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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’ve been a fan of the Games for Change Festival since I first attended in 2006. GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. In Education. Around Gender.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Examine major gift planning in the context of current economic conditions, changes in donor populations and increased competition for the charitable dollar. Leadership.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The amazing thing about serving 100,000 students right now is that our commitment to the U.S. Department of Education was to serve 100,000 students by the end of our five-year contract in late 2012. of Education won’t change: we’ll do twice as much for the same price. And the price to the Dept.