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Digital For Good Campaign: Help Eddie get to NTEN Conference in San Fran

Amy Sample Ward

Below is the blog post from him, calling for help. He is based in Australia, a far way from San Francisco. Every little bit helps…well, you can read that in his words, not mine. I need your help. How I need your help? Desperate times call for desperate measures. So here I am. Full stop. -I

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

What’s the use of being in San Francisco if you can’t check out some cutting edge tech conferences now and then? He estimated that half the developers were hobbyists, and half were people with start-up ventures who came to San Francisco looking for seed funding. The conference attracted 1,200 attendees.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function. Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start! In Philanthropy.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

These individuals were selected to apply their unique perspectives into the judging process and help determine this year’s Social Innovation Winners. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Helped co-found Oncology and Kids, Inc. Ami McReynolds.

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

Have Fun - Do Good

Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us is; money actually helps grease the wheels.

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The Magic Tweet: Crowdsourcing Opera Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The opera will be performed throughout the weekend of Deloitte Ignite (4, 5, 6 September 2009). A few months back, the San Francisco Symphony used YouTube to crowdsource auditions for a mashup peformance. Howe suggests using the crowd to help you filter the crap. Hat Tip Blog Herald ). What's in for them?