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The Year in Review: The Best Tech Stories of 2015

Byte Technology

Depending on the amount of pressure you put down on the screen, a host of options are at your disposal, including link previewing, a quick jump to your contact list and “live” photo taking that transforms boring old shots into works of art. Microsoft Takes Over the Laptop/Tablet Hybrid Scene. Google Keeps Intriguing Us.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. I was assigned to the art school to track art classes and enrollments, and to work on reporting and making sure records were polished and current. You will also have the chance to network with nonprofit staff who can be helpful in your future job search.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Steffon Middleton and Jessica Pinto have both mastered the art of searching and downloading Bookshare’s accessible texts. She gets around this by downloading Bookshare texts on her laptop, enlarging the font, and scrolling through the text with the down arrow key on her keyboard.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. See Dave Winer's comments here, or as someone on the vlog list "Fighting for civilty using rudeness.".

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Bridging Offline/Online: Tweetups

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event. It can be a good way to meet your Twitter followers or identify who in your existing audience is using Twitter. Activities: If the event will be more than a networking event, have some structure activities or presentations. Be creative.

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10 Holiday Gifts That Give Back

Have Fun - Do Good

Do Artisans a World of Good For many people, art and craft-making is their livelihood. Search on TransFair for Fair Trade Certified products, or Google, "Fair Trade coffee sampler" for more options. Give a Child a Laptop, Get a Child a Laptop. Wouldn't be great if some of that $923.36

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. James was able to search Twitter and show them a conversation happening online with other choruses about fundraising. (We