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Aug
23
2010
Pakistan flood relief: ways you can help
by Allie Burns
As the world's attention increasingly focuses on the difficult situation in Pakistan in the wake of devastating floods that have affected more than 17 million people in the country, you may be looking for ways to help. We wanted to share a few...
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Aug
30
2010
Crowdsourcing in a crisis: Q&A with Jon Gosier of SwiftRiver
by Allie Burns
The benefits of crowdsourcing for crisis information were brought into the limelight in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, when Ushahidi, a platform originally developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout in...
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Aug
20
2010
Weekly News Roundup: Charity:Water September birthdays, Facebook Places, CauseOn and more
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Charity:Water launches September birthday campaign On Monday, Charity:Water launched its fourth annual September...
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Aug
06
2010
Weekly News Roundup: lite edition
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. This week we're featuring the "lite" edition of the news roundup - sharing links to stories we tweeted and talked about...
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Jul
30
2010
Weekly News Roundup: SKS Microfinance IPO, Facebook Questions
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. IPO of Indian microfinance firm raises questions about ties to Unitus A few weeks ago in the weekly roundup, we...
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Jul
23
2010
Weekly News Roundup: Social Innovation Fund, Facebook 500 million users, Online contest debate, Blogetery.com
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Inaugural Social Innovation Fund grantees selected Yesterday, the Corporation for National and Community Service...
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Jul
16
2010
Weekly News Roundup: AGC2, LeBron James, the Giving Pledge and Kind Snacks
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Assessment & Reflection on 2009 America's Giving Challenge Yesterday, we were very excited to publish the 2009...
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Jul
14
2010
Steve Case to co-chair Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council
by Allie Burns
Congratulations to our chairman, Steve Case, who was named yesterday by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. As stated in yesterday's press release, which announced the...
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Jul
09
2010
Weekly News Roundup: Unitus to close doors, Good-bye Facebook gifts, and World Cup shining other lights
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Questions linger as Unitus ceases microfinance operations In an announcement that seems to have taken many people by...
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Jun
04
2010
Jean Case explores future of corporate philanthropy with fellow thought leaders at CECP
by Allie Burns
Earlier this week, corporate philanthropy and social responsibility took center stage at yet another sold-out annual Corporate Philanthropy Summit, organized by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. While the broad theme of the...
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