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Join the 29-Day Giving Challenge: Change Lives One Gift at a Time

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I signed up for the Challenge today and decided to celebrate Day 1 by donating to the BlogHers Act' "Donate Now to Save Women's Lives" campaign on Global Giving. I donated to a Relief International health clinic in the Zam Zam refugee camp in Darfur that trains indigenous doctors, midwives, and community health workers.

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Notes from The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We're Forgetting) about Online Outreach

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Effective campaigns always keep their audience's needs in mind. Two of their staff members recently returned from Darfur and are putting together a video to raise awareness about it. They are collecting questions from supporters about Darfur to include in the video. * Frogs are one of the harbingers of global warming. (I

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"Google Was Our First Office": Managing a Worldwide Staff

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Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. One of PresenTense's core activities is the Global Summer Institute , held in Jerusalem. Efrat Ben-Dor Erez, NPTech Israel. This amazing project , initiated by Eli Winkelman, came to life with the help of PresenTense.

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5 Reasons This Will Be The Best #BBCON Ever

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These sessions are being led by some of the top minds in the industry. He won his second Pulitzer in 2006 for his columns on Darfur. The Future of Nonprofit Technology: Amy Sample Ward, Robert Machen, Tom Matthews. Creating a Movement: Jensine Larsen, Courtney Corbin, Shayna Englin. Measuring Outcomes: Hal Williams, Andrew Wolk.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog. That’s when they decided that youth, who are idealistic, energetic and open-minded, would be the engine to peacebuilding to ensure that genocide does not go unchallenged. It is terrific working with people who are like-minded and passionate about improving the world.

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