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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. National University. Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . First woman selected to be President & CEO of Veterans Village of San Diego, and is a 2019 George W.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function. You can register here.

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Free Live Interactive Event: Future of Fundraising

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In 2009, The Academy Award winning film The Cove used the activism platform to create one of the most successful causes , bringing together over 1 million people to end the dolphin slaughter in Japan. Nearly 100 years later, in 2009, they became the “official sponsor of birthdays,” launching a movement for more birthdays.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

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Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. He received his BA from the University of Nebraska and his MBA from the University of Texas. Derrick Feldmann.

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22 Years Ago…

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This post by TechSoup Global founder and co-CEO, Daniel Ben-Horin, originally appeared on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog. Back in 1989, TechSoup Global (then called "CompuMentor") was two years old. It is universally perceived as grim stuff. in San Francisco. with nonprofits. expensive then).

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

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To kick off a series of profiles on leaders in nonprofit technology, we thought we’d start close to home by featuring our TechSoup Global founder, Daniel Ben-Horin. It grew out of a pioneer online community in the San Francisco Bay Area called The Well , the acronym for The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link.

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2 Youth and Tech Speaking Gigs This Spring

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Sex :: Tech Conference - Focus on Youth Using Technology for Social Change (Keynote Moderator) Monday, March 23, 2009 San Francisco, CA Over 400 public health experts, technology innovators, and academic researchers will come together to discuss technology, youth and sexual health.

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