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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Seth Cothrun, Class 9, American Express Leadership Academy at the ASU Lodestar Center. Of course you do. According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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The End of an Era

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I moved to Oakland in September of 2008, for a number of reasons. I''d learned a little about Oakland in my 18 months in seminary in Berkeley, from forays to Oakland for hanging out, events and the White Horse, of course. I met Ruth in Oakland - she is a long-time Oaklander. I finally wasn''t alone anymore!

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” While I’m in transit, I’ve arranged for some exciting guest posts and I will, of course, be blogging and sharing what I learn about NGOs, Networked Nonprofits, and Measurement in that corner of the world.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. I also visited the sixth grade class.

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The End of an Era

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I moved to Oakland in September of 2008, for a number of reasons. I'd learned a little about Oakland in my 18 months in seminary in Berkeley, from forays to Oakland for hanging out, events and the White Horse, of course. I met Ruth in Oakland - she is a long-time Oaklander. I finally wasn't alone anymore!

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Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

This is because all providers start out with some personal experiences or biases, and most are too busy taking care of clients to spend lots and lots of time gaining new expertise in a broad range of topics – they need to focus. Most of the time, for clients, this doesn’t matter. Ubuntu is based on Debian).

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Art and Aging: Tim Carpenter of EngAGE

Have Fun - Do Good

I believe that new models of aging and senior life will emerge from this wave, and can't wait to see what is created, which is why I loved stumbling upon The New York Times article, For Healthy Aging, A Late Act in the Footlights. In 2008, Tim was named an Ashoka Fellow. P.S. I have three blogging classes coming up in October: Oct.

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