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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She is the second college student we are supporting through the Sharing Foundation’s program. (I’m donating the royalties from my new book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , towards her education). She is working two jobs, one is at the Bamboo Indochine store at the airport.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5% That's 3.9

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in 2012 will require creativity and foresight. Donors of all ages will be looking for meaningful points of engagement with your organization.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Alex Flores , Teach For America. continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. I want to outline some issues nonprofit organizations may face while trying to build or change their brand. This brand recognition is what makes The Red Cross the go-to organization in times of disaster.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

of America v. And, Benetech is committed as an organization to all of these six principles. students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. Universal City Studios, Inc., In the U.S., But, it’s not the only one!

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

The good news is that digital literacy is becoming part of lesson plans for K-12 students in public schools. century skills have been adopted throughout the Common Core State Standards Initiative by 45 states as of November 2012. Additionally, some students don't have digital access at home. The Role of Schools.

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