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The Networked NGO in Australia and New Zealand: Te Ao Maori

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I’m headed to New Zealand and Australia to facilitate workshops in both countries and to keynote the ConnectingUp Conference (Australia’s version of the Nonprofit Technology Conference). I am excited for a return visit to Australia. Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. He also sent me a book to read on the plane!

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13 of the Best Nonprofit Videos from the Last 13 Years

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Anti-Defamation League. Follow the Frog. Rainforest Alliance. It’s Time | Marriage Equality. The Things They Said… Survival International. World Hunger: A Billion for a Billion. World Food Programme. Hollywood Declares Themselves. The world has changed. You can too. World Wildlife Fund Canada.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

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Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. The ugly doll got passed in New Zealand and in Australia. Pass the Ugly Doll in Australia. Connecting Up Master Class.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Breakout Session 1 Jenny Kapp, Community Connections Australia - Get ConnectED: Weaving A New Social Web for People with Disabilities. There are some organizations that are filling the void. You can do something to help donor give with their head - for example Donors Choose. Jenny had us do some speed networking at the beginning session.

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Let's Help Kara Get To the NTC in Atlanta

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I had the pleasure of meeting her back in 2008 at the Making Media Connections Conference in Chicago where I delivered the keynote. Last year, my friend, Eddie Harran, successfully launched a campaign to get to the NTC from Australia. I feel it is important to help encourage the next generation of nonprofit techies.

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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

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I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. At the time, Rufina was the CEO of Nasscom Foundation and transforming the nonprofit technology sector with her incredible networking, scaling, and capacity building skills.

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Blueprint Book Club Part 2: Museums as Battlefields in the History Wars

Museum 2.0

This post is the second in a series of reactions to Blueprint , a book chronicling the rise and fall of the Dutch Museum of National History (INNL) in 2008-2011. This guest post was written by Regan Forrest , exhibition developer and visitor experience researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia.

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