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MARCH 15, 2012

Karen Linkins, Desert Vista Consulting, discussed the Tides Center and California Endowment efforts on integrating mental health services in California. Bringing people to the policy table through services projects seems to have worked in Texas, Maine and California. Well…can you have your cake and eat it too?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Next week on March 1-2, the First 5 California and the Water Cooler Joint Conference will take place in Sacramento. The discussion will explore how the needs of California’s youngest children can be brought into the larger education discussion, including how to attract other allies for early childhood education in California.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

View California Coast Trip in a larger map This holiday rather than working, we decided to take a brief vacation and travel down the beautiful California coast. Only problem was by Christmas night we realized that we hadn't even opened.

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JULY 13, 2010

Representatives from Preschool California Share Their Experiment Insights. LAUP also discovered that they by providing engaging content on Facebook other super fans will self-identify. PreSchool California. PreSchool California : Did an experiment using Twitter as a way to connect with journalists.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

MiACLU.org is an online, Spanish-language platform created by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, an organization well-known for its spirited defense of civil liberties (advocating free speech, marriage equality and immigrants’ rights, among other issues). Facebook, Twitter and text messaging are also in the pipeline.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) is the premier Latino fund in California. It unites diverse advocates, allies, and inspires philanthropists to work together to build a better California. Tell us briefly about the mission of the Latino Community Foundation (purpose, staffing/budget size, and fundraising history).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I first met Mark Horvath on Twitter and later face-to-face last December during a trip down the California coast during the holidays. I first met Mark Horvath on Twitter and later face-to-face last December during a trip down the California coast during the holidays. Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness.

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APRIL 1, 2020

” Greetings from shelter in place California! Our family with adopted senior rescue dog, “Tigger.” I have not left my house much in the last few weeks due to being in a higher risk category for COVID-19. If that wasn’t enough stress, I’m either living at work or working from home, along with my entire family.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

I'm off to explore the California Coast and stare at the ocean for a few days. I'd to wish everyone a happy holiday! Taking a break from the blog, Twitter, and Facebook!

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Before I relocated to California, I was commuting between my home in Boston and Los Altos and in California for one-week trips without a car. Stephanie lent me her bike so I could make the ten mile round-trip commute by bike — avoiding the hassle of a car and getting some exercise too.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Sande Smith, Director of Communications, Women’s Foundation of California. Adene Sacks, Jim Joseph Foundation. Marie Sauter, Program Officer, Pacific Northwest Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Chris van Bergeijk, Vice President for Programs, Hawaii Community Foundation.

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MAY 28, 2014

Abdi Soltani , Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. The next set of case studies came from ACLU-Northern California and IDEX and both touch on cultural differences and translation on social media channels and how to optimize. Matt Fitzgerald , Attention Lab Director, Upwell.

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MAY 27, 2011

CARD is a nonprofit agency, based in Oakland California. There are also hundreds of useful apps that CARD staff can use as first responders in emergencies. iPads will also help CARD be a more efficient and connected non-profit.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

October 17 from 4-6 pm, Book Party and Discussion – hosted by ZeroDivide, Northern California Grantmakers, and the Levi Strauss Foundation. October 17 from Noon-1:30, TechSoup Global Office – Brown Bag Lunch and Cupcakes – Measuring the Network Nonprofit. And, we also have some four-legged fans from “ Nptech Dogs.”

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JULY 19, 2010

It has been a year since I’ve relocated to the Bay Area in California. The summers here are much less humid than on the East Coast, but the real treat is having the Craigslist Foundation Annual Nonprofit Bootcamp practically in my backyard. The next one takes place on August 14th – I wouldn’t miss it.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The California Coverage and Health Initiative used this variation to promote enrolling in health care coverage as of October 1st. This “ Keep Calm and Shine On ” t-shirt is a riff on the popular “ Keep Calm and Carry On ” meme used by Autism Speaks to help promote the annual World Autism Awareness Day.

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MARCH 16, 2012

Carrie Avery is president of the Durfee Foundation , a family foundation in Los Angeles, California. Like Andy Goodman said in his presentation, it would blow your mind. Safe travels, everyone!

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This further raises the concern about how do we tell the difference between machine and human, although in California a bill was recently signed that chatbots need to disclose themselves. This will be help voice assistants like Alexa improve as well as software that automatically analyzes documents inside law firms and others organizations.

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MAY 7, 2013

” Unfortunately, I could make it to Thailand, so I presented and lead a discussion remotely using Google Hangouts from California. The theme for the training was “ Data, Data.” Here’s a few reflections about presenting remotely in locations outside of the US. Format: Our session was 90 minutes.

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JANUARY 2, 2012

Geoff has moved on to working on exciting projects , including a book and Kami will continue the brand Zoetica working on strategy projects such as this important effort to keep.NGO domain in the hands of nonprofits. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

I am enjoying the weekly Farmer's Markets in California. Not five minutes after I mentioned on my Facebook status how much I love California Farmers' Markets and posted some of the photos, then I got tagged in a photo by a friend who is doing a little network weaving if his Facebook friends feeds.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

A couple of examples: California HealthCare Foundation. In the meantime, we'll certainly see more and more nonprofits release branded content in native iPhone format. That is, versions of their Web site content on a iPhone. American Cancer Society More Birthdays App. New York Philharmonic.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Plus, if you order this week only (November 15 th – 21 st ), you’ll receive TWO free tickets to the Social Branding Seminar in Los Angeles, California in March 2013. Order your Social Branding Blueprint now and receive an extra online access pass FREE to give to a non-profit colleague.

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MARCH 31, 2014

The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function. Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start!

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Just for giggles, I compared my current town here in California to where I used to live in the Boston area for percentage of total income donated to see which one was more generous, but no town or zip level data for my former place of residence. This data, if analyzed, might reveal some predictive trends.

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MARCH 14, 2012

Carrie Avery is president of the Durfee Foundation , a family foundation in Los Angeles, California. How can we get more funders to support creativity? This is where our work can have a disproportionate impact.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

I presented on a panel today for the California Association of Nonprofits "Building Stronger Nonprofits" Conference that is taking place in Los Angeles about nonprofits and second life. See Larger Photo.

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MARCH 23, 2012

She lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, son and daughter. She has also won an award by Latinos in Social Media, an online organization of 140,000+ Latinos, for her use of social media tools to promote causes. When Batista is not on her computer, she is shuttling her children or training for races.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

That’s me on a Kayak on Monterrey Bay on the Coast of California getting eye level with some otters and harbor seals during my recent summer vacation.

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JULY 2, 2012

The first set of questions were typical for 7 or 8 eight year olds, asked in perfect English: ”What’s your favorite color?,” “Where do you live in the US?” I drew a map on the black board of the US and showed them California. How deep is the Pacific Ocean? How many beaches does America have?

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APRIL 10, 2009

Photo from ACLU of Northern California Earlier this week I participated in a convening on Network Effectiveness hosted by Packard Foundation and the Monitor Institute ( reflections here ) One of the participants, Catrina Roallos, New Media Strategist from ACLU of Northern California, gave me a laptop sticker for their DotRights Campaign for online (..)

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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I just pledged a small amount to fund a story on California's educational system, something I'm very interested in. It's a marketplace where independent reporters, community members and news organizations can come together and collaborate. You can pitch a story to be crowd-funded or donate to an existing pitch.

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AUGUST 25, 2006

are gathering from August 25-29 in Marshall, California (a small town on Tomales Bay in northern California, a couple hours north of San Francisco). stewards??? of the World Caf?? ???

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Over dinner and a bottle of California red (thanks to our San Fran staff!), At the annual staff retreat last January, we selected “ The Networked Nonprofit ” for our bookclub discussion. It was a fascinating look into how several nonprofits are using social media in ways that are both clever and effective.

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JUNE 26, 2013

He told me to go back to California and not to neglect my family or work. I feel lucky to have been able to spend a few weeks with him this month towards the end of his life, although my mother and sister have done all the heavy lifting for his care during the past couple of years.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

We convened 40 of these practitioners in California at the Packard Foundation last month – all based in CA, all working in networks (as “backbone” network leaders, or as consultants) – and there was a huge appetite for conversation and learning around this practice. Including some posts that have appeared on this blog.)

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JANUARY 4, 2017

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, California and at SXSW.

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