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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

Childhood Cancer Support in Canada. Finally, I liked the story of Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Program in Ottawa, Canada. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office. More Stories, Let's Add Yours.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

Childhood Cancer Support in Canada. Finally, I liked the story of Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Program in Ottawa, Canada. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office. More Stories, Let's Add Yours.

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Little Golden books from my childhood, non-fiction books that revolutionized my perspective of the world and novels that I rarely take the luxury of reading. Some of the tools needed to do this work are obvious: a camera, microphone, headphones, tripod, laptop, and maybe a light. A Guest Post by Sam Mayfield.

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Major Gifts: 16 Strategies to Raise More

Neon CRM

Say your donor is very interested in early childhood education. Why Implement It? A donor is more likely to give if you ask for the right amount and frame your appeal in a way that speaks to them. Asking them for $7,000 is one thing. Asking them for $7,000 to set up a scholarship (with their name on it, maybe?

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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Things You Won’t Believe, Trendy Communication, and Keys to Do More Good

Connection Cafe

It was like waking up from a nap in what I thought was my childhood bed, only to find that it was 3:00 p.m. and I was actually in my cubicle, drooling on my laptop. I had a surge of utter panic when my hibernation holiday break came to a hault. I made all of these New Year’s resolutions- I was really going to rock it this year.

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Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. I should have thought more about using my laptop and the projector. One of the scenarios focused on how to use social networking/media for a campaign around childhood obesity. What worked? What didn't?

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.