Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Helen Keller, who worked for AFB for many years, was on the original award board for its first twenty years, starting in 1937. The book famine may be receding here in the United States with Bookshare and the increasing advent of universally designed and accessible ebooks, but globally we have only scratched the surface of the need.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thanks to Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific , I’ve had the great honor to present a series of online fundraising and social media trainings to over three hundred non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout Asia Pacific over the last three years. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support and in-kind donations from Microsoft, Cisco and craigslist Charitable Fund. E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Road trips are an excellent platform for causes to tell important stories, engage volunteers, and fundraise in an innovative way. Mark Horvath - Mark’s work with invisiblepeople.tv telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. Diverse Goals.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Even better, nonprofits are giving back to the web analytics community because our experienced analysts work directly with “student learners” so that they can gain valuable “hands on” interaction with web data. . Some examples of these successes include: . What I love about the Analysis Exchange is the learning is reciprocal.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Research backs up their claim: Studies show that incarcerated individuals who participate in prison education programs are 43 percent less likely to return to prison than those who did not enroll; yet, only a quarter of people in prison participate in vocational training programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

If you're inspired after listening to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or reading the edited transcript below, take a browse through FORGE's gallery of projects created by refugee social entrepreneurs. ** Kjerstin Erickson: FORGE is an international nonprofit organization that works with refugee communities in Africa.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

At AnnieCannons, an anti-human trafficking organization, they transform survivors of human trafficking into software professionals through a holistic program that trains and equips survivors to independently support themselves and their families. Learn more about how Salesforce helps The Code to work smarter, not harder.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences and forums, informal trainings, and more that will be taking place all over the world, focusing on essential topics like: Nonprofit management. Discover how-to details and strategies for fast, measurable digital marketing success. Fundraising. Donor relations. Accounting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice: TransFair is the only organization here in the United States that certifies Fair Trade products. Most consumers in the United States, most people don't really have the time to think about those problems a lot. BB: Can you share a story of how a family's life has been changed for the better by Fair Trade?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

All the work we’re doing, whether it’s the environment, no matter what your mission is, we’re doing this. We spend 50, 60 hours a week working really hard, usually for a little pay to really make a difference. in the United States rather receive 20% of all giving. Tell a story. What are some.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Some of the programs that we have currently running are the Sudan Divestment Task Force , which is leading up the campaign to divest state pensions from companies doing business in Sudan on a recently passed Federal legislation to ban future state contracts. His campaign was successful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

We work primarily in the Washington, DC area and in Southeast Asia to promote programs that are addressing the root causes of human trafficking, and to provide sustainable alternatives to trafficking. We do a lot of education here in the Washington, DC area, actually all over the United States. They agreed to be smuggled.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

And we’ve emerged from the most divisive election year in the history of the United States. In my own work, I witnessed a roller-coaster of reactions. Surprisingly, many virtual events saw great success. Whatever works for you. What systems do you have in place to collect the stories that move your donors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

She has been passionate about the issue of immigrant rights since 2002, when she worked at Casa del Migrantes in Tijuana, Mexico, a shelter for immigrants and deportees. While there she lived and worked with immigrants from throughout the US and Central America, and they shared their experiences. Tell me about FIRM.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

And I work here at Ella Baker Center. It's really an honor to be working here doing some amazing work with a new program, Reclaim the Future. He came and talked about affirmative action, we became friends at that point, and started to learn about the different work that we were each doing.

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