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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

Growing Virtual Roots – How our online efforts led to amazing offline results – A great case study in community organizing, on and offline, from Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure. "From

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Funneling Frustration: Building the future for technology and social change

Amy Sample Ward

We call these weekly calls, “brain dates.&# It is a chance to connect in real time, share ideas, and generally have space to explore ideas or questions that we have encountered during the week as we push ahead with our various jobs, projects and goals in the nonprofit and technology sector.

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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. but there wasn’t an offline space for that. Within our exhibitions, we have a focus on creating very dynamic, interactive opportunities.

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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. but there wasn't an offline space for that.

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You'll also need to search on keywords or phrases that might uncover a client need or perception. To figure out your keywords, do a little brainstorming offline and then maybe use some online keyword tools. Your tools are social bookmarking and the excel spreadsheet and, of course, your brain. This requires stepping back.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

It might be a little tight because we’ve got a lot of good stuff to share with you, but ask questions anyway because we might be able to get to your question offline as well. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. And this is something that legacy giving can offer.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. And like you heard a couple times, I’m going to be sending out all those resources that Andy mentioned, that handout, the checklist, the sample questions.

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