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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. Some are calling it impact investing. Investors need simple indicators that managers have taken a deep dive to understand the social and environmental impact of the projects in their portfolios.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. How will these trends impact nptech? Global NpTech. GINKs is a knowledge network promoting the use of ICTs in development in Ghana. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. Marnie Webb also points to this post.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. That seems to represent the indomitability of the spirit of these women for whom singing is a real celebration, on the one hand, and they told me, on the other hand, it helps them forget their troubles, which are huge.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. We know that the carbon impact of all that travel is bad for the planet, and the personal impact of all that travel is bad on our bodies. It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. Why do I do it? Why do my peers do it?

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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