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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

The most famous example of the 6-word exercise is Hemingway's "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" – a tale of loss. As a nonprofit example, Ilie offered the 6-word story of an organization that helps the visually impaired: "Blind graduate works for National Bank. Beirut, Lebanon: NetSquared Beirut.

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Great reads from around the web on June 15th

Amy Sample Ward

And she uses NTEN as an example so you can see all the work we've been doing to figure this out for our strategic plan, too: "What does your organization do?" ”" What Are We Accomplishing and How Do We Know? It's also one that is increasingly being asked by potential donors big and small.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

This past June, the United States held National Day of Civic Hacking. TechSoup Global and NetSquared attended hackathons across the country—from Hawaii to Vermont—that tackled local, statewide, and national civic issues. The goal of OBJEKTIVno bolje is to stop hateful graffiti in Serbia.

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Let The Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. What's that?

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Nonprofits, Companies, and White House Unite on Tech Gap

Tech Soup

Earlier this year, President Obama announced a bold initiative to expand access to technology jobs in the United States. For example, Year Up designed a curriculum for JPMorgan Chase , training students to work in the company's anti-money-laundering operations.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

Examples of rewards could be the actual project (if it is something like a book) or a free pass to a screening of a movie or production of a play. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). It is open to both individuals and nonprofits in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

Examples of rewards could be the actual project (if it is something like a book) or a free pass to a screening of a movie or production of a play. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. It is open to both individuals and nonprofits in the United States, Canada, and Australia.