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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

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Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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2011 NTEN Award: Peter Campbell

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On the last day of the Nonprofit Technology Conference each year, we have an Awards Lunch and Community Celebration. NTEN gives two awards to NTEN Members, including the Lifetime Achievement Award , which we blogged about already. Leader, mentor & NPTech catalyst – this is how I see this year’s NTEN award winner.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

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2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website. The year 2011 has shown in many ways that the arc of history is bending toward justice.

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13 of the Best Nonprofit Videos from the Last 13 Years

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You can also explore the winners of the DoGooder Video Awards back to 2010. Today, approximately 72% of internet traffic is video and one billion hours of that video is watched daily on YouTube. The videos below are a snapshot of the history of nonprofits using video. The War on Drugs: From Prohibition to Gold Rush. Drug Policy Alliance.

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The 2013 "NTEN" Award: Maddie Grant

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These individuals, recipients of the annual NTEN Award, are the people working hard to move NTEN''s mission forward from within the community: always ready to share a case study, idea, or contact. While we''re excited to present this award annually to a single individual, we know that a successful community is much more than than one person.

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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget. and Catherine T.

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Welcome, Mark Roberts!

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With his proven execution in scaling business systems and infrastructures that shaped the growth of award-winning service products for multiple high profile Silicon Valley technology companies, he has the perfect pedigree to spearhead engineering at Benetech as we continue to innovate in the technology-for-good space.

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