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Storymakers 2014 Winners — A Global Success

Tech Soup

TechSoup's annual storytelling campaign was created to help nonprofits and social good organizations communicate differently, to build community, and to educate on how to tell powerful and effective stories for a global audience. We were blown away by the global participation in this year's campaign. spanhidden.

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Good News! Starbucks Signed an Agreement with Ethiopia

Have Fun - Do Good

Oxfam announced yesterday that Starbucks signed an agreement with Ethiopian farmers: "Starbucks and Ethiopia have finalized an agreement that ends their trademark dispute and brings both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers. ethiopia starbucks oxfam starbucks holdthehormones Guess what?

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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“Yet while measurement is critical to making progress in global health, it’s very hard to do well. A decade ago, there was no official record of a child’s birth or death in rural Ethiopia. A recent national survey of Ethiopia’s vaccination coverage reported vastly different results fromthe government’s own estimates.

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Nonprofits in the Autonomous World: Will the Bots Take Over?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are in the middle of global disruption due to widespread mobile Internet and cloud technology, Big Data, the rise of the collaborative economy and crowdsourcing/funding. When you send a message to this Facebook Messenger bot named Yeshi, she tells her story about how her daily walk for clean water in Ethiopia. .

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Go Holiday Shopping with Your Global Girlfriend

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Global Girlfriend is an online fair trade store that sells handmade gifts made by women's non-profit programs and cooperatives. Global Girlfriend's founder, Stacey Edgar, received a Microsoft Start Something Amazing Awards Honorable Mention , and was named the 2005 Aveeno Woman with Organic Style. holiday shopping fair trade

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October Community Builder Chat – Connecting On and Offline Communities #commbuild

Amy Sample Ward

You can look at #sfaddis to see what they did recently from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are.

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TechSoup joins the #ALSIceBucketChallenge

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Before the age of computers and social media, the broadcasting of live imagery from Ethiopia culminated in Live Aid, one of the most successful charity events at that time. Note: TechSoup Global is donating to the ALA Association as well. Visit their website for more information on how to donate.