Through travel to non-profit organizations all over the world — from Darfur to the Arctic, New Orleans to Tibet — explore personalizes philanthropy and rediscovers the human element. See how courageous NGO leaders are making a difference and hear their awe-inspiring stories at EXPLORE.ORG, an online collection of short documentary films and photography. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=328
Former Microsoft executive John Wood discusses hand-delivering a load of donated books to a rural village in Nepal, an experience that inspired him to quit his job and start the international non-profit organization “Room to Read.”
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John Wood discusses “Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Children”
In 1998, John Wood was a rising executive at Microsoft when he took a vacation that changed his life. What started as a trekking holiday in Nepal became a spiritual journey, and then a mission: to change the world one book and one child at a time. So upon returning from holiday, John did what most of us can only dream of doing: he walked away from millions to do “more”. Over the next five years he would make the unlikely marriage between Microsoft business practices and the world of non-profits to create Room to Read, an organization that has created a network of over 2,000 schools and libraries (with over one million books) throughout communities in Southeast Asia and India.
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Founded in 1993 by NFL Legend Steve Young, Forever Young Foundation® is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. The Foundation serves children who face significant physical, emotional, and financial challenges by providing academic, athletic, and therapeutic opportunities unavailable to them. Forever Young Foundation has determined the best way to accomplish its mission is through the development and support of charitable organizations with a proven track record in delivering these services.
Taking full advantage of its strengths and influence, Forever Young Foundation primarily focuses its efforts in Northern California, Arizona, and Utah. Development efforts include the creation of Forever Young Zones©, which include technology labs in Y.E.T. Centers© (in cooperation with the NFL) and interactive, recreational therapy areas in health care facilities, and the support of approved community outreach programs and local charitable organizations whose purpose is to serve children.
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Learn how to bring on staff for a non-profit organization in this free business startup video from our management expert on non-profit organizations.
Expert: Jim Goettler
Bio: Jim Goettler has Extensive experience with organizations requiring a wide variety of management and interpersonal skills including special event coordination.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner
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Appalachian Voices, a small non-profit organization in North Carolina, is using Google Earth and Google Maps to help people grasp the scale of destruction from mountaintop removal for coal mining. You can fly over the mines in Google Earth or use Google Maps API to learn how you are using power from mines in Appalachia.
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Law & (Dis)order Legal series- Coco – Center for Community Organizations in Montreal is producing a series of videocasts for non-profit organizations #1-Incorporation #2-Applying for Charitable status #3- Employee/Employer Rights & Responsiblities #4-Board Liability #5- Charitable Organizations: Limitations on Political Activities. More info at www.coco-net.org (514)849-5599 toll free 1-866-552-2626
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We at Together We Can Change the World, Inc (TWCCTW) played a major role in bringing over an African Youth Choir called SIFA. All of the children are AIDS orphans. The goal was to raise money for the children to take back to Uganda in order to finish building their orphanage and to build new homes for them to live in.
Their six month tour was a tremendous success. Every where they went people just fell in love with them. A very good friend of TWCCTW, Mark Shepard, wrote a song that describes the heart of what we do and why we built this company. Before the SIFA Choir left to go back to Uganda, we were able to get them and a young lady named Rilee O’Neill into a recording studio to lay down this song so it could get placed on an upcoming SIFA project and promoted by us.
TWCCTW continues to raise and donate funds to build orphanages and help abused children around the world. Our goal is to put millions of dollars into the hands of non-profit organizations of all kinds. This song speaks right to the heart of our message to people everywhere. You can become a part of this mission too. Please watch the entire video. Thank you.
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NSA Foundation
Overview
The NSA Foundation is the charitable arm of NSA. The Foundation serves members and the public through:
Financial help for NSA members and their families who are facing health or natural disaster emergencies;
Grants to NSA members who need help with their dues or meeting registration fees;
Scholarships for speech/communications students;
Provide funding for research related to the speaking profession; and
Grants to help charitable organizations communicate through technology.
Thanks to the generous contributions of NSA speakers like you, many worthy people have received financial support when they need it most.
Contributions come from three basic sources:
Major gifts donated to establish various funds;
Memorial and other contributions from individual NSA members and chapters; and
Fundraising events such as seminars, receptions and parties at NSA conventions and workshops.
For more information about the NSA Foundation please contact Diane Paradise at diane@nsaspeaker.org our call (480) 968-2552. You can also visit Mynsa.org for more details on the NSA Foundation.
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This webisode is dedicated to the non-profit organization and Peter Drucker, the father of modern management. I’ve been volunteering for Mobilize.org these past few months. Go to www.mobilize.org or their blog, mobilizeblog.blogspot.com for more information. Also, read more on Peter Drucker at www.businessboomer.com!
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LEDE: In the midst of all the talk about how the recession has impacted American consumerism, it has also affected something even more important to the spirit of the holidays: charities. In the current economy, non-profit organizations continue to struggle financially, making it even harder to assist the increasing number of people need their services. Patrick McCloskey has the story.
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