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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

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Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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2011 NTEN LIfetime Achievement Award: Judy Hallman

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This year, we are thrilled to honor Judy Hallman for her work with this award. set out to do what seemed unattainable – putting information on town and county government, the public library, schools and cultural and recreational activities within reach of the community by a few strokes of the keyboard.

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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget. The tool was Ushahidi.

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2013 NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

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The 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. 2011: Judy Hallman , RTPNet. 13ntc Community nonprofit technology conference nten awards' Lauren-Glenn Davitian is widely credited with establishing strong community access to cable television throughout Vermont. Her most recent project is updating Vermont''s cable statutes.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

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2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website. The year 2011 has shown in many ways that the arc of history is bending toward justice.

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Nominate a Nonprofit for a Blackbaud Impact Award

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The Blackbaud Impact Awards recognize nonprofits who have used Blackbaud’s solutions in new and innovative ways to make a positive impact on their local communities and around the world. If so, nominate a nonprofit for an Impact Award! Nicole McGougan is a Blackbaud public relations associate. on October 1, 2012.

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What Is the Current State of Grantseeking? Community Development

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Community Improvement and Capacity Building: Fewer Grant Awards. of survey participants cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011 by GrantStation and PhilanTech). As always, if you use staff time to try to secure grant awards, staff have to leave behind their daily duties.

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