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In Times of Crisis, You See Nonprofits Helping, Solving, Rebuilding

Saleforce Nonprofit

The Ukrainian crisis, climate change, health, and cybersecurity were just some of the topics discussed at this year’s NetHope global summit. Because when you look around at today’s crises — whether that’s the recent floods in Pakistan or providing meals to children during the pandemic — you see nonprofits helping, solving, and rebuilding.

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Interview with Roshaneh Zafar, Kashf Foundation, part of Global X Social Entrepreneurs Video Series

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The videos are short, most less than 3-7 minutes, are simple -- a significant event that had a major impact on their life and how they see the world in 2017. She also shares what happened when she realized that she was sitting at a conference next to a gentleman called Muhammad Yunus.

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11NTC Preview: Technology in Times of Disaster: The Important Role of Social media in Disaster Response and Awareness

NTEN

George Durham, Program Manager, Microsoft Global Community Affairs On January 12th, 2010, a devastating earthquake ripped through the Haitian landscape, literally decimating cities like Leogane, Petit Goave, and much of Port-au-Prince. George Durham is a Program Manager with Microsoft’s Global Community Affairs team.

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Visualizing the World's Seven Billion

Tech Soup

In a new campaign to raise awareness about the challenges - and opportunities - in a world of 7 billion, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged the world to take action to reduce the disparities in which hundreds of millions of people in developing and least developed nations lack the most basic ingredients for a decent life.

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Building Refurbished Computers with Volunteers at InterConnection

Tech Soup

Global Impact of InterConnection's Programs. During the past few years, InterConnection has also participated in supplying badly needed IT equipment to disaster stricken areas like Chile , Haiti and Pakistan , and Japan. The program was started in 1999 by Charles Brennick, who still runs the organization.

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What's a Virtual Visitor Worth?

Museum 2.0

How much do we value bringing global cultures and opinions into our institution? Many museums run outreach programs at a variety of levels of local to global reach. Others produce publications and media for global distribution. Consider, for example, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science's new Flickr Plant Project.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

I think the real answers lie in the small, diverse, creative solutions we come up with ourselves in our communities, by ourselves, or with our friends, or with a global group. In terms of my own life, as I write in Loyal to the Sky , I grew up in apartheid South Africa. Essentially, I came to activism from compassion.