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How can nonprofits build public trust through accountability to beneficiaries?

ASU Lodestar Center

Support beneficiaries in participation according to their goals, not yours! A mechanism’s result is impacted by whether the mechanism was used to improve performance or enhance public standing. Daniel resides in Blantyre, Malawi, with his wife and 5-year-old triplets. Consider the purpose of accountability to beneficiaries.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. First, I’ll cover our biggest fundraising effort of the year: individual philanthropy is crucial to us; it’s the portion that makes 10X impact possible!

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How Faith-Based Hope Endeavors Effectively Fights the AIDS Epidemic and Changes Lives in the U.S. and Africa

Tech Soup

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Through the creation hope-giving projects that serve the most vulnerable in Malawi, the organization connects U.S.-based The two girls met at Hope Village Orphan Care Center in Malawi.

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Mobile Innovations for Social Good

NTEN

An academic-community partnership, the project brings together immigrant day laborers, scholars, software developers, and community organizers for participatory design, curriculum development, evaluation and research around this emerging media tool and its social impact. Second Place: $15,000. At clinics that serve about 1.2 The Process.

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Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes

NonProfit Hub

Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes When Cyclone Gombe devastated Malawi, it left many families displaced without housing. Through an innovative partnership with Nostos Homes, Habitat built a modular community in rural Malawi in just a week. Rapid shelter stabilizes and supports disaster victims.

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How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

NTEN

And Camfed raised $4,500 to build a roof on a school in Malawi , then turned around and funded another $3,386 project to give shoes to schoolgirls in Zimbabwe. . Motivate supporters through descriptions of your work and the impact they can have by donating. Don’t be scared to drive home the message.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

Connect emotionally to your supporters and they'll give! The hitch Nonprofits have jumped head-long into a storytelling fever that relies almost exclusively on personal narratives — like that of Rokia — to make an emotional connection with supporters. Non-profit supporters can sniff out when we're playing with their emotions.

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