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Boulder Makes Worst Dressed List

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This town is always obnoxiously flaunting its "fittest-place-in-the-country" awards, and you will be hard-pressed to find one person here, including your 85-year-old grandmother, without a six-pack. Okay, Boulder had this one coming. Yet of Boulder''s 100,000 people, about 30,000 are students, some 99.9%

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10 Free Nonprofit iPhone Apps

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National Public Radio :: Download. The ultimate portable NPR experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the NPR News App allows you to follow local and national news and listen to your favorite NPR stations wherever you are and whenever you want to. Updated: May 6, 2009. Released: November 16, 2009. App Name: NPR News.

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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

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The rear-view perspective of a recession (officially designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research) means that we might not know whether we’re in one until after-the-fact. Communicating need is paramount to responsive generosity, with the most efficient channels being the news and press. Donors respond to need.

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Oregon Foundation looking for a Million Dollar Idea

Amy Sample Ward

More information is in the press release below – you can contact Marie with additional questions. We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said. In November 2009, Oregon was identified as one of the 10 states in most fiscal peril by the Pew Center on the States.

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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. Nominations open for 2009 Social Innovation Fellowships | The Pop!Tech Tech Blog | Accelerating the Positive Impact of Worldchanging People and Ideas - "PopTech has opened nominations for the 2009 Pop!Tech

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How can nonprofit organizations measure community engagement?

ASU Lodestar Center

In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009). 2009, May 1). Harvard University Press. Princeton university press. There is no golden standard. Sources: Atlee, T. Affordable Hous.

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Provide the Nonprofit Voice to America's Broadband Plan

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Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 The same is true for the nation's top cable companies.

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