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My Five Minutes of Fame in a Student Carbon Offset Documentary

Have Fun - Do Good

A high school student called to ask if I would be in her school project: a video about carbon offsets. I thanked her, and told her that I wouldn''t be a good person to interview because I don''t buy carbon offsets anymore. It''s only 12 minutes long, so give it a watch , and support a student filmmaker. Green-e Climate Manager).

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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

ASU Lodestar Center

Students protested: Gallaudet is an institution that aims to empower deaf students, but had never allowed a deaf individual to ascend to its highest ranks. Personal interview. Personal interview. One example of a strategy is apparent in the story of Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf (Ryan, 2012, p. References.

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Record-breaking donations on Give to the Max Day in Minnesota

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Total organizations: 5,544 (a 25% increase over 2013). Total donors: 62,607 (a 20% increase over 2013).

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4 Ways to Use Trello to Manage Your Non-Profit Communications Program

The Storytelling Non-profit

I remember that being a challenging transition for me when I started working from home in 2013. You can also use a Trello story bank to track any leads you get for stories and keep your story interview notes for future reference. For some of you, that might mean that you're working remotely for the first time ever.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My favorite posts were interviews with authors from outside of the nonprofit sector, including Adam Grant , Give and Take and Eric Ries , Lean Start Up and coverage of the Social Innovation Summit: Future of Technology. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award.

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Success Stories From 10 Successful Entrepreneurs From Around The World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation.

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The Lessons From 10 Entrepreneurs From Around The World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation.

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