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In Loving Memory of My Mom, Ruth D. Kanter (My Mom)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To honor her memory, I’m rais ing money for NTEN to offer diversity, local, and general scholarships for the 19NTC in Portland. Despite her lack of comfort using online tools, she was interested in anything that her children were involved with, even if it wasn’t her cup of tea. Let me connect some dots.

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Valentine’s Day for Nonprofits Social Media Style

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He started it because on a cold December day, he passed a homeless person on the street asking for money. a street musician, a homeless person, your favorite charity. NTEN uses February to encourage nonprofits to send a valentine to their favorite nonprofit techie. Send A Valentine to Congress About Children’s Programs.

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

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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. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! 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. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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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? We want to figure out how to do a better job letting people know who we are and why we matter in a way they’ll listen. We paint “nonprofits” in broad strokes. Beth Kanter. Connection Café. Donor Power Blog. Everyday Giving.

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NTC: Plenary – Dan Heath, Flip the Switch

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. He talked about changes in technology and fashion. Think back when your children learned to walk. Make it easy to give.

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NTC Plenary: Dan Heath, Flip the Switch

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos.

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