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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

"After running successful community websites in London's challenging Kings Cross I wanted to help other communities achieve the same sense of empowerment and communication. " DemocracyInAction Green Grants - DemocracyInAction Green Empowers grants provide organizations with the Salsa platform for free.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

David Green calls the approach forensic accounting: if you truly want to serve as many people as possible, analyze the most expensive item involved and then figure out how much it really costs to make. Part of the systematic Aravind Hospital approach is manufacturing its own supplied through its Aurolab social enterprise affiliate.

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10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Behind the scenes, though, we’ll see massive new sets of data available to campaigns for targeting, empowerment, and optimization. Finding Green Businesses : The web has effectively replaced the paper Yellow Pages as a way to find local businesses and services. The potential for green- and cause-related content is tremendous.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For many nonprofits, getting the green light to use social media, and, more important, to invest the time and resources necessary to launch and maintain a successful social media campaign, is unfortunately still much easier said than done. The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction.

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ChatGPT & Google Gemini Identify Four Essentials for Successful Nonprofit Giving Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

20% GREEN: Urgency & Specificity Creating a sense of urgency through one-day campaigns or crisis-based appeals drove immediate donor action. Success Factors: Tangible Impact: Donors directly contribute to a sustainable solution, creating a sense of empowerment and long-term impact.

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New York metro transit systems add on-demand sign language interpreters

Engadget

Convo and its partners had been conducting pilot tests at Penn Station, Times Square and the Port Authority terminal for months, and said in a press release that in general, users reported feelings of empowerment, inclusion and newfound confidence in interacting with transit staff.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

Have Fun - Do Good

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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