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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. Tracy : When we speak about cultureal spaces, we are really talking about caging and preserving culture. It provides an opportunity for learning but also for strangers to connect.

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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Culture, Microsites, and The Kiss of Death

Connection Cafe

In Marc Koenig’s most recent contribution to nonprofit hub, he dives into what culture really means and what your organization must do to foster it. Why Designing Your Nonprofit Culture is Do or Die is about sharing values, a defined mission and vision, and valuing your people. Or free sodas. Tell stories. Evoke emotion.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

NTEN

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. That's one of the goals of research institutions and cultural spaces in general.

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#13ntc Nonprofit Technology Conference: Plenary Session on Failing Informatively

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This highly interactive and engaging community conversation will look at how nonprofits can create a culture of experimenting, testing, learning and correcting. This session will be brains on and hands on and cover the best practices of content curation for nonprofit. The Benefits of Content Curation. April 13, 2013 10:30-Noon.

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The Networked Nonprofit – #10NTC

Amy Sample Ward

Different brains – visual vs words. create social culture. Social Culture. It’s evolving the social culture of the organization. Codifying a Social Culture: Policy. This session will take a look about these trends and how nonprofits can equipment themselves to be networked nonprofits. simplicity.

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SXSW 2013 – Are You A Social Media Nonprofit Manager Looking for Your Peers? #npsmpeer

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After each presentation, one of the “responders” other experts in the field including Amy Sample Ward (see her write up ), Mark Horvath, and David Neff offered their insights in two minutes about the topic. ” @ brianreich #sxsw #npsmpeer #nptech — Amy Sample Ward (@amyrsward) March 10, 2013.

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VocaliD to Create Unique Voices for Millions Who Can't Speak

Tech Soup

Although Hawking has made augmentative systems much more visible in popular culture, there are lots of technology advancements that can still be achieved. It takes about three or four hours to record enough to create a useful sample, however, it can be done in segments of time that are as short as 15 to 20 minutes.

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