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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

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Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. Change the Equation :: @ ChangeEquation. Coalition to Stop Gun Violence :: @ CSGV. Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup. DoSomething.org :: @ DoSomething.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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Academy of Hope Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country American Brain Tumor Association American Cancer Society American Childhood Cancer Organization American Heart Association American Jewish World Service American Liver Foundation American Lung Association American Red Cross AmeriCares Animal Humane Society Apple Tree Arts Arcus Foundation (..)

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring, field trips, workshops, and in-schools programs -- all free of charge -- for children, classes, and schools with particular interests or particular needs. It develops and supports the profession of social entrepreneurship by acting as a venture capital firm for visionary change-makers around the world.

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Guest post by Brian Reich: GamesThatGive - You Play. We Donate. Charities Win.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. Jumpstart for Young Children. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. So, I was curious when my colleague Brian Reich suggested a guest post on the topic. .

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

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The arrival of the Internet in the mid-1990s plus advancing communication technology means children of the current generation are growing up as native users of the Internet, email, text and instant messaging, blogging, tweeting, gaming and a host of other cyber vehicles. One obvious reason for the generational digital divide is timing.

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Mother's Day for Peace

Have Fun - Do Good

PeacePlayers International is a nonprofit organization that uses basketball to unite and educate children and their communities in conflict and post-conflict areas. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq. Beth Kanter posted about this a couple weeks ago.