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Looking forward to 2009

Judi Sohn

Yes, we’re making a difference against colorectal cancer, and that’s ultimately our big-picture goal. We don’t resolve to cure colorectal cancer in a year; instead we resolve to chip away at a very specific, very targeted part of the rock that needs banging on. Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer?

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#1MilliForJadudi: A Crowdfunding Campaign in Kenya to help Cancer Patient

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Zawadi shared her most recent crowdfunding campaign, probably one of the most successful in Kenya, raising over $71,000 in a couple of days, to help a 24 year old brain cancer patient Emmanuel Otieno (pictured above and known as Jadudi) to get surgery in India. 77% knew someone who had been diagnosed with cancer.

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How Nonprofits Can Increase Trust And Funding With Data-Driven Storytelling

Bloomerang

And like photos, they can also paint a picture, especially when transformed into charts, infographics, dashboards, etc., Simply put, use the art of visual storytelling to show them how their money funds specific initiatives and all the outcomes that lead to achieving the desired goals of those initiatives.

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Entrepreneurial events firm Summit Series acquires Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort for $40m

The Next Web

It’s 55 minutes from an international airport and in the center of our country,” says Summit Team founder Jeff Rosenthal (pictured above, center with Summit Team Partner and former pro-soccer player Natalie Spigler and Summit Team Founder Elliott Bisnow ). But once they saw Eden, Utah the decision to move solidified quickly.

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Artificial Intelligence: The Hotdog Conundrum

sgEngage

He begins by taking a picture of a hot dog, which the app correctly identifies. The twist comes just a few moments later when Jian Yang takes a picture of a pizza slice: “not hot dog.” But what if it wasn’t a hot dog that Jian Yang’s app identified—but breast cancer indicators on an MRI reading? His housemates are crestfallen.

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The day I made an impact

ASU Lodestar Center

By hearing these first-hand accounts of how my work or donation has helped someone, it encourages me to keep giving, because even though I may not actually see the end of poverty or the cure for cancer in my lifetime, I know that each moment I focus on the nonprofit sector is still making a difference.

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Effective Fundraising with Facebook Causes

NTEN

Since we launched in May 2007, 60 million people have started using Causes and over 250,000 causes have been created about every topic from halting global warming to supporting arts education. Then, she grew her cause, The Race to End Cancer, to 5.4 Then, she grew her cause, The Race to End Cancer, to 5.4

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