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Legacy of Hope Austin: Dreams for Kids with Special Needs

Tech Soup

" As a mother of eight, including two children with special needs, Carr knew that "families with children that have special needs often can't afford basic programs such as sports, arts, dance lessons, or other services that many families take for granted. Birth of Dreams: Creative Expression for Kids.

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

Tech Soup

The presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security. I curated some of the best resources shared by Austin, webinar attendees, and from our own TechSoup collection of online safety resources. Slide Decks and Activities.

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I Live Here, I Give Here: Place-Based Charitable Giving Hubs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Individuals can browse the site and find local nonprofits and make a donation online. The site is powered by Razoo, a giving platform. This might even inspire a few out of state donors to give to nonprofits in the land of 10,000 lakes where the men are strong, women are good lucking and children above average.

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Renew The Heart & Soul of your Non-Profit for a Chance To Win $10,000

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you have questions about the grant, please see the FAQ page on the Heart & Soul site. Additional 2012/2013 Heart & Soul Grants include: $10,000 HHS Grant — available to an Austin, TX-area nonprofit specializing in the provision of At Risk Children and Families — a gift from the Cipione Family Foundation of Austin, TX.

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Everything You Need to Know About Data You Learned in Kindergarten

NTEN

Sharing the book or toy gives both children the common experience that forms the classroom culture. The problem, in Perla's mind, was that the average donor would still have to spend additional time finding her site to get the information. So Perla reached out to the aggregator sites that serve donors and did an incredible thing.

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5 Tips for the Perfect Online Donation Form

Connection Cafe

Saturday Place, a Chicago-based nonprofit for children, does this well: With anchoring, the key is to let the biggest number lead. United Way of Greater Austin offers some great impact statements on their donation page: 5. Fourth and finally, add links to other pages on your site—impact, case studies, program descriptions, etc.

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Game Friday: Supporting Community Influencers

Museum 2.0

The Austin Game Developers Conference is finishing up, and from it comes Gamasutra's intriguing account of the session on Engaging and Empowering Community Influencers. Notably, the Brooklyn Museum's heavy involvment with social networking sites like MySpace has extended the idea that museums are sites for discussion.

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