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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

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You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.” A decade ago, there was no official record of a child’s birth or death in rural Ethiopia. Use Measurement To Improve Results.

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Clouds of international development information

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Owen is based in Ethiopia; his wife works for an NGO that builds clinics. Synching up aid data is a more challenging project--but one that could yield rich rewards and make a significant contribution to alleviating human suffering, even in (especially in) the difficult financial environment we're facing.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. When I was a kid, Lucy the Elephant , was in a state of disrepair.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. 4) Simplicity Scales. He used the metaphor of the ants.

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Sprint How You Can: Salesforce.org Commons Fosters True Community Collaboration by Going Hybrid

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An inclusive environment that cultivates engagement from a global community. As the world sheltered in place in 2020, it forced us to come up with a new way to engage from our homes. We’ve since welcomed virtual Sprinters from 25+ countries around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Brazil.