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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest. The Webb Family Foundation supports programs and projects that target underserved children and youth and provides grants related to education, youth development, career and workforce readiness, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, STEM, digital and blended learning, and youth mentorship. .

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Blending Old and New Tech to Make History Come to Life - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

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Blending Old and New Tech to Make History Come to Life - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "The site has been in an open test for the past year and won the 2011 Webby Award for the best site for a charitable organization.

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The Science Behind Going Viral

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blender company Blendtec’s sales shot up more than 700% a few years ago after videos of the CEO blending things like iPhones spread like wildfire. Those six principles are the basis of my new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On , and the first principle is Social Currency. New York City is a tough place to open a bar.

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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

ASU Lodestar Center

As told in the 12th chapter of the “Book of Judges” in the Christian bible, the Ephramites tried to blend in with the locals as they were fleeing the country. Depp’s Brasco is an undercover FBI agent deeply embedded in the New York mafia in the 1970s. Nonprofit Quarterly (a leading trade publication). LinkedIn profile.

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Notes from Mari Smith Facebook Changes Webinar: Privacy Settings and A New Metric – People Talking About

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It isn’t all private or all public – it’s a continuum. Facebook’s new changes (and Google +) gives us a couple of shades of gray. You need to think about what you’re sharing and who you are sharing with. Sharing in Public. Sharing Philosophy. Who Are Sharing With?

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I believe that social networking can do better by thinking about network structures, understanding roles of people, making organizations more sociable and blending social media. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet. Digital media’s potential for building harmonious civil society is considerable.”

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Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And if your organization finds itself in the middle of groundswell or if there is a major news event or a public relations crisis happens and it is being discussed on Twitter or other social media spaces, your CEO can join it without having to get up to speed. This is a good example of a "Blended profile.".