Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Citi, and others announced commitments in support of climate action on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow, Scotland. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital receives $50 million gift. November 4, 2021. November 4, 2021.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Devex and Global Citizen are engaging a broader audience — and Salesforce.org is playing a key role in supporting innovation. A mother in Kenya checks her child for malnutrition using a MUAC band. Photo Credit: Peter Caton, Action Against Hunger, Kenya A strength-based approach is key. We start with what’s strong.”

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Classy

MAY 31, 2021

When a supporter fills out a donation form, there will be an option to check a box to make that donation recurring. Since supporters are organically choosing whether or not to click the button, there’s no big time commitment to managing recurring donations this way. Offer a Sponsorship Opportunity.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web. This focus on collective participation and 24/7 connectivity has impacted more than just our social lives. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Impacts to Society.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Panelists discussed the critical role of HBCUs in uplifting Black communities and explored new research on the disparately uneven philanthropic support for these institutions. While the research revealed a disappointing reality, it also highlighted opportunities for foundations and HBCUs to work together to make a greater impact.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Being only a small recurring donor to the Clinton Foundation, I was excited to find myself sitting across the desk of the former president at his New York office and hearing firsthand about the impact of the foundation's work in East Africa. Virtual Reality Is the Future of Storytelling. So grab your headsets and watch this space.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2011

« Company K Media – Kerri has an excellent round up of some of the most popular hashtags on Twitter related to the nonprofit and social impact sectors, as well as hashtags to follow to join in regular Twitter chats. 30 Super Useful Nonprofit Hashtags – Twitter Chats, Too! « Check it out and add yours to the list!

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Description: As non-profits turn their sights to the social web for mission delivery, advocacy, fundraising and awareness building, more for-profits organizations are supporting charity work with specialized programs and initiatives. Date/Time : 9:30 AM Monday, March 14. Moderator: Frank Barry – Blackbaud.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Peer-to-peer campaigns are an effective way for nonprofits to leverage their supporters’ connections to reach new donors. Your supporters may have connections your nonprofit doesn’t, and a well run peer-to-peer campaign can put your nonprofit into contact with new audiences your team likely couldn’t reach without your supporters’ help. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I’m just back from a trip to Kenya and London and as they say in the UK, “cream crackered&# (really tired). But before I rest, I wanted to let you know that it’s Tweetsgiving time again, a global celebration of gratitude and giving lasting 48 hours to support the work of EpicChange. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. Much as been written about the impact of more women in Parliament.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The context We’ve been supporting the World Blind Union and other groups in the pursuit of a Treaty for the Visually Impaired for the last five or six years. publishers) pushed for these voluntary efforts to weaken support for a Treaty. This wouldn’t make a big impact on hardcopy Braille books, because almost no publishers sell them.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Then imagine how this teaching can impact children's lives, transforming their journey through life. Those services include groups for hotline calls — the elderly, youth, people with disabilities, and education — to provide an ear and home for those in need of support. All of these videos create a lasting impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Give for Youth micro-giving marketplace where you can support youth-focused nonprofits directly. Because Microsoft works in partnerships with others in the sector,they are committing the majority of their corporate cash giving to support nonprofits that serve youth. ” Their solution is Microsoft YouthSpark.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Seattle, Washington: How to Pick a WordPress Plugin / WordPress Work and Support Lab. Chicago, Illinois: Social Media for Social Impact: Building Your Brand and Engaging the Community. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. They also offer a guide for cause-based campaigns as well as customer support on the phone or online.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

They’re examples of what it means to be mission-driven: true helpers that provide support to some of our nation’s most vulnerable people and communities. That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. We had to work closely to support local clubs in navigating this. Local communities were.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), for instance, has used Ushahidi to document the impacts of oil spills and other petrochemical pollution on human health and the environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Note from Beth: As you read this post, I’ll be at the Ushahidi Board Meeting in Kenya. The explosion of online networking encouraged us to ask how we could do more, achieve greater scale and, ultimately, greater impact. And what will HandsOn Network do to support them? Our nation?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Power : lastly, and very importantly, we see our contributions making an impact.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Los Angeles, California: Startups for Social Impact: The Pains and Rewards. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Supporting Encryption and Journalism. Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Butler. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Thursday, May 12, 2016.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. They also offer a guide for cause-based campaigns as well as customer support on the phone or online.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. Dara Westling.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have the very best job at TechSoup — I get to support our network of nonprofit technology event organizers. They're having a huge impact. At each event, we're helping to build and sustain a self-supporting community of practice for tech-minded nonprofit staffers. San Francisco, California: Positive Impact Party.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

The revolution that has allowed ICT services to transition to a point of real uptake and impact -- or as Heeks describes, from a tool of development to a “platform for development” --is the mobile phone. . A limiting factor, to scale up, will remain the local technical capacity to support and “own” these systems over time. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In order for social media to have full impact, it needs to scale within an organization. charity:water has a huge Twitter following of over 1 million fans and supporters and has a great deal of expertise using social media to leverage fundraising and raise awareness of their work. This is a good example of a "Blended profile.".

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

For instance, users can pin images for planning a conference, celebrating volunteers, or encourage their supporters to pin images related to a topic for. African countries are the primary users of mobile banking and a hotbed of innovation in this field like the Safaricom M-PESA mobile payment system in Kenya. social change.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

They just may need some support in a few segments of that campaign. . They’re growing into the way that they’re able to impact the community. . And in this day and age with COVID impacting so many variables in the construction process, what are you seeing with nonprofits and how they’re navigating this?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Abby Rosenheck: Urban sprouts is a school garden program where we support middle and high schools in San Francisco to build school gardens at their school, so the students grow, prepare, eat--the whole thing. But being in the schools you can see the impact that it would have for the young people and the teachers too.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

What we do is essentially support social entrepreneurship within refugee communities. The model that FORGE takes is really a long-term impact framework. I was in high school, I was 17 and my first trip to Africa was to Kenya with my family, just on a picture safari. So, now people can go on the site and support projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2010

In other words, we can think about investing in agricultural development, agricultural knowledge, and agricultural education where we are working with community based groups in developing countries to help support those groups' teaching farmers how to adopt some of the most sophisticated organic methods, and agri-ecological methods.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Wangari Maathai was a renowned environmental political activist in Kenya. Ready to support more female game-changers? Gertrude B.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Steve Williams: One of the interesting things that we have seen historically is that women's labor, and particularly women of color, have played a central role of supporting the economy. But, then also recognizing it has real positive impacts on our ability to have community with each other.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2006

being really aware of our, really aware of our, of our impacts. And providing a solution and a place where people can turn to get some answers, to get some inspiration, and to really support a more sustainable practice on this planet. So we're really ultimately impacting. Britt: Thanks for listening to the Big Vision podcast.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

So we wanted to primarily address that issue: how can we pursue creative, innovative ideas for getting food out there that's affordable, that's local, that's fresh, and health-supportive, and then provide under that a foundation of education. If you liked the opening music, it was an excerpt from Kenya Masala's, "Mango Delight."

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