!

NTEN

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Sign up for the event or learn more here.

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The Impact of Your Donation: Ivana Braga, 14NTC Scholarship Recipient, Shares

NTEN

As we raise support for 2015, we wanted to share the impact of your donation from last year, from the voices of our scholarship recipients. I came back to Brazil in July, and I am doing a lot based on what I have learned at the NTC. To whom did the scholarships go, and what was the impact of your donation?

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Floss Manuals and Open Source Video Editing Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

David Saski from Global Voices and who is running the Rising Voices project will also be at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit in Phnom Penh next week. Jay Dedman recently asked about linux video editing tools on the Rising Voices list: Does anyone here use Linux to edit video? The developer livers in Brazil. and speak spanish?)