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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

He later joined Kiva.org in San Francisco, a crowdfunding platform which has raised over $1 billion to entrepreneurs worldwide. 18% create online peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns to benefit organizations. ? 20% give to organizations located outside of their country of residence. ? 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. Leonard Library.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. What would your organization look like if you had access to the same services and resources as a for-profit company? Need some inspiration to get your organization''s website updated?

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. What would your organization look like if you had access to the same services and resources as a for-profit company? Need some inspiration to get your organization''s website updated?

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Celebrating TechSoup's Talented and Extraordinary Customer Service Team

Tech Soup

" Of her favorite charitable interests, she says simply, "Anything dealing with children pulls at my heart strings." She recalls once talking to a woman who was trying to take over the IT role in her organization even though she had no IT experience. " His charitable interest is addressing homelessness.

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

According to the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) , only one in seven children who are eligible for free or subsidized school lunches receive summer meals. In a moderated discussion, the guests list problems that arise in the day-to-day operations of their organizations and brainstorm ways technology might solve them.

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