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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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The Center was established in 2007 by the Vietnam Scientific Association for Development of Talents, Human Resources. YCAB Foundation is an NGO based both in New York and Jakarta, Indonesia. Founder and CEO Veronica Colondam was honored as the Social Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2011.

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

although the time frame is closer to 5 or 6 years from now (and I think it was Gartner who said that by 2010 or 2011 pretty much everyone is going to have a "Second Life" in a 3D Virtual World -I wrote about it in More people leading 3D virtual lives online ) due to hardware and platform restrictions that prevent a wider adoption now. .

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What is Jumo? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

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By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Where Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. About $500,000 came from unnamed individuals in the early days and in September 2010, Omidyar Network announced a grant of up to $750,000.

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Why Apple isn't the Nonprofit App Grinch | Nonprofit Trends with.

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Her thoughts on Apple’s ban on donations in iPhone apps recently appeared in The New York Times. This isn’t a new issue for her and she blogged back in June on this topic. The Huffington Post featured her thoughts on the subject earlier this month as well.

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How To Be A Green Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The 2007 book, authored by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen, is a New York Times bestseller. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Lighting : Use more efficient lighting systems, such as those with motion sensors, particularly in your office bathrooms.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

New York Every year, social entrepreneurs and donors (along with a whole lot of other folks) converge on New York City. I started doing this back in 2007 , when we won our first big federal contract for Bookshare, to take it from 3,000 students back then to more than 350,000 students now.

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