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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

November 27, 2012 is the first ever #GivingTuesday. Gifts of Hope help children and families around the world receive training and animal gifts that help them become self-reliant. Holiday gifts that protect the environment, NRDC Green Gifts are guaranteed to bring joy to your loved ones while protecting Mother Earth.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

Mattel company spokesman Alan Hilowitz told HealthPop that the company will produce a friend of Barbie that will have wigs, hats, scarves and other accessories to give children "a traditional fashion play experience." " The kids will have the option to remove the wigs and head coverings.

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Forum One Wins 7 W³ Awards!?

Forum One

and presents detailed data from more than 50 sources on 61 key factors that most affect their residents’ lives, including housing, neighborhood amenities and conveniences, transportation, environment, health, opportunities for civic engagement, and inclusiveness. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation.

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Forum One Wins 7 W³ Awards!

Forum One

and presents detailed data from more than 50 sources on 61 key factors that most affect their residents’ lives, including housing, neighborhood amenities and conveniences, transportation, environment, health, opportunities for civic engagement, and inclusiveness. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation.

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Learning in Public: To What End?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the 2012 GEO conference, I learned about a Big Experiment for Learning in Public undertaken by the Packard Foundation, together with TCC Group and Beth Kanter. I mean if we’re going to learn in public, it better be a collegial and supportive environment. I have to admit it sounded more than a little daunting for several reasons.

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Don’t Bring Your Phone in the Shower

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The lesson: create environments where un-alike people can interact, sometimes at purposeful meetings, sometimes in the bathroom. So the CEO of a medical clinic trades ideas about technology with the head of a children’s advocacy organization, and the environmental leader gets to know the inner-city organizer.

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Amazon Is Sharing the Cart Checkout Wealth … with 501(c)(3)s

Tech Soup

Selling more online than its next 12 biggest competitors combined (see the Wall Street Journal story), this online giant took home $61 billion in online sales in 2012. So while the developed world spends on a new party outfit or the latest toys for their children, a small portion of that can go to feed. Tried and True Concept.

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