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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

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When I read that Google was donating $600,000 to provide free Wi-Fi in San Francisco parks, my first thought was, "Wow, it's going to be hard to get a signal at Dolores Park on a sunny day." " Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years.

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Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life: Nonprofit Commons Grand Opening Gala Event on August 14th, 2007

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Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders, Many of you know that I work as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of TechSoup. Part of my job is to help put together Net Tuesdays in San Francisco, monthly meetings for social changemakers and web innovators to socialize, network and share resources.

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Post-NTC Ramblings

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And I’m already looking forward to NTC in San Francisco in 2009! { There are, of course, some tweaks we can make to make sure that everyone really can gain value from NTC, and we can sustain the richness that it contains. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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San Francisco Ballet. Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . The Trevor Project. Personally focused on positioning The Trevor Project to serve more young people than the 20,000 youth served today. The Investment Integration Project, Impact Alpha.

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

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After many years in the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, DC, she now lives in rural North Carolina with her husband, two young daughters, two cats, a dog, and countless backyard wildlife. She also presents highly rated workshops and keynotes on a variety of nonprofit marketing topics around the country.

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Interviews with 69 Changemakers: 6th Anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast

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Listen Read 2007 Reem Rahim, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Numi Tea Listen Read Jodie van Horn, Campaigner for Rainforest Action Network's Freedom From Oil campaign, and Coordinator for Plug-In Bay Area Listen Read Priya Haji, CEO and Co-founder, World of Good. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Free Live Interactive Event: Future of Fundraising

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In 2007 when the platform launched, Causes grew in popularity and awareness as people used their Birthday Wish to raise money for their favorite nonprofit. It is the newest fundraising model of these three, and spreading wildly as a way to get individual projects or ideas off the ground. More on how it works. More on how it works.