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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Moreover, we recently held a two-day workshop in New York City, bringing together a wide range of activists and funders, developing a model we plan to replicate around the world. A Managing Director at the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Christy has made invaluable contributions to Benetech since she joined our Board in 2009.

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Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I first discovered the organization about a year ago when I taught some workshops in India. Bio: Gautam John is a lawyer with a focus on copyright laws. Gautam was a TEDIndia Fellow in 2009, is part of efforts to set up a Wikimedia India Chapter and a Creative Commons supporter. We now use Creative Commons licenses everywhere!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

ASU Lodestar Center

As I led a workshop at the national convention of the Alliance for Children and Families that focused on these trends, the significant challenge was for each organization to become "futurists," studying the trends for a year at their board meetings in hopes of understanding how they can be embraced as a part of the organizations cultures.

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Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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After the workshop, I wondered how @wellstoneaction planned their Twitter usage-- were they really some sort of non-profit advocacy Twitter mastermind, as Id suspected? www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Do you feel the force.

ASU Lodestar Center

The report was completed and published in November of 2009, and you can click here to download a copy. For years, we have tried to teach others about "cultural competency" through workshops. Heres what we know: Many in nonprofit leadership positions have been hanging on by cutting more than they even thought possible.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

ASU Lodestar Center

Since we started this undertaking in 2009, weve heard each year that demand is on the rise, and that remains the expectation for 2011. Nonprofit Finance Fund recently completed its third annual "State of the Nonprofit Sector" survey with the help of nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide.