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ammado, An exciting new platform for social involvement

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s an impressive web-based application for helping multi-national corporations engage their employees and customers in social sector activities such as volunteering or donating. I know Terry because he was UBS’ point guy on philanthropy in Singapore and Asia before joining ammado.

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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

Some of this increase can be attributed to earlier retirement, leading senior citizens to be more active. Research shows that a decline in well-being that the elderly often experience can be linked to a reduction of activity, but a productive activity such as volunteering can counter this effect. in 1974 to 23.5% Get another!

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GivingTuesday , a day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season that celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations, will take place exactly 28 days or four more Tuesdays from today. Fundraising Movement Building Philanthropy'

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Five Years Later: How #GivingTuesday Reached Ubiquity

Connection Cafe

Everyone in our London office knows about the day and helped their clients with activations.”. 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.