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ammado, An exciting new platform for social involvement

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I know Terry because he was UBS’ point guy on philanthropy in Singapore and Asia before joining ammado. So, a high tech company with operations all over the world can engage their employees in each country to get involved with local charities, operate matching gift programs and so on.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. In the US, the Chicago and Portland groups visited their local Microsoft stores to learn how to leverage the Office 365 donation. Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Friday, June 9, 2017.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

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Senior Volunteering: Burden or Benefit?

ASU Lodestar Center

For some organizations, it may be helpful to partner with the local chapter of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. 2011. ^ [4] National Volunteer and Philanthropy Center. Singapore, 2007. ^ [5] Corporation for National and Community Service. ^ [6] Newman, Sally, Jyotsna Vasudev and Roland Onawola. Like this article?

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#GivingTuesday: How Sharing Best Practices Is Building A Global Philanthropic Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are local leaders in Australia, Canada, Latin America, Mexico Chile, and Singapore organizing on the ground to expand the reach and spirit of generosity. Fundraising Movement Building Philanthropy' Giving Without Borders: The idea has spread beyond the US and North America.

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Join Giving Tuesday!

Tech Soup

The project has also gone global this year, having expanded to Canada , Australia , Mexico , and Singapore. Our Network will promote this day across the globe and encourage local communities to give back: volunteer, donate, or raise money – or find creative ways to show the world how their country gives back. How To Get involved.

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Five Years Later: How #GivingTuesday Reached Ubiquity

Connection Cafe

Singapore turned it into a whole week!”. Beth Kanter , expert nonprofit blogger and a #GivingTuesday influencer, agrees, citing “the distributed nature of Giving Tuesday” as the biggest factor driving its growth. Anyone can participate and adapt it and it doesn’t require a monolithic entity with a huge amount of resources to drive it.”.