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. My commitment was to take Bookshare.org international, including raising the money for making that possible. Bookshare.org Goes International This year marked my first attendance at the Clinton Global Initiative.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. His dream was to go back to Sudan, and to contribute and help rebuild. And he's come up with his plan, his social entrepreneurship plan, to bring attention to the refugee plight and also to contribute to rebuilding in Sudan. It had been bombed.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

I haven’t seen any data that shows a correlation to the kind of organization and the amount raised at year end. I have seen reports that show sending a multi-message campaign raises more funds versus sending only 1 email in December. For example, you’re raising $50,000 to buy a Meals-on-Wheels delivery van. Danielle .

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

For nonprofits working on fundraising - Comic Relief in the United Kingdom raised over £7m from text message donations in 2011. Sudan caused a 0.12% increase in the country’s GDP growth rate, partly. For those nonprofits working on economic issues - In Kenya, the M-Pesa. This is important for Diaspora groups. increase in a.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

The Genocide Intervention Network has a good list of 10 Ways You Can Take Action Today including writing to elected officials, divesting from Sudan, holding an awareness raising event, and creating a video for 24 Hours for Darfur. But why aren't more people doing these things?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. If it does, how much money has been raised and which widget are they using? Does their profile have an e-mail capture box on it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Perhaps it is because my generation was raised reading The Diary of Anne Frank and watching dozens of movies about the Holocaust. As part of the anti-genocide moment, we raise both money and political will for civilian protection initiatives around the world. One of the world's challenges that disturbs me the most is genocide.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. If it does, how much money has been raised and which widget are they using? Does their profile have an e-mail capture box on it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For example, they could post fund raising goals for the month and a deadline to meet that goal. If there are two groups giving money to the Sudan, for example, it would be great to know which one gets 90% of their funds there versus one that only gets 40%. Lastly, you can shamelessly plug LWB.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

For example, they could post fund raising goals for the month and a deadline to meet that goal. If there are two groups giving money to the Sudan, for example, it would be great to know which one gets 90% of their funds there versus one that only gets 40%. Lastly, you can shamelessly plug LWB.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 28, 2017

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily grant the Trump administration's request to reinstate portions of its travel ban (blocking people from six countries - Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Somalia - from entering the United States), CARE reignited their #BetterThanTheBan campaign.

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AUGUST 20, 2008

In Tanzania, only something like 3.5%; in Sudan, it's only about 1.5%, and even in India, which we think of as being more developed, it's only about 10% of the people who actually have a job in the formal private sector. MF: Well, of course, we're always raising funds. BB: How can people get involved with KickStart? How can they help?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Founder and CEO of Raising Change. Raising Change helps organizations to raise capital to advance social change agendas, and helps individuals create Generosity Plans to change the world. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (November 1, 2010) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 8.

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JULY 27, 2011

." - Naomi Natale, One Million Bones Naomi Natale is the founding artist behind One Million Bones , a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma.

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