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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. We have neighborhood newspapers, internationally-renowned magazines of political commentary, and three View-Master reels of Chicago hot dog stands, neon signs, and motor inns, respectively.

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Beijing School for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The principal of the school, proudly showed off plans to expand the campus over the next few years, with high quality architectural site drawings that would have looked perfectly in place in Chicago. We visited the English language classroom. Our team toured the school.

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Member Round Up: Watching What We Say

NTEN

The conference will be held in Chicago from June 18th to the 20th. Check out their top 15 resources for finding or creating the finances needed in the classroom ! Submit your innovative ideas and experiences addressing critical world issues by December 5th for theopportunity to present your work to conference attendees.

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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

Tech Soup

Chicago, IL: Member Holiday Social - Coffee & Conversation. Guatemala City: Teach an Hour of Code in your classroom. Pittsburgh, PA: Bagels & Bytes Holiday Party. Tuesday, December 10. Online: Part Two Google For Nonprofits Google Ad Grants with Net2 Northern Michigan. Houston, TX: NetSquared Houston.

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Nonprofit Leadership Alliance: AMI 2014 Reflections

ASU Lodestar Center

This year, the Alliance Management Institute was held in Chicago during the coldest storm on record with -12 to -45 degree weather. The opportunities for learning and networking were at a higher level than I have had in the classroom. ASU made it there and back with no trouble at all when many campuses did not.

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Get Your Peer-to-Peer Facetime in 2015

Connection Cafe

It may be that time of year when you are planning professional development opportunities for either your staff or yourself, and looking for opportunities to get out of the office, out from behind your desk, and into the classroom with your peers in P2P fundraising. New York, Chicago | Stay tuned for exact dates and location details!

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7 Can’t-Miss Nonprofit Conferences for 2017

NonProfit Hub

Lectures are left for the classroom. It takes place in Chicago and teaches organizations how to get more supporters excited about your cause to raise more money. Cause Camp is a conference put on by yours truly, Nonprofit Hub, and will be hosted March 27-28 in Lincoln, Nebraska, at Nebraska Innovation Campus.