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How (RED) is Fighting AIDS and Saving Lives

Saleforce Nonprofit

How Can Brands Leverage Storytelling To Tap Into the Cultural Zeitgeist and Shift Public Perception? How Does Technology Play a Role in Amplifying and Providing Solutions? Technology and digital health are so important because they can accelerate and scale solutions, reaching more people, faster, with the health services they need.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution.

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. in Ghana here and a story about the use of a wiki in Zambia by my colleague Saskia here. Technology. Practical examples.

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All Facets of the Impact Investing Field at SOCAP16

Connection Cafe

Our friend at Hewlett Foundation ( @Hewlett_Found ), Margot Fahnestock, pointed out the cultural difficulties with setting up an effective women’s reproductive health system in Zambia. Cultural traditions are preventing them from using the same methods in nearby countries. But it’s not that easy.

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