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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. Encourage conversations with friends and family about challenging the stigma and attitudes around mental health, or attend a local suicide prevention walk and invite your friends and family to join you.

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Research Friday: So, where is Bob?

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The study attempts to "disentangle whether people's varying social behaviors and attitudes are related to the different ways they use social networking sites.". 1] (In 2008, 26% of adults used an SNS.) This is significantly higher than the 65% of Americans that belonged to at least one voluntary group in 2008."

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Metaphors

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I think we better start thinking big while at the same time being very hard-nosed about our own processes, cultures, and attitudes. And I am damn tired of all of that, after many years in this “third sector.&# Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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New Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy | Nonprofit Trends with.

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About the Study Participants This study reflects the attitudes and behaviors of more than 800 respondents throughout the United States with household income greater than $200,000 and/or net worth (excluding the value of their residence) of at least $1,000,000. instruct their children/younger relatives about philanthropy through the parents?

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

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Why not apply the same attitude to our own staff? And we don't know yet whether the exhibits that will result (the first set in physical form in June 2008) will reflect the unusual energy and populism of the process. They're having fun, playing, acting like visitors, working as and with the audience.

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Change from the Inside: A Conversation with COSI

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Today, an interview with staff from a museum with an incredibly healthy attitude towards experimentation with social media. Here I am sitting with this person who is a young professional without children, someone who would never have engaged with COSI before we got involved in social media. I think, sadly, that we all know the answer.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Myths about Women as.

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Additionally, the report cites the participation of 100 women in a specific 2008-09 campaign, which generated $141 million with a minimum gift of $1 million. in 2008, which accounts for 40% of privately held U.S. Lets take a closer look at the findings. The report cites recent single gifts from women in excess of $25 million.