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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Joanne Fritz asks the question that is probably on the minds of lots of folks in the nonprofit sector: what are we going to do in facing the current problematic economic climate? James Young, writing on Convio’s newish blog, Connection Cafe , talks about how to find, and create, influencers. What are “influencers?&#

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Update: Nonprofits - Power and Influence in our lives

Connection Cafe

Author: In my previous post, I started a little experiment on the "power and influence" of nonprofits on our lives. It is truly a powerful sector that influences virtually every aspect of our lives. to 5:00 p.m. That means that nonprofits have a significant impact not just on the social climate, but also economically.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

South Africa / $250. South Africa. AIDF Africa Summit. AIDF Africa Summit. Social Capital 2017 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships. 11/28/2016. Global Summit on Community Philanthropy.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

During one of the most exciting periods in NASA's history, some of the toughest, most mission-critical work was being done behind the scenes by the astute minds of Johnson, Vaughn, and Jackson. History remembers Queen Anna Nzinga as one of the great female rulers of Africa. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

Climate change is on people's minds. Because obviously that means much more volume is being certified and much more money is going back to poor farmers in Latin America, Asia and Africa as a result, and that, at the end of the day, is what we're all about. So, we're mindful of that. Are we being used? We're aware of that.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although it had never been created with crowd sourcing in mind, the Bookshare concept fit the existing exception like a glove. The first is in using data at scale to influence the human rights debate. Fast forward to today. In the human rights field, we have been part of major shifts in practice.

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