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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos.

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Bo Eason Teaches You How To Achieve Your A-Game In Life

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Navy Seals, Green Berets, and firefighters have to use this same principle. Then years later, after a career-ending knee injury knocked me out of football, I made a new declaration: to become the best stage performer of all time. The New York Times called it “one of the most powerful plays of the last decade.”

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

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We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” And the better you get at the whole suite of donor engagement, the more money you’re going to raise. And that gets you, again, much more money in the long run. . Well, good afternoon, everybody.

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Big Paycheck or Service? Is There a Middle Way?

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The New York Times recently published an article, Big Paycheck or Service? Hat tip to Echoing Green for the link). Whenever people make choices about the work they do, there are three variables that they balance: time, money and passion. career money nonprofit college student Flickr photo credit: Middle.

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People are Ready for a Vision-led Movement

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They were brought together by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights' Reclaim the Future program to talk about how to make Oakland a model city that uses the growing green economy to lift its low-income residents out of poverty. are going to make Oakland the new Silicon Valley for green capital."

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation. Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. It is a story about a grasshopper who has spent the warm months singing away while the ant worked hard to store up food for winter.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

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It was very simple, nutrient-dense, leafy greens, root vegetables, and fresh fruit from the trees in their front yards, and nuts from the trees in their yard and the neighbors' yards. At the end of 2008, I initiated a new project called the Grow. I always encourage people that if you have available green space, grow your own food.