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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss. government and states like Texas.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

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She is the second college student we are supporting through the Sharing Foundation’s program. She is the second college student we are supporting through the Sharing Foundation’s program. (I’m donating the royalties from my new book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , towards her education).

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The Kindle: Pretty Cool!

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Amazon.com: Kindle This is the first ebook product that gives me a vision of where the book is going to go. I am imagining students with complete libraries without having to carry twenty pounds in their backpacks! I bought my Kindle on the first day of availability, and received it the day before Thanksgiving (2007).

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

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We are both from New York, but felt that California was the right place to be. In 1977 he wrote an editorial for the Sunday paper, and at that time he said, "I believe that books can change the world." It's time to do a nonfiction conference about changing the world, one book at a time. It's been very fast.

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Guest Post by Aspen Baker: Friend or Foe? UC Berkeley Investigates the Legal Landscape of Social Networking

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who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. While the overwhelming consensus was that such behavior isn’t right, there are few laws on the books to address these scenarios.

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A. Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Online Acquisition | Main | Make New Friends, But Keep the Old » Wednesday Jul 11 2007 A. Fine is a senior fellow at Demos , a network of action and ideas based in New York City. Level Playing Field Institute is one, students they advocate for are creating podcasts and blogging. For instance, in L.A.

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Trust Me, Know Me, Love Me: Trust in the Participatory Age

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Books are a distant second at 61%, and a majority of Americans find print and broadcast media and the Internet to be not trustworthy." Yes, this means you will get more random solicitations from 5th graders writing book reports on your content. I'm reading a book of essays about how to teach written by teens. Be personal.