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Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” He started off with a great story about what a tribe in South Africa does when someone in their community does something bad. ” His story was of about the speed and influence of modern connections.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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On the other side of business influence in the Vietnam War was the production of Agent Orange, a chemical weapon used by the United States Military and produced by several US based c hemical companies. This quote, taken from the TIME article “ Behind the Anti-War Protests that Swept America in 1968 ”, is a good example of that. . “

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Social entrepreneurs at Davos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Moving on to dinner, I sat next to Garth Japhet of Soul City in South Africa, a doctor/social entrepreneur who leads an organization that uses media to influence behavior that affects HIV/AIDS. He gave me the direct advice of a social entrepreneur in the middle of marketing his first book: immensely useful.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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South Africa / $250. South Africa. Through our Leading Change in Philanthropy initiative, our community is exploring what it takes to influence change inside their organizations in ways that strengthen nonprofits. 11/28/2016. Global Summit on Community Philanthropy. Global Summit on Community Philanthropy.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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History remembers Queen Anna Nzinga as one of the great female rulers of Africa. During her reign over the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of Angola in the 17th century, she fought against the slave trade and European influence and paved the way for a centuries-long resistance movement that would ultimately win Angola its independence in 1975.

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