Guest post by Megan McFadden Social Capital Markets SOCAP11 — the fourth annual Social Capital Markets conference — has announced that more than 50 global social entrepreneurs have been awarded a full scholarship to the event taking place Sept. 6-9 in San Francisco. Among those attending will be: • David Auerbach, founder of Sanergy, who is working for […]
How to make volunteering fun and flexible
AARP’s Create the Good program provides volunteers with a variety of ways to give back Guest post by Mimi Castaldi Vice President for Volunteer Engagement, AARP I like giving back to my community, but I hate getting locked down or doing things that I find boring. Helping others can be meaningful and fun and flexible. Millions of […]
Help your favorite nonprofit get a software donation
Guest post by the Microsoft Citizenship Team Last week Microsoft announced updates to our nonprofit software donations program to enable more nonprofits around the world to get easier access to the technology they need, when they need it. We currently provide software donations to more than 40,000 nonprofits each year, but we’re still just getting […]
G-Team: Groupon’s program to support causes
How the power of collective buying is helping local cause campaigns around the country Guest post by Patty Huber G-Team Manager, Groupon By now you’ve likely heard of Groupon, which allows consumers to get local deals on the best things to do, eat, see and buy in their own cities. But do you know […]
How GLIDE fights for social justice
One of San Francisco’s largest social services agencies is living its core values — and growing its impact Guest post by Stacy Coleman Vivanista Located in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco’s harshest urban environments, GLIDE is an oasis that has served poor, homeless and disenfranchised individuals, families and children for more than 45 […]