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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web. This focus on collective participation and 24/7 connectivity has impacted more than just our social lives. Another great example is Epic Change. Impacts to Society. Impacts to Philanthropy. The internet is not new.

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How to Help Chilean Earthquake Survivors

Have Fun - Do Good

Last Saturday, February 27th, Chile was hit with an 8.8 If you're looking for ways to help the earthquake's survivors, the sites and blogs below have posted lists of relief organizations working in Chile: Chile's 8.8 Flickr photo credit: Puro Chile, es tu cielo azulado uploaded by Diego Salgado. magnitude earthquake.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. “ Unleashing Technology.

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Join Our 24-Hour Round-the-World Twitter Chat

Tech Soup

SANTIAGO, CHILE. Chile Summer Time (1 p.m. Topic: Visibility, communications (storytelling), and marketing, key elements for greater impact, sustainability, and incidence of NGOs. How can nonprofits in tech work towards a society that gives young girls with disabilities opportunities to be drivers of change?

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Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy

Tech Soup

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. What if we stopped thinking of the public as a liability and started empowering them to be valuable resources who can increase efficiency and make a real impact? . social tools + people = lives saved. .

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions. BB: How do you know that you are successful?

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