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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

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These high-profile, high-dollar donations are changing the face of philanthropy in higher education—creating big winners today and setting the stage for a transformational change as billions of dollars transfer through generational inheritance in the coming decades. In fact, last year, alumni giving to U.S. billion in funding.

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10 Awesome LGBTQ Organizations You Should Support This Pride Month

Everyaction

The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people. From Equality Florida to Freedom Oklahoma to Basic Rights Oregon, we amplify the power of the state-based LGBTQ movement. Equality Federation.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Pottsboro is a small town located 75 minutes north of Dallas on the Texas-Oklahoma border. Many students in the town did not have Internet access at home, so the library found the money and opened on Sundays to provide their nine public access computers and five tablets to the kids. Their prize was a Dell Latitude Tablet 10.

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Nomad Cafe: How to Start a Green Cafe

Have Fun - Do Good

I have championed the recent Oakland Food Policy Assessment introduced by some amazing grad students at Cal, which lays out a very clear, thorough, and utterly achievable road map for food security in Oakland. I believe in the value of the grassroots in effecting large-scale cumulative change. It doesn't stop here, though.

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. A great example from last summer is from an opioid law suit — the State of Oklahoma v. How can I say it in as few words as possible?’

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6 Online Speaking Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. A great example from last summer is from an opioid law suit — the State of Oklahoma v. How can I say it in as few words as possible?’