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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. English is increasingly favored as a second language. The official language is Bahasa Indonesia, which is a Malay language.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

sgEngage

This decade also saw the Black Power Movement, American Indian Movement, a further push for women’s rights , rights of farmworkers, and the Green Power Movement. A nti-war wasn’t the only movement that took place in the 1960s. 1970 – Milton Friedman introduces his Shareholder Value T heory.

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Empowering Change: Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project

Have Fun - Do Good

Sigida Keneyali means “Health in Our Homes” in Bambara, the most common language in Mali. We also need folks who know data analysis, native French, engineering, graphic design, web design, newsletter production, grant making, investment, or law. We feel that true development is about civil society, laws, attitudes, and institutions.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are some of their stories: Aleda Schaf fer A student at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, Aleda Schaffer has worked as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Washington, DC, Alaska and Boston. Right now he gets his green fix by tending to an aquarium and houseplants.

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training.

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How the Parkland Students are Changing the Rules for Advocacy Nonprofits

Connection Cafe

After the Parkland shooting, students didn’t wait for professional advocates to step in: they began talking to reporters immediately (one courageous student covered the shooting as he hid in a school closet ) and were soon planning media appearances about changing gun laws. Let the grassroots be grassroots!

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

So Fraser Green, great fundraiser in Canada who was working for an organization, left it. I want to make a distinction, which is, if people don’t know the language here, endowment is money that’s parked in the bank. Anne was wondering if you had seen any research on that since the tax law change in 2017? .

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