Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

International Paper Foundation (IP) makes sustainable investments to “protect and improve the lives of our employees and mobilize our people, products, and resources to address critical needs in the communities where we live and work.” Areas served: US, India, South Africa. The Kresge Foundation. Areas served: Detroit/Michigan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. 17% of adult mobile users have distracted by their device and bumped into people. Healthy Mind Platter.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

The Science Center World Congress looked standard in makeup--keynotes, plenaries, parallel panels--and yet the content was made distinctly different by the people involved. Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science. It was also a frustrating experience.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! History remembers Queen Anna Nzinga as one of the great female rulers of Africa. Do you love ladies in literature? Gertrude B.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 26, 2006

It's an opportunity to connect with interesting people from around the world, all with important perspectives. Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa), talked about the opportunities in market failure. I just want to share some of the voices I've heard so far this week. These are based on my contemporaneous notes.

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