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What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. Her report touched on the need for sector collaboration, celebrating mistakes and failures, and innovation. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

Even if you’re a small nonprofit focused on a niche community or cause, expand your fundraising efforts to everyone. Many times, fundraising and volunteering took on the form of a collaborative effort. This gave them greater voice in the government. Takeaway: What can we learn from Ward and Pierce? Go big, or go home.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

She served at Carlisle Barracks and the Pentagon in the Women’s Army Corps during the Vietnam War. I agreed with him and thanked him, with a hoarse voice, a handshake and a nod. She taught me, by example, the most important values in my life: service to my country, service to my community, and service to those in need.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. You can be an expert and have a strong voice--a voice visitors want to hear--without being the only voice in the room.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. You can be an expert and have a strong voice--a voice visitors want to hear--without being the only voice in the room.

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Ask Britt: How can I combine the creative arts with social impact?

Have Fun - Do Good

Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. Our annual summer camps and year-round programs create hope and opportunity through socially relevant popular education, community-building, and creative expression geared toward developing solutions.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

"To us, it's really about collaboration. There are women environmental leaders who are standing up for their communities, around the world, who do not have access to those key resources and information. If they did, they would be guiding their community into a clean, healthy, sustainable, and thriving future.