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Global Philanthropy

Tech Soup

The legacy of this situation "poisoned the whole notion of volunteering in Russia for many years.". The combination of new middle class wealth with the legacy of public distrust of charities has given rise to giving practices that seek to bypass the official NGO sector. Direct help or assistance funds are mushrooming.

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Send a Successful Annual Appeal: Tips and Strategies

Bloomerang

Take a look at how the International Rescue Committee changed its homepage to call attention to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the impact it’s had on people in conflict zones. By addressing this current event right on the homepage, the IRC shows its commitment to helping the most vulnerable people now. .

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

Tech Soup

So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. The idea of Metro4All was expressed by Ilya Zverev of OpenStreetMap originally and we than put it into practice.

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Burning Problems With Social Networks: What do you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Vladislav Chernyshov , a self-identified geek and masters student at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU) in Novosibirsk, Russia and who is currently working on a next generation social network project called Genome identifies five major "burning" problems with social networks. 1) the lack of sufficient privacy protection.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. Other important websites in the world include the Yandex search engine in Russia, Yahoo in Japan and Taiwan, and Baidu in China. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems. All Things D.

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Great reads from around the web on June 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Norway, and Russia, while most of its gains came in countries in the developing world, including Mexico and India." The knowledge one can gleam from this tool is practically endless–and the resulting testing and site modifications one can make, even more so. That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S.

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Leadership Quotes That Inspire Me

Eric Jacobsen Blog

.” -- Bill McBean "People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves." -- Paulo Coelho "We live in a time where brands are people and people are brands." -- Brian Solis "In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons." -- James (..)