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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Local representatives from nonprofits, schools, and community groups convened in downtown San Francisco for Microsoft's YouthSpark Connection event. She also stated that while San Francisco is a highly educated region overall, two thirds of the city's highly educated residents are from outside of California.

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

Have Fun - Do Good

Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us for the Big Vision Podcast.

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

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The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

How do I deal with going through the interview process all over again? So a major thank you both to Bloomerang for hosting us and a special shout out to Steven for helping to make this happen. . ” For me thinking about the worst case scenario is what helps me prepare. Full Transcript: Steven: All right.

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Why Tech Nonprofits Are Building Digital Tools for Racial Equity and Justice

Non Profit Quarterly

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Both nonprofits are using tech to help students of color gain access to educational resources, readying them for high-paying careers.

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Amanda Rose, Twestival Leader, Reflects on Twestival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I was in San Francisco leading a workshop and helped organized a group of attendees for TwestivalSF. I wrote a follow up post titled " Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations " based on an interview with Ben Matthews , a member of the London founding group.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

You can listen to my interview with Jensine on the Big Vision Podcast website, or on iTunes. We brought professional empowerment mentors and coaches, and also professional editors. We call them editorial midwives, because they're helping these women really find, and birth their own voice and vision.

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