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Cause Camp: From Humble Roots to Must-Attend Conference

NonProfit Hub

The speaker—who came from a nonprofit advertising firm—canceled a few days before the event after an earthquake hit Haiti. In 2012, the keynote speaker made it in time, in-person and was a crowd-pleaser! For the first time, a national speaker was scheduled to give a keynote.

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Award Winning Combinations for Social Change

Care2

The recent award winners of the 2012 Grinnell Prize are a great example. By recognizing and applying the unique skills that military veterans have and enabling veterans to serve as volunteer responders , Team Rubicon creates a meaningful experience for returning veterans and is able to respond more rapidly to disasters across the world.

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Cause Camp: From Humble Roots to Must-Attend Conference

NonProfit Hub

The speaker—who came from a nonprofit advertising firm—canceled a few days before the event after an earthquake hit Haiti. In 2012, the keynote speaker made it in time, in-person and was a crowd-pleaser! For the first time, a national speaker was scheduled to give a keynote.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What leadership skills did you learn playing football that then served you well as a Marine? I don''t think I''ll ever see another event like Haiti from the perspective that I did--that is, boots on the ground within days of the event. Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1.

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

SMS text-to-give in the United States experienced a major spike following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 but has never achieved inflated expectations. Back in 2012 , I wrote why nonprofits must avoid the year-end online giving trap. Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2012, will make the connection between gaming and giving.

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