Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As a group or as an individual, CARE Packages can help send girls in Afghanistan to school for a year, or help expectant mothers in Peru safely deliver. CARE Packages: CARE has a very unique holiday gift program that allows you to compile care packages to send to women entrepreneurs and girls worldwide.

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JULY 10, 2023

Example: Sam came home from Afghanistan with PTSD that threatened his family, his job, and even his life. Consider lived experience and amplify community voice. Recognize that in the traditional Organization-Donor-Constituent triad there is now a 4 th component: Community.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The concept for GoodUnited came through Nick's work co-founding and leading Stop Soldier Suicide, a 501c3 that grew from startup to national leader in reducing veteran suicide to the national average in ten years. Nick has been an innovator and leader at the intersection of business and social impact for over ten years.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

There were people already doing cool stuff, like InSTEDD and some great work around mashups of humanitarian data in Afghanistan, as well as folks discussing lauching cool new social enterprises (but we can't talk about them yet). I did a session on technology that does social good but doesn't make money, and got a dynamic group to show up.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The concept for GoodUnited came through Nick's work co-founding and leading Stop Soldier Suicide, a 501c3 that grew from startup to national leader in reducing veteran suicide to the national average in ten years. Nick has been an innovator and leader at the intersection of business and social impact for over ten years.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

She's offering a special deal right now that if you buy her book, Zen Under Fire: A Story of Love and War in Afghanistan , you will receive 30 Days of Courage for free You'll notice when you click on the link for Zen Under Fire , that the book is only available from New Zealand at this time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2007

A few months back, colleague Jayne Cravens was off to Afghanistan, to serve as Communication and Reporting Advisor for the United Nation's National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP), part of UNDP. from Jayne Craven's Flickr Photos from Kabul. I wrote a bon voyage post here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 1, 2009

Sierra Club to support wilderness areas like the Giant Sequoia National Monument , Grand Canyon National Park , Everglades National Park and the Arctic National Refuge. Donate before May 5th to make sure she receives her card on time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. Q: What’s your advice to them on going local vs. national vs. global? I also want to mention Consumer Reports. A: Get involved, All for Good makes that easy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Her newest book, the story of a Brazilian diplomat who worked for the United Nations for 34 years, has inspired an upcoming documentary and feature film. Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list. Check out the Chasing the Flame blog for more details.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue has announced the updated membership for the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS), a consultative forum for the Government of Canada to engage in meaningful dialogue with the charitable sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. is the only developed nation in the world without paid maternity leave. National Anti-Vivisection Society. Because you can judge a nation by how it treats their animals. National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. National Coalition for the Homeless. Moms Rising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. is the only developed nation in the world without paid maternity leave. National Anti-Vivisection Society. Because you can judge a nation by how it treats their animals. National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. National Coalition for the Homeless.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2013

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007).

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. AD: There is, yes.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And here’s Anthony, he was in one of my wounded veteran programs that these young men and women who’ve lost their legs and arms in Iraq and Afghanistan. We won the Audience Award which led to a lot of national attention being on national television tens of thousands of dollars in donations from people we had never heard of.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2016

The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition started a Text4Baby campaign that sent out maternity tips to women before and after their baby's births. More than 30,000 students participated in the campaign. Educate Through Texting Tips. SMS is a great way to spread information and educate the people you want to reach most.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The key point is that in places where the pro-democracy movements are strong and America’s well-established partnerships are challenged by actors like Russia, as in Georgia, maintaining a high level of support in backing democratic aspirations of nations can tip the balance in Georgia.” The issues are far from isolated.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

Habbo’s InfoBus re: curbing violence against gay teens; developing understanding via the Matthew Shepard Foundation visiting ‘in-world’ or the War Child Int’l foundation partnership to focus in-world on kids impacted by violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda etc. www.marketmakeovers.org.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Over the past 18 months or so, the antennas have been appearing around Jalalabad , a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. It wasn't created by a government either, but it could become the new symbol of infrastructure rebuilding in Afghanistan and around the world. These may not be the most sophisticated antennas, but they work.

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Care2

MARCH 7, 2011

Ever wonder how your favorite celebrity became a spokesperson for a national brand? It should also be interesting to hear how Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) decided to partner with the beer company Miller High Life. When: Saturday, March 12, 9:30 AM. Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB. When: Saturday March 12 11:00 AM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

According to a recent national poll , when price and quality are equal, 77 percent will choose a brand that supports a cause. The annual international conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is taking place in Bali and in Second Life from December 3-8th. Can't afford to visit Bali?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan. Sponsors give $27/month to fund a survivor's basic needs, as well as seed money to start income generating projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 18, 2007

Journal of a Young Activist write about her travels and human rights work in Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Afghanistan, and her life as a Chicago Seminary Student. The training will be lead by Parag Mehta, Director of Training at the Democratic National Committee and filmmaker Eric Byler.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

What kind of actions can we take to ensure not only a safe and stable Iraq, but that will also preserve our capacity to rebuild Afghanistan, isolate and apprehend terrorist cells, preserve our long-term military readiness, and devote the resources needed to shore up our homeland security?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Almost nowhere else in the world can you go and find the range of nationalities, ethnicities, race, language and backgrounds that you have here--not to mention the delicious food. I think my comment in The Nation was really more about that. I think that is what really motivates me to do this work. It's something worth thinking about.

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