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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Dear COVID-19, I’m Breaking Up With You

Blue Fox

Their 24 members estimate Together’s coalition could advance investments in green infrastructure to the tune of 10,500 new jobs across 10 Bay Area counties, improving the environment and access to nature for 7.7 And hopefully, find toilet paper somewhere in between.) Need inspiration, or a reminder of why your work matters?

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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, if someone might be in a worried state while browsing your site, intense colors like red or orange won’t help them; it would be better to choose calming colors like blues and greens. 2) Relief International. If you offer many different paths on your site, a good strategy is to let users pick their own way forward.

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Eight Social Justice and Advocacy Conferences You Must Attend

Care2

Don't miss the panels Using Technology and Social Media to Build Social Movements with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, Michael Silberman of Green Peace International, Claire Diaz Ortiz of Twitter, and April Pedersen of Salsa Labs.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

Qgiv

Influential women’s panel for International Women’s Day Celebrate International Women’s Day by organizing a panel discussion featuring influential women from your community that other women can purchase tickets to attend. Your attendees can buy tickets to bring their favorite dishes to share and sample other supporters’ cooking skills.

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Great reads from around the web on March 17th

Amy Sample Ward

10 Questions for Camfed — Camfed International – Jordan Ridge and Kristy Green will be traveling to northern Zambia this week to meet students, filmakers, and young entrepreneurs in the communities where Camfed works – and you can go with them! Her round up includes the slides we used in the session as well.

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20 Lists of Holiday Gifts that Give Back

Have Fun - Do Good

I think you'll find that many (not all) of the gifts on the lists below are collaborations between large national, or international nonprofits, and big brands. I'm telling you, this is just a sampling. As they wrote in Gifts That Give Back: Charitable Gifts on Marie Claire , "Charity is the new black." OK, here are the lists.

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