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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Washington Post Chairman to Donate $45 Million in Facebook Windfall to Education : Donald Graham, the chairman of the Washington Post Company, probably does not really need the $46 million windfall he got from the Facebook IPO filing yesterday. area when he leaves the Facebook board,

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "More than 100 researchers interested in the emerging field of the social history of computer programming are running what may be the first academic conference held entirely using Web 2.0

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Shortly after last's week's earthquake in Haiti, a group of students working in a laboratory in Colorado unveiled a project that makes it easier for victims and volunteers to tweet for help.The lab, at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Atlas Institute, produced a guideline for a 'help specific' (..)

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The Games Art Historians Play: Online Game-based Learning in Art History and Museum Contexts – ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education : "Considering a few models within my own discipline of art history will orient colleagues curious about venturing down this pedagogical path, but, as with any learning tool, game-based learning will (..)

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JUNE 13, 2011

4 Globally Oriented Tips on Using Social Media - WorldWise - The Chronicle of Higher Education : "4 Globally Oriented Tips on Using Social Media June 9, 2011, 11:28 am By David Wheeler Over the past year, I’ve given talks or moderated sessions on social media in a strange set of cities: Adelaide, Sydney, and Doha.

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JULY 28, 2010

Online Philanthropic Resources Enhance Education Curriculum - Philanthropy - pitchengine.com.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Goodbye, Ballrooms: Campaign Kickoffs Go Online - Administration - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "As economic pressures have squeezed college budgets, fund-raising offices have looked to the Internet to save money, using e-mail solicitations instead of pricier print materials or a thank-you video in place of a closing party.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Google Says Pearson's New Learning System Is 'Not a Shared Product' - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education : But other than routine help it gives to any app in its marketplace, Google is not directly involved with the new learning-management system, and Google officials say they have no plan to jump into developing learning software.

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APRIL 13, 2009

Sloan Foundation Clicks 'End Program' for Its Online-Education Grants - Chronicle.com: "The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is closing its online-education grant program, a foundation official has told The Chronicle.

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MAY 25, 2011

Children's Museum Uses Smartphones to Educate Adults - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "If Karen S.

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APRIL 15, 2008

From the Chronicle of PhilanthropyJon Stewart's Education About Charities and Second Life - Philanthropy.com: "Nonprofit fans of Second Life, an Internet game, are seeking to educate Jon Stewart about their online activism after the comedian made fun of one of them.Susan Tenby, senior manager of TechSoup, a nonprofit technology group, appeared before (..)

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Education IT | ZDNet.com: "One of my big projects over the last month, aside from taking care of a c-sectioned wife and new daughter, was rebuilding our district’s website in Joomla. Are you using Joomla! Why the heck not? The short-term goal is, of course, to just make our web presence far more user-friendly and attractive.

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MAY 5, 2008

Sugar on Windows looking inevitable | Education IT | ZDNet.com: "Now that Walter Bender has resigned from OLPC, Technology Review featured an article on the group’s new president, Charles Kane.

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MARCH 2, 2010

After Frustrations in Second Life, Colleges Look to New Virtual Worlds - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Some colleges that have built virtual classrooms in Second Life—the online environment where people walk around as avatars in a cartoonlike world—have started looking for an exit strategy.".

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JUNE 17, 2010

New Virtual Annual Meeting Experience Provides Easy Access to Education and Resources for Association and Nonprofit Professionals - About Us - ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership: "New Virtual Annual Meeting Experience Provides Easy Access to Education and Resources for Association and Nonprofit ProfessionalsJune 16, 2010WASHINGTON—For the (..)

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AUGUST 7, 2009

The Wired Campus - Researchers Say Facebook Can Fuel Jealousy and Increase Time on Facebook - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Researchers Say Facebook Can Fuel Jealousy and Increase Time on FacebookBy Marc BejaHaving relationship troubles?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The Wired Campus - Tweckling Twitterfolk: Chronicle Readers React to the New World of Twitter Conference Humiliation - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "A Chronicle story today about the abuse of Twitter at conferences is touching off an online debate among readers.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Coming soon to association learning: gamified learning and microcredentials | Event Garde Blog with Aaron Wolowiec : "Tagoras recently released its much-anticipated 2016 Association Learning + Technology Report, which contains a wealth of information about associations’ efforts to incorporate technology into their educational programs and platforms.

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MAY 28, 2013

to “drive change in education.” “We We want to make the statement to students everywhere that they can participate in [shaping] their education,” says Steve Rees, CEO of Minddrive, “that students can have a voice.”' Turning tweets into watts will take the at-risk students from Kansas City to Washington, D.C.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

massnonprofit news :: : "November 17, 2014 — Nonprofits have been trained to think about themselves “in a backward way” that is stifling their potential to change the world, Dan Pallotta, an activist who has garnered renown for his efforts to get people to think about nonprofits the way they think about for-profits, told a Boston gathering of human (..)

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

How can we expect uniform education across the company? It’s inevitable. You can either ban them from speaking on behalf of the company, or teach them that should they be in that position – that there is a right way. A Social Media ‘Voice’ document. Or is it a tone document?

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JANUARY 18, 2013

For Africa, Entrepreneurship is the Way | Skoll World Forum : n South Africa, new mobile technology strategies are being used to educate the youth and to promote entrepreneurship.

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MARCH 27, 2015

Tim Cook to donate his fortune to charity | WMDT.com Maryland-Delaware : "Cook, who is close to becoming a billionaire, says he will pay for his nephew''s college education, then donate the rest of his wealth to philanthropic projects, according to Fortune. Cook isn''t the first top executive to give his money away." ''via Blog this'''

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

The program launches today in beta with a small group of partners. The images provided to these organizations will be publicly available under a Creative Commons license."

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

AIM, a nonprofit that promotes technology careers and education, has acquired and renamed the former USA Projects, now Hatchfund, which lets donors give to artists, helping them complete projects like books, films, albums and plays.'

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

An Island Institute grant for a Fellow to work specifically on organizing inter-island activities resulted in hiring Anne Bardaglio, who had served as the Matinicus Education Fellow prior to graduate school.

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MARCH 25, 2015

EverTrue, which he founded in 2010, enables educational institutions to parse the social media activities of their graduates. Your College May Be Banking on Your Facebook Likes - NYTimes.com : "I ended up going to Facebook and LinkedIn, places where I knew my classmates really were,” Mr. Grinna said.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

The three year series of studies surveyed more than 400 professionals and highly educated people in North America who participate in social media networks. The research found that 40% of professionals’ online time is spent engaging in peer-to-peer online communities, followed by interacting with friends at 31% and family at 13%.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Twitter Helps Intel Foundation Plan Grants - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : The Intel Foundation plans to award $100,000 in education grants to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and it turned to Twitter for advice on what programs and organizations to support. “We

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education : But the University of Wisconsin at Madison may be the first college to get a donation for increasing its follower count. Through October 3, an alumnus will donate $1 for each new Twitter follower or Facebook “like,” up to $50,000.

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APRIL 24, 2012

For example, the American Cancer Society (ACS) created a blog site called MoreBirthdays.com meant to educate and inspire cancer patients, survivors and caretakers—a resource that connects the cancer community with the cause and ultimately strengthens giving.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Charity wins cash in online challenge : Charity wins cash in online challenge By Kim Pemberton, Vancouver Sun January 18, 2012 A Vancouver charity focused on educating members of Generation Y about cancer has won $25,000 in the Mozilla Firefox Challenge.

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JUNE 6, 2011

UConn building ‘data collaborative’ for nonprofits | Hartford Business : "The University of Connecticut has been chosen by the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority to develop the “Connecticut Data Collaborative,” a shared, web-based tool for nonprofits and state policy makers."

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JUNE 23, 2011

How To Get Fire in Your Organization’s Belly: Key Insight from the Millennial Donor Summit | Beth’s Blog : "illennials – We know they are young, tech savvy and well-educated-but they are also some of the most active when it comes to donating and volunteering. So what’s the secret to engaging Millennials in your nonprofit organization’s work?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Melinda French Gates As the head of a foundation focused on what I consider to be some of the world’s most pressing issues—health, education, and poverty—I’m constantly aware of the urgency underlying our work. | Impatient Optimists : Font Size Print September 21, 2011 Why Twitter, Why Now?

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MARCH 22, 2012

"Reaching large numbers of potential donors is easier and less expensive using the Internet, whether through charity websites, social networking sites, or middleware platforms, such as Causes and Crowdrise," said Jason Wingard, vice dean of Wharton Executive Education, which now has a special team dedicated to outreach in the nonprofit, economic development (..)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Melinda French Gates As the head of a foundation focused on what I consider to be some of the world’s most pressing issues—health, education, and poverty—I’m constantly aware of the urgency underlying our work. | Impatient Optimists : Font Size Print September 21, 2011 Why Twitter, Why Now?

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