Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Constituent Empowerment. Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. Winner: Ploughshares Fund. Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Winner: Children International.

Convio 31

Convio Award Empowerment United States 31

Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos.

Convio 28

Convio Social Media Award Advocacy 28

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs.

Interview 40

Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

In 2006, the Aquarium sponsored a letter-writing campaign in the museum, giving visitors an opportunity to send postcards to the governor expressing support for the establishment of marine protected areas on California's central coast. People don't need empowerment to make a difference; they need vehicles for action.

Model 26

Model Action Congo Museum 26

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment.

Puerto Rico 96

Puerto Rico West Virginia Ideas Fort Worth 96

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" For example, World Wildlife Fund ran a campaign in China to encourage people to drive less. " An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. Interruption "works to challenge the dominant narrative or jar the normal way of seeing things.

Change 36

Change Help Lebanon Map 36

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" For example, World Wildlife Fund ran a campaign in China to encourage people to drive less. " An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. Interruption "works to challenge the dominant narrative or jar the normal way of seeing things.

Change 36

Change Lebanon Map China 36

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

It really became a win-win for everyone, because I won't sponsor an organization, or a company unless they're willing to tie the money to a cause or crisis. This challenge benefited the Cambodian Children's Fund out of Cambodia. Of course, it came down to, as it should, funding. We'll supply the funding.

Interview 46

Interview Cambodia Children Uganda 46

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

Global 44

Global Fund Interview United States 44

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

We produced somewhere around ten events and sponsored about ten events during that five day period to bring those issues to the forefront, so, "green jobs, not jails" and looking at eco-apartheid, as opposed to eco-equity, and had a lot of panels and different events. Look at us, how creative we are. So, that's one of the things.

Arts 40

Arts Podcast Action Interview 40