Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The run, set to begin today, October 2, is a 250-kilometer journey through the Sahara Desert ending at the Pyramids of Giza for the purpose of raising money for South African nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). TechSoup's partner in South Africa SANGONeT , that like TechSoup was founded in 1987, organized the No Pain No Gain fundraiser.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. Their grantmaking aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. Global Fund For Children. Areas served: US, India, South Africa.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, the landscape resembles what many people consider a typical African savanna, with a few trees every hundred meters or so and brown grasslands in between. Often, we don’t invest in nature restoration or conservation because we don’t know what large-scale restoration would look like.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Most publishers don’t say yes or no.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

1980s – The concept of ESG continues to accelerate, especially around actions taken by the United States Government in the “Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act”, which outlawed any additional investment in South Africa. . In the same year, the Global Reporting Initiative was founded in Boston.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

TechSoup Global's vice president for Africa David Barnard did. David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). Would you do it for charity?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. TechSoup Global's NGO cloud survey found plenty of contradictions and confusion about cloud computing. The global NGO average is 36%.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. I next attended a session on global biodiversity, and ended up talking to two of the three speakers afterwards about our Miradi project and about the software idea from my friends at Waste Concern. Today was an example of this.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

This week, several TechSoup Global staffers are participating in Foundation Week in Brussels. This post comes from GuideStar International chair Buzz Schmidt. Originally publised on the GuideStar International Blog. read more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2008

Many of you contacted me to say that you enjoyed my interview with Kavita Ramdas , the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Honorable President of Liberia, as well as women leaders from Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, Liberia, Bosnia/Herzogovina and Egypt will be honored at the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The UN Foundation’s Aaron Sherinian was next up for the opening keynote where he gave an overview of different global projects that through the power of social media and networks offer scale to social change issues. . ”If your cause is true and right you have to persevere. ” Philantroteens.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Global Girlfriend is an online fair trade store that sells handmade gifts made by women's non-profit programs and cooperatives. Global Girlfriend's founder, Stacey Edgar, received a Microsoft Start Something Amazing Awards Honorable Mention , and was named the 2005 Aveeno Woman with Organic Style. holiday shopping fair trade

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The third edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report (the sister report to the 2019 Global NGO Technology Report ) will be published September 15, 2020 , and for the first time, we are conducting an open call for partners worldwide. Example 2: You are a media outlet in South Africa. Benefits of Partnership.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Global Voices Online is reporting how social media is playing a role in the latest parliamentary and council elections in Botswana.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2010

It was the perfect storm: we knew it was time to host a meeting of TechSoup Global's partners in the Asia/Pacific region. Representatives from Connecting Up Australia , Frontier Foundation (Taiwan), Hong Kong Council of Social Service , NASSCOM Foundation (India), and NGO Pulse (South Africa) were in attendance.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Saturday, September 9, 2017.

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Forum One

JANUARY 21, 2009

Those interested in domestic health, global health, population issues, or international development would do well to join an online conversation series hosted by the Population Reference Bureau. Tags: Global Health. Consider the topic for tomorrow, 1/22, at 1:00 EST: " Birth Defects: A Hidden Toll for Developing Countries."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 11, 2023

Global Giving Report 2020 :: Download [Worldwide] Published by Nonprofit Tech for Good & Funraise 17. Global NGO Technology Report 2019 :: Download [Worldwide] Published by Nonprofit Tech for Good & Funraise 18. South Africa Giving 2019 :: Download Published by the Charities Aid Foundation 19.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In October, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks. Maybe your question is about inter-organizational connections in your issue system (eg: agriculture, finance, housing) – it may be local, regional or global. This another area of Steve's interest and expertise.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2009

Nicholson's view is interesting because his job at Microsoft as Manager of Emerging Solutions and Refurbishment is their global expert on the subject. In his blog piece, he compares the new low-cost laptops called netbooks that were introduced by ASUS in 2007 with the emerging worldwide market of used desktop and laptop PCs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

The event here in Zurich is the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Summit, where roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs get together with global leaders to advance the movement. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship. Bill Drayton rounded out the panel.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa. His specialty: user testing. A move to Benetech’s quality assurance team was a great fit.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. Third world quarterly post-development theory and the question of alternatives: A view from Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2022

For Nonprofits in Africa: 1. South Africa Giving 2019 :: Download. 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report Focus Italia :: Scarica il report. 2019 Informe Global sobre Tecnología de ONG :: Descargar. 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report :: Download. 2019 Global NGO Technology Report :: Download.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Most of Be Sweet's products are made by artisans who work in job creation programs in South Africa. Last week I posted about the online fair trade store, Global Girlfriend , here and on BlogHer , and asked readers to post other ideas for do-good gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2021

2021 Global NGO Technology Survey & Open Data Project :: Take the Survey. 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report :: Download. 2019 Global NGO Technology Report :: Download. 2019 Global NGO Technology Report :: Download. For Nonprofits in Africa: 1. South Africa Giving 2019 :: Download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2018

We are grateful to the 3,573 people who have taken the 2018 Global Trends In Giving Survey thus far. This year we are getting more participants from outside of the United States, but we definitely need more diversity in our survey respondents for the data to truly reflect the global donor community. South Africa 3%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2018

That said, this year’s Global Trends in Giving Survey includes questions about crowdfunding. BackaBuddy (South Africa). South America. The services themselves have taken on the responsibility of vetting the nonprofits and for that alone, deserve muchos kudos. backabuddy.co.za. Donate-ng (Nigeria). donate-ng.com.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Half (52%) have experienced […] The post Most employees from marginalized racial and ethnic groups have experienced racism in the workplace, repo appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Now, a day and two thousand miles from the closing ceremony, I realize I was lucky enough to participate in a very special kind of conference, one which deals specifically with the global politics of science centers. I'm not sure what the global strategy looks like from here or how these goals will be achieved or attempted.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

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.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Here's a glimpse of what's happening internationally around TechSoup Global: Connecting Up Australia. NGO Pulse (South Africa). Learn how a nonprofit in South Africa, the Papillon Foundation , helps unemployed people learn new skills and find jobs. GuideStar International.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Are you ready to join a global, Storytelling conversation on Twitter at #Storymakers2014 spanning the globe from India, Libya, Kenya across Europe, Canada and the United States. Then join us September 4, 2014 for an amazing, global conversation. 11:00 am Eastern Africa Time / 8:00 am Coordinated Universal Time. South Africa.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

If you look at the history in South Africa, and the movement to end the apartheid regime, or if you look at the revolution in Cuba, where literally the island was essentially a playground for rich people from the United States. Britt Bravo: If someone listening to this podcast wants to become an organizer, what should they do?

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Forum One

AUGUST 29, 2008

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

April Rinne is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader ranked one of the “50 Leading Female Futurists” in the world by Forbes. v, AnyRoad, and Unsettled, as well as governments ranging from Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, Italy to India. Are select people, teams, or departments fluxier than others?

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