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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our vision is to use this power to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage for young people and children. Without the power of sport, they wouldn’t have had an opportunity to dream and be children again. Among its successes: 72,878 children and young people became less socially isolated.

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Helping Sick Children Conquer Their Everest

Tech Soup

The staff at A Chacun Son Everest (“Each has their own Everest”) can’t move mountains, but they can give sick children the opportunity to climb and conquer them, and for more than 17 years, they’ve been doing just that. Christine witnessed how children who have. them to bring more children on more trips.

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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

Tech Soup

More than 2,000 donated and refurbished tablet PCs with Microsoft OneNote have helped Ordyslexie to create a cost-effective way to provide dyslexic children an easier way to learn. This is the reality for thousands of 10-year-old dyslexic children in the French school system. Air France gladly donated 2,000 tablet PCs with styluses.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

Tech Soup

But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. ADB is located in Le Pin, a rural village in central France in the Auvergne region. ADB's project with Orange France, for instance, includes a national collection program. Solidarity Through Technology in France.

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

Tech Soup

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. She grew up in Central America, studied in France, and is a graduate of San Francisco State University. Even in the U.S.,

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Debbie Laskey On Social Media, Brand Audits And Leadership Books

Eric Jacobsen Blog

She developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Currently, Laskey is the Director of Marketing and Communications for the Exceptional Children''s Foundation in Los Angeles ( www.ECF.net ).

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Construction of the statue had been completed the year before in France, but efforts to construct a pedestal in New York ground to a halt. In only six months, more than 120,000 donors – from children to recovering alcoholics – sent in donations of typically less than a $1. Flickr Photo by PeterJBellis. Guest post by Jesse Noyes.