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Thank you Darlene and Mata!

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Donations thus far have focused mainly on library and school construction projects through various organizations. Mata, over at Blogher, wrote a terrific post called " Three Ways you can simply change the world for the better. " And, she has volunteered to help me with my Sharing Foundation America's Giving Challenge.

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Jocelyn Harmon: People, Words, Technology & Truth: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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It sounds “old-school” but I love to go to my local library every Saturday to wander up and down the stacks. All of these benefits energize me and (for all of it’s challenges) I feel privileged to live with technology and in the Connected Age. Another big treat is for me is Amazon Overnight Delivery.

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29-Day Giving Challenge: An Interview with Cami Walker

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-Cami Walker, Founder, 29 Day Giving Challenge The 29 Day Giving Challenge is a global giving movement where participants give away one thing each day for 29 days. I wrote about my experience with the Giving Challenge last spring in the post, 29 Day Giving Challenge Takeaway: Compassion is Hardest to Give.

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Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Panelists: Heather Gold, Founder , Subvert.com, Danah Boyd, Researcher , Microsoft Research and Betty Flowers, LBJ Presidential Library 5. In 2009, our challenge becomes how to harness these tools for in order to reopen the policy-making process. Whitehouse.gov 2.0: Panel presentation followed by brainstorming session.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. What have been the challenges of using that process? What's the dark side?

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Meet Donna Callejon, Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving

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Donna Callejon with kids in village in Guatemala - the houses, latrines, etc are being built partly with Global Giving support. Tell me about you - how did you end up working in global philanthropy? I met Dennis Whittle, Global Giving's co-founder, at a social entrepreneurship conference in Geneva.

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