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Book Giveaway: Mazarine Treyz, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising

Amy Sample Ward

All fired up from my time in Indonesia, I thought, “Changing the world is so exciting! a cover letter that has generated many interviews for me and others who got nonprofit and government jobs. Simply leave a comment here sharing your biggest hurdle or burning question. Why do these fundraising books have to be so BORING?”

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jacob Harold, Guidestar , shared some thoughts to this question, “What are the basic building blocks to facilitate better access to data?” For example, they have some predictable analytics on how people use their mobile phones and this helps understand whether or not they have jobs. Data has to be framed with this.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

Our “job&# is to facilitate that action and make it easier for them to participate. Successful and Unsuccessful Examples: From @davidahood: Greenpeace internationally had great success recently with the Nestle campaign getting Nestle to end deforestation in Indonesia for palm oil. From @davidahood: agree with @neddotcom.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

So they'll each tell you a little about that, and we'll have time for questions and answers at the end. One of our jobs as women changemakers, which you are by showing up today, is to tell each other stories and recognize the impact that all women have on the world. I am the Campaign Director at MoveOn.org. That was really me.

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Big Vision Podcast: Interview with llyse Hogue Rainforest Action Network

Have Fun - Do Good

Ilyse Hogue: Well I came to this work and I came to this job, very differently, maybe I could start from the beginning. Ilyse Hogue: I enjoy, wow, that's a great question. Ilyse Hogue: One of my favorite success stories--wow, that's a great question, there are so many. Britt Bravo: How did you come to this work?

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