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United Nations Sets a New Agenda for Global Philanthropy

Tech Soup

Now that the United Nations Millennium Development Goals have expired and in some ways, have succeeded surprisingly well , the UN has developed a new set of even more ambitious goals. That may be why technology (for example, rapid mobile phone adoption worldwide) may be so important for realizing the new goals. spanhidden.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

It is proper etiquette in Vietnam to politely ask your age, nationality, and marital status on the first meeting. Jakarta, Indonesia-based ASEAN Foundation was launched in 1997 by leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Jakarta, on the island of Java, is the largest city and the nation's capital.

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Martin Luther King Day - Let Freedom Ring

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Amazingly powerful insights on America and our role building this nation. -- Martin Luther King Day, 2010 Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. It was in a small town in northeastern Ohio, six months after my ex-wife and I adopted our son, Jonathan. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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15 Must-Know Fundraising and Social Media Stats

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The investment the early adopter nonprofits made into online fundraising technology and strategy in the late 1990′s and 2000′s is now finally starting pay off – especially if they have also invested into a smart, multichannel, integrated social media strategy. Myanmar, also known as Burma, is the most charitable nation.