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Good News! Starbucks Signed an Agreement with Ethiopia

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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? They got 15-20,000 views.

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TechSoup joins the #ALSIceBucketChallenge

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While there has been some high-profile efforts to raise awareness and money, most recently by former football player Steve Gleason and his Team Gleason House , research efforts and awareness have been low compared to the other fatal diseases. Note: TechSoup Global is donating to the ALA Association as well.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease.

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My Facebook Birthday Cause: Thank You (and Some Unsolicited Feedback To Causes)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not two minutes had passed after I set up my birthday campaign and added it to my profile, I got pinged from Facebook friends asking how they could install it. As friends make a donation, it automically appears in your profile newsfeed. It matches real world philanthropic behavior. I've been doing this for years.

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs. My bloglines profile is public so you can see what I'm reading. For development, there are blogs from agencies like bellanet or global s for a selection of blogposts from any country you are interested in. Depends how you define my field!

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