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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

Learn more about our flipped classroom model, what you can look forward to learning when you''re there, and register! We''ve also got a Master Class in Atlanta on October 24 and in Austin on November 14. Not in San Francisco? The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

Learn more about our flipped classroom model, what you can look forward to learning when you''re there, and register! We''ve also got a Master Class in Atlanta on October 24 and in Austin on November 14. Not in San Francisco? The contest is calling for participants to make a one-minute video that portrays diversity and inclusion.

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Blog Action Day: Can One Person Make A Difference? Challenging Poverty With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the classroom, I got to hear a lot of theories as to why poverty exists - but that actually made things seem more confusing. t claim to have all the answers - in fact, part of this journey is about putting my classroom knowledge to the test. I'm loosing weight to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank in Austin

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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iCared with lots of others for Convio Cares Week

Connection Cafe

The project that I volunteered at with fifteen other Convio employees was a classroom makeover for a local Austin school, Gus Garcia Middle School. As students passed by our classroom throughout the day while we were working I came to understand how important Communities in Schools is to each of them.

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Community Matters, Even at SxSW

Forum One

For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.