Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

As the city of Houston responded to hurricane Harvey, even small collaboratives like Sketch City , jumped in to help, using their skills to develop a custom app to coordinate volunteers, nonprofits and resources. Data philanthropy stands to be the most transformational advancement in solving social problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2006

A study for the nonprofit Womens Way found that women who volunteered improved their leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. Shop Girl tells her readers about a Women of Wardrobe fashion show fundraiser happening in Houston today. I thought it was a cool idea to have a team of women building a house together.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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