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Alaska: And The Earth Shook Under My Feet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday afternoon during the ForakerGroup 2010 Nonprofit Leadership Summit, I experienced my first Alaskan earthquake (4.9). I was scared – the floor swayed and I felt like I was on boat. McMillian (above), President and CEO of the Foraker Group, welcomed everyone to the conference. Tags: Conferences alaska.

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The 2010 NTC by the Numbers

NTEN

Also on Thursday, there were 16 Affinity Group sessions; we like to think they were attended by the remainder of the 70% of conference attendees who checked-in at registration on Thursday. Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa and North Dakota all represented with 1 attendee per state. . Throughout the conference, 293 speakers presented 134 sessions.

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Research Friday: Strengthening the Economy through Civic Engagement

ASU Lodestar Center

This report, called a “partner paper,” examines how different states have weathered the economic recession from 2006 to 2010. The partner paper defines civic health as “the measure of the civic attitudes, actions, and behaviors of a group of individuals” (p.3). Data were taken from the U.S.