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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.

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Dancing for Peace: Big Vision Podcast with Sara Potler

Have Fun - Do Good

These kids over the course of the next 18 months did not really fully comprehend that they were learning basic social, emotional, and civic competencies because they were moving and dancing the entire time." -- Sara Potler Sara Potler is the Founder and CEO of Dance 4 Peace. New York City, Colombia, the Philippines, and Nepal.

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The Kindle: Pretty Cool!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I bought my Kindle on the first day of availability, and received it the day before Thanksgiving (2007). It goes pretty fast on the New York Times, but I wonder about being on a plane wishing it had downloaded something already when the wireless needs to be off. It's comfortable to hold and to read.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Tag Line: Keeping You Smarter Through Blogging

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Columbia University “In the City of New York.&# The Red Cross could have this tag line “One crisis after another&# (Of course they would be talking about their own leadership.) Some are descriptive, “The Jewish Service Corp&# for AVODAH and Easter Seals “Disability Services&#.

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The Perils of Popularity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Facebook: 2007 "We own the social graph, you bring the objects." Will google set it free in 2007 ? And with traffic that often rivals the New York Times Website, Digg lets users vote their favorite stories to the top of the site. The ability to watch someone's tag stream and re-tag for personal meaning.

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Daily News, Daily Blues

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

The problem of course is the collapse of the traditional business model of the newspaper. In that model advertisers pay publishers enough to support the news-gathering operation because advertising in a newspaper with decent reporting was the best way to get their copy in front of readers. This is not a business model that makes sense.

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Leadership in Times of Transition

ASU Lodestar Center

I recently returned from New York City, where I was able to spend two incredible days with 72 fellow global nonprofit leaders selected to attend the fourth annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit. posted by Seth Cothrun Class 9, American Express Leadership Academy at the ASU Lodestar Center. Be yourself.