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JUNE 12, 2014

Tech Journey returns for second year with more students, stronger mission - Silicon Prairie News : Last year Tony Kioko and a team of other local IT professionals did what, at the time, seemed impossible.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

College student's idea grows into electronics thrift store with a purpose : Angela Haas was a senior at St. Louis University when she got the idea to refurbish and resell old computers to other students. Now, a dozen years later, she's president of a nonprofit that last year recycled 7.5

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Harvard University Students Running NYC Marathon in Boston for Hurricane Sandy | BostInno : On Sunday, Baker and Whitmore, both Harvard University seniors, did their own 26.2-mile mile marathon, here in Boston, while raising money to support those in need who were impacted by the furious October storm.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Is the Internet Stupefying Students?: "By By the professor’s rule, students in the English classes of Dr. Mark Bauerlein at Emory University must take notes by hand. Laptops must be turned off, he says, to ensure students focus on what’s happening in the room, rather than on what’s floating around cyberspace.“In

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JANUARY 5, 2011

School Tech: 6 Important Lessons From Maine's Student Laptop Program - Yahoo! News: "When students at Skowhegan Area Middle School decided to undertake a study of the town's history, they departed from traditional readings and paper writing.

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MAY 6, 2008

HaywoodCountyNews.com: HCC students design Web sites for 2 nonprofits: "CLYDE – Haywood Community College's Web Markup and Scripting class recently unveiled two web pages designed by students for two Haywood County nonprofit organizations.Representatives of Spotlights Youth Theatre and REACH of Haywood County were both presented the designs by a blended (..)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Wired Campus: After Shooting, Students Connect Through Facebook - Chronicle.com: "After Shooting, Students Connect Through FacebookIn the wake of the shooting at Northern Illinois University, numerous groups commemorating the event have already cropped up on Facebook.On

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AUGUST 28, 2008

Students Flock to Microfinance to Learn Real World Skills - NAM: "PALO ALTO, Calif. Idealistic students who wanted to give back to their community used to volunteer with food drives, homeless shelters or community centers. Charity was once very localized.

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MARCH 31, 2010

Students Use Texting Technology to Save Thousands in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake: "In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, thousands of volunteers from around the world rushed to the small island nation to lend their support to the relief efforts.

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APRIL 27, 2007

PCToday - Students Create Public-Service Announcements for Area Nonprofits: "Mass media communication students at Pennsylvania College of Technology created public-service announcements for area nonprofit agencies that began airing locally on cable television in early April.Comcast, the cable-service provider for the Williamsport area, has donated (..)

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MARCH 25, 2014

Online giving course adds actor Patrick Dempsey - San Antonio Express-News : When the second edition of an online course on effective giving starts next month, students will have a chance to learn from actor Patrick Dempsey, billionaire Warren Buffett and other prominent philanthropists.

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MAY 31, 2013

international relief agency | Business Notes - Business | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journal - The Providence Journal : Students at the University of Rhode Island have developed a program that helps donors see how to aim their generous impulses to the most effective actions.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

With its first international project in Siem Reap, Cambodia, WOWi aims to bring American audiences together with students of the Tchey school, to provide technical training to these students and help raise money for the education of Cambodian children. The Tchey school has a new computer lab and students eager to learn.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors | Beth’s Blog : " GivingTuesday is done it again with its K-12 Philanthropy Curriculum, a set of lesson plans that teachers can use to help their students participate in GivingTuesday by raising money for a local nonprofit." ''via Blog this'''

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MAY 18, 2016

based non-profit will grow to 10,000 students within the next five years, the school said, allowing the institution to train information technology talent in large numbers." 'via French Billionaire Opens Tuition-Free School in Silicon Valley - Bloomberg : "Based on the model Niel launched in France in 2013, the U.S.-based via Blog this'

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

We are students of direct response. Data Doesn’t Lie | Agents of Good : "Data doesn’t lie. But it also doesn’t feel. It’s our job to create, test, tweak and analyze. That’s the science. But I love fundraising because it’s also an art." 'via via Blog this'

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MARCH 27, 2012

The 11 staffers provide 80 students who are on the autism spectrum , which includes Asperger's Syndrome, technical training and help adjusting to a work environment. The students, ranging in age from their early 20s to mid-50s, and staff have already launched NPISarobon, an abacus-like app for 99 cents available on the App Store for iPad.

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MAY 27, 2014

It finds that a sample of college students were, in fact, less likely to fall for false information if it had been presented to them in a Twitter format.' With news feeds giving us constant updates from many sources—some reliable, some not—it’d be very easy to conflate fact with conjecture.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

eLearning on limited resources - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times : "During the recent ASAE 2015 Technology Conference & Expo, Allison Hamrick of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS), Micah Jordan of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and Amanda Batson of ABD Partners, LLC, offered five (..)

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APRIL 22, 2014

Privacy Worries Shutter Gates-Funded Education-Data Nonprofit – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : A foundation-funded nonprofit software company that collected and stored information about public-school students announced Monday that it was closing over parental concerns about privacy, The Wall Street Journal and The New (..)

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MAY 28, 2013

This online course opens these classes up to an unlimited number of students.' Currently the Learning by Giving Foundation has 30 classes at universities across the county dedicated to philanthropy, including one at the University of Mary Washington.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The Code for Good Challenges bring together college students studying technology to develop solutions to challenges faced by nonprofits during an intense two-day event.' . | Business Wire | Rock Hill Herald Online : Building off a successful U.S.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Imagine Cup competition brings together student teams from around the world who build software. In the past few years, Microsoft has asked students to build software that helps advance the United Nations' Millennium.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Most of us are exposed to it at school when teachers post boards with student names and apply gold stars when we do something well, like good behavior or a good test score. Gamification is a practice that uses visible motivational awards (game thinking) to inspire desired action.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Initiative aimed to assist nonprofits — Brown Daily Herald : The Community Research Needs Database is part of a new independent studies initiative launched this semester, aimed to match students with local nonprofit organizations and help them with research, according to the Curricular Resource Center website.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

County nonprofits can apply for computer lab essentials -- Gazette.Net : The Montgomery County Students Information Technology Foundation will award a refurbished computer lab to a county nonprofit. The lab will consist of six reconditioned computers with operating systems, flat panel LCD monitors, keyboards, mice and one printer.'

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APRIL 1, 2013

In other words, shooting and uploading video to YouTube alone does not a videographer make, at least not in my class of sixty undergraduates who come from any major on campus.

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JUNE 13, 2014

Gates was responding to a DealBook article on college courses in philanthropy that require students to give away real money to no-profit organisations. million Twitter followers to solicit ideas for how to give away $50,000.

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APRIL 25, 2014

Each user gets to choose where their winnings will go from our list of partners, all doing excellent work and as varied as Against Malaria and Student Veterans of America. When a player loses a game, 100% of their donation is still going to a great cause, so users can be confident that they’re making an impact regardless of the outcome.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

College Football Rivalry Reaches Young Donors Via Technology: "Together both schools boast enrollment of fewer than 10,000 students. Thousands of alumni, students and friends of both colleges will visit or watch from locations inside and outside of the country.Both schools are hoping thousands give online or via text as well.

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JULY 5, 2011

They also participate in Jumpstart Our Youth (JOY) -- the state's most comprehensive youth philanthropy program -- with Jobs for Maine's Graduates students statewide. It involves 4,000 Jobs for Maine's Graduates students at schools throughout the state and its two youth development centers.". and the Maine Community Foundation.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The money will be used for student scholarships. Through October 3, an alumnus will donate $1 for each new Twitter follower or Facebook “like,” up to $50,000. After four days, the university has raised almost $8,000 dollars with the project, called the Bucky Challenge.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook ‘like’ competitions award philanthropy funds - News - The Daily Reveille - Louisiana State University : acebook news feeds have blown up recently as thousands of University students rush to join online competitions for Aspen Heights and other housing communities that award winners with cash.

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APRIL 18, 2012

Youthful new director of Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council has big background - Roanoke.com : Derick Maggard, the newly announced director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, has had experience as a missionary, entrepreneur, student, athlete and leader.

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APRIL 22, 2014

Center for the Future of Museums: Khan Academy & Cultural Understanding : Smarthistory at Khan Academy is used by museum visitors, independent learners, professors, teachers and their students.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Technology and the New Workplace Currency : Cisco has recently come out with a new study, the 2011 World Technology report, that looks at the [internet] habits of college students and young professionals entering the workforce.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Students who go through the program are surveyed 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months after leaving. Data gathered is used both to measure success and to highlight areas where program structure could be improved.

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