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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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Edwin Shneidman (left) at his home in Los Angeles, California with Maurizio Pompili, who was the recipient of the 2008 Shneidman Award. By this point, suicide was a global health issue, and the United Nations and World Health Organization had worked to establish guidelines for suicide prevention strategies.

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How Millennials are Transforming Politics and the Public Sector

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Millennials turned out to vote in record numbers in 2008. Sixty seven percent of young voters cast their ballots for President Barack Obama in 2012. and its premier media partner The Washington Post will present a two-hour bipartisan forum that will address the main issues facing Millennial voters. Absolutely.

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2013 NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

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She is a well-known spokeswoman on behalf of public telecommunications and first amendment issues both locally and in the state capital. We thought it only fitting that we share a video to document her impact over the years: Past Lifetime Achievement Winners: 2012: Rob Stuart , Evolve Strategies. 2008: Vince Stehle.

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Iā€™m not changing the world

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been working with nonprofit organizations on technology issues (strategy, implementation) for about 15 years now. You can bet that the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections will not be a repeat of the 2008 election with such a massive differential in use of technology and social networks.

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Results Of The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving

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For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. Since 2008 corporate philanthropy has either been flat with no increase in giving or modestly increased, almost exactly corresponding to the growth patterns of the U.S. percent increase in 2012 to $5.3

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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

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[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 work must be spread among staff 2.)

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. We cover an issue from beginning to end. In 2008, I raised money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. I call it thorough.