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How (RED) is Fighting AIDS and Saving Lives

Saleforce Nonprofit

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. Four decades ago, San Francisco was the epicenter of the AIDS crisis.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Revelations about government interception of these confidential stories has caused us to redouble our efforts to lower the barrier to the use of strong, secure crypto software like Martus. Martus is our free, open source, secure information collection and management tool.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Lusaka, Zambia: Website Building and Designing Using WordPress for Nonprofits. Lusaka, Zambia: Social Media Surgery. Sunday, February 12, 2017. Thursday, March 2, 2017.

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Lusaka, Zambia: Website Building and Designing Using WordPress for Nonprofits. Lusaka, Zambia: Social Media Surgery. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes — Allegheny. Thursday, March 2, 2017. Seattle, Washington. Mukono, Uganda.

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All Facets of the Impact Investing Field at SOCAP16

Connection Cafe

From governments working with nonprofits, to corporations working with social entrepreneurs, industries are coming together to push the field forward. Our friend at Hewlett Foundation ( @Hewlett_Found ), Margot Fahnestock, pointed out the cultural difficulties with setting up an effective women’s reproductive health system in Zambia.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

That means that 70% of almost all the money given in this country other than government money is coming from people sitting down and asking face-to-face, or on Zoom calls in some kind of face-to-face setting. So more than 80% of all this money that’s donated to charities comes from people, comes from people. But you can just do.

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