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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing their programs in these areas: workforce development , employee giving , environment , online safety , and the role of technology in the non-profit community. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response. Participants in the Summit recognized that if we can overcome challenges of verification, duplication, language, privacy, and culture, we will be in a position to empower the public to share valuable information with all of us.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

Museum 2.0

And they tend to be talking about preservation first, audience second, or now, equal roles. In Puerto Rico and Chile, there are museums made out of posters so that kids in parks can come and visit real art—well, it’s not real art, but you’re getting access to Picasso for $5. Outside the U.S.

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