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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. We discussed the challenges and opportunities around codifying an online request code, what role mobile must play, the needs for increased capacity and public education.

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

Museum 2.0

They were a rich collection museum with some local history—they had many dolls, a famous toy collection. And they tend to be talking about preservation first, audience second, or now, equal roles. How can you change or adopt aspects of other types without losing your focus or mission? It did that more than once.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. It works in over 160 countries around the world. We simply don't have the resources to be able to fund all of those, and we need to make some hard choices.

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