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Interview with Rob Wu & Public Launch of CauseVox

Amy Sample Ward

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder. What inspired you to start CauseVox ?

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Solutionary Women: Nancy Gruver

Have Fun - Do Good

I love working with men who use their influence and resources to make the world safe and fair for girls. Although I knew adults would be involved, I wanted New Moon to express girls’ voices and dreams and ambitions, rather than adult goals for them. Joe is my husband and so I got to make lots of suggestions at the beginning.

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Growth Hacking Your Mission With People Power

Connection Cafe

From the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter, from the Ice Bucket Challenge to the Woman’s March, many of today’s most effective movements are less about single charismatic voices and more about the power of the chorus. How we advance causes, how we share our voices, how we connect. Rise of Peer Influence. Technology. My Passion.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Make your voice heard. Some changes you can make to make your voice heard on climate change are: Vote for parties and candidates who prioritise environmental policies. The Planetary Health diet is a guideline developed by independent NGO commission ‘Eat Forum’ for the UN.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

I had worked for a large development organization in East Africa that really influenced my path. I've been really blessed to have incredible influences in my own family, from my aunt, who lives in Washington and gave me so many opportunities, and my uncle, who's a performance artist, and my mother, who's a musician.

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. Since 2004 however, Ive been avidly studying the positive influence that one channel has on another, and how generational preferences should drive strategy.

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[VIDEO] Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing

Bloomerang

That’s the only way that you can persuade and influence. So, yes, I think the Global NGO Technology Report found the majority of nonprofits do agree social media is effective for creating brand awareness. We’re trying to influence. So we do know social media influences consumer behavior, and thus, donor behavior.