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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of my holiday greetings this year, I would like to introduce you to two young people who have used Benetech’s Bookshare library to reach academic excellence and find the books that keep them engaged in their off hours. Getting these books is really important to me.”

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The Power of One

NCE Social Media

At the Arc of the US Convention in Albuquerque in 2009 you could count them on one hand. I want to share with you a story that happened to us in Pittsburgh last week. Direct messaging (DM) is tweeting between only two people. So the next time you think a tweet doesn’t matter, remember this story.

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And the 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Go To.

Tech Soup

We all have a story. We want to help inspire and educate you to be able to tell your own story with confidence and with success. We want to help inspire and educate you to be able to tell your own story with confidence and with success. Watch their story. Without further ado. First Place Video. Cisco Flip camera.

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Launching the First Wave of the OF/BY/FOR ALL Change Network

Museum 2.0

Our near-term goal is to enroll at least 200 organizations by the end of 2020, collectively pledging to involve one million new people in their work. But we're starting with a campaign to involve one million people - and to build a community of organizations helping each other make it happen. Some people are writing toolkits.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Jussel of Shaping Youth Blog shared a story of how she and her daughter played the Freerice game, a quiz-style vocabulary builder that rewards correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children, distributed by the U.N.' The organizations listed are profiled by other young people.

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Happy New Year! Two Free Books! And Watermelon!

Museum 2.0

Explora (Albuquerque, NM). For those who are interested, the book has sold 2,300 copies, and 17,000 people have read some portion of it online in the free edition. I'm excited to see how the book helps people move from ideas to action (and I sincerely hope it isn't languishing unread on too many shelves).

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