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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. org, a Networked Nonprofit. org person is Bill McKibbon , who is president, co-founder, and primary messenger for the organization.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. org, a Networked Nonprofit. org person is Bill McKibben , who is president, co-founder, and primary messenger for the organization.

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Real-Time Web Social Action Events: Blurring the Offline/Online Distinction?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two weeks ago, I wrote up my prediction for fundraising trends for 2009. org Facebook community has thrown their weight behind the Maldives President by leaving comments on his Facebook page. It's real time and location based social networks are also impacting advocacy.

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Great reads from around the web on March 3rd

Amy Sample Ward

. "we20 meetings will create people plans, policy plans, business plans and other plans on local, national and global issues. org will be awarded 20 votes to place on their favorite plans. Nominations open for 2009 Social Innovation Fellowships | The Pop!Tech The recession is focusing minds. Members of we20.org

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Who Sits at Your Leadership Table? A Case for Senior Technologists

NTEN

As long as your org doesn't give technology a seat at the leadership table, it will continue to be viewed as just another expense. years at DoSomething.org, he oversaw the complete overhaul of the site (cms, architecture, skin, etc) in 2008, landing a People's Choice Webby Award in the Youth in 2009 and nomination in 2010.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

org before? For example, they partnered with groups like Focus the Nation and 1Sky so that they could share a backend database ensuring that they were then able to share calls to action and garner far more numbers together than as competitors. org and 1Sky to lead by merging. Have people heard of 350.org

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

Drawing national attention to an important issue (and a good bit of recognition for your organization the process). Connecting and enriching a national movement. Mark’s infectious enthusiasm and evident passion for his cause make him an excellent story teller and his road trips have sparked a national conversation and movement.