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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

Kate Behncken is corporate vice president, global head of Microsoft Philanthropies, a global, multi-disciplinary team that brings together corporate social responsibility, sales and engineering functions. A good portion of her working life is traveling to see the implementation of Microsoft Philanthropies’ work.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally.

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Open Source and the Promise of Sustainable Nutrition Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Recently I had the opportunity to get introduced to Gerald Nelson , senior climate change researcher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Such efforts are necessary to address global nutritional needs in a world facing the challenges of climate change.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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How an Effective Partner Ecosystem Strives for Collaboration Over Competition

Saleforce Nonprofit

Think about that for a moment — we have over 300 consulting and product partners that are serving thousands of organizations and institutions globally. OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Now, you might think that is counterintuitive — why would you want to help your competition?!

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Five Reasons to Attend Nonprofit Summit May 17-18

Saleforce Nonprofit

Whether we’ve convened in-person or virtually during a global pandemic, our Salesforce.org nonprofit community never misses an opportunity to celebrate, learn, and imagine a better, more equal world — together. Reason #1: Connect with the Nonprofit Community. Still not convinced to join us? and Cure Cancer.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . Communities also require support prior to a catastrophic event to be prepared to withstand future disasters. Enable advocacy and community organizing efforts.