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Culture, Community, and Technology—A Successful 2022 Convergence

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Our headliners, Tiffany Kerns and Al Dea, provided unique perspectives on the intersection of culture and technology. Tiffany is Executive Director of the Country music Foundation and Vice President of Industry Relations and Philanthropy for CMA. The “fun stuff” at Solutions Day.

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. Tiffany Kerns is the Executive Director of the Country Music Association Foundation and CMA’s Vice President of Industry Relations and Philanthropy.

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Technology for All: From Gandhi to TED - Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology has the potential to improve the lives of millions across the world. In this two-part series I explore the concept of “Technology for All” and Benetech’s commitment to both ensuring that the technology required to meet a social need is developed and that it reaches far beyond the richest 10 percent of people who can most afford it.

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I’m not changing the world

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been working with nonprofit organizations on technology issues (strategy, implementation) for about 15 years now. In those days, most nonprofit techies were progressive, and we were sure that what we were doing was going to change the world for the better. I still think I’m doing good.

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eBooks #1: ePub is to eBooks as MP3 is to music?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Amazon and Barnes and Noble were all geared up for a big fight, until a number of things happened to change the equation. They don’t have the same success with eBooks that they did with music. There’s a great Wikipedia article to do the work for me. What I want to talk a bit about is what’s next.

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Unlocking the Power of APIs: The SKY is the Limit!

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But your teachers, students, and families are pleased with it, you signed that multi-year contract, and changing to a different SIS/LMS is basically as strenuous and labor intensive as building a new house by yourself (assuming you aren’t a contractor and, if you are, thanks for reading this very non-contractor-focused post). It wasn’t great.

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How to Host a Benefit Concert for Your Nonprofit

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Music is great at bringing communities together, and while it may take a lot of planning, hosting a benefit concert can be incredibly rewarding for both you and your supporters. A benefit concert is a musical event used to raise money or awareness for a charitable cause through ticket sales and other donations during the event.

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