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Weekly update from PND

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South Arts announces $6 million BIPOC arts initiative. South Arts has announced the launch of Southern Cultural Treasures , a four-year, $6 million initiative in support of Black, Indigenous, and people of color-led and -serving arts and cultural organizations across the Southeast. Read more. . November 4, 2021.

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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As a geek who is trying to apply tech for good, it is instructive to hear the critiques. Toyama on that issue: If a private company is failing to make a profit, no one expects that state-of-the-art data centers, better productivity software, and new laptops for all of the employees will turn things around.

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Learnings and Reflections from BlogHer about Mobile Phones for Video Blogging and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My first exposure to "unconferences" or Open Space Technology was during a week-long arts and education professional development seminar in 1997. This was Liz's question and it relates to this art project ). When I got home, I remembered the work of colleague Joitske Hulsebosch who has taught video blogging in Ghana.

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