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The ALS Ice Bucket Donor Retention Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been going every year since 2009 to cover the event on my blog. Out of all the amazing speakers and discussions , I was lucky enough to sit down with Barb Newhouse, President & Chief Executive Officer. I’ve been going every year since 2009 to cover the event on my blog. … Read More Fundraising'

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. First, we are working to lower the barrier to the use of strong encryption to automatically protect the privacy of sensitive information.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Army Traumatic Brain Injury Program, developing the Army’s brain injury prevention and treatment strategies for soldiers . Selected in 2009 as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence and nominated in 2015 as one of Metro Vancouver’s YWCA Women of Distinction in the category of arts, culture, and design .

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. Wikipedia article on smartglasses.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. 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!

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. And how will this impact the way we build relationships and find information? How much do we share?

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

Beck is the brain behind the risk-taker/space-maker paradigm I''ve shared here in the past. I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. One of the greatest gifts of my babymoon is the opportunity to share the Museum 2.0

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