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A Webinar: Measuring the Networked Nonprofit

Care2

She is co-author of the highly acclaimed book, The Networked Nonprofit , published by Wiley in 2010, and her blog is one of the longest running nonprofit and social media blogs. She specializes in the areas of community engagement, deliberation and empowerment. Ashley has a M.A.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

Some of the apps created by youth who have completed the program include: Buzzer Buddiez is a unique alarm app that uses voice-recording and a buddy system to help you get up in the morning. As a 2010 winner. greater access for youth and foster empowerment through skills. Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab.

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Campaigning #4Change Recap

Amy Sample Ward

Starting off 2010, the monthly #4change Twitter chat focused on the topic of campaigning with social media. rootwork : Key element for success, to me, is allowing ppl to speak in own voice, e.g. [link] was abt ppl, not an org. realize_ink : Q3: empowerment & ownership. realize_ink : Q3: specific ask.

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

World Central Kitchen was founded by chef and activist José Andres in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. Our culinary school is just one example.

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5 Questions for Geoff Livingston | Nonprofit Trends with Steve.

sgEngage

It gets into some real finite looks at strategy, too, and types of approaches that work, including participation, serving great content, top down influencer approaches and empowerment techniques like crowdsourcing. I throw out voices that get repetitive or too self focused. The big nonprofits have come to play. All Rights Reserved

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

National Urban League —The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. . Find yours here.

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How to Visualize Information and Help Change the World

Tech Soup

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. In early 2010, The Guardian published an infographic and spreadsheet showing these expenses clearly, a great example of coercion as a strategy. Image 2 : Appalachian Voices. Image 1 : Tactical Technology Collective.

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