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Micro projects for macro impact

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Colleen Dunbar , Project Specialist. Volunteers can choose the projects, causes, and organizations they help, and organizations can potentially get help from numerous volunteers. Sparked is a project-based microvolunteering site, where nonprofit organizations “challenge” the Sparked community, and the volunteers then respond.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. Some of Sarah’s past experiences include working at the Embassy of Canada, U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the Peace Corps.

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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

Tech Soup

Victoria, Canada: Heartbeats & Remarkable: Building a Winning Communications Strategy for Your NGO. Vancouver, Canada: Data Visualization - What is my data really saying? Vancouver, Canada: Data Visualization - What is my data really saying? Victoria, Canada: NGO HO HO: A holiday party for Victoria’s non-profits.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. and Canada about their technology use. We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada. The Big Theme and Conclusion.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada. Finally, I liked the story of Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Program in Ottawa, Canada.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Based on that message, at the following 30th TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, I delivered an onstage exhortation to fellow technologists to secure their customers’ sensitive information in response to Edward Snowden’s surprise virtual TED interview. And we do this at a per-book cost less than one-tenth of the traditional approaches!

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An intern's perspective

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Colleen Dunbar , Project Specialist. An intern is not someone who is there just for you to pass off the tedious, boring projects that you don’t want to do (okay, I did get a few of these, and I accepted them with a smile on my face!). ASU Lodestar Center. I plan on working in the nonprofit sector for a long time. Get another!