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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Before graduating he was accepted to Teach for America and has been placed at a nonprofit preschool that provides early childhood education to low income families in Los Angeles. The role of brand personality in charitable giving: An assessment and validation. Sources: [1] Non-profit branding: Cause and brand effect.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. . The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response.

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How The James Irvine Foundation Received Microsoft Donations Through TechSoup

Tech Soup

Jeff Brandenburg: My role at the Irvine Foundation is Director of Technology for our offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. After looking at online project management tools, we chose Microsoft Project 2010. Jeff reports that he's not been bored at all. Here is my interview with Jeff Brandenburg.

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The social media for social good landscape

ASU Lodestar Center

The infographic focuses on four initiatives — the response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Charity: Water , Tweet Drive , and Twestival — and breaks down the campaigns’ success (how many people participated, how much money was raised, etc.). In addition to campaigns, social media plays an important role at many socially conscious companies.

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

Museum 2.0

This year, the American Association of Museums annual conference was in Los Angeles (my hometown). Beck talked about her role as the only tech person at a mid-sized science museum as one of capacity-building. It featured mariachis, an extraordinarily odd panorama , and a fabulous beer hall with superb french fries.

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

In ways beyond Marx’s most vivid nightmares, the poor and dispossessed now unwittingly train the very machines built to track their movements and terrorise their communities, or else replace their role in the labour process. Google and Facebook have been clear that the ultimate role of content moderators is to automate their own jobs away.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Substantial government support and policy change will be critical if platform cooperatives are ever to thrive.

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