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Weekly update from PND

Candid

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Citi, and others announced commitments in support of climate action on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow, Scotland. November 4, 2021.

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Why Ongoing Professional Development Is Essential For The Nonprofit Community

Bloomerang

That’s because the fundraising world—indeed, the world in general—is changing fast, especially when it comes to communications. What the AfriKids fundraisers learned about donor stewardship and messaging, especially for a matching gift opportunity, completely changed their approach and resulted in a major fundraising win.

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. In 2008, I raised money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. Times have changed and so have the tools, but the need is the same.

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Change Status: Facebooking and Twittering for a better world

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alexandra Samuel of Social Signal has an excellent post about of how to use your Twitter and Facebook status messages to change the world, one tweet at a time. She is going to Ghana in November. She's also thinking about how to Change the World. SamLand is Shirley Mayfield's blog. Thanks for the inspiration!

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

Together, we must accelerate change to deliver progress at the scale the world needs.”. The 350 Africa team uses Salesforce to track many things, like the application process of organizations that want to be part of the coalition, relationships, volunteers, training status, and community campaigns like Ghana-Reducing Our Carbon.

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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India. Conclusion Social change in the real world is difficult, and magic bullets are few and far between.

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How Investing In Ongoing Nonprofit Professional Development Keeps Fundraisers On The Ball And Ahead Of The Game

Kindful

The money went to improving education for children across Northern Ghana through teacher training and increasing awareness among citizens of the importance of education. million—which was five times what the organization had set out to raise. As a result of the campaign’s success, 18,000 children and 350 teachers reaped the benefits.