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“Project Inspire: 5 minutes to change the world” is a global challenge that presents 18-35 year olds with a 5-minute platform to pitch their inspired idea to the world. With a US$25,000 Grand Prize and US$10,000 Runner-Up Prize on offer to make their idea a reality. https://lnkd.in/bD6xf-J show less

To find out more about Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World, please visit www.5minutestochangetheworld.org

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According to the last count, 57 of the world's billionaires are Indians. But when you compare how much the wealthy in India contribute with the rest of the world, you find only 10 per cent of the giving in India comes from individuals or corporates; the rest is given by the government or foreign aid...

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Please share your views on how recessions has affected development sector fundings? Please share your experiences and opinions..thanks

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html?utm_source=facebook&source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charitie...

http://www.ted.com/talks/zahra_langhi_why_libya_s_revolution_didn_t_work_and_what_might.html?utm_source=facebook&source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share

Zahra' Langhi: Why Libya's revolution didn't work -- and what might | Video on TED.com In Libya, Zahra' Langhi was part of the "days of rage" movement that helped topple the dictator Qaddafi. But -- then what? In their first elections, Libyans tried an innovative slate of candidates, the "zipper ballot," that ensured equal representation from men and women of both sides. Yet the same…

Points to be considered while launching fundraising campaign:
• Check that your goals pass the SMART test (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound)
• Be specific with you segment : Segmentation is the key to engagement
• What are you trying to accomplish? Specific Goals
• Who are you trying to reach? Specific Targets
• What do I want them to do? Clarity of Goal
• What is the best way to reach my audience? Advertisement strategy

Tips to maximize online giving:
• Use a reliable, flexible solution for online donation processing.
• don’t be ashamed to get active
• Leave the door open to donations everywhere
• Track your donations
• Remember to make giving about the donor
• Be transparent
• Set a goal

Tip to maximize online giving:
• Use a reliable, flexible solution for online donation processing.
• don’t be ashamed to get active
• Leave the door open to donations everywhere
• Track your donations
• Remember to make giving about the donor
• Be transparent
• Set a goal

Global Fund New Grants Under New Model:

After spending more than a year reviewing and reforming its grant process, the Global Fund to fight its AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria is back in business. Announcing its first handful of countries slated to receive up to $1.9 billion in next two years in Asia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Philippines as well as three regional programs will receive new funding.

The new model, part of many reforms, had introduced the system in which countries are groups in bands based on a calculation of financial need and disease burden. In addition, 50 countries will receive funding via renewals and the extensions of existing grants are grant re-program to free-up already committed funding.