Phone numbers are provided for those in the United States and Canada and Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013. MORE

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The group announced Thursday that its 10,000th donation came from someone in Finland who donated 10 Euros. Wikipedia's Non-Profit Foundation Hits Fundraising Milestone -- Wikimedia -- InformationWeek: "The Wikimedia Foundation has attracted 10,000 fundraising contributors in nine days. The foundation's annual fundraiser supports the nonprofit organization that runs Wikipedia. The total amount MORE

Finland ranked first in happiness. In light of the recent high profile suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, Vu Le wrote an excellent piece on what nonprofits need to know about mental illness. MORE

Fast Internet access becomes a legal right in Finland - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- Finland has become the first country in the world to declare broadband Internet access a legal right MORE

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Last year, when I released The Art of Relevance , people asked if there was an audiobook version in the works. It honestly hadn't crossed my mind. Since then, I've learned how many people read books with their ears instead of their eyes. MORE

A Youtube Message of Support from Finland. The final, official results have arrived for America's Giving Challenge and I'm happy say that we came in first place for global causes ! This was truly a group effort - no one person could have done this alone. MORE

When discussing the ideas in The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , people in Finland have figured out keeping calm versus fire drill culture. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms. MORE

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Finland has an excellent health data system, but many developed-world countries struggle with health data too--even in Seattle, a leader in advanced medical research and practices, getting good data from the University of Washington Medical Center to the Department of Public Health, just a few blocks away, is a non-trivial task. MORE

I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018! I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. MORE

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Other new international partners in 2012 include the National Library of Korea, Royal New Zealand Institute for the Blind, Studiebogservice (Denmark), South African Library for the Blind, and Celia Library (Finland). MORE

Andrea Vascellari tweets it from Finland I tweeted my last fundraising appeal. And Connie Reece responded. Thank you Connie! The baseline number of the Leaderboard is 485. I'll update as we go. thank you. You can donate here. MORE

Sharing Foundation Has Supporters in Finland. One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. But, a top ten post would focus on the content itself - and also jump start some thinking that I need to do for a redesign of this blog. MORE

Note from Beth: This week I’ve been in Finland at the invitation of the US Embassy to do trainings. Flickr Photo by Sam Livingston. On August 14th, I’m doing a FREE webinar with Soapbox Engage on how to raise more money and not burnout. MORE

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Habbo started in Finland in 2000, so pre-dates Second Life by three years or so. I’ve written previously about how the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC ) has embraced innovation to raise awareness of its cause. Now Childline , which merged with the NSPCC last year, has created the Childline Zen Garden room in Habbo Hotel - a virtual community for teenagers. MORE