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A Spotlight on 10 Top Impact Investors Driving Social Change

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Consider following industry blogs or using online investment platforms like Toniic and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Investor Directory. It was founded as part of a United Nations initiative in 2001 as the first commercial manager of microfinance debt investment worldwide. How do I find social impact investors?

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You’ve Got to Read This: January 18, 2011

Reid All About it

I have a feeling that Josip Petrusa’s post, Attracting Millennials to Your Event and Why You’re Failing at It , will be the seed of one of my future blog posts. Manila protest January 2001 ~ flickr photo by M.a.c.a.r.o.n.i. His reasoning applies to more than only events, think organizations too.

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Amid Rural Broadband Weak Spots, Nonprofits Offer Last-Mile Help

Associations Now

Eden Housing, which builds and maintains affordable housing for lower-income families, found acquiring broadband was a financial hardship for residents, so it’s taking steps to provide it themselves through a program called Communities Wired! Native Americans are another group with limited access to decent internet connections.

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Report: Terror Risk Tops Safety Concerns for Business Travelers

Associations Now

London, New York, and Paris as “safe” or “very safe,” even though each has experienced at least one terror attack since 2001. More than half of respondents rated Washington, DC., Countries in other regions of the world, including Turkey, Mexico, and Brazil, were more likely to be seen as unsafe by business travelers.

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The Hourglass Blog: A Lost Generation of Leadership?

The Hourglass Blog

How about watching corporations decimating our families with layoffs in the 80's, Black Friday in 1987, recession in 1991, recession in 2001 and then the circus of 2009? About This Blog. Why Another Blog? Communication. Other Blogs. Harvard Business Blog. LifeCourse Blog. Seth Godins Blog.

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Video: THE Content Marketing Trend of 2014

Slice-Works

And even though content marketing was the hot topic of 2013, with marketers scrambling to create blog posts, e-books, white papers and infographics on the topic, 2014 is revealing a new trend. The brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text — 3M Corporation, 2001. —90 NOW IS THE TIME! Interview With Jamie Notter.

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Why Is Your Association Still Sharing PDFs Online?

Associations Now

During ASAE’s Membership, Marketing & Communications Conference (MMCC) last week, this point came up during “ 5 Website Improvements to Make in 5 Minutes (or Less) ,” a session hosted by McFadyen Solutions’ Ray van Hilst and the American Association of Diabetes Educators’ John Tyler. Nielsen Norman Group).