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Tag: Disaster Relief
Voices from the Skoll World Forum Opening Plenary, Including Paul Farmer
The opening plenary at the Skoll World Forum had numerous themes and twitter-perfect quotes, but to me one of the most important threads that ran through the evening was the importance of giving individuals a voice to help themselves out of conflict, abject poverty, and the effects of natural disaster. With speakers from the development, NGO, and medical innovation communities, the audience was encouraged to shift our language of the poor... (continue reading this blog post)
Clouds and InfoStructure
I'm not a professional techie, so I was honored to be asked for my thoughts on "clouds" and the social sector by the tech-smarties over at NTEN. Here's the piece they recently ran - alongside insights from folks at Microsoft and NetSquared - real techies. And while you're over there, check out their report on the Data Ecosystem... (continue reading this blog post)
A Revolution in Foundation Transparency
Hot on the heels of rolling out real time tracking of foundation grants in support of Haiti, the Foundation Center has quietly launched a new project with the whimsical name Glass Pockets.
With a mission to “bring transparency to the world of philanthropy” Glass Pockets offers reports on how transparent large, well known foundations are… (continue reading this blog post)
Haiti Relief Underscores Deeper Needs
While Americans quickly dug deep to support relief efforts in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, the outpouring of generosity also serves as a troubling reminder of our ongoing failure to better address social and global needs that are urgent, persistent and deeply rooted.
Just as they did after 9/11, Katrina and the Asian tsunamis, individuals, companies and foundations after the Haiti quake have done what Americans do best in times of crisis: They got involved and gave… (continue reading this blog post)
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How to Help Haiti
I’ve been asked by many people how they can best provide support in the wake of the Haitian earthquake. However, picking nonprofits on behalf of our clients is really not what we get hired to do… (continue reading this blog post)
Swine Flu: Why Local Organizations Matter
The author uses the case of the Swine Flu to illustrate why non-global organizations matter.
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