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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

The outdoors became our main source of activity and entertainment, reminding us that we’re surrounded by life even in isolation. Because We Love Where We Live allows donors to play a vital role in the fundraising efforts that provide environmental education to thousands of students. Southern Environmental Law Center.

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Interning in Guatemala on the Archive Project

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our statistical analysis is being used as evidence for an upcoming trial charging former Police Chief Colonel Hector Bol de la Cruz with crimes related to the disappearance of a trade union and student leader in 1984. The impact that this one report could make is momentous.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. This alternative to cloud computing consists of all the computers that are already around us, connected in to a distributed network of devices through smart routers.

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Nomad Cafe: How to Start a Green Cafe

Have Fun - Do Good

Both of those laws passed and are now in effect. I have championed the recent Oakland Food Policy Assessment introduced by some amazing grad students at Cal, which lays out a very clear, thorough, and utterly achievable road map for food security in Oakland. Sort of like the cantina aliens in Star Wars, except without the weapons.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

Museum 2.0

So in the past month, the people who have jumped in are mostly people who are already familiar with the platforms we're using (the Web and Second Life ), primarily those already in Second Life. Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life. The barriers to entry are high.

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Dance-a-Thon You and your staff work tirelessly to bring your nonprofit’s mission to life. If you’re looking for a good place to start, set up a series of leadership workshops geared towards high school students with an interest in fostering positive change. Why not ask your supporters to join in the fun and dance till they drop?

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Preparing for Planned Giving Conversations—24 Terms You Need to Know

Connection Cafe

Contingent Bequest: This is a provision in a will, trust, or estate plan that allocates a gift to a designated charity as an alternative to a higher priority bequest or condition to be met. cash, securities) in exchange for a contract to pay the donor or the donor’s designee an annuity for life.