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Using Technology for Mission: Ontario 211 and NTEN Hear From the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

NTEN

Organization: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. We aim to reach the the 55,000 Canadians affected by a brain tumour with a variety of tools and technology such as our website and social media communities play a large part in this reach. We’ll share what they told us in this series of blog posts. Website: [link].

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just returned from a spectacular week at this year’s TED conference in Vancouver, Canada. We know in theory what a brain injury means, but seeing Gabby Giffords on stage, struggling to speak as a result of her brain injury, brought its impact home. Maybe there is a social enterprise in here!

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Color Theory: Emotion + Bias

Media Cause

In the US and Canada, orange is associated with Halloween. In Part 3, Ansley breaks down how colors work in the brain to create relationships — for better or worse — that shape our perceptions of sameness, otherness and contribute to racial bias. . In Western culture, green is considered lucky.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. When the letter flashes that the user wants to type, the software registers the jump in brain activity and types the corresponding letter. It’s basically typing with the mind.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That’s what’s been on my mind lately. I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. 10X: ten times the impact.

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NTEN Celebrates National Volunteer Week: Honoring NTEN Committee Members

NTEN

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Jason Shim, Digital Media Manager, Pathways to Education Canada. Jason Shim, Digital Media Manager, Pathways to Education Canada. Ash Shepherd, Strategy & Process, Minds on Design Lab. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act.

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

Bloomerang

Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. Fear is hardwired into our brain, and everyone feels it whether they like to admit it or not. Oh, thank you.

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