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DonorsChoose Interview & Social Media Challenge

Amy Sample Ward

My collaborator, JD Lasica , at SocialBrite has just posted the interview and details below. At Socialbrite, we’d like to call on our readers to support students in public school classrooms in low-income areas. Interview with founder Charles Best. There are 12,000 to 14,000 classroom project requests on the site at a time.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Based on that message, at the following 30th TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, I delivered an onstage exhortation to fellow technologists to secure their customers’ sensitive information in response to Edward Snowden’s surprise virtual TED interview. And we do this at a per-book cost less than one-tenth of the traditional approaches!

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Disruptive Model: School Project Crowdfunding. I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better,” said Best in a 2014 interview in Fast Company. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom.

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The Importance of Nonprofit Workplace Culture: How PENCIL Thrives by Writing Their Own Path

NonProfit Hub

There’s probably a specific classroom you remember from those earlier days, and a teacher who left a huge impact on your life. After all, their organization was built to provide programs that help students in the classroom by providing resources and making education interesting. And PENCIL, Inc. See the difference?

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Panda Nation is DIY Done Right: An Interview with WWF’s Jonathan Cass

Connection Cafe

In this interview, Jonathan shares details of the past, present, and future of Panda Nation. Supporters can create their personal fundraising page in one of six categories: Athletic Event, Community Event, Favorite Animal, Honor/Memorial, Special Event and Classroom fundraising. ” What is Panda Nation?

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What’s Your Calling?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The photo shows us modeling “shoulder to shoulder&# learning. In my interview, I shared that I didn’t know a modem from microwave, but that I had the passion and curiosity to learn and teach others. He described the method as an alternative to technology lab classroom skills-based trainings.

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Abby Rosenheck, Urban Sprouts, Interview Transcript

Have Fun - Do Good

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I splurged and got the interviews I've been doing for my podcast transcribed by CastingWords, so I'll be posting an interview each day this week. Yesterday I posted the transcript from my interview with Ilyse Hogue of the Rainforest Action Network. I like CastingWords overall. Britt Bravo: Hi!