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Volunteer to get a day at Disney!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Volunteers who do a chapter's worth of image descriptions for a student textbook will get their day pass. I just found out that our Bookshare volunteers can sign up to get a free day at a Disney park. Just put in our zip code "94306" at the foregoing link and you should see the opportunity there.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

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In our interview, Dr. Hicken and I prompted Dr. Turco to discuss editorial decisions and specific chapters she felt deserved special call out for the readers of this blog. Moreover, I would add, CME conjures up images of physicians attending lectures. He wrote a real-life case study with a problem to solve to lead off each chapter.

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Learn Nonprofit Tech Skills at a NetSquared Meetup

Tech Soup

This is just a taste of the events being held this month by NetSquared chapters. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students. Image : NetSquared / CC BY-NC-SA. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES. Image Name: Author / License.

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Nonprofits, Companies, and White House Unite on Tech Gap

Tech Soup

I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event. " Year Up therefore takes a holistic approach to preparing its students for the workforce. Students also learn about teamwork, time management, conflict resolution, and work/life balance. Image 1 : WhiteHouse.gov.

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UC Santa Cruz Students Volunteering for Impact with Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

UC Santa Cruz students who participated in our volunteer pilot project— proofreading textbooks for our Bookshare collection—have done a fantastic job proofreading over a short period of time three entire textbooks! This means more than 2,300 pages of text and an amazing gift for the 250,000+ Bookshare student members we serve.

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Chase Giving Contest: Winners Announced Amidst Yet More Controversy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

on January 19 that many users who had not voted for Invisible Children had been tagged in a photo with an image reading "I Voted For Invisible Children," making it appear as though that user had voted for the group. Invisible Children has also been accused of fraud during the duration of the contest. Change.org reported.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. This chapter, from the last section of the book, is very personal to me. Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students. Read more online and buy your own copy today. Kids with no food in the fridge.

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