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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A lack of government resources in the slums and low-income areas to address the problem of animal abandonment and cruelty has inspired many Brazilians to give to nonprofits that support animal welfare and wildlife conservation. 42% are most inspired to give by social media, email (18%), and an NGO’s website (18%).

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The team laid out the figure below: Benetech's Equilibrium Change Model Looking at this summary of how Benetech operates, it was clear to me that our theory of change matched the framework from Osberg and Martin. We can just blow up the old model while striving for the next phase of equilibrium change. The first was the ebook.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. The feedback has been amazing. We've just launched Miradi.

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