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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency.

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Crafting Sticky, Emotional Stories That Reach Your Audience

Tech Soup

That's because these aren't just children's nursery rhymes; they're sticky stories, or stories that stick with you for decades. When we were children, we all knew how important stories were. Imagine a story being told to children around a campfire. Now swap out the children with adults.

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Looking forward to 2009

Judi Sohn

Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? Give books to needy children or build a performing arts center? Help send me to the NetSquared Conference Okay, time for shameless begging and plugging… I’m really interested. We paint “nonprofits” in broad strokes. Social Actions Blog. Weiner Blog. Convio Summit.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The themes science, environmental, nutrition, economic development, children, youth, parenting, and leadership are very much appropriate as this conference agenda from the NACDEP and ACE/NETC shows. Netsquared Conference Mashup Panel. So, now is the fun part. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples!

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." One will be for mothers who are mourning the loss of their children who died in gunfights in Oakland. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned.

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