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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. If you''re in the area, the Montana Nonprofit Association will be holding its annual conference in Missoula, October 2-4. Not in San Francisco? Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. If you''re in the area, the Montana Nonprofit Association will be holding its annual conference in Missoula, October 2-4. Not in San Francisco? Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Community Organizing and Social Justice Measurement in the Connected Age

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is always a conundrum in measuring social change movements as well as networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children. Montana – where we organize low-income rural communities – 73% are online, of which 43% are on Facebook.

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