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How the Office Sustainability is helping Miami go green At Sustainatopia the other day, Angela Sager, an Energy Management Specialist in the Office of Sustainability at Miami-Dade County, describes how her office works with companies devoted to energy efficiency, renewable energy and community energy campaigns. While the federal government may be at the forefront […]
Social impact
Fighting poverty by enhancing social entrepreneurship
Agora Partnerships expanding its impact beyond Central America roots One of the coolest people I met at Sustainatopia in Miami last week was Daniela Hammeken, director of strategic partnerships for Agora Partnerships, a nonprofit that works with small companies in Central America to provide access to knowledge, capital and networks. Based in Washington, D.C., […]
GoodSearch & GoodShop: A step forward for online philanthropy
Guest post by Aviva Schick GoodSearch.com Cancer patients. The rainforest. Homeless pets. Underfunded schools. Refugees. This is a part of a list J.J. Ramberg was thinking about when she and her brother came up with the idea for their socially responsible company GoodSearch.com. As she continued thinking, her list became more personal. Her mother had passed […]
Ideavibes: A new way to do crowdsourcing & crowdfunding campaigns
Engage4change contest asks SF residents for ideas to improve housing & transportation Editor’s note: A start-up called Ideavibes has created a crowd-engagement platform that can be purchased by nonprofits, government agencies or businesses to do their own crowd engagement or crowd funding. It’s one of the more interesting companies we spotted at Web 2.0 […]
FrontlineSMS founder wins award for software in public interest
Ken Banks accepting the award at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. (Photo by JD Lasica) Socialbrite partner Ken Banks honored at nonprofit conference Guest post by Florence Scialom Community Co-Ordinator, FrontlineSMS Ken Banks, the founder of FrontlineSMS and a partner in Socialbrite, has been widely recognized for his work in giving grassroots groups the world over […]
