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National Day of Civic Hacking: How to Get Involved

Tech Soup

Get your world-changing ideas together and warm up your programming fingers because the National Day of Civic Hacking is happening across America on June 1 and 2, 2013. Visit the National Day of Civic Hacking's Events page to see find out what's happening in your state. TechSoup's Hacker Helper can get you started.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S.

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Struggling to get people to donate online?

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She officially started her full time business in 2013, and has designed hundreds of digital and real products. She has served as the vice president and creative director of a national fundraising firm and chief development officer in arts and higher education. She has loved every minute of it. billion capital campaign.

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Great reads from around the web on June 29th

Amy Sample Ward

The details of the experiment were published in an article entitled “Experimental Evidence Of Massive-Scale Emotional Contagion Through Social Networks” published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. If you really care about making the world a better place, buy a trendy bag.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . We do not know the full power of artificial intelligence (AI) yet.

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Website Fall Fashions - Sleek, Flat and Simple Is In

Tech Soup

Some of the most impressive ones include: Blue Drop Awards 2013 - Best Non-Profit Websites. The 2013 Activism awards go mainly to charities and include: Change.org. The Weight of the Nation HBO Special. Vandelay Design has a useful article: “ 10 Keys to Effective Non-Profit Organization Websites. Voiceless Eyes.

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Creating Healthy Nonprofits in Silicon Valley

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 The regional cost of living has climbed so high that 30 percent of local residents—roughly 800,000 people—rely on some form of public or private assistance to get by. billion to $4.8

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