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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Now in it’s third year (View the 2009 Edition and 2010 Edition ), the 11 holiday gift programs listed below benefit nonprofits and thus help make the world a better place: 1. That said, there’s also some great gifts for the primate activists in your life. [ Shop the Jane Goodall Institute Online Store ].

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s been an important part of my life for all of this time. You’ll be great with this and it sounds like it will feed your soul in some new and better ways. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. I have now realized I need to set it down for good. 3 Beth 03.19.07

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Knitting samples for Knitting off the Axis

Judi Sohn

Knitting became an obsession in my life again and I haven’t stopped. It helps that I have a yarn store less than 10 minutes away and have a whole bunch of real-life friends who are as serious about knitting as I am. In late 2009 I knit a pattern from the Fall 2009 issue of Knitscene magazine.

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Great reads from around the web on December 9th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). This is the first-ever survey reading from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project that exclusively examines Twitter users.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Academic Institutions. Alnoor Ebrahim. Professor of Management. Ami McReynolds. Chief Equity and Programs Officer.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. That’s a funny story actually, but I suppose many entrepreneurs have similar stories.

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Social Media and Privacy: Best Practices for Managing Your Personal and Professional Identities

NTEN

Can we completely separate our personal life from our professional life online? In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. These can be your life-lines. Twitter and WordPress Feeds. So what can we do?