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Russia rights groups get help from Microsoft

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We've seen this happen in places like Russia. That's why it's heartening to read an article like this in the Christian Science Monitor, Russia rights groups get help from unlikely champion: Microsoft. A government could suppress a group using "piracy" as a reason, rather than criticism of the government.

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Fundraising lessons we can use from Ukraine

Hands on Fundraising

It was an important moment, as he needs to constantly seek support for the attacks his country is experiencing from Russia. Shortly before last Christmas, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of an embattled Ukraine, spoke to the U.S. He knows the U.S. has the greatest means of support. This is definitely emergency fundraising.

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Good Morning from Russia!

Get Fully Funded

I’m here to teach a class at the NGO Masterschool for Nonprofits this week and will be sharing some with you, my readers, about what fundraising is like in non-communist Russia. Tags: Fundraising in Russia. Believe me, it’s very different than it is for most of the rest of us! Stay tuned!!

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How You Can Help The People of Ukraine Right Now

Qgiv

American University in Bulgaria created a fund to support students affected by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. UNICEF is mobilizing to provide humanitarian access to families and children who have suffered the adverse effects of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. American University in Bulgaria. Voices of Children.

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Quotes For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Glasgow I praise loudly, I blame softly -- Catherine II of Russia Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress -- Mohandas Gandhi A long dispute means that both parties are wrong -- Voltaire The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable -- Paul Broca These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan H.

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Inspiring Leadership Quotes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

." -- Maria Robinson “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” -- Arnold H.

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Today's Leadership Quotes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Glasgow I praise loudly, I blame softly -- Catherine II of Russia Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress -- Mohandas Gandhi A long dispute means that both parties are wrong -- Voltaire The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable -- Paul Broca These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan H.

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