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#bbcon Just Took Over Austin, TX| Day 1 Recap

Connection Cafe

Nicholas Kristof brought out a few tears (at least from me) in his keynote session that covered everything from the value of storytelling, the struggle of partisan politics, Random Controlled Trials (RCT’s), the role of media for causes, demining rats, deworming children and teenage pregnancy rates in the Us compared to Europe.

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

Both of them joining us actually in a room together, which is awesome from beautiful Alabama. And joining him also from Alabama is Brian O’Neil. I’m with Bright Street Solutions, a full-service consulting and placement firm in Birmingham, Alabama. As Steven mentioned, living in Alabama. You doing okay? .

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Coming to a Public School Near You: Hopefully, You as a Volunteer

Have Fun - Do Good

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment. Tuesday was my first day volunteering with the "reading partners" program at my neighborhood public elementary school.

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