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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. We start each official meeting with introductions.

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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. The vocational rehab building focuses on getting blind people job.

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Member Round Up: Watching What We Say

NTEN

Submit your innovative ideas and experiences addressing critical world issues by December 5th for theopportunity to present your work to conference attendees. 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 !

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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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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The premise is that governing well is essential for strong nonprofits working efficiently and effectively to address critical needs in our communities. How will CSR practitioners uphold the values inherent in our social responsibility and community engagement work regardless of which way the winds may blow? Nonprofit Management.

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Making Media Connections: Ning Site

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Community Media Workshop is a media organization in Chicago that trains nonprofits to tell their stories to the media, tips sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and tries to create better relationships between the media and the diverse communities in Chicago. Why did you select ning? Compared to other ???out

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