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International Women’s Day: Using Technology to Empower Women and Girls

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

March 8th is International Women’s Day. The One Campaign has launched an open letter signed by 86 leading voices for women around the world. At the ages of 12-13, these girls, who came from nothing, are going to school and teaching themselves to use technology to improve themselves and change their communities.

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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

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Refugees International According to. Refugees International ’s website, there are currently over 65 million people across the world who are displaced by war, conflict and persecution, and tens of millions more who have been displaced by climate events and natural disasters.

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Hadley China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. Hadley's international branch is located in Fuzhou, China. The participants wear headsets with microphones. It's like a free conference call.

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What I Learned About Online Donor Engagement from Fundraisers in Brasil

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The last time I shared a plenary stage with Marcelo Iniarra was in 2014 at the International Fundraising Congress where he rode a bicycle on stage! Empowerment. By using their voices to support their organization’s mission, they boost trust and inspire meaningful conversation and debate. Transparency. Aspiration.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. It almost always naturally leads to discussion about how to amplify each other’s voices using social media.

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

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There are a lot of companies that give to international causes, which is great. I'm a personal believer that you can't teach someone to be an entrepreneur. I don't think you can teach someone to be an entrepreneur. Too often we give the resources to the communities that have the loudest voice. We love it.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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Then, I started going around the country teaching workshops around spiritual activism: why it's important to take your yoga off the mat and into the world, and the different ways that we can get involved. It could be the environment, it could be educational issues, political issues, international, national. Just rude.