NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Background As part of NTEN’s strategic planning in 2010, we identified a particular constituency in the nonprofit sector that our current programs weren’t directly serving: the non-technical leaders who make the strategic decisions, approve the budgets, and have the big picture in mind about the direction and work of their organizations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

When I signed up for her mailing list in the fall of 2010, I received a PDF of the first chapter of her book-in-progress with the working title, The Team: How to Live an Abundant Life by Healing Yourself and the World. She always delivers good advice with a healthy dose of humor. Turns out there really is a new normal!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It should remove a lot of barriers and friction to agencies exploring the use of such competitions, thereby helping them answer President Obama’s call to use challenges and prizes to spur innovation (PDF). Then in March 2010, OMB issued guidance on the “Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government” (PDF).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

There is also some nice information in the article about app usage and how it varies by type of phone/operating system (OS). Right now the 2010 version is available, and the 2011 version is coming soon. If you need help getting started, Convio offers a mobile website starter package (PDF) so give us a jingle! 36% of U.S.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

But they must also be informed about the implications of its use. This is one of the key messages I garnered from the lengthy but interesting and provocative Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development report (PDF), recently published by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Business Network. Or maybe not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I felt very strongly that the information gap about non-profits in the country severely impacted philanthropy; it was so hard to find out who was doing what and where in the country, and then screen them through due diligence filters in order to give a guarantee that these were credible non-profits. Why did you set up GuideStar India?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Possible threats, such as funding cuts, lack of stakeholder/donor involvement and ineffective leadership, have the ability to weaken nonprofits and can result in creation of duplicating organizations or efforts in order to serve social issues (Suárez, 2010). References. Suárez, D. Thompson, C. Collaboration Handbook. Witesman, E., &

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2011

For Earth Day 2010, Repower America created a fun video that engaged their members and showed the world the broad spectrum of voices that were demanding clean energy legistation. In the Fall of 2010, Repower America wanted to ward off an attack on the Clean Air Act. What if you wanted to showcase 1.8 Earth Day, Remixed. in Sociology.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2012

When I first posted on this topic in 2010 there was not a single, universal "Do Not Mail Registry" for opting out of receiving junk mail in the United States or internationally. The information is actually on the U.S. personal information, including your home telephone number, name, Social Security number, and date of birth.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

We spent the first part of the day simply sharing information about our organizations, and finding common ground between participants personally. The NDA was an essential part of the process, legally requiring that all participants in the project keep project information to themselves.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

We’re used to hearing nothing but bad news from Haiti since it was hit by a succession of catastrophic events since 2010. The project is part of the larger African Information Highway initiative that creates live data links between the African Development Bank and relevant ministries in all countries of the African Union.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Heck, i t’s time to start thinking about 2010. I also ran the tag through PrintYourTweets , which found also only the last 1500, but as a nice feature, included any TwitPics that people had posted- I assembled those into an unwieldy 33Mb PDF record. Heck, it’s time to start thinking about 2010. Gone Green(er).

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The public sites have already collected over 800 new ideas and will continue to until at least through March 19, 2010. Too often, the raw data never gets overlooked and the public only gets access to small subsets of the scrubbed data embedded deep into PDF. Many contractors avoid sharing this raw data for competitive reasons.

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Forum One

MARCH 24, 2009

Thankfully, research finding is increasing, with $211 million for the Combating Autism Act (CAA) (PDF) in President Obama's 2010 budget. Let's use the power of information technology to fix this problem. It is a brutal hardship for all concerned. This is critical help. and embrace innovative new learning models" (ED.gov).

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