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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. Over the last ten years, the MLK Scholars Program has brought together partners from across the social, public and private sectors to enact positive change in the Boston community.

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Networked Nonprofit in Boston: A Story of Contrasts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. We met face-t0-face at a social media event in 2008, but that was the only time I had interacted her face-to-face. Weak Tie/Strong Tie Ice Breaker.

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Attend the Boston Email Fundraising Bootcamp (at a Discount!)

NTEN

revealed that while overall fundraising was down 2% in 2008, online fundraising. month of December accounted for 21% of the transaction volume in 2008 -- but. To give a lift to nptechies in the Boston area, Idealware and Third Sector New England will. Boston Email Fundraising Bootcamp on October 7th. host the.

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RIP: Ergo Keyboard - 1997-2008

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And I really wish we had freegeek here in Boston to recycle it. I also had a catastrophic computer crash which required wiping the hard drive and reinstalling windows (rebuilding the RAID array too). While a pain, everything was backed up. This happens every time I'm about to do an important preso and I take it as a good omen.

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A lot of these are 2008 news, therefore, kinda old. Third Sector New England , a Boston-based nonprofit capacity-building organization launched a series of “FAQ&# videos for nonprofits. Some stuff from my inbox. (A But still interesting to me.). Appirio releases their top 10 predictions for cloud computing in 2009. Useful stuff.

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Great reads from January 14th through January 15th

Amy Sample Ward

New Marketing Summit 2008 - Events in San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, USA & Milan, Italy. ." Forrester Wave Report: The Leaders in Community Platforms for Marketer - Community Platforms reviewed on the Forrester Research blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals.

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We see examples in the ongoing success of Kickstarter , in the record number of small donations President Barack Obama collected during his 2008 campaign and, humorously, in the manner Stephen Colbert has solicited funds for his satiric Super Pac. This kind of mico-funding approach remains alive and well today. Jesse Noyes.