Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop sells unique and beautiful objects from around the world in support of the arts. 100% of net proceeds go directly to support the work of HRC to improve the lives of LGBTQ Americans. Every purchase supports NPR programming by purchasing NPR-branded clothing, accessories, and gifts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Krista and I had a wide-ranging conversation, the kind that social entrepreneurs tend to have when they get together (like, how to get projects to have impact at scale and where to find the money to launch new projects and scale them). We talked about their Jaipur knee project, and a low-cost lighting solution to fight jaundice in newborns.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These global leaders are coming from Uganda, Australia, London, and Florida. 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. They're going to try and recruit you. :-). Austin, Texas.

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Achieve

MAY 28, 2014

We knew how to crochet, and we came to understand how this generic hobby could actually create life-changing jobs for people in Uganda. There’s actually beauty in approaching impact on a small (or even individual) basis and fighting the urge to help a lot of people just to say that you helped a lot of people. Krochet Kids intl.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

However, many people in Northern Uganda (who this was ultimately about helping) felt that it over simplified the impact Kony had on millions of people in the region. It also portrayed the Americans need to “come in and save the day” because Northern Uganda could not take care of its own country and people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Our support of groups advancing LGBTI rights is opening up new opportunities for helping many more such groups around the world. We’re honored to support the process towards justice and accountability at this critical time in Guatemala’s history. We’re deeply grateful for this strong support of our work.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Los Angeles, California: Startups for Social Impact: The Pains and Rewards. Mukono, Uganda. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Supporting Encryption and Journalism. Mukono, Uganda. Mukono, Uganda. Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Butler. Thursday, May 12, 2016.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

Not matter what we call them, we are only just beginning to understand Gen Z and their impact on society as well as the implications for nonprofits. They have also been described as the first tribe of digital natives, screenagers, and digital integrators. It’s the reason we’re not in the Dark Ages anymore.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

From @rootwork: Well, I think it’s about going where people/supporters/potential supporters are. People want to take action on things that they care about – whether it impacts them directly or not. Social media used to engage local supporters to act globally. Support info is very important.

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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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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Not matter what we call them, we are only just beginning to understand Gen Z and their impact on society as well as the implications for nonprofits. Take for example, Mary Grace Henry and her project, Reverse the Course , a site where she sells reversible headbands that she sews and donates all profits to support girls education in Uganda.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It is hard to express in one blog my entire week-long experience with nonprofit leaders from Japan, Syria, Uganda, Nigeria and different parts of the United States at the American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 at the Aspen Institute. There is not one single story.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

Women and girls in particular have felt the impacts of a never-ending global health pandemic, conflict and displacement, and authoritarian government takeovers, to name a few. In addition, female athletes globally have faced abuse and harassment from the very people who are charged with coaching and supporting them to succeed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. We've also received in-kind support from the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, which is organizing attorneys from around the world to help get us the permissions we need to bring books to disabled people around the planet.

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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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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

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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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It is hard to express in one blog my entire week-long experience with nonprofit leaders from Japan, Syria, Uganda, Nigeria and different parts of the United States at the American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 at the Aspen Institute. There is not one single story.

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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. He was actually on a business trip, on his bike, to Uganda. So, now people can go on the site and support projects. What have been the challenges of using that process?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Marsha Wallace: Dining for Women is an international giving circle, and our mission is to support and empower self-sufficiency for women and girls who live in extreme poverty in developing countries. Last month [August], we featured BeadforLife , which is an organization that sells paper beads made by women in Uganda.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I believe that when you do that, when you add those stories and the ease of telling a story to your tool chest, if you will, that you are building a strong foundation to be sustainable, to help people understand what it is you do, what you need, all of that, and that really you’re building lifelong supporters. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

She has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund, and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. Jane--the person that you funded, Jane the goat herder in Uganda--is starting her business." She is currently pursuing an MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

Habbo’s InfoBus re: curbing violence against gay teens; developing understanding via the Matthew Shepard Foundation visiting ‘in-world’ or the War Child Int’l foundation partnership to focus in-world on kids impacted by violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

"We want to support anyone who is interested in engagement, but we want to help them do it in a way that is healthy for them, creates community, and creates longevity, so that everyone wins, and no one gets burnt out or sick. Even though it's in the best interest of the children, it could impact the family.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

We know that the carbon impact of all that travel is bad for the planet, and the personal impact of all that travel is bad on our bodies. We’ve spent a lot of time over the past few years advocating against cuts to the funding that supports our work, by pointing out how amazingly effective this funding is. Why do I do it?

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