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Summer Festivals: Where Music & Philanthropy Collide

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to Austin, TX for Austin City Limits. We also were offered the opportunity to purchase a “ BeGreen Fan Tag ” that would offset our carbon footprint from travelling to Austin. Every fall I fly from Charleston, S.C. Last year I had to smile when I noticed how “ green ” the festival had become.

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29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Neff: @daveiam from Austin, TX. Blog: Philanthropy 411. Blog: New Voices of Philanthropy. Blog: Philanthropy 2173. Blog: Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech. Sandy Rees: @SandyRees from East Tennessee. Blog: Get Fully Funded. Blog: 501derful.org. Kris Putnam-Walkerly: @Philanthropy411 from Cleveland, OH. Blog: Rootwork.

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New Research and a Welcome Surprise from Foundation CEOs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

By Lindsay Austin Louie. It was independently conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy and included in-depth interviews and a survey with CEOs of more than 200 of America’s foundations. New Research and a Welcome Surprise from Foundation CEOs. It’s not a trivial statement.

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Dell, University of Texas empowering entrepreneurs — blog | Austin Business Journal

AFP Blog

Dell, University of Texas empowering entrepreneurs — blog | Austin Business Journal: "For the fifth consecutive year, Dell and UT’s RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service are teaming on the 2011 Dell Social Innovation Competition, with more than $100,000 to be awarded to turn innovative social concepts into new businesses or nonprofits.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter. Just over one year ago, on February 18, 2011, Planned Parenthood Federation of America launched the largest integrated campaign in its history.

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Wired for Philanthropy

Connection Cafe

Ironically, as I was flying earlier this month there was a big article in the Airline magazine about the “philanthropy web” in Seattle—mostly rooted in , yes, you guessed it, former (and a few current) Microsoft employees. Louis, Missouri snuck in there, but I’ll have to ask Gene Austin, our CEO who hails from there.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. SXSW / Austin, TX / Price varies. Conference on Diverse Philanthropy and Leadership. Conference on Diverse Philanthropy and Leadership. Association of Fundraising Philanthropy: International Fundraising Conference. 38th Annual NAYDO Conference on YMCA Philanthropy.

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